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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): June 14, 2021 (June 9, 2021)

 

 

 

CLARIVATE PLC 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Jersey, Channel Islands 001-38911 N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

Friars House
160 Blackfriars Road
London SE1 8EZ
United Kingdom

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

 

+44 207 433 4000

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class   Trading symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary Shares, no par value   CLVT   New York Stock Exchange

 

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 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Ordinary Shares Offering

 

On June 9, 2021, Clarivate Plc (the “Company”) and certain existing shareholders of the Company (the “Selling Shareholders”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto (the “Ordinary Shares Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Ordinary Shares Underwriters 28,846,154 ordinary shares, no par value, and certain of the Selling Shareholders agreed to sell to the Ordinary Shares Underwriters 9,615,384 ordinary shares, no par value, totaling 38,461,538 ordinary shares (the “ordinary shares”), in a registered public offering (the “Ordinary Shares Offering”) pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration File No. 333-239328, as amended by Registration File No. 333-256956) (the “Shelf Registration Statement”). The Selling Shareholders have granted the Ordinary Shares Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 5,769,230 ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares Option”). On June 10, 2021, the Ordinary Shares Underwriters exercised in full the Ordinary Shares Option. The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of ordinary shares by the Selling Shareholders. The description of the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering

 

On June 9, 2021, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto (the “Preferred Shares Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Preferred Shares Underwriters 12,500,000 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, no par value, and liquidation preference $100.00 per share (the “convertible preferred shares”), in a registered public offering (“Convertible Preferred Shares Offering”) pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. Pursuant to the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Preferred Shares Underwriters an option to purchase an additional 1,875,000 convertible preferred shares solely to cover over-allotments (the “Preferred Shares Option” and, together with the Ordinary Shares Option, the “Underwriter Options”). On June 10, 2021, the Preferred Shares Underwriters exercised in full the Preferred Shares Option. The description of the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 1.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

On June 14, 2021, the Company closed the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, including the shares issuable and/or to be sold pursuant to the Underwriter Options.

 

Item 3.03 Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

 

In connection with the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, on June 14, 2021, the Company adopted a Statement of Rights (the “Statement of Rights”) to establish the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the convertible preferred shares.

 

The convertible preferred shares will initially be convertible into an aggregate of up to 55,289,125 ordinary shares, subject to anti-dilution, make-whole and other adjustments, as set forth in the Statement of Rights.

 

Unless converted or redeemed earlier in accordance with the terms of the Statement of Rights, each convertible preferred share will convert automatically on the mandatory conversion date, which is expected to be June 1, 2024, into between 3.2052 and 3.8462 ordinary shares, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments. The number of ordinary shares issuable upon conversion will be determined based on the average volume weighted average price per ordinary share over the 30 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 31st scheduled trading day immediately prior to June 1, 2024.

 

 

 

 

Dividends on the convertible preferred shares will be payable on a cumulative basis when, as and if declared by the board of directors of the Company, or an authorized committee thereof, at an annual rate of 5.25% of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per convertible preferred share, and may be paid in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in ordinary shares, or in any combination of cash and ordinary shares. If declared, dividends on the convertible preferred shares will be payable quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2021 and ending on, and including, June 1, 2024.

 

If, on or prior to November 8, 2021, the merger agreement for the pending acquisition of ProQuest, announced on May 17, 2021, (the “ProQuest Acquisition”) is terminated, the ProQuest Acquisition is not consummated or the Company determines in its reasonable judgment that the ProQuest Acquisition will not occur, the Company has the option to redeem all, but not less than all, of the convertible preferred shares as more fully described in the Statement of Rights.

 

The ordinary shares will rank junior to convertible preferred shares with respect to the payment of dividends and amounts payable in the event of the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its affairs. Subject to certain exceptions, so long as any convertible preferred share remains outstanding, no dividend or distributions will be declared or paid on ordinary shares or any other class or series of share capital ranking junior to the convertible preferred shares, and no ordinary shares or any other class or series shares ranking junior or on parity with the convertible preferred shares shall be, directly or indirectly, 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 ordinary shares has been set aside for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding convertible preferred shares.

 

In addition, upon the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, each holder of convertible preferred shares will be entitled to receive a liquidation preference in the amount of $100.00 per convertible preferred share, 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 shareholders after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors and holders of the Company’s share capital ranking senior to the convertible preferred shares as to distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of any class or series of share capital ranking junior to the convertible preferred shares as to distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, including, without limitation, the ordinary shares.

 

The holders of the convertible preferred shares will not have voting rights except as described below and as specifically required by Jersey law from time to time.

 

Whenever dividends on any convertible preferred shares have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of six or more dividend periods, whether or not for consecutive dividend periods (a “nonpayment”), the authorized number of directors on the Company’s board of directors will, at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders as provided below, automatically be increased by two and the holders of record of the convertible preferred shares, voting together as a single class with holders of record of any and all other series of voting preferred shares (as defined below) then outstanding, will be entitled, at the next annual or at a special meeting of shareholders of the Company, to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the board of directors (“preferred share directors”); provided that the election of any such directors will not cause the Company to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which its 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 Share directors.

 

In the event of a nonpayment, the holders of at least 25% of the convertible preferred shares and any other series of voting preferred shares may request that a special meeting of shareholders be called to elect such preferred share directors (provided that, to the extent permitted by the Company’s memorandum and articles of association, if the next annual or a special meeting of shareholders is scheduled to be held within 90 days of the receipt of such request, the election of such preferred share directors will be included in the agenda for and will be held at such scheduled annual or special meeting of shareholders). The preferred share directors will stand for reelection annually, at each subsequent annual meeting of the shareholders, so long as the holders of the convertible preferred shares continue to have such voting rights.

 

 

 

 

At any meeting at which the holders of the convertible preferred shares are entitled to elect preferred share directors, the holders of a majority of the then outstanding convertible preferred shares and all other series of voting preferred shares, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum and the vote of the holders of a majority of such convertible preferred shares and other voting preferred shares so present or represented by proxy at any such meeting at which there shall be a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the preferred share directors.

 

As used in this Current Report on Form 8-K, “voting preferred shares” means any class or series of the Company’s share capital, in addition to and established after the initial issuance of the convertible preferred shares, ranking on parity with the convertible preferred shares as to dividends and distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding up or dissolution and upon which like voting rights for the election of directors have been conferred and are exercisable. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion in voting power of the convertible preferred shares and any other voting preferred shares have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the respective liquidation preference amounts of the convertible preferred shares and such other voting preferred shares voted.

 

If and when all accumulated and unpaid dividends have been paid in full (a “nonpayment remedy”), the holders of the convertible preferred shares shall immediately and, without any further action by the Company, be divested of the foregoing voting rights, subject to the revesting of such rights in the event of each subsequent nonpayment. If such voting rights for the holders of the convertible preferred shares and all other holders of voting preferred shares have terminated, the term of office of each preferred share director so elected will terminate at such time and the authorized number of directors on the Company’s board of directors shall automatically decrease by two.

 

Any preferred share director may be removed at any time, with cause or without cause by the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding convertible preferred shares and any other series of voting preferred shares then outstanding (voting together as a class) when they have the voting rights described above. 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 share director (other than prior to the initial election after a nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the preferred share director remaining in office, except in the event that such vacancy is created as a result of such preferred share director being removed or if no preferred share director remains in office, such vacancy may be filled by a vote of the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding convertible preferred shares and any other series of voting preferred shares then outstanding (voting together as a single class) when they have the voting rights described above; provided that the election of any such preferred share directors will not cause the Company to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Company’s securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors. The preferred share directors will each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter that comes before the Company’s board of directors for a vote.

 

The convertible preferred shares will have certain other voting rights with respect to the Company’s memorandum and articles of association or the Statement of Rights or certain other transactions as described in the Statement of Rights.

 

The foregoing description of the terms of the convertible preferred shares, including such restrictions, is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Statement of Rights, included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

 

The information regarding the Statement of Rights set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

The above-mentioned offerings were made pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. Opinions of counsel for the Company are included as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits.
   
1.1 Underwriting Agreement relating to the ordinary shares, dated June 9, 2021, between Clarivate Plc, the persons listed in Schedule B thereto as Sponsor Shareholders, the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of the persons listed in Schedule B thereto as Appointing Shareholders and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto.
1.2 Underwriting Agreement relating to the convertible preferred shares, dated June 9, 2021, between Clarivate Plc and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative of the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto
3.1 Statement of Rights of the 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of Clarivate Plc, effective June 14, 2021.
4.1 Form of Certificate of the 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 3.1).
5.1 Opinion of Ogier (Jersey) LLP with respect to the ordinary shares.
5.2 Opinion of Ogier (Jersey) LLP with respect to the convertible preferred shares.
23.1 Consent of Ogier (Jersey) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2 Consent of Ogier (Jersey) LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: June 14, 2021 Clarivate Plc  
     
  By:  /s/ Richard Hanks  
   

Richard Hanks

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 1.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

CLARIVATE PLC

(A public limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands)

38,461,538 Ordinary Shares

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

June 9, 2021

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

as Representative of the several Underwriters

 

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Clarivate Plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands (the “Company”) and the persons listed in Schedule B hereto as Sponsor Shareholders (the “Sponsor Shareholders”) and the persons listed in Schedule B hereto as Appointing Shareholders (the “Appointing Shareholders”), together with the Sponsor Shareholders, the “Selling Shareholders”) confirm their respective agreements with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Citigroup is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to (i) the issuance and sale by the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of ordinary shares, no par value per share, of the Company (“Ordinary Shares”) as set forth in Schedules A and B hereto, (ii) the sale by the Sponsor Shareholders, acting severally and not jointly, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of Ordinary Shares of the Company as set forth in Schedules A and B hereto (such Ordinary Shares as described above in (i) and (ii), the “Initial Securities”) and (iii) the grant by the Selling Shareholders to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any part of 5,769,230 additional Ordinary Shares as set forth in Schedule B hereto (such Ordinary Shares, the “Option Securities”). The Initial Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the Option Securities are herein called, collectively, the “Securities.” In addition, certain of the Securities being offered by the Appointing Shareholders are Ordinary Shares that are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Ordinary Shares of the Company. As used in this Agreement, the term “Optionholder Shares” refers to the Securities to be issued by the Company to such Appointing Shareholders upon the exercise of such options.

 

The offering of the Securities is being conducted in connection with the transactions (the “Acquisition”) contemplated by that Transaction Agreement, dated May 15, 2021 (the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among, the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, ProQuest Holdings LLC and certain of its subsidiaries, Cambridge Information Group III LLC, in its capacity as the representative of the equityholders as set forth therein, and the other parties party thereto. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund a portion of the consideration being paid for the Acquisition.

 

In connection with the Acquisition, substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering, the Company will, among other things, issue and sell $1.25 billion of the Company’s Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, no par value per share, with a liquidation preference of $100 per share (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares”) pursuant to a separate underwriting agreement and separate prospectus (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering”), subject to customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use net proceeds from the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering to fund a portion of the consideration being paid for the Acquisition. The offering of the Securities is not contingent upon the completion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering is not contingent upon the completion of the offering of Securities and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are not being offered together with the Securities.

 

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The Company and the Selling Shareholders understand that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representative deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

 

As used in this Agreement, the “Registration Statement” means the registration statement referred to in Article I.Section 1(a)(i) hereof, including the exhibits, schedules and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act, as amended on each Effective Date, and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”) becomes effective prior to the Closing Time (as defined herein), shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be; the “Effective Date” means each date and time that the Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective; the “Base Prospectus” means the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement, in the form most recently filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement; the “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a)(i) hereof relating to the Securities which is used prior to the filing of the Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus; and the “Prospectus” means the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act after the Applicable Time, together with the Base Prospectus.

 

Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”) on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system (“EDGAR”).

 

As used in this Agreement:

 

Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act.

 

Applicable Time” means 11:25 P.M., New York City time, on June 9, 2021 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.

 

General Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Base Prospectus and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time, including the information contained in Schedule C hereto (which also includes as an Annex thereto the information included on Schedule D hereto), all considered together.

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”)) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

 

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Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule C.1 hereto.

 

Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

 

Testing the Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the 1933 Act.

 

Section 1.                            Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)                 Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

 

(i)                  Registration Statement and Prospectuses. (a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and has prepared and filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-239328), including a related Base Prospectus, for the registration of the offering and sale of the Securities under the 1933 Act. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments and post-effective amendments thereto filed prior to the Applicable Time, has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated. The Company will file with the SEC a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b) after the Applicable Time. As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the 1933 Act and the rules thereunder and, except to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Applicable Time or, to the extent not completed at the Applicable Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Applicable Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Applicable Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the 1933 Act. The initial Effective Date of the Registration Statement was not earlier than the date three years before the Applicable Time.

 

(b)              On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and at the Closing Time and at any Date of Delivery, the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus delivered by the Company to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission through EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(ii)                Accurate Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at each Effective Date, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Disclosure Package nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits 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. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits 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.

 

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The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the third paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” relating to concessions and the information in the ninth and tenth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” relating to price stabilization and short positions, in each case contained in the Prospectus (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).

 

(iii)              Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

 

(iv)               [Reserved].

 

(v)                Independent Accountants. To the Company’s knowledge, each accounting firm that certified the audited financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are, (i) with respect to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and (ii) with respect to each of KPMG LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), an independent auditor under Rule 101 of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, and its interpretations and rulings, as accepted by the Commission for audits of acquiree financial statements pursuant to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X.

 

(vi)               Financial Statements; Other Financial Information; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods to which they relate, except as otherwise stated therein. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The summary historical financial information and selected historical financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference therein. Except as included or incorporated by reference therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. The summary pro forma financial statements, pro forma condensed combined financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and present fairly, in all material respects, the information contained therein, have been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly presented on the basis described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. All disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act, and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, in each case as in effect on the date hereof and to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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(vii)             No Material Adverse Change in Business; No Company Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change or development involving a prospective material adverse change in the financial condition, or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into or agreed to enter into any transactions or contracts not in the ordinary course of business, which liabilities, obligations, transactions or contracts would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) the Company has not declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock and (D) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

(viii)           Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing and in good standing (or equivalent concept) under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as now conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing (or equivalent concept) in all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ix)               Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act) (each, a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) is duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and validly existing and (where applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has all requisite corporate, limited liability company, partnership or similar power and authority, as the case may be, to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as now conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be validly existing and (where applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership or similar business entity in good standing (or equivalent concept) in all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity (other than (1) liens securing the Credit Agreement dated as of October 31, 2019, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”), (2) liens securing the 4.50% secured notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and (3) other immaterial liens). None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are (A) the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and (B) certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

 

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(x)                Capitalization; Offered Securities. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company (including the Option Securities being sold hereunder by the Selling Shareholders, if applicable (other than the Optionholder Shares)) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Initial Securities being sold hereunder by the Company have been duly authorized, and, when such Initial Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, such Securities will have been validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, including the Securities were, and when the Securities have been delivered at the Closing Time and each Date of Delivery, no such Securities will be, issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company. The Optionholder Shares, when issued to the Appointing Shareholders upon the exercise of outstanding options, will have been duly authorized and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable.

 

(xi)               Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

(xii)             Description of Securities. The Ordinary Shares conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.

 

(xiii)           Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(xiv)           Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or certificate of formation or articles of association (or similar organizational document), (B) in breach or violation of any statute, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation applicable to any of them or any of their respective properties or assets, except for any such breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in breach of or default under (nor has any event occurred that, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default under) or in violation of any of the terms or provisions of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease, license, franchise agreement, permit, certificate, contract or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or to which any of them or their respective properties or assets is subject (collectively, “Contracts”), except for any such breach, default, violation or event that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated (x) herein and (y) in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Initial Securities by the Company and the use of proceeds from the sale of such Initial Securities by the Company as described therein under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute or result in a breach of or a default under or violation of any of (I) the terms or provisions of any Contract, except for any such conflict, breach, violation, default or event that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the ability of the Underwriters to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (II) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or certificate of formation or articles of association (or similar organizational document) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (III) any statute, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except for any such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the ability of the Underwriters to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(xv)             Absence of Labor Dispute. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) there is (1) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements pending, or to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (2) no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Company, no union organizing activities taking place, (B) there has been no violation of any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay of employees or of any applicable wage or hour laws and (C) there is no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or work stoppage with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, threatened.

 

(xvi)           Stock Awards. With respect to the stock awards (the “Stock Awards”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Stock Award grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans and (ii) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the consolidated financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company.

 

(xvii)         ERISA. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any liability for any prohibited transaction or funding deficiency or any complete or partial withdrawal liability with respect to any pension, profit sharing or other plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries makes or ever has made a contribution and in which any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or has ever been a participant. To the knowledge of the Company, with respect to such plans, the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA (and any other law to which such plans are subject) except for any non-compliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to each Foreign Benefit Plan, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, such Foreign Benefit Plan (A) if intended to qualify for special tax treatment, meets the requirements for such treatment, and (B) if required to be funded, is funded to the extent required by applicable law. As used in this Agreement, “Foreign Benefit Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan established, maintained or contributed to outside of the United States of America or which covers any employee working or residing outside of the United States.

 

(xviii)        Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, or to which the property or assets owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are subject, before or brought by any court, arbitrator or governmental agency or body that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent the consummation of or otherwise challenge the issuance and sale of the Securities to be sold hereunder or the consummation of the other transactions described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(xix)           Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.

 

(xx)             Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any governmental agency or body is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the issuance and offering or sale of the Securities hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, state securities laws, the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

 

(xxi)           Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries possesses all such valid and current licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal, state, local, foreign and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, presently required or necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its respective properties and to carry on its respective businesses as now or proposed to be conducted as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (“Permits”), except where the failure to obtain such Permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Permits or the failure of such Permits to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such Permit, except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except where such revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxii)         Title to Property. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all material real and personal property described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by it and title to a leasehold estate in the material real and personal property described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being leased by it free and clear of any security interests, liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions (other than (A) such security interests, liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions permitted pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement or the 2026 Notes and (B) other immaterial liens), except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to the extent the failure to have such title or the existence of such security interests, liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions would not materially or adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of the property by the Company or such subsidiary, or would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All leases, contracts and agreements governing real and personal property to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound are valid and enforceable against the Company or such subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company and such subsidiaries, are valid and enforceable against the other party or parties thereto and are in full force and effect with only such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxiii)        Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and each of its subsidiaries own, have applied for or possess adequate licenses or other rights to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) used in the conduct of the businesses now or proposed to be operated by them as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as would not, and the expected expiration of any such Intellectual Property Rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with (or knows of any such infringement of or conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights that, if such assertion of infringement or conflict were sustained, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxiv)        Environmental Laws. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (A) the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance with and not subject to liability under Environmental Laws (as defined below), (B) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has made all filings and provided all notices required under any Environmental Law, and is in compliance with all Permits required under any Environmental Laws and each of them is in full force and effect, (C) there is no civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice of violation, investigation, proceeding, notice or demand letter or request for information pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Law, (D) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is conducting or paying for in whole or in part any investigation, response or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any site or facility, nor is any of them subject to or a party to any order, judgment, decree, contract or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, (E) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries owns, occupies, operates or uses any real property contaminated with Hazardous Materials or is liable or allegedly liable for any Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, including at any off-site treatment, storage or disposal site, and (F) to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to (1) form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental authority, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws or (2) result in a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including without limitation, any such liability that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no requirements proposed for adoption or implementation under any Environmental Law that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Environmental Laws” means the common law and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws (including international treaties, conventions and protocols) or regulations, codes, legally binding guidance policies, orders, decrees, judgments or injunctions issued, promulgated, approved or entered thereunder by any applicable governmental authority, relating to pollution or protection of public or employee health and safety or the Environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to (x) emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials into the Environment and (y) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials. “Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, soil, surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna. “Hazardous Materials” means any substance, material, pollutant, contaminant, chemical, waste, compound, or constituent, in any form, including without limitation, crude oil, petroleum and petroleum products, regulated under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, escaping, migration, injection or leaching into the Environment.

 

(xxv)          Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) 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.

 

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The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

 

(xxvi)        Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith with which the Company is required to comply.

 

(xxvii)      Payment of Taxes. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed all necessary U.S. federal and state and other non-U.S. tax returns or received timely extensions thereof and has paid all taxes shown as due thereon, except where the failure to so file such returns and pay such taxes would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Other than tax deficiencies that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is contesting in good faith and for which the Company or such subsidiary has provided appropriate reserves in accordance with GAAP, there is no tax deficiency that has been assessed or threatened in writing against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that has not been paid and would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxviii)    Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with insurers that the Company believes to be financially sound and reputable insurers, in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance) and against at least such risks as the Company believes is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any material insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

 

(xxix)        Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Initial Securities by the Company as herein contemplated, the issuance and sale of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and the application of the net proceeds as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and 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.

 

(xxx)         Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any Affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.

 

(xxxi)       No Unlawful Payments. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain policies, procedures, and internal controls reasonably designed to ensure continued compliance with the Sanctions Laws, the Export Control Laws, and the applicable Anti-Corruption Laws. “Anti-Corruption Laws” means laws, rules and regulations relating to anti-bribery or anti-corruption (governmental or commercial), including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations that prohibit the corrupt payment, offer, promise, receipt, request or authorization of the payment or transfer of anything of value (including gifts or entertainment), directly or indirectly, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (“FCPA”), the UK Bribery Act 2010, as amended any law enacted in connection with, or arising under, the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, and any other law of any foreign or domestic jurisdiction of similar effect or that relates to bribery or corruption. “Export Control Laws” means such export control laws, rules and regulations as are administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, the European Union, or other export control authority with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and the European Dual Use Regulation (Council Regulation EC 428/2009 (as amended)). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director or officer nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any agent, employee, affiliate or representative acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or knowingly indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, rules or regulations, and the Company and each of its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, rules or regulations.

 

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(xxxii)      Compliance With Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and each of its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and each of its subsidiaries conduct business, including the rules, regulations or guidance issued, administered or enforced thereunder (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental 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 knowledge of the Company and any of its subsidiaries, threatened.

 

(xxxiii)    No Conflicts With Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (the Company and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Group”), nor any affiliate, director, officer or employee of the Group, nor, to the knowledge of the Group, any agent or representative of the Group, is a Sanctioned Person, nor is the Group located, organized or resident in a country or territory in violation of Sanctions Laws. For purposes of this Agreement: (A) “Sanctioned Person” means (1) any person listed in any Sanctions Laws-related list of designated persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (including the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Canada, the United Kingdom or any other European Union member state, (2) any person that is otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions or (3) any person majority-owned by any such person or persons described in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2); and (B) “Sanctions Laws” means the laws and regulations administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and any other relevant sanctions authority.

 

(xxxiv)     Privacy. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear, to the knowledge of the Company, of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to maintain and protect their confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses. To the knowledge of the Company, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to such Personal Data, except as has not resulted in, and is not reasonably likely to result in, material liability to the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data, including without limitation, as applicable, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and the Massachusetts Standards for the Protection of Personal Information (201 CMR 17.00).

 

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(xxxv)      Statistical and Market-Related Data. The statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects.

 

(xxxvi)     Rated Securities. The Company does not have any debt securities or preferred stock rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

 

(xxxvii)   Transaction Agreement. The Transaction Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company and each of its subsidiaries party thereof, enforceable against each in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability. To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no material breach of the representations and warranties or covenants contained in the Transaction Agreement and the Transaction Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(xxxviii) Testing the Waters Materials. The Company has not engaged in any Testing the Waters Communications.

 

(xxxix)     Stamp Taxes. No non-refundable stamp duties or other issuance or transfer taxes or withholding or other similar taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters under U.S. federal or state law, or any political subdivision thereof, or under Jersey law or the laws of any other jurisdiction in which the Company is resident for tax purposes solely in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus.

 

(xl)            Passive Foreign Investment Company. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company was not a “passive foreign investment company” (as defined in Section 1297 of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) (“PFIC”) for its taxable year ended December 31, 2020 and does not expect to be a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2021 or the foreseeable future.

 

(xli)          Dividends and Distributions. (A) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of the Company, now or in the future, may, under the current laws and regulations of Jersey, be paid in United States Dollars that (subject to any applicable Sanctions Laws) may be freely transferred out of Jersey; (B) all such dividends and other distributions are not or will not be, as the case may be, subject to withholding or other taxes under the current laws and regulations of Jersey; and (C) all such dividends and other distributions under such current laws and regulations are or will be otherwise free and clear of any other tax (save for any income tax that may be payable by the recipient of a distribution who is resident in Jersey), withholding or deduction in Jersey and (subject to any applicable Sanctions Laws) without the necessity of obtaining any consent, approval, authorization or order in Jersey.

 

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(xlii)           Legal Process. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of Jersey to enforce this Agreement in respect of itself or its property.

 

(xliii)         Listing. The Company has not received any notice from the New York Stock Exchange regarding the delisting of the Ordinary Shares from the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(xliv)        Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

(xlv)         Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has or will have the power to submit, and pursuant to this Agreement and has submitted legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably, to the jurisdiction of any U.S. Federal or New York State court in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and the State of New York; and each of the Company and its subsidiaries has or will have, as applicable, the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to this Agreement and has designated, appointed and empowered, validly, effectively and irrevocably, an agent for service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this Agreement in any U.S. Federal or New York State court in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, as provided herein.

 

(xlvi)        Choice of Law. The choice of law of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under Jersey laws and any political subdivision thereof, and courts of Jersey should honor this choice of law, subject to mandatory choice of law rules and constitutional limitations.

 

(b)           Representations and Warranties by the Selling Shareholders. Each Selling Shareholder severally represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Time and as of each Date of Delivery, and severally agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

 

(i)            Accurate Disclosure. Neither the General Disclosure Package nor the Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto includes any untrue statement of a material fact 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, provided that such representations and warranties set forth in this subsection 1(b)(i) apply only to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Selling Shareholder furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto (the “Selling Shareholder Information”); it being understood that the Selling Shareholder Information shall be limited to the legal name and address of, and the number of shares beneficially owned and offered by, such Selling Shareholder, and the other information with respect to such Selling Shareholder that appears under the caption “Selling Shareholders” in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, and any Selling Shareholder Information contained in any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; such Selling Shareholder is not prompted to sell the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder by any material information concerning the Company or any subsidiary of the Company which is not set forth in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus.

 

(ii)           Power of Attorney; Custody Agreement. Each Appointing Shareholder has duly executed and delivered a Power of Attorney (a “Power of Attorney” and, with respect to such Appointing Shareholder, “its Power of Attorney”) appointing Richard Hanks and Stephen Hartman as such Selling Shareholder’s attorney-in-fact (with respect to such Selling Shareholder, the “Attorney-in-Fact”), and (x) a Custody Agreement (a “Custody Agreement” and, with respect to such Appointing Shareholder, “its Custody Agreement”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as custodian (the “Custodian”), in the case of any Appointing Shareholder who is not selling Optionholder Shares, and (y) an Option Exercise Notice (an “Exercise Notice”), in the case of any Appointing Shareholder who is selling Optionholder Shares to be issued directly to the Underwriters at the Closing Time; each of its Power of Attorney and its Custody Agreement or Exercise Notice, as applicable, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Selling Shareholder, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles; to the extent applicable, such Selling Shareholder has placed in custody, pursuant to such Custody Agreement, for delivery under this Agreement, security entitlements representing the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder; each such Power of Attorney grants the Attorneys-in-Fact full power of substitution, and full authority (exercisable by any one or more of them) to execute and deliver this Agreement and to take such other action as may be necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions hereof on behalf of such Selling Shareholder.

 

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(iii)                  Authorization of this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized (if such Selling Stockholder is not a natural person), executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Selling Shareholder.

 

(iv)                  Noncontravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement (and, with respect to the Appointing Shareholders only, its Power of Attorney and its Custody Agreement or Exercise Notice, as applicable) and the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and compliance by such Selling Shareholder with its obligations hereunder (and, with respect to Appointing Shareholders only, thereunder) do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, (A) conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any tax, lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder or any property or assets of such Selling Shareholder pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which such Selling Shareholder is a party or by which such Selling Shareholder may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of such Selling Shareholder is subject, (B) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or other organizational instrument of such Selling Shareholder, if applicable, or (C) result in any violation of any applicable treaty, law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over such Selling Shareholder or any of its properties, except, in the case of clauses (A) and (C), as would not reasonably be expected to materially impact such Selling Shareholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(v)                Valid Title. Such Selling Shareholder has (other than with respect to any Optionholder Shares, in which case, such Appointing Shareholder, as the case may be, will have upon issuance of the Optionholder Shares), and at the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, will have, valid title to the Securities (or to a security entitlement in respect thereof) to be sold by such Selling Shareholder free and clear of all security interests, claims, liens, equities or other encumbrances and the legal right and power, and all authorization and approval required by law, to enter into this Agreement and to sell, transfer and deliver the Securities (or a security entitlement in respect thereof) to be sold by such Selling Shareholder.

 

(vi)              Delivery of Securities. Upon payment of the purchase price for the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Agreement (whether paid directly to such Selling Shareholder or to any other Selling Shareholder as directed by such Selling Shareholder), delivery of such Securities, as directed by the Underwriters, to Cede & Co. (“Cede”) or such other nominee as may be designated by The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) (unless delivery of such Securities is unnecessary because such Securities are already in possession of Cede or such nominee), registration of such Securities in the name of Cede or such other nominee (unless registration of such Securities is unnecessary because such Securities are already registered in the name of Cede or such nominee), and the crediting of such Securities on the books of DTC to securities accounts (within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the Uniform Commercial Code then in effect in the State of New York (“UCC”)) of the Underwriters (assuming that neither DTC nor any such Underwriter has notice of any “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-105 of the UCC, to such Securities), under Section 8-501 of the UCC, the Underwriters will acquire a valid “security entitlement” in respect of such Securities and no action (whether framed in conversion, replevin, constructive trust, equitable lien, or other theory) based on any “adverse claim,” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, to such Securities may be asserted against the Underwriters with respect to such security entitlement; for purposes of this representation, such Selling Shareholder may assume that when such payment, delivery (if necessary) and crediting occur, (1) such Securities will have been registered in the name of Cede or another nominee designated by DTC, in each case on the Company’s share registry in accordance with its certificate of incorporation, bylaws and applicable law, (2) DTC will be registered as a “clearing corporation,” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the UCC, (3) appropriate entries to the accounts of the several Underwriters on the records of DTC will have been made pursuant to the UCC, (4) to the extent DTC, or any other securities intermediary which acts as “clearing corporation” with respect to the Securities, maintains any “financial asset” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC) in a clearing corporation pursuant to Section 8-111 of the UCC, the rules of such clearing corporation may affect the rights of DTC or such securities intermediaries and the ownership interest of the Underwriters, (5) claims of creditors of DTC or any other securities intermediary or clearing corporation may be given priority to the extent set forth in Section 8-511(b) and 8-511(c) of the UCC and (6) if at any time DTC or other securities intermediary does not have sufficient Securities to satisfy claims of all of its entitlement holders with respect thereto then all holders will share pro rata in the Securities then held by DTC or such securities intermediary.

 

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(vii)           Absence of Manipulation. Such Selling Shareholder has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which has constituted or would reasonably be 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 Securities.

 

(viii)          Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency, domestic or foreign, is necessary or required for the performance by such Selling Shareholder of its obligations hereunder (or, with respect to Appointing Shareholders only, under its Power of Attorney or Custody Agreement or Exercise Notice, as applicable), or in connection with the sale and delivery of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (A) such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, state securities laws or the rules of FINRA, (B) such as have been obtained under the laws and regulations of jurisdictions outside the United States in which the Securities were offered and (C) where the failure to obtain such consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, qualification or decree would not reasonably be expected to materially impact such Selling Shareholder’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(ix)            No Registration or Other Similar Rights. Such Selling Shareholder does not have any registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities registered for sale by the Company under the Registration Statement or included in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, other than those rights that have been disclosed or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(x)             No Free Writing Prospectuses. Such Selling Shareholder has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405), and has not distributed any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities.

 

(xi)           No Association with FINRA. There are no affiliations or associations between any member of FINRA “participating in the offering” and such Selling Shareholder, and none of the proceeds received by such Selling Shareholder from the sale of the Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder will be paid to a member of FINRA “participating in the offering” or any affiliate of (or person “associated with,” as such terms are used in the rules of FINRA) such member.

 

(xii)         ERISA. Such Selling Shareholder is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, (B) a plan or account subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or (C) an entity deemed to hold “plan assets” of any such plan or account under Section 3(42) of ERISA, 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, or otherwise.

 

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(c)         Officer’s Certificates and Selling Shareholders’ Certificates. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby; and any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Selling Shareholders as such and delivered to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by such Selling Shareholder to the Underwriters as to the matters covered thereby.

 

Section 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

 

(a)                 Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Sponsor Shareholders, severally and not jointly, agree to sell to each Underwriter and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company and each such Sponsor Shareholder, at the price per share of $25.22, that proportion of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule B opposite the name of the Company or such Sponsor Shareholder, which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representative in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

 

(b)                Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Selling Shareholders, acting severally and not jointly, hereby grant an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 5,769,230 Ordinary Shares, as set forth in Schedule B, at the price per share of $25.22, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted may be exercised for 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time upon notice by the Representative to the Company and the Selling Shareholders setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representative, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments as the Representative in its discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares. In the event and to the extent that the Underwriters exercise the option to purchase Option Securities, the number of Option Securities to be so purchased from each applicable Selling Shareholder on the applicable Date of Delivery shall bear the same proportion to the maximum number of Option Securities to be sold by such Selling Shareholder as the maximum number of Option Securities set forth in Schedule B hereto opposite the name of such Selling Shareholder bears to the total number of Option Securities that may be purchased hereunder (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative may determine).

 

(c)                 Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, the Initial Securities shall take place remotely via virtual closing pursuant to which all closing deliveries may be effected by email, PDF, wire transfer and/or similar means, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second (third, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than the fifth business day after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company and the Sponsor Shareholders (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

 

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In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative, the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Company and the Selling Shareholders.

 

Payment shall be made to the Company and the Sponsor Shareholders for the Initial Securities and to the Selling Shareholders for the Option Securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank accounts designated by the Company or each such Selling Shareholder, as applicable (whether to the account of such Selling Shareholder or to the account of any other Selling Shareholder as directed by such Selling Shareholder) against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Citigroup, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

 

(d)               Denominations; Registration. The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representative may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company or the Selling Shareholders, as applicable, to the Representative through the facilities of DTC, for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company or such Selling Shareholder to the Representative at least one full business day in advance.

 

Section 3.                Covenants of the Company and the Selling Shareholders.

 

(a)            The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(i)                  Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(a)(ii), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Representative promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, including, but not limited to, any request for information concerning any Testing the Waters Communication, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

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(ii)                Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities (such time, the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (A) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an 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, (B) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (C) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (1) give the Representative notice of such event, (2) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (D) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will give the Representative notice of its intention to make any filing pursuant to the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representative with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

 

(iii)              Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representative, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission through EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(iv)              Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission through EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(v)               Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

 

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(vi)               Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

 

(vii)             Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, and maintain the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(viii)           Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 45 days from the date of the Prospectus (the “Restricted Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (A) directly or indirectly, 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 for the sale or lend, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for or repayable with Ordinary Shares or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (B) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Ordinary Shares, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (1) any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (2) the issuance of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering or any Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, (3) any Ordinary Shares issued or options to purchase Ordinary Shares granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (4) any Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (5) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 (including any amendments thereto) to register the issuance of Ordinary Shares of the Company and/or the resale of Ordinary Shares held by certain shareholders of the Company, provided that the Company does not issue or sell any of its Ordinary Shares pursuant to such registration statement during the Restricted Period, or (6) the entry into an agreement providing for the issuance of Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares, including the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and the issuance of any such securities pursuant to such an agreement, in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, business, property or other assets of another person or entity, including pursuant to an employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with such acquisition; provided that the aggregate number of shares issued or issuable pursuant to this clause (6) does not exceed 5% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and, prior to such issuance, each recipient of any such securities shall execute and deliver to the Representative and the Company a “lock-up” agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing sentence shall not apply to any Securities to be sold hereunder in this offering. During the Restricted Period, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, release or waive the restrictions on the transfer of shares by any of the Onex Investor Parties, the Baring Investor Parties, or the Kevlar Investor Parties set forth in Section 3.01(b) of the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), by and among the Company, Seller Holdco, Seller and each Investor, Churchill Founder and Sponsor identified therein and party thereto (each as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement).

 

(ix)               Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

 

(x)                Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representative will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule C.1 hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representative. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representative as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. 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 or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

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(xi)               Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.” The Company and its subsidiaries will not, and each will procure that the Group does not, directly or indirectly, use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such net proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture, partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities of or business with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is itself the subject of Sanctions Laws, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as initial purchaser, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions Laws or (ii) to make any payments in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(b)             Each Selling Shareholder covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(i)                  Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Selling Shareholder agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representative will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule C.1 hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representative. Each Selling Shareholder represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representative as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus by a Selling Shareholder 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 or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Selling Shareholders will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

Section 4.                Payment of Expenses.

 

(a)             Expenses of the Company. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any taxes or duties payable upon the sale of the Securities by the Underwriters), (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a)(v) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any blue sky survey requested by the Underwriters and any supplement thereto, up to $10,000, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, 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, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and 50% of the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show (if applicable), (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, provided that such fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to this clause (viii) do not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate, and (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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(b)                Expenses of the Selling Shareholders. The Selling Shareholders, jointly and severally, will pay all expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations under, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, including the fees and disbursements of their respective counsel and other advisors.

 

(c)                 Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) or (iii) hereof, the Company and the Selling Shareholders shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

 

(d)                Allocation of Expenses. Nothing in this Section 4 shall affect any agreement that the Company and the Selling Shareholders (or any of them) may make for the sharing of any costs and expenses related to the matters covered by this Section 4.

 

Section 5.                    Conditions of Underwriters’ and Selling Shareholders’ Obligations. The obligations of: (i) the several Underwriters are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by each of the Company and the Selling Shareholders of its respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, (ii) the Selling Shareholders are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and (iii) the several Underwriters and the Selling Shareholders are subject to the following further conditions (except to the extent such condition is within the control of the Selling Shareholders):

 

(a)                 Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430B Information. The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and at the Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. A prospectus containing information deemed pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act to be part of the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness (the “Rule 430B Information”) shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B.

 

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(b)            Opinion of Counsel for the Company. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received (i) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Ogier, Jersey counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters, in each case together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.

 

(c)                 Opinion of Counsel for the Sponsor Shareholders. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received (i) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters, (ii) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters, (iii) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters, (iv) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Walkers, British Virgin Islands counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters and (v) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Canada counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters, in each case together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.

 

(d)                Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of (i) Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters, and (ii) Maples and Calder (Jersey) LLP, Jersey counsel for the Underwriters, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters, in each case together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters. In giving its opinion, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representative. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries, certificates of the Selling Shareholders and certificates of public officials.

 

(e)                 Officer’s Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change, or development including a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representative shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer or other officer, director or authorized signatory of the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated.

 

(f)                  Certificate of Sponsor Shareholders. At the Closing Time, the Representatives shall have received a certificate of each Sponsor Shareholder, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of such Sponsor Shareholder in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time and (ii) such Sponsor Shareholder has complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Time.

 

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(g)                Accountant’s Comfort Letters. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, KNAV P.A., KPMG LLP and Deloitte a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters 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 or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(h)                Bring-down Comfort Letters. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, KNAV P.A, KPMG LLP and Deloitte a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in their letter furnished pursuant to subsection (g) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

 

(i)                  Approval of Listing. At the Closing Time, the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(j)                  No Objection. FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.

 

(k)                Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representative and the Company shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto signed by the persons listed in Schedule E hereto.

 

(l)                  Company Chief Financial Officer Certificate. At the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Company, in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

 

(m)               Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Selling Shareholders contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company, any of its subsidiaries and the Selling Shareholders hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representative shall have received:

 

(i)                  Officer’s Certificate. A certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer or other officer, director or authorized signatory of the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, dated such Date of Delivery, confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

 

(ii)                Certificate of Selling Shareholders. A certificate, dated the Date of Delivery, of each Selling Shareholder to the effect that (i) the representations and warranties of such Selling Shareholder in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the relevant Date of Delivery and (ii) such Selling Shareholder has complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed under this Agreement at or prior to the relevant Date of Delivery.

 

(iii)              Opinion of Counsel for the Company and the Appointing Shareholders. The opinion of (A) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Company and the Appointing Shareholders and (B) Ogier (Jersey) LLP, Jersey counsel for the Company, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(b) hereof (except, in the case of the Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP opinion, with respect to the Appointing Shareholders).

 

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(iv)               Opinion of Counsel for the Sponsor Shareholders. The opinion of (A) Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, (B) Ropes & Gray LLP, counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, (C) Walkers, Cayman Islands counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, (D) Walkers, British Virgin Islands counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders and (E) Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Canada counsel for certain of the Sponsor Shareholders, in each case in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.

 

(v)                Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, and Maples and Calder (Jersey) LLP, Jersey counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(d) hereof.

 

(vi)               Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, KNAV P.A., KPMG LLP and Deloitte in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representative pursuant to Section 5(h) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.

 

(vii)             Company Chief Financial Officer Certificate. A certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Company, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the certificate required by Section 5(l) hereof.

 

(n)                Additional Documents. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any) counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company and the Selling Shareholders in connection with the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.

 

(o)                Consent of the Jersey Financial Services Commission. The written consent of the Jersey Financial Services Commission to circulation of the Prospectus pursuant to the Jersey Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 shall have been obtained and shall be subsisting, and the written consent of the Jersey Financial Services Commission to the issue or transfer (as applicable) of the Securities pursuant to the Jersey Control Of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958 shall have been obtained and shall be subsisting.

 

(p)                Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

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Section 6.                Indemnification.

 

(a)                 Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and selling agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

 

(i)                  against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in (A) any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or (B) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of Securities (the “Marketing Materials”), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(ii)                against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(e)) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;

 

(iii)              against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of or in connection with the use of the information included in, or the furnishing to the Commission of, the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company furnished on June 8, 2021; and

 

(iv)               against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i), (ii) or (iii) above;

 

provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Marketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(b)               Indemnification of Underwriters by Selling Shareholders. Each Selling Shareholder, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and selling agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the extent and in the manner set forth in clauses 6(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) above; provided that each Selling Shareholder shall be liable only to the extent that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission has been made in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Marketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with the Selling Shareholder Information; provided, further, that the liability under this subsection of each Selling Shareholder shall be limited to an amount equal to the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to such Selling Shareholder from the sale of Securities sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder.

 

(c)                Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers and Selling Shareholders. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, and each Selling Shareholder and each person, if any, who controls any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Marketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

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(d)                Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(a) and Section 6(b), counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representative, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(c), counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company and the Selling Shareholders. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

Section 7.                    Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

The relative benefits received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement received by the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

 

The relative fault of the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Selling Shareholders or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

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The Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 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 above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Selling Shareholder shall be required to contribute (i) any amount in excess of the aggregate gross proceeds after underwriting commissions and discounts, but before expenses, to such Selling Shareholder from the sale of Securities sold by such Selling Shareholder hereunder or (ii) with respect to any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses for which such Selling Shareholder would not have been liable under Section 6(b) if such Section 6(b) were applied in accordance with its terms. The Selling Shareholders’ obligations in this Section 7 to contribute are several in proportion to their respective aggregate gross proceeds received after underwriting discounts and commissions, but before expenses, from the sale of the Securities sold by the Selling Shareholders hereunder and not joint.

 

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Selling Shareholder within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company or such Selling Shareholder, as the case may be. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

 

Section 8.                    Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or the Selling Shareholders submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company or any person controlling any Selling Shareholder and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

Section 9.                   Termination of Agreement.

 

(a)                 Termination. The Representative may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company and the Selling Shareholders, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representative, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change, or development including a prospective change, in the financial condition, or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or (iv) if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

 

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(b)                Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 10.                    Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representative shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:

 

(i)                  if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

 

(ii)                if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Selling Shareholders to sell, the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery, shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

 

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

 

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Selling Shareholders to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either the (i) Representative or (ii) the Company and any Selling Shareholder shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

 

Section 11.                  Default by one or more of the Selling Shareholders. If a Selling Shareholder shall fail at the Closing Time or a Date of Delivery, as the case may be, to sell and deliver the number of Securities which such Selling Shareholder or Selling Shareholders are obligated to sell hereunder, and the remaining Selling Shareholders do not exercise the right hereby granted to increase, pro rata or otherwise, the number of Securities to be sold by them hereunder to the total number to be sold by all Selling Shareholders as set forth in Schedule B hereto, then the Underwriters may, at option of the Representative, by notice from the Representative to the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders, either (i) terminate this Agreement without any liability on the fault of any non-defaulting party except that the provisions of Sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall remain in full force and effect or (ii) elect to purchase the Securities which the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders have agreed to sell hereunder. No action taken pursuant to this Section 11 shall relieve any Selling Shareholder so defaulting from liability, if any, in respect of such default.

 

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In the event of a default by any Selling Shareholder as referred to in this Section 11, each of the Representative, the Company and the non-defaulting Selling Shareholders shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time or any Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required change in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements.

 

Section 12.                  Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 (fax: 646-291-1469), Attention: General Counsel, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Daniel J. Bursky, Esq.; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Friars House, 160 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8EZ, UK, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 Attention: Joseph A. Hall, Esq.; and notices to the Selling Shareholders shall be directed to the address of such shareholder on file with the Company, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice), in the case of the Sponsor Shareholder affiliated with Baring Private Equity Asia Limited, to (i) Ropes & Gray LLP, 191 North Wacker Drive, 32nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60606, Attention: Neill P. Jakobe, Esq. and (ii) Ropes & Gray LLP, Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02199, Attention Zachary Blume, Esq. and, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice); in the case of the Sponsor Shareholders affiliated with Onex Corporation, to Latham & Watkins LLP, 555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20004 Attention: Rachel W. Sheridan, Esq. and Shagufa R. Hossain, Esq; and, in the case of the Appointing Shareholders, to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 Attention: Joseph A. Hall, Esq.

 

Section 13.                  No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and each Selling Shareholder acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Selling Shareholders, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and does not constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, any of the Selling Shareholders or any of their respective shareholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or any Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Selling Shareholder on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company or any Selling Shareholder with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and each Selling Shareholder, (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory, investment or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company and each Selling Shareholder has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate, and (f) none of the activities of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation or any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person.

 

Section 14.                  Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and each Selling Shareholder and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company, the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company, the Selling Shareholders and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

 

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Section 15.                  Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its shareholders and Affiliates), each of the Selling Shareholders and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 16.                  GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.

 

Section 17.                  Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) shall be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, unless any such Federal court determines that it lacks jurisdiction over a Related Proceeding in which case such Related Proceeding shall be instituted in the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company irrevocably appoints Camelot U.S. Acquisition 1 Co. as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City and County of New York. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.

 

Section 18.              Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

 

(a)                 In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime.

 

(b)                In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime.

 

As used in this Section 18:

 

BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

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Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i)                a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii)               a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii)              a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Section 19.                  Time. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

 

Section 20.                  Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

Section 21.                  Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by “.pdf” electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

Section 22.                  Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 23.                  Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Underwriters with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 24.                  Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, the Company and the Selling Shareholders in accordance with its terms.

 

  Very truly yours,  
   
   
  CLARIVATE PLC
   
   
  By: /s/ Stephen Hartman
    Name: Stephen Hartman
     
    Title: General Counsel

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Common Equity)]

 

 

 

 

 

  ELGIN INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED  
   
  For and on behalf of
  VSG Corporate Limited
   
   
  By:         /s/VSG Corporate Limited
  Name: VSG Corporate Limited
  Title: Director

   

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Common Equity)]

 

 

 

 

  NEW PCO A LP
  By: New PCo GP Inc., its general partner
   
   
  By: /s/ Michelle Iskander
    Name: Michelle Iskander
    Title: Secretary, New PCo GP Inc.

 

  ONEX PARTNERS HOLDINGS LLC
   
   
  By: /s/ Joshua Hausman
    Name: Joshua Hausman
    Title: Director

 

ONEX PARTNERS IV LP
By: ONEX PARTNERS IV GP LP, its general partner
By: ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER LP, its agent
By: ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER GP ULC, its general partner

 

  By: /s/ Joshua Hausman
    Name: Joshua Hausman
    Title: Managing Director
 
  By: /s/ Matthew Ross
    Name: Matthew Ross
    Title: Managing Director
   

 

ONEX PARTNERS IV PV LP
By: ONEX PARTNERS IV GP LP, its general partner
By: ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER LP, its agent
By: ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER GP ULC, its general partner  

 

  By: /s/ Joshua Hausman
    Name: Joshua Hausman
    Title: Managing Director
   
  By: /s/ Matthew Ross
    Name: Matthew Ross
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Common Equity)]

 

 

 

 

ONEX PARTNERS IV SELECT LP
By: ONEX PARTNERS IV GP LLC, its general partner
By: ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER LP, its agent
By: ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER GP ULC, its general partner

 

  By: /s/ Joshua Hausman
    Name: Joshua Hausman
    Title: Managing Director
   
  By: /s/ Matthew Ross
    Name: Matthew Ross
    Title: Managing Director
     

 

 

ONEX PARTNERS IV GP LP

By:     ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER LP, its agent

By:     ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER GP ULC, its general partner

 

  By: /s/ Joshua Hausman
    Name: Joshua Hausman
    Title: Managing Director
   
  By: /s/ Matthew Ross
    Name: Matthew Ross
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

ONEX US PRINCIPALS LP

By:     Onex American Holdings GP LLC, its general partners

 

  By: /s/ Joshua Hausman
    Name: Joshua Hausman
    Title: Director
   

 

 

ONEX CAMELOT CO-INVEST LP

By:     ONEX PARTNERS IV GP LP, its general partner

 

By:     ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER LP, its agent

By:     ONEX PARTNERS MANAGER GP ULC, its general partner

 

  By: /s/ Joshua Hausman
    Name: Joshua Hausman
    Title: Managing Director
   
  By: /s/ Matthew Ross
    Name: Matthew Ross
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Common Equity)]

 

 

 

 

  APPOINTING SHAREHOLDERS
     
  By: /s/ Stephen Hartman
    Name: Stephen Hartman
    Title: Attorney-in-Fact
     
  As Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of each of the Appointing Shareholders listed in Schedule B hereto
     

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Common Equity)]

 

 

 

 

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

as of the date first above written:

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

By: /s/ Patrick Kosiek  
  Name: Patrick Kosiek  
     
  Title: Managing Director  

 

For themselves and as Representative of the other

Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Common Equity)]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Name of Underwriter  

Number of

Initial Securities

 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     22,189,349  
BofA Securities, Inc.     4,068,046  
RBC Capital Markets, LLC     3,254,438  
Barclays Capital Inc.     2,983,235  
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.     2,983,235  
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC     2,983,235  
Total     38,461,538  

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

   

 

 

Number of Initial Securities to be Sold

    Number of Option Securities
to be Sold if Option is Exercised in Full
 
Clarivate Plc     28,846,154       0  
                 
Sponsor Shareholders                
Elgin Investment Holdings Limited     2,692,307       1,415,480  
Onex Partners IV LP     2,564,433       1,348,250  
Onex Partners IV PV LP     126,778       66,653  
Onex Partners IV Select LP     17,752       9,333  
Onex Partners IV GP LP     73,340       38,559  
Onex US Principals LP     94,494       49,680  
Onex Camelot Co-Invest LP     1,500,594       788,937  
Onex Partners Holdings LLC     2,394,117       1,258,706  
New PCO A LP     151,569       79,687  
                 
Appointing Shareholders                
Sheryl von Blucher     0       500,000  
Richard Hanks     0       124,297  
Jeff Roy     0       89,648  
Total     38,461,538       5,769,230  

 

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SCHEDULE C

 

1. Free Writing Prospectuses

 

None.

 

2. Information

 

i. 424(b) prospectus filing, including a pricing terms annex setting forth the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Schedule D

 

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SCHEDULE D

Pricing Terms Annex

 

Attached.

 

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Clarivate Plc
Pricing Terms Annex
for Concurrent Offerings of
38,461,538 Ordinary Shares
(the “Ordinary Shares Offering”)
and
12,500,000 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares
(the “Convertible Preferred Shares Offering” and,
together with the Ordinary Shares Offering, the “Offerings”)
The information in this pricing terms annex (this “Annex”) relates only to the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and should be read together with (i) in the case of investors purchasing shares in the Ordinary Shares Offering, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 9, 2021 relating to the Ordinary Shares Offering to which this Annex is appended (the “Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and (ii) in the case of investors purchasing shares in the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 9, 2021 relating to the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering to which this Annex is appended (the “Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and, in each case, the accompanying base prospectus dated July 1, 2020, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration No. 333-239328. Terms not defined in this Annex have the meanings given to such terms in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as applicable. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.
The information in this Annex supersedes the information in (i) the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and accompanying prospectus, in the case of the Ordinary Shares Offering, and (ii) the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and accompanying prospectus, in the case of the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus supplements or the accompanying prospectus.
Prior to purchasing the Ordinary Shares and the Convertible Preferred Shares being sold in the Offerings, on June 9, 2021, one of the underwriters for the Ordinary Shares Offering purchased, on behalf of the syndicate for the Ordinary Shares Offering, 1,500,000 Ordinary Shares at an average price of $27.25 per share in stabilizing transactions.
Terms Applicable to the Offerings
Issuer: Clarivate Plc
Ticker / Exchange for the Ordinary Shares: CLVT / The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
Trade Date: June 10, 2021.
Settlement Date: June 14, 2021 (T + 2).
Use of Proceeds: The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Ordinary Shares Offering will be approximately $723.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the Issuer’s estimated offering expenses. In addition, the Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering will be approximately $1.208 billion (or approximately $1.389 billion if the underwriters for such offering exercise in full their over-allotment option), after deducting underwriting discounts and
 
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commissions and the Issuer’s estimated offering expenses. The Issuer will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any Ordinary Shares by the selling shareholders in the Ordinary Shares Offering, including pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares in such offering.
The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering to finance a portion of the purchase price for the ProQuest acquisition (as described under “Prospectus Summary — Recent Developments — Agreement to Acquire ProQuest” in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement). The Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and the Ordinary Shares Offering are not contingent on consummation of the Issuer’s acquisition of ProQuest and will close prior to consummation of the ProQuest acquisition. The ProQuest acquisition may be delayed or may not occur. If the ProQuest acquisition is not consummated, the Issuer intends to use the net proceeds received from the Offerings for general corporate purposes. However, if the ProQuest acquisition has not closed by November 8, 2021, the ProQuest acquisition agreement is terminated any time prior thereto or the Issuer determines in its reasonable judgment that the ProQuest acquisition will not occur, the Issuer will have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem the Convertible Preferred Shares.
Terms Applicable to the Ordinary Shares Offering
Ordinary Shares Offered by the Issuer: 28,846,154 Ordinary Shares.
Ordinary Shares Offered by Certain Selling Shareholders: 9,615,384 Ordinary Shares.
Option to Purchase Additional Ordinary Shares Granted by the Selling Shareholders:    
The selling shareholders named in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement have granted the underwriters the option to purchase up to 5,769,230 additional Ordinary Shares, exercisable for 30 days from the trade date.
NYSE Last Reported Sale Price of the Ordinary Shares on June 9, 2021: $26.39 per Ordinary Share.
Public Offering Price: $26.00 per Ordinary Share.
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: $0.78 per Ordinary Share.
Net Proceeds to the Issuer (after expenses): Approximately $723.8 million. The Issuer will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any Ordinary Shares by any selling shareholders in the Ordinary Shares Offering, including pursuant
 
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to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares in such offering.
CUSIP / ISIN for the Ordinary Shares: G21810 109 / JE00BJJN4441
Sole Global Coordinator: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Joint Book-Running Managers: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BofA Securities, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Terms Applicable to the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering
Convertible Preferred Shares Offered: 12,500,000 Convertible Preferred Shares.
Over-Allotment Option: 1,875,000 additional Convertible Preferred Shares.
Public Offering Price:
$100.00 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Any Convertible Preferred Shares sold by the underwriters to securities dealers may be sold at a discount from the Public Offering Price not to exceed $1.80 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: $3.00 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Net Proceeds (after expenses): $1.208 billion (or $1.389 billion if the underwriters exercise in full their over-allotment option).
Liquidation Preference: $100.00 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Dividends:
5.25% of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per Convertible Preferred Share per year. Dividends will accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the first original issue date of the Convertible Preferred Shares, and, when, as and if the Issuer’s board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, declares a dividend payable with respect to the Convertible Preferred Shares, the Issuer will pay such dividends in cash, by delivery of Ordinary Shares or through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Issuer in its sole discretion (subject to certain limitations); provided that any unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate.
The expected dividend payable on the first Dividend Payment Date (as defined below) is approximately $1.1229 per Convertible Preferred Share. Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $1.3125 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Dividend Record Dates: The February 15, May 15, August 15 or November 15 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date.
Dividend Payment Dates: March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2021
 
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and ending on, and including, June 1, 2024.
Acquisition Termination Redemption: If the ProQuest acquisition has not closed on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 8, 2021 or if the ProQuest acquisition agreement is terminated any time prior thereto or the Issuer determines in its reasonable judgment that the ProQuest acquisition will not occur, the Issuer may, at its option, give notice of acquisition termination redemption to the holders of the Convertible Preferred Shares. If the Issuer provides such notice, then, on the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), it will redeem the Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole but not in part, at a redemption amount per Convertible Preferred Share equal to the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount (as described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).
Mandatory Conversion Date: The second business day immediately following the last trading day of the 30 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 31st scheduled trading day immediately preceding June 1, 2024. The Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be June 1, 2024.
Initial Price: Approximately $26.00, which is equal to $100.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as defined below).
Threshold Appreciation Price: Approximately $31.20, which represents an approximately 20% appreciation over the Initial Price and is equal to $100.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as defined below).
Floor Price: $9.10 (approximately 35% of the Initial Price), subject to adjustment as described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Conversion Rate per Convertible Preferred Share:
Upon conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date, each outstanding Convertible Preferred Share, unless previously converted, will automatically convert into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to not more than 3.8462 Ordinary Shares and not less than 3.2052 Ordinary Shares (respectively, the “Maximum Conversion Rate” and “Minimum Conversion Rate”), depending on the Applicable Market Value (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of the Ordinary Shares, as described below and subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments.
The following table illustrates the conversion rate per Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the
 
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Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, based on the Applicable Market Value of the Ordinary Shares:
Applicable Market Value of
the Ordinary Shares
Conversion Rate (number of
Ordinary Shares issuable
upon conversion of each
Convertible Preferred Share)
Greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price
3.2052 Ordinary Shares
Equal to or less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than or equal to the Initial Price
Between 3.2052 and 3.8462 Ordinary Shares, determined by dividing $100.00 by the Applicable Market Value
Less than the Initial Price 3.8462 Ordinary Shares
Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder: Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), a holder of Convertible Preferred Shares may, at any time prior to June 1, 2024, elect to convert such holder’s Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Convertible Preferred Share), at the Minimum Conversion Rate per Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, as described under “Description of Convertible Preferred Shares — Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder” in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Conversion at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change:
   
If a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) occurs on or prior to June 1, 2024, holders of the Convertible Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Convertible Preferred Share), into Ordinary Shares at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) during the period beginning on, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of such Fundamental Change and ending at the close of business on the date that is 20 calendar days after such Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if later, the date that is 20 calendar days after holders receive notice of such Fundamental Change), but
 
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in no event later than June 1, 2024. Holders who convert their Convertible Preferred Shares during that period will also receive a Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) and to the extent there is any, the Accumulated Dividend Amount (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).
The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Convertible Preferred Share based on the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price:
Fundamental
Change
Effective Date
Fundamental Change Share Price
$ 10.00 $ 15.00 $ 20.00 $ 22.00 $ 24.00 $ 26.00 $ 28.00 $ 30.00 $ 31.20 $ 33.50 $ 36.00 $ 38.00 $ 40.00 $ 45.00 $ 50.00 $ 65.00 $ 80.00
June 14, 2021
3.6716 3.5095 3.3862 3.3491 3.3180 3.2923 3.2711 3.2537 3.2449 3.2308 3.2190 3.2116 3.2058 3.1962 3.1914 3.1896 3.1932
June 1, 2022
3.7591 3.6104 3.4674 3.4202 3.3794 3.3448 3.3158 3.2918 3.2796 3.2598 3.2432 3.2329 3.2246 3.2109 3.2037 3.1987 3.2003
June 1, 2023
3.8327 3.7494 3.6003 3.5375 3.4788 3.4262 3.3808 3.3426 3.3231 3.2919 3.2662 3.2506 3.2386 3.2198 3.2108 3.2046 3.2047
June 1, 2024
3.8462 3.8462 3.8462 3.8462 3.8462 3.8462 3.5714 3.3333 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052
The exact Fundamental Change Share Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth on 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 straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Prices 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 in excess of $80.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Share Prices above as described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment; and

if the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than $10.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the prices in the Fundamental Change Share Prices above as described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment.
 
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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 is 5.25% per annum.
Listing: The Issuer intends to apply to list the Convertible Preferred Shares on the NYSE under the symbol “CLVT PR A.”
CUSIP / ISIN for the Convertible Preferred Shares: G21810 208 / JE00BM91P354
Sole Global Coordinator: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Joint Book-Running Managers: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BofA Securities, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Financial Advisor to Clarivate Plc: Evercore Partners
 
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SCHEDULE E

List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up

 

Jeff Roy

Mukhtar Ahmed

Jerre Stead

Richard Hanks

Stephen Hartman

Julie M. Wilson

Anthony Munk

Balakrishnan S. Iyer

Charles J. Neral

Kosty Gilis

Nicholas Macksey

Sheryl von Blucher

Jane Okun Bomba

Richard Roedel

Usama N. Cortas

Adam T. Levyn

Valeria Alberola

Roxane White

 

Onex Partners IV LP

Onex Partners IV PV LP

Onex Partners IV Select LP

Onex Partners IV GP LP

Onex US Principals LP

Onex Camelot Co-Invest LP

Onex Partners Holdings LLC

New PCO A LP

Elgin Investment Holdings Limited

 

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Exhibit A

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

[●], 2021

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

as Representative of the several Underwriters

 

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

 

[Clarivate Plc
Friars House, 160 Blackfriars Road

London, SE1 8EZ, United Kingdom]1

 

Re: Proposed Public Offering by Clarivate Plc

 

Dear Sirs:

 

The undersigned, a [shareholder] [and] [an officer] [and/or] [director] of Clarivate Plc, a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands (the “Company”), understands that Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Representative”) proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company and the selling shareholders to be named therein (the “Selling Shareholders”) providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of ordinary shares of the Company, no par value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was declared effective on July 1, 2020. In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a [shareholder] [and] [an officer] [and/or] [director] of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement [and the Company]2 that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 45 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, directly or indirectly, (i) 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 for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Ordinary Shares, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-Up Securities, or file or cause to be filed any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Representative [or the Company]3; provided that with respect to transfers set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) below: (1) the Representative [and the Company]4 receive a signed lock-up agreement having the same restrictions as the foregoing restrictions for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be; (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value [(other than, with respect to each of (iii) and (iv) below, dispositions for value in connection with transfers for the purpose of tax-efficient structuring)]5; and (3) the undersigned does not voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:

 

 

1 Bracketed address to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

2 Bracketed language to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

3 Bracketed language to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

4 Bracketed language to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

5 Bracketed language to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

 

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(i)                  (A) by way of testate or intestate succession or by operation of law or (B) pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency; or

 

(ii)                as a bona fide gift or gifts; or

 

(iii)              if the Lock-Up Securities are held by a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, to any of its subsidiaries, shareholders, partners, members or affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act); or

 

(iv)               to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by, or under common control or management with, the undersigned; or

 

(v)                to any members of the immediate family of the undersigned or to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this Lock-Up agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); or

 

(vi)               to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to which a transfer would be permissible under clauses (ii) through (v) above;

 

(vii)             any transfer pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of Ordinary Shares involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company that occurs after the consummation of the Public Offering (provided that, in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this agreement); [or]

 

[(viii) from an executive officer to the Company or its parent entities upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of such executive officer; or]6

 

[(viii)]-[(ix)] the sale of Ordinary Shares by the undersigned pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.

 

Furthermore, the undersigned may sell Ordinary Shares of the Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Public Offering if and only if (i) such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales.

 

For purposes of clause (vii) above, “change of control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), or group of persons, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of a majority of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company.

 

The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to the establishment after the date hereof of any contract, instruction or plan (a “Plan”) that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) under the Exchange Act; provided that no sales of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities shall be made pursuant to such a Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, and such a Plan may only be established if no public announcement of the establishment or existence thereof and no public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority in respect thereof or transactions thereunder or contemplated thereby, by the undersigned or the Company, shall be required, and no such announcement or filing is made voluntarily, by the undersigned or the Company, prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.

 

 

6 Bracketed language to be included only in lock-up agreements for natural persons.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing restrictions shall also not apply to dispositions of Ordinary Shares to the Company (i) to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the exercise of options to purchase Ordinary Shares or (ii) to effect the “cashless exercise” or “net exercise” of options to purchase Ordinary Shares, provided that, in the case of either (i) or (ii), no public filing or disclosure of such receipt or transfer by or on behalf of the undersigned shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period.

 

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that none of the underwriters has made any recommendation or provided any investment or other advice to the undersigned with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement or the subject matter hereof, and the undersigned has consulted its own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory, tax and other advisors with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement and the subject matter hereof to the extent the undersigned has deemed appropriate.

 

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 Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

This agreement shall lapse and become null and void if (i) prior to entering the Underwriting Agreement, the Company and/or the Selling Shareholders notify the Representative in writing that they do not intend to proceed with the Public Offering, (ii) the Company, the Selling Shareholders and the Representative have not entered into the Underwriting Agreement on or before June 30, 2021 (iii) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement is terminated (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) prior to the Closing Time (as defined therein) or (iv) the Registration Statement related to the Public Offering is withdrawn.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

Exh. A-3

 

 

  Very truly yours,
   
   
  [Exact Name of Shareholder / Director / Officer]
   
  By:                                  
  Authorized Signature
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate

 

[ ], 2021

 

I, Richard Hanks, Chief Financial Officer of Clarivate Plc (the “Company”), hereby certify on behalf of the Company (and not in my personal capacity) that:

 

1.                  I am providing this certificate in connection with the offering by the Company of 38,461,538 ordinary shares, no par value per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to (a) the Registration Statement (including the base prospectus forming a part thereof), (b) the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 8, 2021 (together with the base prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”), and the information contained in Schedule C to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”) and (c) the underwriting agreement, dated June 9, 2021 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, certain shareholders of the Company (the “Selling Shareholders”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative for the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto (the “Underwriters”).

 

2.                  I am familiar with the accounting, operations and record systems of the Company. I have (i) reviewed the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package and (ii) supervised the compilation of and reviewed the circled items contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex A hereto.

 

3.                  In connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package, I have reviewed the circled items contained or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex A and compared such information to the relevant accounting books and records of the Company and found such items to be in agreement.

 

4.                  I have reviewed the circled items concerning financial information of CPA Global Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively “CPA”) incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex B. To the best of my knowledge, the circled items were based on schedules prepared by CPA from its accounting records.

 

5.                  I have reviewed the circled items concerning financial information of ProQuest incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex C. To the best of my knowledge, the circled items were based on schedules prepared by ProQuest from its accounting records.

 

6.                  I have reviewed the circled items concerning financial information of Decision Resources Inc. and its subsidiaries, Millennium Research Group Inc., Decision Resources Group UK Limited and its subsidiaries and its associates, DRG Singapore Pte. Ltd, Japan branch of PEL-DRG Dutch Holdco B.V., DRG Holdco Inc. and Piramal IPP Holdings LLC (collectively, “DRG”), incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex D. To the best of my knowledge, the circled items were based on schedules prepared by DRG from its accounting records.

 

7.                  I have reviewed the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 (the “Pro Forma Statements”), included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 8, 2021, and incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package. Nothing came to my attention that caused me to believe that the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such Pro Forma Statements.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not herein defined have the meaning given thereto in the Underwriting Agreement. This certificate is being delivered pursuant to Section 5(m) of the Underwriting Agreement to assist the Underwriters and their advisers in conducting and documenting their investigation in connection with the offering of the Shares.

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]

 

Exh. B-1

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this certificate on behalf of the Company, and not in his personal capacity, as of the date first written above.

 

  By:  
    Name: Richard Hanks
    Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

Exh. B-2

 

Exhibit 1.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

CLARIVATE PLC

(A public limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands)

12,500,000 Shares of 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares



UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

 

June 9, 2021

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

as Representative of the several Underwriters

 

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Clarivate Plc, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Citigroup is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to (i) the issuance and sale by the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, no par value per share, with an initial liquidation preference of $100.00 per share, of the Company (“Preferred Shares”) as set forth in Schedule A hereto (such Preferred Shares, the “Initial Securities”) and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters of the option described in Article I.Section 2(b) hereof to purchase 1,875,000 additional Preferred Shares (such Preferred Shares, the “Option Securities”), solely to cover over-allotments. The Initial Securities to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the Option Securities are herein called, collectively, the “Securities.”

 

The Preferred Shares will be convertible into the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value per share (the “Ordinary Shares”), at the applicable conversion rates set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below) (the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, the “Conversion Shares”). The terms of the Preferred Shares will be set forth in the Statement of Rights (the “Statement of Rights”) to be filed by the Company with the Jersey Companies Registry.

 

The offering of the Securities is being conducted in connection with the transactions (the “Acquisition”) contemplated by that Transaction Agreement, dated May 15, 2021 (the “Transaction Agreement”), by and among, the Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, ProQuest Holdings LLC and certain of its subsidiaries, Cambridge Information Group III LLC, in its capacity as the representative of the equityholders as set forth therein, and the other parties party thereto. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund a portion of the consideration being paid for the Acquisition.

 

In connection with the Acquisition, substantially concurrently with the closing of this offering, the Company will, among other things, issue and sell $750.0 million of the Company’s ordinary shares, no par value per share, to the public and certain selling shareholders are offering a number of ordinary shares that will generate approximately $250.0 million in gross proceeds to such selling shareholders (the “Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering”) pursuant to a separate underwriting agreement and separate prospectus, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering to fund a portion of the consideration being paid for the Acquisition. The offering of the Securities is not contingent upon the completion of the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering, the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering is not contingent upon the completion of the offering of Securities and the concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering is not being offered together with the Securities.

 

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The Company understands that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representative deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

 

As used in this Agreement, the “Registration Statement” means the registration statement referred to in Article I.Section 1(a)(i) hereof, including the exhibits, schedules and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) (“Rule 424(b)”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “1933 Act Regulations”) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act, as amended on each Effective Date, and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto or any registration statement and any amendments thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act (a “Rule 462(b) Registration Statement”) becomes effective prior to the Closing Time (as defined herein), shall also mean such registration statement as so amended or such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, as the case may be; the “Effective Date” means each date and time that the Registration Statement, and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto or any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement became or becomes effective; the “Base Prospectus” means the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement, in the form most recently filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement; the “Preliminary Prospectus” means any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a)(i) hereof relating to the Securities which is used prior to the filing of the Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus; and the “Prospectus” means the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act after the Applicable Time, together with the Base Prospectus.

 

Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “1934 Act Regulations”) on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system or any successor system (“EDGAR”).

 

As used in this Agreement:

 

Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act.

 

Applicable Time” means 11:27 P.M., New York City time, on June 9, 2021 or such other time as agreed by the Company and the Representative.

 

General Disclosure Package” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, the Base Prospectus and the most recent Preliminary Prospectus that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time, including the information contained in Schedule B hereto (which also includes as an Annex thereto the information included on Schedule C hereto), all considered together.

 

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 433”), including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 405”)) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

 

2

 

Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule B.1 hereto.

 

Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

 

Testing the Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the 1933 Act.

 

Section 1               Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)             Representations and Warranties by the Company. The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, the Applicable Time, the Closing Time (as defined below) and any Date of Delivery (as defined below), and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

 

(i)            Registration Statement and Prospectuses. (a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and has prepared and filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-239328), including a related Base Prospectus, for the registration of the offering and sale of the Securities under the 1933 Act. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments and post-effective amendments thereto filed prior to the Applicable Time, has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated. The Company will file with the SEC a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b) after the Applicable Time. As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the 1933 Act and the rules thereunder and, except to the extent the Representative shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Applicable Time or, to the extent not completed at the Applicable Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Applicable Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Applicable Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) under the 1933 Act. The initial Effective Date of the Registration Statement was not earlier than the date three years before the Applicable Time.

 

(b)          On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and at the Closing Time and at any Date of Delivery, the Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each Preliminary Prospectus delivered by the Company to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering and the Prospectus was or will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission through EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(ii)           Accurate Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at each Effective Date, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, neither (A) the General Disclosure Package nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits 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. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits 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.

 

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The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the third paragraph under the heading “Underwriting” relating to concessions and the information in the ninth and tenth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” relating to price stabilization and short positions, in each case contained in the Prospectus (collectively, the “Underwriter Information”).

 

(iii)         Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified.

 

(iv)         [Reserved].

 

(v)          Independent Accountants. To the Company’s knowledge, each accounting firm that certified the audited financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are, (i) with respect to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, and (ii) with respect to each of KPMG LLP and Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”), an independent auditor under Rule 101 of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct, and its interpretations and rulings, as accepted by the Commission for audits of acquiree financial statements pursuant to Rule 3-05 of Regulation S-X.

 

(vi)         Financial Statements; Other Financial Information; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods to which they relate, except as otherwise stated therein. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The summary historical financial information and selected historical financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference therein. Except as included or incorporated by reference therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations. The summary pro forma financial statements, pro forma condensed combined financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations and present fairly, in all material respects, the information contained therein, have been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly presented on the basis described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. All disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G under the 1934 Act, and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, in each case as in effect on the date hereof and to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

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(vii)        No Material Adverse Change in Business; No Company Material Adverse Change. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change or development involving a prospective material adverse change in the financial condition, or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material Adverse Effect”), (B) none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into or agreed to enter into any transactions or contracts not in the ordinary course of business, which liabilities, obligations, transactions or contracts would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) the Company has not declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock and (D) there has not been any material change in the capital stock or long-term indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

 

(viii)       Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly formed and is validly existing and in good standing (or equivalent concept) under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as now conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing (or equivalent concept) in all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ix)          Good Standing of Subsidiaries. Each “significant subsidiary” of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the 1933 Act) (each, a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”) is duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and validly existing and (where applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as the case may be, and has all requisite corporate, limited liability company, partnership or similar power and authority, as the case may be, to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as now conducted and as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to be validly existing and (where applicable in the relevant jurisdiction) in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited liability company, partnership or similar business entity in good standing (or equivalent concept) in all other jurisdictions where the ownership or leasing of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity (other than (1) liens securing the Credit Agreement dated as of October 31, 2019, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”), (2) liens securing the 4.50% secured notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and (3) other immaterial liens). None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any Subsidiary were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of such Subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are (A) the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and (B) certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

 

(x)           Capitalization; Offered Securities. The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or pursuant to the exercise of convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). The outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Securities have been duly authorized and once delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will have the rights, powers, preferences and designations as set forth in the Statement of Rights. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company were, and when the Securities have been delivered at the Closing Time and each Date of Delivery, no such Securities will be, issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

 

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(xi)          Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

 

(xii)         Description of Securities. The Preferred Shares conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of Securities will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.

 

(xiii)        Registration Rights. There are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(xiv)        Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or certificate of formation or articles of association (or similar organizational document), (B) in breach or violation of any statute, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation applicable to any of them or any of their respective properties or assets, except for any such breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in breach of or default under (nor has any event occurred that, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default under) or in violation of any of the terms or provisions of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, note, lease, license, franchise agreement, permit, certificate, contract or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or to which any of them or their respective properties or assets is subject (collectively, “Contracts”), except for any such breach, default, violation or event that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Statement of Rights and the consummation of the transactions contemplated (x) herein and (y) in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares and the use of proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described therein under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and the Statement of Rights have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute or result in a breach of or a default under or violation of any of (I) the terms or provisions of any Contract, except for any such conflict, breach, violation, default or event that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the ability of the Underwriters to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (II) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or certificate of formation or articles of association (or similar organizational document) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (III) any statute, judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except for any such conflict, breach or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the ability of the Underwriters to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(xv)         Absence of Labor Dispute. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) there is (1) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements pending, or to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (2) no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of the Company, no union organizing activities taking place, (B) there has been no violation of any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. law relating to discrimination in hiring, promotion or pay of employees or of any applicable wage or hour laws and (C) there is no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or work stoppage with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, threatened.

 

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(xvi)        Stock Awards. With respect to the stock awards (the “Stock Awards”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Stock Award grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans and (ii) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the consolidated financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company.

 

(xvii)       ERISA. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any liability for any prohibited transaction or funding deficiency or any complete or partial withdrawal liability with respect to any pension, profit sharing or other plan that is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries makes or ever has made a contribution and in which any employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or has ever been a participant. To the knowledge of the Company, with respect to such plans, the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable provisions of ERISA (and any other law to which such plans are subject) except for any non-compliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to each Foreign Benefit Plan, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, such Foreign Benefit Plan (A) if intended to qualify for special tax treatment, meets the requirements for such treatment, and (B) if required to be funded, is funded to the extent required by applicable law. As used in this Agreement, “Foreign Benefit Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan established, maintained or contributed to outside of the United States of America or which covers any employee working or residing outside of the United States.

 

(xviii)      Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is not pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, or to which the property or assets owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries are subject, before or brought by any court, arbitrator or governmental agency or body that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that seeks to restrain, enjoin, prevent the consummation of or otherwise challenge the issuance and sale of the Securities to be sold hereunder or the consummation of the other transactions described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(xix)        Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required.

 

(xx)         Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any governmental agency or body is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder or under the Statement of Rights, in connection with the issuance and offering or sale of the Securities hereunder or the issuance of the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange, state securities laws, the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) or the Jersey Financial Services Commission and except for the filing of the Statement of Rights with the Jersey Companies Registry.

 

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(xxi)        Possession of Licenses and Permits. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries possesses all such valid and current licenses, permits, certificates, consents, orders, approvals and other authorizations from, and has made all declarations and filings with, all federal, state, local, foreign and other governmental authorities, all self-regulatory organizations and all courts and other tribunals, presently required or necessary to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its respective properties and to carry on its respective businesses as now or proposed to be conducted as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (“Permits”), except where the failure to obtain such Permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Permits or the failure of such Permits to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of any proceeding relating to revocation or modification of any such Permit, except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except where such revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxii)       Title to Property. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all material real and personal property described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by it and title to a leasehold estate in the material real and personal property described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being leased by it free and clear of any security interests, liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions (other than (A) such security interests, liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions permitted pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement or the 2026 Notes and (B) other immaterial liens), except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or to the extent the failure to have such title or the existence of such security interests, liens, charges, encumbrances or restrictions would not materially or adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of the property by the Company or such subsidiary, or would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All leases, contracts and agreements governing real and personal property to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound are valid and enforceable against the Company or such subsidiary, and to the knowledge of the Company and such subsidiaries, are valid and enforceable against the other party or parties thereto and are in full force and effect with only such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxiii)      Possession of Intellectual Property. The Company and each of its subsidiaries own, have applied for or possess adequate licenses or other rights to use, all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) used in the conduct of the businesses now or proposed to be operated by them as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as would not, and the expected expiration of any such Intellectual Property Rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of infringement of or conflict with (or knows of any such infringement of or conflict with) asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights that, if such assertion of infringement or conflict were sustained, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxiv)      Environmental Laws. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (A) the Company and each of its subsidiaries are in compliance with and not subject to liability under Environmental Laws (as defined below), (B) each of the Company and its subsidiaries has made all filings and provided all notices required under any Environmental Law, and is in compliance with all Permits required under any Environmental Laws and each of them is in full force and effect, (C) there is no civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice of violation, investigation, proceeding, notice or demand letter or request for information pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Law, (D) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is conducting or paying for in whole or in part any investigation, response or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any site or facility, nor is any of them subject to or a party to any order, judgment, decree, contract or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, (E) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries owns, occupies, operates or uses any real property contaminated with Hazardous Materials or is liable or allegedly liable for any Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials, including at any off-site treatment, storage or disposal site, and (F) to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to (1) form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental authority, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws or (2) result in a violation of or liability under any Environmental Laws on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including without limitation, any such liability that the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no requirements proposed for adoption or implementation under any Environmental Law that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, “Environmental Laws” means the common law and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws (including international treaties, conventions and protocols) or regulations, codes, legally binding guidance policies, orders, decrees, judgments or injunctions issued, promulgated, approved or entered thereunder by any applicable governmental authority, relating to pollution or protection of public or employee health and safety or the Environment, including, without limitation, laws relating to (x) emissions, discharges, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Materials into the Environment and (y) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials. “Environment” means ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, soil, surface and subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna. “Hazardous Materials” means any substance, material, pollutant, contaminant, chemical, waste, compound, or constituent, in any form, including without limitation, crude oil, petroleum and petroleum products, regulated under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, escaping, migration, injection or leaching into the Environment.

 

(xxv)       Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the 1934 Act Regulations) and a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) 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.

 

The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

 

(xxvi)      Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith with which the Company is required to comply.

 

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(xxvii)     Payment of Taxes. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed all necessary U.S. federal and state and other non-U.S. tax returns or received timely extensions thereof and has paid all taxes shown as due thereon, except where the failure to so file such returns and pay such taxes would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Other than tax deficiencies that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is contesting in good faith and for which the Company or such subsidiary has provided appropriate reserves in accordance with GAAP, there is no tax deficiency that has been assessed or threatened in writing against the Company or any of its subsidiaries that has not been paid and would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(xxviii)    Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with insurers that the Company believes to be financially sound and reputable insurers, in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance) and against at least such risks as the Company believes is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any of its subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any material insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

 

(xxix)       Investment Company Act. The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, the issuance and sale of the Ordinary Shares in the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering and the application of the net proceeds as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and 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.

 

(xxx)        Absence of Manipulation. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any Affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any Affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or the Ordinary Shares or to result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act.

 

(xxxi)       No Unlawful Payments. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain policies, procedures, and internal controls reasonably designed to ensure continued compliance with the Sanctions Laws, the Export Control Laws, and the applicable Anti-Corruption Laws. “Anti-Corruption Laws” means laws, rules and regulations relating to anti-bribery or anti-corruption (governmental or commercial), including, without limitation, laws, rules and regulations that prohibit the corrupt payment, offer, promise, receipt, request or authorization of the payment or transfer of anything of value (including gifts or entertainment), directly or indirectly, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (“FCPA”), the UK Bribery Act 2010, as amended any law enacted in connection with, or arising under, the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, and any other law of any foreign or domestic jurisdiction of similar effect or that relates to bribery or corruption. “Export Control Laws” means such export control laws, rules and regulations as are administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, the European Union, or other export control authority with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and the European Dual Use Regulation (Council Regulation EC 428/2009 (as amended)). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor any director or officer nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any agent, employee, affiliate or representative acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or knowingly indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, rules or regulations, and the Company and each of its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws, rules or regulations.

 

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(xxxii)      Compliance With Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and each of its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and each of its subsidiaries conduct business, including the rules, regulations or guidance issued, administered or enforced thereunder (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental 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 knowledge of the Company and any of its subsidiaries, threatened.

 

(xxxiii)     No Conflicts With Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (the Company and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the “Group”), nor any affiliate, director, officer or employee of the Group, nor, to the knowledge of the Group, any agent or representative of the Group, is a Sanctioned Person, nor is the Group located, organized or resident in a country or territory in violation of Sanctions Laws. For purposes of this Agreement: (A) “Sanctioned Person” means (1) any person listed in any Sanctions Laws-related list of designated persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (including the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Canada, the United Kingdom or any other European Union member state, (2) any person that is otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions or (3) any person majority-owned by any such person or persons described in the foregoing clauses (1) and (2); and (B) “Sanctions Laws” means the laws and regulations administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and any other relevant sanctions authority.

 

(xxxiv)     Privacy. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ information technology assets and equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, websites, applications and databases (collectively, “IT Systems”) are adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with, the operation of the business of the Company and its subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear, to the knowledge of the Company, of all material bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps to maintain and protect their confidential information and the integrity, continuous operation and security of all IT Systems and data (including all personally identifiable, sensitive, confidential or regulated data (“Personal Data”)) used in connection with their businesses. To the knowledge of the Company, there have been no breaches, violations, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to such Personal Data, except as has not resulted in, and is not reasonably likely to result in, material liability to the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company and its subsidiaries are presently in material compliance with all applicable laws relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Personal Data, including without limitation, as applicable, the European Union General Data Protection Regulation, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and the Massachusetts Standards for the Protection of Personal Information (201 CMR 17.00).

 

(xxxv)      Statistical and Market-Related Data. The statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects.

 

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(xxxvi)    Rated Securities. The Company does not have any debt securities or preferred stock rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

 

(xxxvii)   Transaction Agreement. The Transaction Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, is a valid and binding agreement of the Company and each of its subsidiaries party thereto, enforceable against each in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and equitable principles of general applicability. To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no material breach of the representations and warranties or covenants contained in the Transaction Agreement and the Transaction Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(xxxviii)  Testing the Waters Materials. The Company has not engaged in any Testing the Waters Communications.

 

(xxxix)     Stamp Taxes. No non-refundable stamp duties or other issuance or transfer taxes or withholding or other similar taxes are payable by or on behalf of the Underwriters under U.S. federal or state law, or any political subdivision thereof, or under Jersey law or the laws of any other jurisdiction in which the Company is resident for tax purposes solely in connection with the issuance and delivery of the Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Prospectus.

 

(xl)          Passive Foreign Investment Company. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company was not a “passive foreign investment company” (as defined in Section 1297 of the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) (“PFIC”) for its taxable year ended December 31, 2020 and does not expect to be a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2021 or the foreseeable future.

 

(xli)         Dividends and Distributions. (A) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of the Company, now or in the future, may, under the current laws and regulations of Jersey, be paid in United States Dollars that (subject to any applicable Sanctions Laws) may be freely transferred out of Jersey; (B) all such dividends and other distributions are not or will not be, as the case may be, subject to withholding or other taxes under the current laws and regulations of Jersey; and (C) all such dividends and other distributions under such current laws and regulations are or will be otherwise free and clear of any other tax (save for any income tax that may be payable by the recipient of a distribution who is resident in Jersey), withholding or deduction in Jersey and (subject to any applicable Sanctions Laws) without the necessity of obtaining any consent, approval, authorization or order in Jersey.

 

(xlii)        Legal Process. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) under the laws of Jersey to enforce this Agreement in respect of itself or its property.

 

(xliii)       Listing. The Company has not received any notice from the New York Stock Exchange regarding the delisting of the Ordinary Shares from the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(xliv)      Foreign Private Issuer. The Company is a “foreign private issuer” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

(xlv)       Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has or will have the power to submit, and pursuant to this Agreement and has submitted legally, validly, effectively and irrevocably, to the jurisdiction of any U.S. Federal or New York State court in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and the State of New York; and each of the Company and its subsidiaries has or will have, as applicable, the power to designate, appoint and empower, and pursuant to this Agreement and has designated, appointed and empowered, validly, effectively and irrevocably, an agent for service of process in any suit or proceeding based on or arising under this Agreement in any U.S. Federal or New York State court in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, as provided herein.

 

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(xlvi)       Choice of Law. The choice of law of the State of New York as the governing law of this Agreement is a valid choice of law under Jersey laws and any political subdivision thereof, and courts of Jersey should honor this choice of law, subject to mandatory choice of law rules and constitutional limitations.

 

(xlvii)      Conversion. Upon issuance of the Preferred Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Prospectus, the Preferred Shares will be convertible into the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares and the Statement of Rights; a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the sum of (x) the maximum number of Conversion Shares deliverable by the Company upon conversion of the Preferred Shares at the “maximum conversion rate” (as defined in the General Disclosure Package), in accordance with the terms of the Statement of Rights, and (y) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable in respect of accumulated dividends on the Preferred Shares (such amount in clauses (x) and (y), the “Maximum Number of Conversion Shares”), will be duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action prior to the Closing Date and such Conversion Shares and Ordinary Shares, when issued upon such conversion or payment of dividends in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares and the Statement of Rights will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

 

(xlviii)     Execution and Delivery of Statement of Rights. The Statement of Rights has been duly authorized by the Company and will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will be duly filed with the Jersey Companies Registry. The Statement of Rights conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(xlix)        Form of Certificate. The form of certificate used to evidence the Securities complies in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the laws of Jersey and the Company’s certificate of incorporation and memorandum and articles of association, and has been duly authorized and approved by the Company.

 

Section 2               Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing.

 

(a)           Initial Securities. On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price per share of $97.00, the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter, plus any additional number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, subject, in each case, to such adjustments among the Underwriters as the Representative in their sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

 

(b)           Option Securities. In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional 1,875,000 Preferred Shares solely to cover over allotments, if any, at the price per share of $97.00, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. The option hereby granted may be exercised for 30 calendar days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time upon notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are then exercising the option and the time and date of payment and delivery for such Option Securities. Any such time and date of delivery (a “Date of Delivery”) shall be determined by the Representative, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time. If the option is exercised as to all or any portion of the Option Securities, each of the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, will purchase that proportion of the total number of Option Securities then being purchased which the number of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Initial Securities, subject, in each case, to such adjustments as the Representative in its sole discretion shall make to eliminate any sales or purchases of fractional shares.

 

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(c)           Payment. Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, the Initial Securities shall take place remotely via virtual closing pursuant to which all closing deliveries may be effected by email, PDF, wire transfer and/or similar means, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second (third, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10), or such other time not later than the fifth business day after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company (such time and date of payment and delivery being herein called “Closing Time”).

 

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates or security entitlements for, such Option Securities shall be made at the above-mentioned offices, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Company.

 

Payment shall be made to the Company for the Securities by wire transfer of immediately available funds to bank accounts designated by the Company against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates or security entitlements for the Securities to be purchased by them. It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. Citigroup, individually and not as representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

 

(d)          Denominations; Registration. The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representative may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Company to the Representative through the facilities of DTC, for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same-day) funds to the account specified by the Company to the Representative at least one full business day in advance.

 

Section 3              Covenants of the Company

 

(a)          The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

 

(i)            Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 3(a)(ii), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Representative promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or for additional information, including, but not limited to, any request for information concerning any Testing the Waters Communication, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Company becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Company will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Company will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

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(ii)           Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. The Company will comply with the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“Rule 172”), would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities (such time, the “Prospectus Delivery Period”), any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Company, to (A) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an 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, (B) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (C) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations, the Company will promptly (1) give the Representative notice of such event, (2) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (D) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will give the Representative notice of its intention to make any filing pursuant to the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representative with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

 

(iii)          Delivery of Registration Statements. The Company has furnished or will deliver to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver to the Representative, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission through EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

(iv)         Delivery of Prospectuses. The Company has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Company hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission through EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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(v)          Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other jurisdictions (domestic or foreign) as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to file any general consent to service of process or to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or to subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

 

(vi)         Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

 

(vii)        Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, and maintain the listing of the Securities and the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(viii)       Restriction on Sale of Securities. During a period of 45 days from the date of the Prospectus (the “Restricted Period”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (A) directly or indirectly, 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 for the sale or lend, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any Preferred Shares or Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for or repayable with Ordinary Shares or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing or (B) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Preferred Shares or Ordinary Shares, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Preferred Shares, Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (1) any Ordinary Shares issued by the Company upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of the Securities or any Ordinary Shares issuable as dividends on the Securities and referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (2) the issuance of any Ordinary Shares in the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering or any Ordinary Shares issuable upon the conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, (3) any Ordinary Shares issued or options to purchase Ordinary Shares granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (4) any Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to any non-employee director stock plan or dividend reinvestment plan referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (5) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-3 (including any amendments thereto) to register the issuance of Ordinary Shares of the Company and/or the resale of Ordinary Shares held by certain shareholders of the Company, provided that the Company does not issue or sell any of its Ordinary Shares pursuant to such registration statement during the Restricted Period, (6) the entry into an agreement providing for the issuance of Ordinary Shares or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares, including the Preferred Shares, and the issuance of any such securities pursuant to such an agreement, in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, business, property or other assets of another person or entity, including pursuant to an employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with such acquisition; provided that the aggregate number of shares issued or issuable pursuant to this clause (6) does not exceed 5% of the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement and, prior to such issuance, each recipient of any such securities shall execute and deliver to the Representative and the Company a “lock-up” agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing sentence shall not apply to any Securities to be sold hereunder or any Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion thereof. During the Restricted Period, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative release or waive the restrictions on the transfer of shares by any of the Onex Investor Parties, the Baring Investor Parties, or the Kevlar Investor Parties set forth in Section 3.01(b) of the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), by and among the Company, Seller Holdco, Seller and each Investor, Churchill Founder and Sponsor identified therein and party thereto (each as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement).

 

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(ix)          Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

 

(x)           Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433; provided that the Representative will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule B.1 hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representative. The Company represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representative as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. 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 or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

 

(xi)          Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.” The Company and its subsidiaries will not, and each will procure that the Group does not, directly or indirectly, use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such net proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture, partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities of or business with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is itself the subject of Sanctions Laws, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as initial purchaser, underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions Laws or (ii) to make any payments in violation of any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(xii)         Statement of Rights. The Company agrees to duly execute the Statement of Rights, deliver a copy of the Statement of Rights to the Underwriters and duly file an original of the Statement of Rights with the Jersey Companies Registry.

 

(xiii)        Reservation of Conversion Shares. The Company agrees to reserve and keep available at all times during the period from and including the Closing Time through and including the later of (i) the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined in the General Disclosure Package) and (ii) the date on which no Securities are outstanding, free of preemptive or similar rights, the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares (subject to any adjustments as described in the Statement of Rights), less the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issued in connection with the conversion of, or dividends on, Securities during such period.

 

(xiv)        Conversion Rate Adjustments. The Company agrees, during the period from and after the date hereof through and including the earlier of (i) the purchase by the Underwriters of all of the Option Securities and (ii) the expiration of the Underwriters’ option to purchase the Option Securities, not to do or authorize or cause any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the Fixed Conversion Rates of the Securities (as defined in the General Disclosure Package).

 

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Section 4               Payment of Expenses.

 

(a)           Expenses of the Company. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors and the filing of the Statement of Rights with the Jersey Companies Registry, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the certificates for the Securities to the Underwriters, including any stock or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, any taxes or duties payable upon the sale of the Securities by the Underwriters), (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a)(v) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith and in connection with the preparation of any blue sky survey requested by the Underwriters and any supplement thereto, up to $10,000, (vi) the fees and expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (vii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, 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, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and 50% of the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show (if applicable), (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, provided that such fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to this clause (viii) do not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate, and (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

(b)           [Reserved].

 

(c)           Termination of Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 or Section 9(a)(i) or (iii) hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all of their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

 

(d)           Allocation of Expenses. Nothing in this Section 4 shall affect any agreement that the Company may make for the sharing of any costs and expenses related to the matters covered by this Section 4.

 

Section 5               Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligations of: (i) the several Underwriters are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and (ii) the several Underwriters are subject to the following further conditions:

 

(a)           Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430B Information. The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and at the Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, contemplated; and the Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. A prospectus containing information deemed pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act to be part of the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness (the “Rule 430B Information”) shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B.

 

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(b)           Opinion of Counsel for the Company. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received (i) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters and (ii) the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Ogier (Jersey) LLP, Jersey counsel for the Company, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to counsel for the Underwriters, in each case together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters.

 

(c)           [Reserved].

 

(d)           Opinion of Counsel for the Underwriters. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the opinion, dated the Closing Time, of (i) Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters, and (ii) Maples and Calder (Jersey) LLP, Jersey counsel for the Underwriters, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Underwriters, in each case together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters. In giving its opinion, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP may rely, as to all matters governed by the laws of jurisdictions other than the law of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the United States, upon the opinions of counsel satisfactory to the Representative. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates of officers and other representatives of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.

 

(e)           Officer’s Certificate. At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change, or development including a prospective material adverse change, in the financial condition, or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representative shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer or other officer, director or authorized signatory of the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated.

 

(f)            [Reserved].

 

(g)           [Reserved].

 

(h)           Accountant’s Comfort Letters. At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, KNAV P.A., KPMG LLP and Deloitte a letter, dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters 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 or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

(i)            Bring-down Comfort Letters. At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, KNAV P.A, KPMG LLP and Deloitte a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in their letter furnished pursuant to subsection (h) of this Section, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

 

(j)            Approval of Listing. At the Closing Time, the Securities and the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

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(k)           No Objection. FINRA shall have confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.

 

(l)            Lock-up Agreements. At the date of this Agreement, the Representative and the Company shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto signed by the persons listed in Schedule D hereto.

 

(m)          Company Chief Financial Officer Certificate. At the date of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, the Underwriters shall have received a certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Company, in the form of 0 hereto.

 

(n)           Form of Certificate. The form of certificate used to evidence the Securities shall comply in all material respects with the law of Jersey and the General Disclosure Package and will be duly authorized and approved by the board of directors of the Company.

 

(o)           Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities. In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Article I.Section 1(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the statements in any certificates furnished by the Company and any of its subsidiaries hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representative shall have received:

 

(i)            Officer’s Certificate. A certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer or other officer, director or authorized signatory of the Company reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, dated such Date of Delivery, confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Article I.Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

 

(ii)           [Reserved].

 

(iii)          Opinion of Counsel for the Company. The opinion of (A) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Company and (B) Ogier (Jersey) LLP, Jersey counsel for the Company, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Article I.Section 5(b) hereof.

 

(iv)          [Reserved].

 

(v)           Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, and Maples and Calder (Jersey) LLP, Jersey counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Error! Reference source not found. hereof.

 

(vi)          Bring-down Comfort Letter. A letter from each of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, KNAV P.A., KPMG LLP and Deloitte in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letter furnished to the Representative pursuant to Section 5(i) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.

 

(vii)         Company Chief Financial Officer Certificate. A certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Company, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the certificate required by Article I.Section 5(m) hereof.

 

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(p)         Additional Documents. At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery (if any) counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.

 

(q)         Consent of the Jersey Financial Services Commission. The written consent of the Jersey Financial Services Commission to circulation of the Prospectus pursuant to the Jersey Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 shall have been obtained and shall be subsisting, and the written consent of the Jersey Financial Services Commission to the issue or transfer (as applicable) of the Securities pursuant to the Jersey Control Of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958 shall have been obtained and shall be subsisting.

 

(r)          Termination of Agreement. If any condition specified in this Section shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time at or prior to Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 6              Indemnification.

 

(a)          Indemnification of Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and selling agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

 

(i)            against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in (A) any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or (B) in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of Securities (the “Marketing Materials”), including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(ii)           against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided that (subject to Section 6(e)) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;

 

(iii)          against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of or in connection with the use of the information included in, or the furnishing to the Commission of, the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company furnished on June 8, 2021; and

 

(iv)          against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representative), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i), (ii) or (iii) above;

 

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provided, however, that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Marketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(b)           [Reserved].

 

(c)            Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any Marketing Materials in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(d)           Actions against Parties; Notification. Each indemnified party shall give notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Article I.Section 6(a) and Error! Reference source not found., counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Representative, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Article I.Section 6(c), counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

Section 7                Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (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 Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (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, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

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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 Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement received by the Company, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of 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 any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or 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 Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 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 above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.

 

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, as the case may be. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

 

Section 8                Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates of officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, any person controlling the Company and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

Section 9               Termination of Agreement.

 

(a)           Termination. The Representative may terminate this Agreement, by notice to the Company, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representative, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change, or development including a prospective change, in the financial condition, or otherwise, or in the earnings or business affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, or (iv) if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the Nasdaq Global Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

 

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(b)           Liabilities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16 and 17 shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 10              Default by One or More of the Underwriters. If one or more of the Underwriters shall fail at Closing Time or a Date of Delivery to purchase the Securities which it or they are obligated to purchase under this Agreement (the “Defaulted Securities”), the Representative shall have the right, within 24 hours thereafter, to make arrangements for one or more of the non-defaulting Underwriters, or any other underwriters, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the Defaulted Securities in such amounts as may be agreed upon and upon the terms herein set forth; if, however, the Representative shall not have completed such arrangements within such 24-hour period, then:

 

(i)           if the number of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, each of the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated, severally and not jointly, to purchase the full amount thereof in the proportions that their respective underwriting obligations hereunder bear to the underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or

 

(ii)           if the number of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any Date of Delivery which occurs after the Closing Time, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and the Company to sell, the Option Securities to be purchased and sold on such Date of Delivery, shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter.

 

No action taken pursuant to this Section shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

 

In the event of any such default which does not result in a termination of this Agreement or, in the case of a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, which does not result in a termination of the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase and the Company to sell the relevant Option Securities, as the case may be, either the (i) Representative or (ii) the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, for a period not exceeding seven days in order to effect any required changes in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements. As used herein, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

 

Section 11              [Reserved].

 

Section 12              Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013 (fax: 646-291-1469), Attention: General Counsel, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, Attention: Daniel J. Bursky, Esq.; notices to the Company shall be directed to it at Friars House, 160 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8EZ, UK, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 Attention: Joseph A. Hall, Esq.

 

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Section 13              No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship. The Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, and does not constitute a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto, each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective shareholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising the Company or any of its subsidiaries on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Company with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company, (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory, investment or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate, and (f) none of the activities of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation or any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person.

 

Section 14              Parties. This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

 

Section 15              Trial by Jury. The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its shareholders and Affiliates) and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

Section 16              GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF, THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.

 

Section 17              Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (“Related Proceedings”) shall be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan, unless any such Federal court determines that it lacks jurisdiction over a Related Proceeding in which case such Related Proceeding shall be instituted in the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan (collectively, the “Specified Courts”), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any such court (a “Related Judgment”), as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such party’s address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit, action or other proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. The Company irrevocably appoints Camelot U.S. Acquisition 1 Co. as its agent to receive service of process or other legal summons for purposes of any such suit, action or proceeding that may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City and County of New York. With respect to any Related Proceeding, each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all immunity (whether on the basis of sovereignty or otherwise) from jurisdiction, service of process, attachment (both before and after judgment) and execution to which it might otherwise be entitled in the Specified Courts, and with respect to any Related Judgment, each party waives any such immunity in the Specified Courts or any other court of competent jurisdiction, and will not raise or claim or cause to be pleaded any such immunity at or in respect of any such Related Proceeding or Related Judgment, including, without limitation, any immunity pursuant to the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, as amended.

 

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Section 18              Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

 

(a)            In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime.

 

(b)           In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime.

 

As used in this Section 18:

 

BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k).

 

Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i)           a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii)          a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii)         a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Section 19              Time. TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

 

Section 20              Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other Section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any Section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

 

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Section 21              Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by “.pdf” electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

Section 22              Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 23              Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 24              Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Company a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company in accordance with its terms.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  CLARIVATE PLC
     
  By: /s/ Stephen Hartman
    Name: Stephen Hartman
     
    Title: General Counsel

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]

 

 

 

 

CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

as of the date first above written:

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

By: /s/ Patrick Kosiek  
  Name: Patrick Kosiek  
  Title: Managing Director  

 

For themselves and as Representative of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.  

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

Name of Underwriter  

Number of
Initial Securities

    Number of
Option
Securities to be
Purchased if
Option is
Exercised in
Full
 
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.     7,211,539       1,081,730  
BofA Securities, Inc.     1,322,116       198,317  
RBC Capital Markets, LLC     1,057,692       158,654  
Barclays Capital Inc.     969,551       145,433  
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.     969,551       145,433  
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC     969,551       145,433  
Total     12,500,000       1,875,000  

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

1.        Free Writing Prospectuses

 

None.

 

2.        Information

i. 424(b) prospectus filing, including a pricing terms annex setting forth the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Schedule C

 

B-1 

 

 

SCHEDULE C

PRICING TERMS ANNEX

 

Attached.

 

C-1 

 

 

 
Clarivate Plc
Pricing Terms Annex
for Concurrent Offerings of
38,461,538 Ordinary Shares
(the “Ordinary Shares Offering”)
and
12,500,000 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares
(the “Convertible Preferred Shares Offering” and,
together with the Ordinary Shares Offering, the “Offerings”)
The information in this pricing terms annex (this “Annex”) relates only to the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and should be read together with (i) in the case of investors purchasing shares in the Ordinary Shares Offering, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 9, 2021 relating to the Ordinary Shares Offering to which this Annex is appended (the “Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and (ii) in the case of investors purchasing shares in the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 9, 2021 relating to the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering to which this Annex is appended (the “Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and, in each case, the accompanying base prospectus dated July 1, 2020, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration No. 333-239328. Terms not defined in this Annex have the meanings given to such terms in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as applicable. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.
The information in this Annex supersedes the information in (i) the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and accompanying prospectus, in the case of the Ordinary Shares Offering, and (ii) the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and accompanying prospectus, in the case of the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus supplements or the accompanying prospectus.
Prior to purchasing the Ordinary Shares and the Convertible Preferred Shares being sold in the Offerings, on June 9, 2021, one of the underwriters for the Ordinary Shares Offering purchased, on behalf of the syndicate for the Ordinary Shares Offering, 1,500,000 Ordinary Shares at an average price of $27.25 per share in stabilizing transactions.
Terms Applicable to the Offerings
Issuer: Clarivate Plc
Ticker / Exchange for the Ordinary Shares: CLVT / The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
Trade Date: June 10, 2021.
Settlement Date: June 14, 2021 (T + 2).
Use of Proceeds: The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Ordinary Shares Offering will be approximately $723.8 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the Issuer’s estimated offering expenses. In addition, the Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering will be approximately $1.208 billion (or approximately $1.389 billion if the underwriters for such offering exercise in full their over-allotment option), after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the Issuer’s estimated offering expenses. The Issuer will not receive any
 
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proceeds from the sale of any Ordinary Shares by the selling shareholders in the Ordinary Shares Offering, including pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares in such offering.
The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering to finance a portion of the purchase price for the ProQuest acquisition (as described under “Prospectus Summary — Recent Developments — Agreement to Acquire ProQuest” in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement). The Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and the Ordinary Shares Offering are not contingent on consummation of the Issuer’s acquisition of ProQuest and will close prior to consummation of the ProQuest acquisition. The ProQuest acquisition may be delayed or may not occur. If the ProQuest acquisition is not consummated, the Issuer intends to use the net proceeds received from the Offerings for general corporate purposes. However, if the ProQuest acquisition has not closed by November 8, 2021, the ProQuest acquisition agreement is terminated any time prior thereto or the Issuer determines in its reasonable judgment that the ProQuest acquisition will not occur, the Issuer will have the right, but not the obligation, to redeem the Convertible Preferred Shares.
Terms Applicable to the Ordinary Shares Offering
Ordinary Shares Offered by the Issuer: 28,846,154 Ordinary Shares.
Ordinary Shares Offered by Certain Selling Shareholders: 9,615,384 Ordinary Shares.
Option to Purchase Additional Ordinary Shares Granted by the Selling Shareholders:    
The selling shareholders named in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement have granted the underwriters the option to purchase up to 5,769,230 additional Ordinary Shares, exercisable for 30 days from the trade date.
NYSE Last Reported Sale Price of the Ordinary Shares on June 9, 2021: $26.39 per Ordinary Share.
Public Offering Price: $26.00 per Ordinary Share.
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: $0.78 per Ordinary Share.
Net Proceeds to the Issuer (after expenses): Approximately $723.8 million. The Issuer will not receive any proceeds from the sale of any Ordinary Shares by any selling shareholders in the Ordinary Shares Offering, including pursuant to the underwriters’ option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares in such offering.
CUSIP / ISIN for the Ordinary Shares: G21810 109 / JE00BJJN4441
 
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Sole Global Coordinator: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Joint Book-Running Managers: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BofA Securities, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Terms Applicable to the Convertible Preferred Shares Offering
Convertible Preferred Shares Offered: 12,500,000 Convertible Preferred Shares.
Over-Allotment Option: 1,875,000 additional Convertible Preferred Shares.
Public Offering Price:
$100.00 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Any Convertible Preferred Shares sold by the underwriters to securities dealers may be sold at a discount from the Public Offering Price not to exceed $1.80 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: $3.00 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Net Proceeds (after expenses): $1.208 billion (or $1.389 billion if the underwriters exercise in full their over-allotment option).
Liquidation Preference: $100.00 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Dividends:
5.25% of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per Convertible Preferred Share per year. Dividends will accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the first original issue date of the Convertible Preferred Shares, and, when, as and if the Issuer’s board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, declares a dividend payable with respect to the Convertible Preferred Shares, the Issuer will pay such dividends in cash, by delivery of Ordinary Shares or through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Issuer in its sole discretion (subject to certain limitations); provided that any unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate.
The expected dividend payable on the first Dividend Payment Date (as defined below) is approximately $1.1229 per Convertible Preferred Share. Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $1.3125 per Convertible Preferred Share.
Dividend Record Dates: The February 15, May 15, August 15 or November 15 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date.
Dividend Payment Dates: March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on September 1, 2021 and ending on, and including, June 1, 2024.
Acquisition Termination Redemption: If the ProQuest acquisition has not closed on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 8, 2021 or if the ProQuest acquisition
 
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agreement is terminated any time prior thereto or the Issuer determines in its reasonable judgment that the ProQuest acquisition will not occur, the Issuer may, at its option, give notice of acquisition termination redemption to the holders of the Convertible Preferred Shares. If the Issuer provides such notice, then, on the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), it will redeem the Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole but not in part, at a redemption amount per Convertible Preferred Share equal to the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount (as described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).
Mandatory Conversion Date: The second business day immediately following the last trading day of the 30 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 31st scheduled trading day immediately preceding June 1, 2024. The Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be June 1, 2024.
Initial Price: Approximately $26.00, which is equal to $100.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as defined below).
Threshold Appreciation Price: Approximately $31.20, which represents an approximately 20% appreciation over the Initial Price and is equal to $100.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as defined below).
Floor Price: $9.10 (approximately 35% of the Initial Price), subject to adjustment as described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Conversion Rate per Convertible Preferred Share:
Upon conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date, each outstanding Convertible Preferred Share, unless previously converted, will automatically convert into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to not more than 3.8462 Ordinary Shares and not less than 3.2052 Ordinary Shares (respectively, the “Maximum Conversion Rate” and “Minimum Conversion Rate”), depending on the Applicable Market Value (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of the Ordinary Shares, as described below and subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments.
The following table illustrates the conversion rate per Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, based on the Applicable Market Value of the Ordinary Shares:
 
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Applicable Market Value of
the Ordinary Shares
Conversion Rate (number of
Ordinary Shares issuable
upon conversion of each
Convertible Preferred Share)
Greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price 3.2052 Ordinary Shares
Equal to or less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than or equal to the Initial Price Between 3.2052 and 3.8462 Ordinary Shares, determined by dividing $100.00 by the Applicable Market Value
Less than the Initial Price 3.8462 Ordinary Shares
Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder: Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), a holder of Convertible Preferred Shares may, at any time prior to June 1, 2024, elect to convert such holder’s Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Convertible Preferred Share), at the Minimum Conversion Rate per Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, as described under “Description of Convertible Preferred Shares — Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder” in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Conversion at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change:
   
If a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) occurs on or prior to June 1, 2024, holders of the Convertible Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Convertible Preferred Share), into Ordinary Shares at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) during the period beginning on, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of such Fundamental Change and ending at the close of business on the date that is 20 calendar days after such Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if later, the date that is 20 calendar days after holders receive notice of such Fundamental Change), but in no event later than June 1, 2024. Holders who convert their Convertible Preferred Shares during that period will also receive a Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount (as
 
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defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) and to the extent there is any, the Accumulated Dividend Amount (as defined in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).
The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Convertible Preferred Share based on the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price:
Fundamental
Change
Effective Date
Fundamental Change Share Price
$ 10.00 $ 15.00 $ 20.00 $ 22.00 $ 24.00 $ 26.00 $ 28.00 $ 30.00 $ 31.20 $ 33.50 $ 36.00 $ 38.00 $ 40.00 $ 45.00 $ 50.00 $ 65.00 $ 80.00
June 14, 2021
3.6716 3.5095 3.3862 3.3491 3.3180 3.2923 3.2711 3.2537 3.2449 3.2308 3.2190 3.2116 3.2058 3.1962 3.1914 3.1896 3.1932
June 1, 2022
3.7591 3.6104 3.4674 3.4202 3.3794 3.3448 3.3158 3.2918 3.2796 3.2598 3.2432 3.2329 3.2246 3.2109 3.2037 3.1987 3.2003
June 1, 2023
3.8327 3.7494 3.6003 3.5375 3.4788 3.4262 3.3808 3.3426 3.3231 3.2919 3.2662 3.2506 3.2386 3.2198 3.2108 3.2046 3.2047
June 1, 2024
3.8462 3.8462 3.8462 3.8462 3.8462 3.8462 3.5714 3.3333 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052 3.2052
The exact Fundamental Change Share Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth on 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 straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Prices 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 in excess of $80.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Share Prices above as described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment; and

if the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than $10.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the prices in the Fundamental Change Share Prices above as described in the Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment.
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 is 5.25% per annum.
 
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Listing: The Issuer intends to apply to list the Convertible Preferred Shares on the NYSE under the symbol “CLVT PR A.”
CUSIP / ISIN for the Convertible Preferred Shares: G21810 208 / JE00BM91P354
Sole Global Coordinator: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Joint Book-Running Managers: Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
BofA Securities, Inc.
RBC Capital Markets, LLC
Barclays Capital Inc.
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Financial Advisor to Clarivate Plc: Evercore Partners
 
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SCHEDULE D

List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up

 

Jeff Roy Onex Partners IV LP
Mukhtar Ahmed Onex Partners IV PV LP
Jerre Stead Onex Partners IV Select LP
Richard Hanks Onex Partners IV GP LP
Stephen Hartman Onex US Principals LP
Julie M. Wilson Onex Camelot Co-Invest LP
Anthony Munk Onex Partners Holdings LLC
Balakrishnan S. Iyer New PCO A LP
Charles J. Neral Elgin Investment Holdings Limited
Kosty Gilis  
Nicholas Macksey  
Sheryl von Blucher  
Jane Okun Bomba  
Richard Roedel  
Usama N. Cortas  
Adam T. Levyn  
Valeria Alberola  
Roxane White  

 

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Exhibit A

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

[●], 2021

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

as Representative of the several Underwriters

 

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013

 

[Clarivate Plc
Friars House, 160 Blackfriars Road

London, SE1 8EZ, United Kingdom]1

 

Re: Proposed Public Offering by Clarivate Plc

 

Dear Sirs:

 

The undersigned, a [shareholder] [and] [an officer] [and/or] [director] of Clarivate Plc, a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands (the “Company”), understands that Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Representative”) proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with the Company providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of Series [A] Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of the Company, no par value per share (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares”), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was declared effective on July 1, 2020. In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a [shareholder] [and] [an officer] [and/or] [director] of the Company, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees with each underwriter to be named in the Underwriting Agreement [and the Company]2 that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 45 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, directly or indirectly, (i) 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 for the sale of, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any Preferred Shares or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for ordinary shares of the Company, no par value per share (“Ordinary Shares”), whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned or with respect to which the undersigned has or hereafter acquires the power of disposition (collectively, the “Lock-Up Securities”), or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any of the Lock-Up Securities, or file or cause to be filed any registration statement in connection therewith, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of the Lock-Up Securities, whether any such swap or transaction is to be settled by delivery of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, Ordinary Shares or other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of the Representative [or the Company]3; provided that with respect to transfers set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) below: (1) the Representative [and the Company]4 receive a signed lock-up agreement having the same restrictions as the foregoing restrictions for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donee, trustee, distributee, or transferee, as the case may be; (2) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value [(other than, with respect to each of (iii) and (iv) below, dispositions for value in connection with transfers for the purpose of tax-efficient structuring)]5; and (3) the undersigned does not voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:

 

 

1 Bracketed address to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

2 Bracketed language to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

3 Bracketed language to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

4 Bracketed language to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

 

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(i)            (A) by way of testate or intestate succession or by operation of law or (B) pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency; or

 

(ii)            as a bona fide gift or gifts; or

 

(iii)           if the Lock-Up Securities are held by a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, to any of its subsidiaries, shareholders, partners, members or affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act); or

 

(iv)          to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by, or under common control or management with, the undersigned; or

 

(v)           to any members of the immediate family of the undersigned or to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this Lock-Up agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin); or

 

(vi)          to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to which a transfer would be permissible under clauses (ii) through (v) above;

 

(vii)         any transfer pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares involving a change of control (as defined below) of the Company that occurs after the consummation of the Public Offering (provided that, in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this agreement); [or]

 

[(viii)       from an executive officer to the Company or its parent entities upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of such executive officer; or]6

 

[(viii)]-[(ix)] the sale of Ordinary Shares by the undersigned pursuant to the underwriting agreement used in connection with the Ordinary Shares.

 

Furthermore, the undersigned may sell Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of the Company purchased by the undersigned on the open market following the Public Offering if and only if (i) such sales are not required to be reported in any public report or filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales.

 

For purposes of clause (vii) above, “change of control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), or group of persons, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of a majority of total voting power of the voting stock of the Company.

 

The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to the establishment after the date hereof of any contract, instruction or plan (a “Plan”) that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) under the Exchange Act; provided that no sales of the undersigned’s Lock-Up Securities shall be made pursuant to such a Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, and such a Plan may only be established if no public announcement of the establishment or existence thereof and no public filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory authority in respect thereof or transactions thereunder or contemplated thereby, by the undersigned or the Company, shall be required, and no such announcement or filing is made voluntarily, by the undersigned or the Company, prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.

 

 

5 Bracketed language to be included only in shareholder lock-up agreements.

6 Bracketed language to be included only in lock-up agreements for natural persons.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the foregoing restrictions shall also not apply to dispositions of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to the Company (i) to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the exercise of options to purchase Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or (ii) to effect the “cashless exercise” or “net exercise” of options to purchase Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, provided that, in the case of either (i) or (ii), no public filing or disclosure of such receipt or transfer by or on behalf of the undersigned shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period.

 

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that none of the underwriters has made any recommendation or provided any investment or other advice to the undersigned with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement or the subject matter hereof, and the undersigned has consulted its own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory, tax and other advisors with respect to this Lock-Up Agreement and the subject matter hereof to the extent the undersigned has deemed appropriate.

 

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 Lock-Up Securities except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

This Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

This agreement shall lapse and become null and void if (i) prior to entering the Underwriting Agreement, the Company notifies the Representative in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Public Offering, (ii) the Company and the Representative have not entered into the Underwriting Agreement on or before June 30, 2021 (iii) for any reason the Underwriting Agreement is terminated (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) prior to the Closing Time (as defined therein) or (iv) the Registration Statement related to the Public Offering is withdrawn.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

Exh. A-3

 

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [Exact Name of Shareholder / Director / Officer]

 

  By:  
    Authorized Signature
    Title:

 

Exh. A-4

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate

 

[ ], 2021

I, Richard Hanks, Chief Financial Officer of Clarivate Plc (the “Company”), hereby certify on behalf of the Company (and not in my personal capacity) that:

 

1.             I am providing this certificate in connection with the offering by the Company of 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, no par value per share (the “Shares”), pursuant to (a) the Registration Statement (including the base prospectus forming a part thereof), (b) the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 8, 2021 (together with the base prospectus, the “Preliminary Prospectus”), and the information contained in Schedule C to the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below) (collectively, the “General Disclosure Package”) and (c) the underwriting agreement, dated June 9, 2021 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representative for the several underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto (the “Underwriters”).

 

2.             I am familiar with the accounting, operations and record systems of the Company. I have (i) reviewed the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package and (ii) supervised the compilation of and reviewed the circled items contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex A hereto.

 

3.             In connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package, I have reviewed the circled items contained or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex A and compared such information to the relevant accounting books and records of the Company and found such items to be in agreement.

 

4.             I have reviewed the circled items concerning financial information of CPA Global Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively “CPA”) incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex B. To the best of my knowledge, the circled items were based on schedules prepared by CPA from its accounting records.

 

5.             I have reviewed the circled items concerning financial information of ProQuest incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex C. To the best of my knowledge, the circled items were based on schedules prepared by ProQuest from its accounting records.

 

6.             I have reviewed the circled items concerning financial information of Decision Resources Inc. and its subsidiaries, Millennium Research Group Inc., Decision Resources Group UK Limited and its subsidiaries and its associates, DRG Singapore Pte. Ltd, Japan branch of PEL-DRG Dutch Holdco B.V., DRG Holdco Inc. and Piramal IPP Holdings LLC (collectively, “DRG”), incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package attached as Annex D. To the best of my knowledge, the circled items were based on schedules prepared by DRG from its accounting records.

 

7.             I have reviewed the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 (the “Pro Forma Statements”), included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 8, 2021, and incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus and General Disclosure Package. Nothing came to my attention that caused me to believe that the pro forma adjustments have not been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of such Pro Forma Statements.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not herein defined have the meaning given thereto in the Underwriting Agreement. This certificate is being delivered pursuant to Section 5(m) of the Underwriting Agreement to assist the Underwriters and their advisers in conducting and documenting their investigation in connection with the offering of the Shares.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this certificate on behalf of the Company, and not in his personal capacity, as of the date first written above.

 

 
By:
    Name: Richard Hanks
    Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

 

STATEMENT OF RIGHTS

OF

5.25% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES

OF

CLARIVATE PLC

 

Pursuant to Article 54 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991

 

Clarivate Plc, a no par value public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey (the “Company”), hereby certifies that (a) on June 7, 2021 the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (as such may be amended, modified or restated from time to time, the “Articles”), delegated to a Pricing Committee (the “Pricing Committee”) the power to create, designate, authorize and provide for the issuance of shares of a new series of the Company’s undesignated preferred shares, to be designated the “5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares”, and to establish the number of shares to be included in such series, and to fix the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof; (b) on June 9, 2021, the Pricing Committee adopted the resolutions approving the final terms and conditions of an offering relating to ordinary and preferred shares; and (c) on June 14, 2021, 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 Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors by the resolutions of the Board of Directors dated as of June 7, 2021 and the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, which authorizes the issuance of an unlimited number of preferred shares, no par value, a series of Preferred Shares be, and hereby is, created and designated as the 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, are as set forth in the statement of rights, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Statement of Rights”), to be entered into in accordance with these resolutions;

 

The terms of the Statement of Rights are as follows:

 

 Part 1. Designation and Number of Shares. Pursuant to the Articles, there is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued preferred shares of the Company, no par value (“Preferred Shares”), a series of Preferred Shares consisting of 14,375,000 Preferred Shares designated as the “5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares” (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares”). Such number of shares may be redesignated 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 redesignation shall reduce the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Statement of Rights to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full in the Statement of Rights.

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Statement of Rights to be signed by the undersigned, its authorized signatory, this 14th day of June, 2021.

 

  CLARIVATE PLC
   
   
  By: /s/ Jerre Stead
    Name: Jerre Stead
    Title: Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Statement of Rights of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares]

 

 

 

 

ANNEX A

 

STANDARD PROVISIONS

 

Section 1. General Matters; Ranking. Each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall be identical in all respects to every other Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, with respect to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, as applicable, of the Company, shall rank (i) senior to each class or series of Junior Shares, without regard to whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative, (ii) on parity with each class or series of Parity Shares, without regard to whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative, (iii) junior to each class or series of Senior Shares, without regard to whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative and (iv) junior to the Company’s existing and future indebtedness.

 

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

 

Accumulated Dividend Amount” means, in connection with a Fundamental Change, the aggregate amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, for Dividend Periods prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date, 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 Company 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 Company provides notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption is the Fundamental Change Effective Date.

 

Acquisition Termination Event” means either (1) the ProQuest Acquisition Transaction Agreement is terminated or (2) the Company determines in its reasonable judgment that the ProQuest Acquisition will not occur.

 

Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount” means, for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, 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 shall equal the Reference Amount, which may be paid in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof pursuant to Section 5.

 

 “Acquisition Termination Market Value” means the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the 30 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the second Trading Day following the date on which the Company 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 Company in its notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption that is not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the date on which the Company 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 Company elects to:

 

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

 

(ii) deliver Ordinary Shares 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 30 consecutive Trading Day period used to determine the Acquisition Termination Market Value.

 

Acquisition Termination Share Price” means the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company 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). 

 

Applicable Market Value” means the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the Settlement Period.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent” means Continental Stock & Transfer Company, the Company’s duly appointed conversion and dividend disbursing agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, 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.

 

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

 

Dividend Payment Date” means March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year to, and including, June 1, 2024, commencing on September 1, 2021.

 

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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 September 1, 2021 Dividend Payment Date.

 

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

 

Dollars” and “$” mean the lawful money of the United States of America.

 

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), Section 13(a)(iii) and Section 13(a)(xii), shall mean the first date on which the Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares 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 Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Ordinary Shares 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 Shares, if any of the following occurs:

 

(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 Company, any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or any of the Company’s or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans, files 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 of the Ordinary Shares, unless such beneficial ownership arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a public proxy or consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act; provided that no person or group shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or group until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange under such offer;

 

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(ii) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Ordinary Shares (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination or change in par value) as a result of which the Ordinary Shares 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 Company or binding share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares 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 Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to any person other than one or more of its direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; or

 

(iii) the Ordinary Shares (or other ordinary shares, other common equity or depositary receipts in respect of common equity or similar certificates, in each case, underlying the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares) cease to be listed for trading on any of NYSE, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (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 Ordinary Shares, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of ordinary shares, other common equity, depositary receipts representing common equity interests or similar certificates, in each case, that are listed 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 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 the Fundamental Change Notice for such Fundamental Change), but in no event later than June 1, 2024.

 

Fundamental Change Conversion Rate” means, for any Fundamental Change Conversion, the conversion rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share 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   $ 10.00     $ 15.00     $ 20.00     $ 22.00     $ 24.00     $ 26.00     $ 28.00     $ 30.00     $ 31.20     $ 33.50     $ 36.00     $ 38.00     $ 40.00     $ 45.00     $ 50.00     $ 65.00     $ 80.00  
June 14, 2021     3.6716       3.5095       3.3862       3.3491       3.3180       3.2923       3.2711       3.2537       3.2449       3.2308       3.2190       3.2116       3.2058       3.1962       3.1914       3.1896       3.1932  
June 1, 2022     3.7591       3.6104       3.4674       3.4202       3.3794       3.3448       3.3158       3.2918       3.2796       3.2598       3.2432       3.2329       3.2246       3.2109       3.2037       3.1987       3.2003  
June 1, 2023     3.8327       3.7494       3.6003       3.5375       3.4788       3.4262       3.3808       3.3426       3.3231       3.2919       3.2662       3.2506       3.2386       3.2198       3.2108       3.2046       3.2047  
June 1, 2024     3.8462       3.8462       3.8462       3.8462       3.8462       3.8462       3.5714       3.3333       3.2052       3.2052       3.2052       3.2052       3.2052       3.2052       3.2052       3.2052       3.2052  

 

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;

 

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(ii) if the Fundamental Change Share Price is in excess of $80.00 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 $10.00 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. Each of 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, (i) if all holders of Ordinary Shares receive only cash in exchange for their Ordinary Shares in such Fundamental Change, the amount of cash paid per Ordinary Share in such Fundamental Change, and (ii) in all other cases, the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date.

 

funds available to pay dividends” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

 

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

 

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

 

Initial Issue Date” means June 14, 2021, the first original issue date of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

Initial Price” means $100.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate, which quotient is initially equal to approximately $26.00.

 

Junior Shares” means (i) the Ordinary Shares and (ii) each other class or series of share capital of the Company 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 Shares as to dividend rights or distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution or (y) on parity with Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, without regard to whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative.

 

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

 

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Liquidation Preference” means, as to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, $100.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred 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 Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Part 1 of this Statement of Rights.

 

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 Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares.

 

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 Executive Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.

 

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

 

Ordinary Shares” means the ordinary shares, no par value, of the Company, subject to Section 14.

 

Parity Shares” means any class or series of share capital of the Company established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank on parity with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, in each case without regard to whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative.

 

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

 

Preferred Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Part 1 of this Statement of Rights.

 

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

 

ProQuest” means ProQuest LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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ProQuest Acquisition” means the Company’s pending acquisition of ProQuest pursuant to the ProQuest Acquisition Transaction Agreement.

 

ProQuest Acquisition Transaction Agreement” means the Transaction Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2021, by and among Camelot UK Bidco Limited, a private company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, Millennium Research Group Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Clarivate Science Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Clarivate US Science Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Company, ProQuest LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ProQuest Holdings Canada LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ProQuest Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Cambridge Information Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation, Cambridge Information Group I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, CSA GP Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Sara Synder Educational Trust, Samuel Snyder Educational Trust, Natalie Granader Educational Trust, Joshua Granader Educational Trust, Jessica Granader Educational Trust, and A-PQ Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Cambridge Information Group III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as the representative of the Equityholders as set forth therein.

 

Prospectus” means the prospectus dated July 1, 2020, included in the Company’s registration statement (file number 333-239328), relating to securities to be issued from time to time by the Company.

 

Prospectus Supplement” means the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 9, 2021 relating to the offering and sale of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including the pricing terms annex attached thereto as Annex A.

 

Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Ordinary Shares (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Ordinary Shares (or such other security) are exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Ordinary Shares (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 Shares as such Holder appears on the share register of the Company at the close of business on the related Regular Record Date.

 

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

 

(i) a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate; plus

 

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

 

provided that the Company may deliver cash in lieu of all or any portion of the Ordinary Shares set forth in clause (i) above, and the Company may deliver Ordinary Shares in lieu of all or any portion of the cash amount set forth in clause (ii) above, in each case, as described below.

 

Registrar” initially means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s duly appointed registrar for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any successor appointed under Section 15.

 

Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, 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 Ordinary Shares are not then listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed or, if the Ordinary Shares are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed or admitted for trading.

 

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

 

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 Shares” means each class or series of share capital of the Company established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, without regard to whether dividends are cumulative or non-cumulative.

 

Settlement Period” means the 30 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the 31st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding June 1, 2024.

 

Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted Ordinary Shares 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 share split, share dividend, reverse share 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 Ordinary Shares issued as payment of a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion or issued in payment of the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount.

 

Spin-Off” means a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Ordinary Shares of share capital of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange.

 

Statement of Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

 

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.

 

Successor Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.

 

Threshold Appreciation Price” means $100.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate, which quotient is initially equal to approximately $31.20.

 

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

 

Transfer Agent” shall initially mean Continental Stock & Transfer Company, the Company’s duly appointed transfer agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any successor appointed under Section 15.

 

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

 

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).

 

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Voting Preferred Shares” means any other class or series of Parity Shares upon which like voting rights for the election of directors as set forth in Section 6 have been conferred and are exercisable.

 

VWAP” per Ordinary Share on any Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed on Bloomberg page “CLVT<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 Ordinary Share on such Trading Day as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company 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 the Company’s share capital ranking senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights, Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) out of funds legally available therefor under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended (collectively, the “funds available to pay dividends”), in the case of dividends paid in cash, and Ordinary Shares legally permitted to be issued, in the case of dividends paid in Ordinary Shares, cumulative dividends at the rate per annum of 5.25% of the Liquidation Preference (the “Dividend Rate”) (equivalent to $5.25 per annum per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), payable in cash, by delivery of Ordinary Shares or through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares pursuant to Section 3(c), as determined by the Company in its sole discretion (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(e)).

 

If declared, dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 available to pay 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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, 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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share 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 Shares 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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not bear interest, nor shall additional dividends be payable thereon, if they are paid subsequent to the applicable Dividend Payment Date.

 

No dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Shares. No dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Ordinary Shares have been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

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

 

(b)       Priority of Dividends. So long as any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of Junior Shares, and no Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of Junior Shares or Parity Shares shall be, directly or indirectly, 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 in full in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares has been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to:

 

(i)                  any dividend or distribution payable in Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares, and, in each case, the payment of cash solely in lieu of fractional shares;

 

(ii)                purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Ordinary Shares, other Junior Shares or Parity Shares in connection with the administration of any benefit or other incentive plan (including any employment contract, employee benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors), in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, the forfeiture of unvested restricted Ordinary Shares or share withholdings upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards granted to officers, directors and employees and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares;

 

(iii)              purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan, or acquisitions of Ordinary Shares surrendered, deemed surrendered or withheld in connection with the exercise of share options or the vesting of restricted shares, restricted share units, restricted share equivalents or similar instruments (provided that the number of shares purchased to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount);

 

(iv)               purchases of Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares existing prior to the date of the Prospectus Supplement;

 

(v)                any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Shares in connection with a shareholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan;

 

(vi)               the acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of record ownership in Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares or Parity Shares for the beneficial ownership of any other Persons (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians;

 

(vii)             the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of the security being converted or exchanged;

 

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

 

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

 

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When dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (i) have not been paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Shares 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 Ordinary Shares sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Regular Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Shares unless dividends are declared on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Shares shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders and the holders of any Parity Shares then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the pro rata allocation of partial dividend payments, the Company 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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Shares bear to each other (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, out of funds available to pay dividends); provided that any unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will continue to accumulate. For purposes of this calculation, with respect to non-cumulative Parity Shares, the Company 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 Shares.

 

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 Ordinary Shares and other Junior Shares, from time to time out of funds available to pay dividends, 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 Company may pay any declared dividend (or any portion of any declared dividend) on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, whether or not for a current Dividend Period or any prior Dividend Period, as determined in the Company’s sole discretion:

 

(A)       in cash;

 

(B)        by delivery of Ordinary Shares; or

 

(C)        through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares.

 

(ii)        The Company shall make each payment of a declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in cash, except to the extent the Company elects to make all or any portion of such payment in Ordinary Shares. The Company 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 Ordinary Shares, no later than ten Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend, provided that if the Company does not provide timely notice of this election, the Company shall 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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will be rounded to the nearest cent. If the Company elects to make any such payment of a declared dividend, or any portion thereof, in Ordinary Shares, such shares shall be valued for such purpose, in the case of any dividend payment or portion thereof, at a price equal to (x) the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date (the “Average Price”) multiplied by (y) 97%.

 

(d)       No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be delivered to the Holders in payment or partial payment of dividends. A cash amount (rounded to the nearest cent) shall instead be paid by the Company to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an Ordinary Share based on the Average Price with respect to such dividend. In the event that the Company cannot pay such cash amount in lieu of a fractional share for any reason, the Company shall instead round up the number of Ordinary Shares due to such Holder to the nearest whole Ordinary Share.

 

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

 

(i)                  the declared dividend divided by

 

(ii)                $9.10, 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 Ordinary Shares delivered in connection with such declared dividend, as limited by the restriction described in this Section 3(e), and (y) 97% of the Average Price, the Company shall, if it is able to do so under applicable Jersey law, notwithstanding any notice by the Company to the contrary, pay such excess amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent). To the extent that the Company is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable Jersey law, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount, and, for the avoidance of doubt, such amount shall not form a part of the cumulative dividends that may be deemed to accumulate on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

(f)       To the extent that a Shelf Registration Statement is required in the Company’s reasonable judgment in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, Ordinary Shares issued as payment of a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion, the Company 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 Ordinary Shares 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 Company for purposes of the Securities Act. To the extent applicable, the Company shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Ordinary Shares approved for listing on NYSE (or if the Ordinary Shares are not listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed), and qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required; provided that the Company shall 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 Preference; Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. (a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company, each Holder shall be entitled to receive, per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, the Liquidation Preference of $100.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, 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 Company legally available for distribution to its shareholders, after satisfaction of liabilities owed to the Company’s creditors and holders of shares of any class or series of the Company’s share capital ranking senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of shares of any class or series of the Company’s share capital ranking junior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to distribution rights upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, including, without limitation, Ordinary Shares.

 

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

 

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(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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, such Holder as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company.

 

(d)       Neither the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business (other than in connection with the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company), nor the Company’s 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 Company.

 

Section 5.           Acquisition Termination Redemption; No Sinking Fund.

 

(a)       Other than pursuant to the Acquisition Termination Redemption provisions set forth in this Section 5, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be subject to any redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. However, at the Company’s option, it may purchase or exchange the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares from time to time in the open market, by tender or exchange offer or otherwise, without the consent of, or notice to, Holders.

 

(b)       Within 75 calendar days following the earlier of (a) the close of business on November 8, 2021, if the consummation of the ProQuest 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 Company may, at its option, give notice of an acquisition termination redemption (an “Acquisition Termination Redemption”) to the Holders (provided that, to the extent the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are held in book-entry form through the Depositary, the Company may give such notice in any manner permitted thereby). If the Company provides notice of Acquisition Termination Redemption to Holders, then, on the Acquisition Termination Redemption Date, the Company shall redeem the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole, but not in part, at a redemption amount per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share equal to the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount.

 

(c)       If the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price:

 

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

 

(ii)       the Company may elect to deliver Ordinary Shares in lieu of paying cash for some or all of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount, and if the Company makes such an election, the Company shall deliver a number of Ordinary Shares equal to such portion of the Acquisition Termination Dividend Amount to be paid in Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares are delivered exceeds the product of such number of Ordinary Shares multiplied by 97% of the Acquisition Termination Market Value, the Company shall, if the Company is legally able to do so, declare and pay such excess amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent); provided further that to the extent that the Company is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable law and in compliance with the terms of its indebtedness, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount.

 

(d)       If any portion of the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount is to be paid in Ordinary Shares, no fractional Ordinary Shares shall be delivered to the Holders. The Company shall instead pay a cash adjustment to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an Ordinary Share based on the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share 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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share is to be redeemed from a Holder, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable in connection with the payment of the Reference Amount shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares so redeemed.

 

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(e)       To the extent a Shelf Registration Statement is required in the Company’s reasonable judgment in connection with the issuance of or for resales of Ordinary Shares issued in payment of the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount, the Company 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 Ordinary Shares 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 Company for purposes of the Securities Act. To the extent applicable, the Company shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Ordinary Shares approved for listing on NYSE (or if the Ordinary Shares are not listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed) and qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject the Company to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where the Company is not presently qualified or where the Company is not presently subject to taxation as a foreign corporation and such qualification or action would subject the Company to such taxation.

 

(f)       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 Ordinary Shares and the amount of cash comprising the Reference Amount per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (before giving effect to any election to pay or deliver, with respect to each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, cash in lieu of all or a portion of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate or Ordinary Shares 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 Company shall pay cash in lieu of delivering all or any portion of the number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Acquisition Termination Conversion Rate comprising a portion of the Reference Amount (specifying, if applicable, the number of such Ordinary Shares in respect of which cash will be paid);

 

(iv)       if the Acquisition Termination Share Price exceeds the Initial Price, whether the Company shall deliver Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares will be delivered in lieu of cash);

 

(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 30 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 Jersey law or by the Articles from time to time.

 

(b)       Right to Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment. (i) Whenever dividends on any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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, September 1, 2021), whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “Nonpayment”), the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall, at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders 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 Shares then outstanding, shall be entitled, at the Company’s next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders as provided below, to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Share Directors”); provided that the election of any such Preferred Share Directors will not cause the Company to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Company’s securities may be listed); provided further that the Board of Directors shall, at no time, include more than two Preferred Share Directors.

 

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

 

(iii)       If and when all accumulated and unpaid dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares have been paid in full (a “Nonpayment Remedy”), the Holders shall immediately and, without any further action by the Company, 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 Shares shall have terminated, the term of office of each Preferred Share 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 Share Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any other series of Voting Preferred Shares 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 Share Director (other than prior to the initial election of Preferred Share Directors after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Share Director remaining in office, except in the event that such vacancy is created as a result of such Preferred Share Director being removed or if no Preferred Share Director remains in office, such vacancy may be filled by a vote of the Holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any other series of Voting Preferred Shares then outstanding (voting together as a single class) when they have the voting rights described above; provided that the election of any such Preferred Share Directors will not cause the Company to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Company’s securities may be listed). The Preferred Share 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. Subject to Sections 6(d) and (e) below, so long as any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by the Articles, the Company shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least two-thirds in voting power of the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by vote at an annual or special meeting of such shareholders:

 

(i)       issue, authorize, create, or increase the authorized amount of, any Senior Shares;

 

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(ii)       amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Articles or this Statement of Rights so as to materially and adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares; or

 

(iii)       consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or a merger or consolidation of the Company with another entity, unless in each case: (i) the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares remain outstanding and are not amended in any respect (other than as required pursuant to the terms of this Statement of Rights as in effect on the Initial Issue Date) or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Company is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted or reclassified into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent; and (ii) such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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, taken as a whole, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares immediately prior to such consummation;

 

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) each of:

 

(1) any increase in the amount of the Company’s authorized but unissued Preferred Shares,

 

(2) any increase in the amount of the Company’s authorized or issued Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and

 

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

 

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

 

(d)       Without the consent of the Holders, so long as such action does not materially adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and limitations and restrictions thereof, the Company may also amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of this Statement of Rights or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to:

 

(i) cure any ambiguity or mistake, or to correct or supplement any provision contained in this Statement of Rights that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained in this Statement of Rights;

 

(ii) make any provision with respect to matters or questions relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Articles or this Statement of Rights; or

 

(iii) waive any of the Company’s rights with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

(e)       Without the consent of the Holders, the Company may also amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of this Statement of Rights or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to:

 

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

 

(ii) file a certificate of correction with respect to this Statement of Rights to the extent permitted by The Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended; or

 

(iii) amend this Statement of Rights in connection with a Reorganization Event pursuant to Section 14.

 

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(f)        Prior to the close of business on the applicable Conversion Date, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding and Holders shall have no voting rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including the right to vote on any amendment to the Articles or this Statement of Rights that would adversely affect the rights of holders of the Ordinary Shares.

 

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

 

(h)       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 Articles, applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are listed or traded at the time.

 

Section 7.         Mandatory Conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date. (a) Each outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share 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 Ordinary Shares 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 3.2052 Ordinary Shares per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall be equal to $100.00 divided by the Applicable Market Value, rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth of an Ordinary Share; or

 

(iii)       if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Initial Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 3.8462 Ordinary Shares per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (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 Company declares a dividend for the Dividend Period ending on, but excluding, June 1, 2024, the Company 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 June 1, 2024, the Company has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares through June 1, 2024, the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that Holders receive upon mandatory conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares on the Mandatory Conversion Date an additional number of Ordinary Shares 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 June 1, 2024 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 Company shall, if it is able to do so under applicable Jersey law, pay such excess amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) pro rata to the Holders on the Mandatory Conversion Date. To the extent that the Company is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable Jersey law, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount.

 

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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 Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), at any time prior to June 1, 2024 (“Early Conversion”), into Ordinary Shares at the Minimum Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share.

 

(b)       If, as of any Early Conversion Date, the Company has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends for all full Dividend Periods ending on or before the Dividend Payment Date immediately 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 Shares at such time receive upon early conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares an additional number of Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Share over the 30 consecutive Trading Day period (the “Early Conversion Settlement Period”) commencing on, and including, the 31st 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 Ordinary Shares and the Early Conversion Average Price, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver Ordinary Shares in respect of such shortfall.

 

Except as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 8(b), upon any Early Conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Company shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends on such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, 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 Company shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holder of the converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 June 1, 2024, the Holders shall have the right (the “Fundamental Change Conversion Right”) during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period to:

 

(i)                  convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share) (any such conversion pursuant to this Section 9(a) being a “Fundamental Change Conversion”) into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share;

 

(ii)                   with respect to such converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, receive an amount equal to the present value, calculated using a discount rate of 5.25% 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, June 1, 2024 (the “Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount”), payable in cash to the extent the Company is legally permitted to do so; and

 

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(iii)                 with respect to such converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, receive the Accumulated Dividend Amount payable in cash or Ordinary Shares,

 

subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Company’s right to deliver Ordinary Shares 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 Company 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 such dividend.

 

(b)       To exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right, Holders must submit their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for conversion at any time during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period. Holders that submit their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for conversion 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 Shares 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 Company shall provide written notice (the “Fundamental Change Notice”) to Holders of the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date 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)       No later than the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the Company shall notify Holders of:

 

(i)       the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate;

 

(ii)       the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and whether the Company shall pay such amount in cash, Ordinary Shares 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 Company shall pay such amount in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable.

 

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

 

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

 

(B)        increase the number of Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares 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 Company shall, at its option, pay the Accumulated Dividend Amount (subject to satisfaction of the requirements of this Section):

 

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

 

(B)        in an additional number of Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) above.

 

(iii)        The Company shall pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and the Accumulated Dividend Amount in cash, except to the extent the Company 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 Ordinary Shares. If the Company elects to deliver Ordinary Shares 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, if applicable, the dollar amount of any portion thereof paid in Ordinary Shares) exceeds the product of the number of additional shares the Company delivers in respect thereof and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the Company shall, if it is able to do so under applicable Jersey law, pay such excess amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent). To the extent that the Company is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable Jersey law, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount.

 

(iv)       No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be delivered by the Company to converting Holders in respect of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount. The Company shall instead pay a cash amount (rounded to the nearest cent) to each converting Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an Ordinary Share based on the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Date. In the event that the Company cannot pay such cash amount in lieu of a fractional share for any reason, the Company shall instead round up the number of Ordinary Shares due to such Holder to the nearest whole Ordinary Share.

 

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

 

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

 

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(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 Company shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount.

 

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

 

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

 

A certificate representing the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares being converted are in global form, Ordinary Shares 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 Company 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 (except as provided under Section 13).

 

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon Mandatory Conversion shall be treated as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

(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 Share certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;

 

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

 

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

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 8 of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares, the Holder must, in lieu of the foregoing, comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (or any other Depositary for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares appointed by the Company).

 

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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares so surrendered.

 

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A Holder shall not be required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares in a name other than the name of such Holder.

 

A certificate representing the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares being converted are in global form, the Ordinary Shares 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 Company 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 (except as provided under Section 13).

 

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon Early Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Ordinary Shares and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

In the event that an Early Conversion is effected with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares representing less than all the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by a Holder, upon such Early Conversion the Company shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a certificate evidencing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to which Early Conversion was not effected, or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares is held in book-entry form, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the Global Preferred Share 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 Share certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;

 

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

 

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

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 9 of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares, the Holder must, in lieu of the foregoing, comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (or any other Depositary for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares appointed by the Company).

 

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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares so surrendered.

 

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A Holder shall not be required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares in a name other than the name of such Holder.

 

A certificate representing the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares being converted are in global form, the Ordinary Shares 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 Company 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 (except as provided under Section 13).

 

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon such Fundamental Change Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Ordinary Shares, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Ordinary Shares and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

In the event that a Fundamental Change Conversion is effected with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares representing less than all the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by a Holder, upon such Fundamental Change Conversion the Company shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a certificate evidencing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to which Fundamental Change Conversion was not effected, or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares is held in book-entry form, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the Global Preferred Share 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 Ordinary Shares to be issued upon conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares should be registered or, if applicable, the address to which the certificate or certificates representing such Ordinary Shares should be sent, the Company shall be entitled to register such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder as shown on the records of the Company and, if applicable, to send the certificate or certificates representing such Ordinary Shares to the address of such Holder shown on the records of the Company.

 

(e)       Any and all rights attaching to the relevant Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall cease on the applicable Conversion Date, subject to the right of Holders of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to receive Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and other amounts and Ordinary Shares, 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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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. On any such Conversion Date, the relevant Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall automatically be converted into redeemable shares and shall be deemed for all purposes to cease to be outstanding and, subject to having complied with the relevant provisions of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, such shares shall automatically be redeemed and cancelled by the Company as of such date for no consideration. If the Company has not complied with the relevant provisions of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 at any relevant time then such shares shall automatically be redeemed and cancelled for no consideration on such date when the Company has complied with such provisions.

 

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Section 11.        Reservation of Ordinary Shares. (a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares, solely for issuance upon the conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as herein provided, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the maximum number of Ordinary Shares deliverable upon conversion of all Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (which shall initially equal a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the sum of (x) the product of (i) 14,375,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and (ii) the initial Maximum Conversion Rate and (y) the product of (i) 14,375,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and (ii) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares that would be added to the Mandatory Conversion Rate assuming (A) the Company paid no dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Ordinary Shares that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Company shall be entitled to deliver upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or as payment of any dividend on such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, as herein provided, Ordinary Shares reacquired and held in the treasury of the Company (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares), 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 Ordinary Shares delivered upon conversion of, or as payment of a dividend on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Company shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Company 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 Company hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Ordinary Shares shall be listed on NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company 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 Ordinary Shares shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion (including, without limitation, 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 the Acquisition Termination Make-whole Amount on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares; provided, however, that if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Company to defer the listing of such Ordinary Shares until the earlier of (x) the first conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares 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 Shares, the Company covenants to list such Ordinary Shares issuable upon the earlier of (1) the first conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and (2) 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 Shares in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.

 

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

 

(b)        In lieu of any fractional Ordinary Shares otherwise issuable in respect of the aggregate number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Holder will be entitled to receive an amount in cash (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to the product of (i) that same fraction and (ii) the Average VWAP of the Ordinary Shares 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. In the event that the Company cannot pay such cash amount in lieu of a fractional share for any reason, the Company shall instead round up the number of Ordinary Shares due to such Holder to the nearest whole Ordinary Share.

 

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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 Company 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 or a tender or exchange offer described in Section 13(a)(v)), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Ordinary Shares and solely as a result of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in any of the transactions set forth in Sections 13(a)(i)-(v) without having to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as if they held a number of Ordinary Shares equal to (i) the Maximum Conversion Rate as of the Record Date for such transaction, multiplied by (ii) the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by such Holder.

 

(i)                  If the Company exclusively issues Ordinary Shares as a dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

   

CR1 = CR0 ×

OS1

OS0

  

where,

 

CR0 = 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;

 

CR1 = 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;

 

OS0 = the number of Ordinary Shares 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

 

OS1 = the number of Ordinary Shares 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.

 

(ii)                If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares any rights, options or warrants (other than pursuant to a shareholders’ rights plan) entitling them, for a period of not more than 60 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares at a price per share that is less than the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share for the ten 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:

  

CR1 = CR0 ×

OS0 + X

OS0 + Y

 

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where,

 

CR0 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such issuance;

 

CR1 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date;

 

OS0 = the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date;

 

X = the total number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and

 

Y = the number of Ordinary Shares equal to (i) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by (ii) the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten 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 Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares 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 dividends or distribution or upon such expiration, as the case may be, 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 Ordinary Shares to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares at less than such Average VWAP per share for the ten 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 Ordinary Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company 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 Company in good faith.

 

(iii)          If the Company distributes shares of its share capital, evidences of the Company’s indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its share capital or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares, excluding:

 

 

(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, Ordinary Shares 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 consideration due upon conversion 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 Company; and

 

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

 

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

 

CR1 = CR0 ×

SP0

SP0 – FMV

  

where,

  

CR0 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution;

 

CR1 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date;

 

SP0 = the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten 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 Company in good faith) of the shares of share capital, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants so distributed, expressed as an amount per Ordinary Share 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 “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, in respect of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Ordinary Shares, the amount and kind of the Company’s share capital, evidences of the Company’s indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its share capital or other securities that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of Ordinary Shares 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:

 

CR1 = CR0 ×

FMV0 + MP0

MP0

  

where,

  

CR0 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off;

 

CR1 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off;

 

FMV0 = the Average VWAP per share of the share capital or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Ordinary Shares applicable to one Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and

 

MP0 = the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share 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 retroactive effect as of immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Date of the Spin-Off. Because the Company shall make the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate with retroactive effect, the Company shall delay the settlement of any conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares where any date for determining the number of Ordinary Shares issuable to a Holder occurs during the Valuation Period until the second Business Day after the last Trading Day of such Valuation Period. 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.

 

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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 Company to all or substantially all holders of the Ordinary Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s share capital, including Ordinary Shares (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 Ordinary Shares;

 

(2)       are not exercisable; and

 

(3)       are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Ordinary Shares,

 

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 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 Ordinary Shares with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares and are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Ordinary Shares.

 

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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 Ordinary Shares 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 Company (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 Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR1 = CR0 ×

SP0

SP0 – C

where,

 

CR0 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

CR1 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

SP0 = the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution; and

 

C = the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares.

 

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.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above) in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, in respect of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Ordinary Shares, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate on the Record Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

 

(v)                If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for Ordinary Shares (other than an odd lot tender offer), to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per Ordinary Share exceeds the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten 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:

 

CR1 = CR0 x

AC + (SP1 x OS1)

  OS0 x SP1

where,

 

CR0 = such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date;

 

CR1 = 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 Company in good faith) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

 

OS0 = the number of Ordinary Shares 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);

 

OS1 = the number of Ordinary Shares 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

 

SP1 = the Average VWAP of Ordinary Shares over the ten 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 retroactive effect as of immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date. Because the Company shall make the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate with retroactive effect, the Company shall delay the settlement of any conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares where any date for determining the number of Ordinary Shares issuable to a Holder occurs within the Averaging Period until the second Business Day after the last Trading Day of such Averaging Period. 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 Company or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Company 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 (or had been made only in respect of the purchases that have been made and not rescinded).

 

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(vi)               If:

 

 (A)        the Record Date for a dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares occurs after the end of the 30 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 Ordinary Shares issuable to the Holders had such Record Date occurred on or before the last Trading Day of such 30-Trading Day period,

 

then the Company shall deem the Holders to be holders of record, for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, of a number of Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares together with the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

(vii)         If the Company has a rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares, the Holders shall receive, in addition to any Ordinary Shares received in connection with such conversion, the rights under the rights plan. However, if, prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the Ordinary Shares 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 Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares, shares of its share capital, 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 Company 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 Ordinary Shares or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Company determines that such increase would be in the best interest of the Company. The Company may also (but is not required to) increase each Fixed Conversion Rate as it deems advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Ordinary Shares resulting from any dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason. However, in either case, the Company may only make such discretionary adjustments if it makes the same proportionate adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate.

 

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

 

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

 

(B)               upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or options, rights or warrants to purchase such Ordinary Shares pursuant to any present or future benefit or other incentive plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(C)               upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares 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 the par value of the Ordinary Shares;

 

(E)                for sales of Ordinary Shares for cash, other than in a transaction described in Section 13(a)(ii) or Section 13(a)(iii);

 

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

 

(G)               for accumulated dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, except as described in Sections 7, 8 and 9.

 

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(x)                Adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate will be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of an Ordinary Share. No adjustment to any Fixed Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% to each of the Fixed Conversion Rates; provided that if an adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change each of 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 Ordinary Shares issuable to a Holder upon any conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares the Company shall give effect to all adjustments that it has otherwise deferred pursuant to this sentence, and those adjustments will no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Except as otherwise provided above, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and it will make these calculations in good faith. 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 Shares.

 

(xi)               For the avoidance of doubt, if an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates, no separate inversely proportionate 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 this Statement of Rights requires the Company to calculate the VWAP per Ordinary Share over a span of multiple days, the Company shall make appropriate adjustments in good faith (including, without limitation, to the Applicable Market Value, the Early Conversion Average Price, the Fundamental Change Share Price and 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 Record Date, Ex-Date, Effective 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 Company shall:

 

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

 

(ii)        reasonably promptly (but in any event 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)       reasonably promptly 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 Ordinary Shares. In the event of:

 

(i)         any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person;

 

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

 

(iii)        any reclassification of Ordinary Shares into securities (other than a share split or share combination) including securities other than Ordinary Shares; or

 

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

 

in each case, as a result of which the Ordinary Shares 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 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share 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 Shares into Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Share is entitled to receive), and, at the effective time of such Reorganization Event, the Company may amend this Statement of Rights without the consent of the Holders to provide for such change in the convertibility of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

If the transaction causes the Ordinary Shares 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 shareholder election), the Exchange Property into which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in such Reorganization Event.

 

The number of Units of Exchange Property the Company shall deliver upon conversion of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, pursuant to an Acquisition Termination Redemption or as a payment of dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, as applicable, following the effective date of such Reorganization Event shall be determined as if references in Sections 3, 5, 7, 8 and/or 9 to Ordinary Shares, as the case may be, 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 on which the Holders become holders of record of the underlying Ordinary Shares). 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 Company, except that if a Unit of Exchange Property includes ordinary shares, other common equity or American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, the value of such ordinary shares, other common equity or ADRs shall be the average over the 30 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value of the volume weighted Average Prices for such ordinary shares, other common equity or ADRs, as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg screen (as determined in good faith by the Company); or, if such price is not available, the average market value per share of such ordinary shares, other common equity or ADRs over such period as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company 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 ordinary shares, other common equity or ADRs of the Company (or any successor thereto) received by the holders of Ordinary Shares in any such Reorganization Event.

 

The Company (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.

 

The Company shall not become a party to any Reorganization Event unless its terms are consistent with the provisions described under this Section 14. On or before the date the Reorganization Event becomes effective, the Company and, if applicable, the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not the Company) of such Reorganization Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver such supplemental instruments, if any, as the Company reasonably determines are necessary or desirable to (i) provide for subsequent adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates in a manner consistent with the provisions described above; and (ii) give effect to such other provisions, if any, as the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders and to give effect to the provisions described in this Section 14.

 

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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 Convertible Preferred Shares shall be Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company. The Company may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Company and the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent, as the case may be; provided that if the Company removes Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company 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 Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders.

 

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

 

Section 17.      Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Statement of Rights, in the Articles and by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Shares.

 

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

 

Section 19.      Other Rights. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Articles or as provided by applicable Jersey law.

 

Section 20.      Book-Entry Form. (a) The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in definitive, fully registered form eligible for book-entry settlement with the global legend as set forth on the form of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, a “Global Preferred Share”), which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Statement of Rights. The Global Preferred Shares may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). 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 Company 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 Company 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 Statement of Rights 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 Company, the Registrar and any agent of the Company or the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Global Preferred Share for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Registrar or any agent of the Company 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 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 Statement of Rights or the Articles.

 

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Owners of beneficial interests in Global Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, unless (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Preferred Shares and the Company 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 Company 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 share certificates that are not issued in global form, with the same terms and of an equal aggregate Liquidation Preference, and such definitive share 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) Two Officers shall sign each Global Preferred Share for the Company, in accordance with the Articles 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. This Section 20(b) shall likewise apply to any certificate representing Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.

 

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

 

If the Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented thereby shall be listed on NYSE or any other stock exchange, the Depositary may, with the written approval of the Company, appoint a registrar (acceptable to the Company) for registration of such Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Company. If the Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented thereby, are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Registrar will, at the request and expense of the Company, 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 Shares represented thereby as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange regulations.

 

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

(b)       Share certificates representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be signed by two Officers, in accordance with the Articles and applicable Jersey law, by manual or facsimile signature.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[FORM OF FACE OF 5.25% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES

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 COMPANY 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 Mandatory

Convertible Preferred Shares [     ]

 

 

CLARIVATE PLC

 

5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares
(no par value)
(Liquidation Preference as specified below)

 

Clarivate Plc, a no par value public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey (the “Company”), 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 Company’s designated 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, with no par value and a Liquidation Preference of $100.00 per share (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares”). The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 Shares represented hereby are and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Statement of Rights for the 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of Clarivate Plc dated June 14, 2021 as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Statement of Rights”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Statement of Rights. The Company will provide a copy of the Statement of Rights to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Company at its principal place of business. In the case of any conflict between this Certificate and the Statement of Rights, the provisions of the Statement of Rights shall control and govern.

 

Reference is hereby made to the provisions of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares set forth on the reverse hereof and in the Statement of Rights, 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 Statement of Rights and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

 

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

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company this 14th of June 2021.

 

  CLARIVATE PLC
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

COUNTERSIGNATURE

 

These are Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares referred to in the within-mentioned Statement of Rights.

 

Dated: June 14, 2021

 

  CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
  as Registrar and Transfer Agent
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR 5.25% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES]

 

Cumulative dividends on each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall be payable at the applicable rate provided in the Statement of Rights.

 

The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be convertible in the manner and accordance with the terms set forth in the Statement of Rights.

 

The Company shall furnish without charge to each Holder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class or series of shares of the Company 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 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the “Conversion”) 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares”), of Clarivate Plc (hereinafter called the “Company”), represented by share certificate No(s). [     ] (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Certificates”), into ordinary shares, no par value, of the Company (the “Ordinary Shares”) according to the conditions of the Statement of Rights of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (the “Statement of Rights”), as of the date written below. Holders that submit Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be deemed to have exercised their Fundamental Change Conversion Right.

 

If Ordinary Shares are 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 Share 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 Statement of Rights.

 

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

 

 

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

 

** Address where Ordinary Shares and any other payments or certificates shall be sent by the Company.

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENT

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers the 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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

 

Clarivate Plc

 

Global Preferred Share 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares

 

Certificate Number:

 

The number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares initially represented by this Global Preferred Share shall be [      ]. Thereafter the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall note changes in the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 

 

 

 

 

Clarivate Plc   D:  +44 1534 514071
4th Floor, St Paul's Gate   E:  richard.daggett@ogier.com
22-24 New Street    
St Helier    
Jersey   Ref:  RJD/APS/178835.00003
JE1 4TR    
     
    14 June 2021

 

Dear Sirs

 

Clarivate Plc (the Company) - Registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)

 

1 Background

 

1.1 In connection with the public offering of 38,461,538 ordinary shares of the Company (the “Offering”), you have asked us to furnish our opinion as to the legality of the Shares (as defined below) under the Securities Act.

 

1.2 The Offering relates to:

 

(a) the Company of 28,846,154 ordinary shares of no par value in the Company (the New Shares); and

 

(b) selling shareholders identified therein of 9,615,384 ordinary shares of no par value in the Company (or 15,384,614 ordinary shares of no par value in the Company upon the exercise of the option to purchase additional shares granted to the underwriters by those selling shareholders) (the Selling Shareholders' Shares and, together with the New Shares, the Shares).

 

1.3 In this opinion, "non-assessable" means, in relation to a Share, that the consideration for which the Company agreed to issue that Share (as applicable) has been paid in full to the Company, so that no further sum is payable to the Company by any holder of that Share in respect of the purchase price of that Share.

 

Ogier (Jersey) LLP            
44 Esplanade   Partners        
St Helier   Raulin Amy   James Fox   Nathan Powell
Jersey JE4 9WG   James Campbell   Josephine Howe   Sophie Reguengo
    Richard Daggett   Jonathan Hughes   Daniel Richards
T +44 1534 514000   Simon Dinning   Niamh Lalor   Nicholas Williams
F +44 1534 514444   Katrina Edge   Edward Mackereth    
ogier.com   Sally Edwards   Bruce MacNeil    
    Damian Evans   Steven Meiklejohn    
    Simon Felton   Oliver Passmore    

 

Registered as a limited liability partnership in Jersey. Registered number 99.

 

 

 

 

2 Documents examined

 

2.1 For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined and relied upon such documents as we deem appropriate, including the following documents:

 

(a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-239328) (the Registration Statement) filed by the Company on June 19, 2020 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act;

 

(b) the preliminary prospectus dated 8 June 2021, in relation to the issuance of the Shares (the Preliminary Prospectus);

 

(c) the preliminary prospectus dated 9 June 2021, in relation to the issuance of the Shares (the Pricing Terms Preliminary Prospectus);

 

(d) the final prospectus dated 9 June 2021, in relation to the issuance of the Shares (the Final Prospectus);

 

(e) the underwriting agreement dated 9 June 2021 relating to the Shares (the Underwriting Agreement) between the Company, the selling shareholders and the underwriters named therein;

 

(f) a letter referred to as the sponsor agreement dated 14 January 2019 between, amongst others, Churchill Sponsor LLC, Churchill Capital Corp, Camelot Holdings (Jersey) Limited and the Company (the Sponsor Agreement);

 

(g) an amendment to the Sponsor Agreement dated 1 June 2020 between the Company and Camelot Holdings (Jersey) Limited;

 

(h) the Company’s memorandum and articles of association in force as at the date hereof (the M&A);

 

(i) a true copy of minutes of two board meetings of the directors of the Company held on 9 January 2019;

 

(j) written resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 26 February 2019 and 13 May 2019;

 

(k) a true copy of the minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of the Company held on 16 January 2020 appointing a committee of directors of the Company (the January 2020 Board Minutes);

 

(l) written resolutions dated 31 January 2020 duly signed by all the members of the committee established pursuant to the January 2020 Board Minutes;

 

(m) an extract of minutes of a further board meeting held on 29 May 2020;

 

(n) a true copy of minutes of a further board meeting held on 28 July 2020;

 

(o) an extract of minutes of a further board meeting held on 14 May 2021 at which the Directors approved a number of matters relating to any Offering (as defined therein) (the Project Thumb Butte Board Resolutions);

 

(p) the written resolutions dated 9 June 2021 duly signed by Jerre Stead approving (among other things) the issue of the New Shares pursuant to the authority granted to him in the project Thumb Butte Board Resolutions;

 

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(q) the Company’s certificate of incorporation and certificate of incorporation on change of name;

 

(r) a consent to issue shares dated 7 January 2019 issued to the Company by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the Commission) under the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958, as amended (the COBO Consent);

 

(s) a certificate signed by a director of the Company dated on or around the date of this opinion; and

 

(t) a true copy of the branch register of members maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

2.2 For the purposes of this opinion, we have, with the Company's consent, relied upon certificates and other assurances of directors and other officers of the Company as to matters of fact, without having independently verified such factual matters.

 

3 Assumptions

 

For the purposes of this opinion, we have assumed:

 

(a) the authenticity, accuracy, completeness and conformity to original documents of all copy documents and certificates of officers of the Company examined by us;

 

(b) that the signatures on all documents examined by us are the genuine signatures of persons authorised to execute or certify such documents;

 

(c) the accuracy and completeness in every respect of all certificates of directors or other officers of the Company given to us for the purposes of giving this Opinion and that (where relevant) such certificates would be accurate if they have been given as of the date hereof;

 

(d) that the Company will receive in full the consideration for which the Company agreed to issue the New Shares;

 

(e) that the Company has received in full the consideration for which the Company agreed to issue the Selling Shareholders' Shares;

 

(f) that words and phrases used in the Registration Statement have the same meaning and effect as they would if the Registration Statement were governed by Jersey law;

 

(g) that no other event occurs after the date hereof which would affect the opinions herein stated;

 

(h) that there is no provision of the law or regulation of any jurisdiction other than Jersey which would have any adverse implication in relation to the opinion expressed hereunder; and

 

(i) that there has been no amendment to the COBO Consent.

 

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4 Opinions

 

As a matter of Jersey law, and on the basis of and subject to the foregoing and the qualifications below, we are of the following opinions:

 

(a) the New Shares have been duly authorised and, when issued as contemplated in the Registration Statement and sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and

 

(b) the Selling Shareholders' Shares have been duly authorised and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

5 Qualifications

 

This Opinion is subject to the following qualification:

 

(j) the obligations of the Company under, or in respect of, the Shares will be subject to any law from time to time in force relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation or administration or any other law or legal procedure affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights.

 

6 Governing Law, Limitations, Benefit and Disclosure

 

6.1 This Opinion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Jersey and is limited to the matters expressly stated herein.

 

6.2 This Opinion is limited to matters of Jersey law and practice as at the date hereof and we have made no investigation and express no opinion with respect to the law or practice of any other jurisdiction.

 

6.3 We assume no obligation to advise you (to any other person who may rely on this Opinion in accordance with this paragraph), or undertake any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising after the date of the Opinion that might affect the opinions expressed herein.

 

6.4 We consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to reference to us being made in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Ogier (Jersey) LLP

Ogier (Jersey) LLP

 

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Exhibit 5.2

 

 

 

Clarivate Plc   D:  +44 1534 514071
4th Floor, St Paul's Gate   E:  richard.daggett@ogier.com
22-24 New Street    
St Helier    
Jersey   Ref:  RJD/APS/178835.00003
JE1 4TR    
     
    14 June 2021

 

Dear Sirs

 

Clarivate Plc (the Company) - Registration under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)

 

1 Background

 

1.1 In connection with the public offering (the Offering) by the Company under the Securities Act of a public offering by the Company of up to 14,375,000 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of no par value in the Company (the Shares), including up to 1,875,000 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of no par value in the Company which may be offered and sold upon the exercise of the option to purchase additional shares granted to the underwriters by the Company, you have asked us to furnish our opinion as to the legality of the Shares under the Securities Act.

 

1.2 The Shares are being issued pursuant to the Statement of Rights of 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Shares dated 14 June 2021 (the Statement of Rights), and the Shares will be convertible into ordinary shares of the Company (the Underlying Shares), in accordance with the Statement of Rights.

 

1.3 In this opinion, "non-assessable" means, in relation to a Share, that the consideration for which the Company agreed to issue that Share (as applicable) has been paid in full to the Company, so that no further sum is payable to the Company by any holder of that Share in respect of the purchase price of that Share.

 

2 Documents examined

 

2.1 For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined and relied upon such documents as we deem appropriate, including the following documents:

 

(a) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-239328) (the Base Registration Statement) filed by the Company on 19 June, 2020 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act;

 

Ogier (Jersey) LLP            
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St Helier   Raulin Amy   James Fox   Nathan Powell
Jersey JE4 9WG   James Campbell   Josephine Howe   Sophie Reguengo
    Richard Daggett   Jonathan Hughes   Daniel Richards
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Registered as a limited liability partnership in Jersey. Registered number 99.

 

 

 

(b) the additional Registration Statement on Form S-3MEF (Registration No. 333-256956) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange commission on 9 June 2021 pursuant to the Securities Act (the Additional Registration Statement and together with the Base Registration Statement, the Registration Statement);

 

(c) the preliminary prospectus dated 8 June 2021, in relation to the issuance of the Shares (the Preliminary Prospectus);

 

(d) the preliminary prospectus dated 9 June 2021, in relation to the issuance of the Shares (the Pricing Terms Preliminary Prospectus);

 

(e) the final prospectus dated 9 June 2021, in relation to the issuance of the Shares (the Final Prospectus);

 

(f) the underwriting agreement dated 9 June 2021 relating to the Shares (the Underwriting Agreement) between the Company and the underwriters named therein;

 

(g) the Statement of Rights;

 

(h) an extract of minutes of a further board meeting held on 14 May 2021 at which the Directors approved a number of matters relating to any Offering (as defined therein);

 

(i) the written resolutions dated 7 June 2021 duly signed by all the directors of the Company as at the date thereof appointing a committee of directors of the Company (the Preferred Share Board Resolutions);

 

(j) the written resolutions dated 9 June 2021 duly signed by all the members of the committee established pursuant to the Preferred Share Board Resolutions approving (among other things) the allotment of up to 14,375,000 5.25% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of no par value in the Company;

 

(k) the Company’s certificate of incorporation and certificate of incorporation on change of name;

 

(l) a consent to issue shares dated 7 January 2019 issued to the Company by the Jersey Financial Services Commission (the Commission) under the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958, as amended (the COBO Consent);

 

(m) a certificate signed by a director of the Company dated on or around the date of this opinion; and

 

(n) a true copy of the branch register of members maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

2.2 For the purposes of this opinion, we have, with the Company's consent, relied upon certificates and other assurances of directors and other officers of the Company as to matters of fact, without having independently verified such factual matters.

 

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3 Assumptions

 

For the purposes of this opinion, we have assumed:

 

(a) the authenticity, accuracy, completeness and conformity to original documents of all copy documents and certificates of officers of the Company examined by us;

 

(b) that the signatures on all documents examined by us are the genuine signatures of persons authorised to execute or certify such documents;

 

(c) the accuracy and completeness in every respect of all certificates of directors or other officers of the Company given to us for the purposes of giving this Opinion and that (where relevant) such certificates would be accurate if they have been given as of the date hereof;

 

(d) that the Company will receive in full the consideration for which the Company agreed to issue the Shares;

 

(e) that words and phrases used in the Registration Statement have the same meaning and effect as they would if the Registration Statement were governed by Jersey law;

 

(f) that no other event occurs after the date hereof which would affect the opinions herein stated;

 

(g) that there is no provision of the law or regulation of any jurisdiction other than Jersey which would have any adverse implication in relation to the opinion expressed hereunder; and

 

(h) that there has been no amendment to the COBO Consent.

 

4 Opinions

 

As a matter of Jersey law, and on the basis of and subject to the foregoing and the qualifications below, we are of the following opinions:

 

(a) the Shares have been duly authorised and, when (i) issued as contemplated in the Registration statement and sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (ii) the relevant subscriber or its nominee has been entered into the Company’s register of members as the holder of the relevant Shares, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and

 

(b) the Underlying Shares have been duly authorised and that, when issued and delivered in the manner provided in the Statement of Rights, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

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5 Qualifications

 

This Opinion is subject to the following qualification:

 

(i) the obligations of the Company under, or in respect of, the Shares will be subject to any law from time to time in force relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation or administration or any other law or legal procedure affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights.

 

6 Governing Law, Limitations, Benefit and Disclosure

 

6.1 This Opinion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Jersey and is limited to the matters expressly stated herein.

 

6.2 This Opinion is limited to matters of Jersey law and practice as at the date hereof and we have made no investigation and express no opinion with respect to the law or practice of any other jurisdiction.

 

6.3 We assume no obligation to advise you (to any other person who may rely on this Opinion in accordance with this paragraph), or undertake any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising after the date of the Opinion that might affect the opinions expressed herein.

 

6.4 We consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement and to reference to us being made in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act.

 

Yours faithfully

 

/s/ Ogier (Jersey) LLP

Ogier (Jersey) LLP

 

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