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): December 3, 2013

 

 

ENDOLOGIX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-28440   68-0328265

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

11 Studebaker, Irvine, CA   92618
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (949) 595-7200

N/A

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On December 4, 2013, Endologix, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative (the “Representative”) of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), in connection with the registered underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”). The Company also granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional $11,250,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Option”). On December 5, 2013, the Underwriters exercised the Option in full. The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the Offering (including the Option), after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, will be approximately $82.9 million. The Offering is expected to close on or about December 10, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. The Notes are to be issued pursuant to a base indenture, as supplemented by one or more supplemental indentures, in each case to be entered into between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and customary conditions to closing, obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, respectively and indemnification, termination and other customary provisions.

The Offering was made pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-181762) (the “Registration Statement”), which became effective May 30, 2012, and the prospectus dated May 30, 2012 included in the Registration Statement, as supplemented by a prospectus supplement dated December 4, 2013.

The above description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Capped Call Confirmation

In connection with the pricing of the Notes, on December 4, 2013, the Company entered into a capped call transaction (the “Base Capped Call Confirmation”) with Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”), an affiliate of the Representative, and in connection with the exercise in full of the Option by the Underwriters, on December 5, 2013, the Company entered into an additional capped call transaction (such additional capped call transaction, together with the Base Capped Call Confirmation, the “Capped Call Confirmations”) with BofA. The Capped Call Confirmations will cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the Notes, a number of shares of common stock of the Company equal to the aggregate conversion rate of the Notes. The cap price under the Capped Call Confirmations will initially be $29.02 per share, which represents a premium of approximately 60.0% over the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock on December 4, 2013, and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Capped Call Confirmations. The Company used approximately $7.42 million of the net proceeds from the Offering to pay the cost of the Capped Call Confirmations.

The Capped Call Confirmations are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution and/or offset potential cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount upon conversion of the Notes in the event that the market price per share of common stock of the Company, as


measured under the terms of the Capped Call Confirmations, is greater than the strike price of the Capped Call Confirmations, which initially corresponds to the conversion price of the Notes and is subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the conversion rate of the Notes. If, however, the market price per share of common stock of the Company, as measured under the terms of the Capped Call Confirmations, exceeds the cap price of the Capped Call Confirmations, there would nevertheless be dilution and/or there would not be an offset of such potential cash payments, in each case, to the extent that such market price exceeds the cap price of the Capped Call Confirmations.

The Company will not be required to make any cash payments to BofA or any of its affiliates upon the exercise of the options that are a part of the Capped Call Confirmations, but will be entitled to receive from BofA (or an affiliate thereof) a number of shares of common stock of the Company and/or an amount of cash generally based on the amount by which the market price per share of common stock of the Company, as measured under the terms of the Capped Call Confirmations, is greater than the strike price of the Capped Call Confirmations during the relevant valuation period under the Capped Call Confirmations. However, if the market price of common stock of the Company, as measured under the terms of the Capped Call Confirmations, exceeds the cap price of the Capped Call Confirmations during such valuation period under the Capped Call Confirmations, the number of shares of common stock of the Company and/or the amount of cash the Company expects to receive upon exercise of the Capped Call Confirmations will be capped based on the amount by which the cap price exceeds the strike price of the Capped Call Confirmations.

For any conversions of Notes prior to the close of business on the 55th scheduled trading day immediately preceding the stated maturity date, including without limitation upon an acquisition of the Company or similar business combination, a corresponding portion of the Capped Call Confirmations will be terminated. Upon such termination, the portion of the Capped Call Confirmations being terminated will be settled at fair value (subject to certain limitations), as determined by BofA, in its capacity as calculation agent under the Capped Call Confirmations, which the Company expects to receive from BofA, and no payments will be due BofA.

The Capped Call Confirmations are separate transactions entered into by the Company with BofA, are not part of the terms of the Notes and will not change the holders’ rights under the Notes. Holders of the Notes will not have any rights with respect to the Capped Call Confirmations.

The summary of the Capped Call Confirmations is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Capped Call Confirmations, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to Wells Fargo Credit Agreement

On December 3, 2013, in connection with the Offering, the Company, Nellix, Inc. (together with the Company, the “Borrowers”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”) entered into a seventh amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated October 30, 2009, as amended, by and between the Borrowers and Wells Fargo (the “Credit Agreement”) permitting the offering and issuance of the Notes (the “Wells Fargo Amendment”). The Wells Fargo Amendment amended the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) permit the Company to incur indebtedness pursuant to certain types of transactions, including the Offering, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100,000,000, (ii) permit the Company to make required regularly scheduled payments of interest on certain types of indebtedness, including indebtedness incurred by the Company in the Offering, and make any required payments of principal in connection with certain types of conversions of indebtedness, including payments of principal in connection with conversion of the Notes, (iii) permit the Company to enter into the Capped Call Confirmations in connection with the Offering and (iv) include certain other ministerial amendments to permit the Offering under the terms of the Credit Agreement and related matters.


The above description of the Wells Fargo Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Wells Fargo Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 3, 2013 the Company announced the Offering and on October 4, 2013 the Company announced the pricing of the Notes sold in the Offering. The full text of the press releases issued in connection with the Offering and pricing announcements are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and Exhibit 99.2, respectively, hereto. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth herein in this Item 7.01 and in the press releases is deemed to be “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. The information set forth in Item 7.01 of this report shall not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this report on Form 8-K that is required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated December 4, 2013, by and between Endologix, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several Underwriters.
10.1    Base Capped Call Confirmation, dated December 4, 2013, between Endologix, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
10.2    Additional Capped Call Confirmation, dated December 5, 2013, between Endologix, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
10.3    Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated December 3, 2013, by and among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Endologix, Inc., and Nellix, Inc.
99.1    Press release issued by Endologix, Inc. on December 3, 2013.
99.2    Press release issued by Endologix, Inc. on December 4, 2013.


SIGNATURES

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

 

      ENDOLOGIX, INC.
Date: December 6, 2013      

/s/ Shelley B. Thunen

      Shelley B. Thunen
      Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated December 4, 2013, by and between Endologix, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several Underwriters.
10.1    Base Capped Call Confirmation, dated December 4, 2013, between Endologix, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
10.2    Additional Capped Call Confirmation, dated December 5, 2013, between Endologix, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
10.3    Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated December 3, 2013, by and among Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Endologix, Inc., and Nellix, Inc.
99.1    Press release issued by Endologix, Inc. on December 3, 2013.
99.2    Press release issued by Endologix, Inc. on December 4, 2013.

Exhibit 1.1

 

 

 

ENDOLOGIX, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Dated: December 4, 2013

 

 

 


ENDOLOGIX, INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

December 4, 2013

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

as Representative of the several Underwriters

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Endologix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“ Merrill Lynch ”) 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 Merrill Lynch is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “ Representative ”), with respect to (i) the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in said Schedule A of $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Initial Securities ”) and (ii) the grant by the Company to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the option to purchase all or any part of an additional $11,250,000 aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Option Securities ” and, together with the Initial Securities, the “ Securities ”). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of December 10, 2013 (the “ Indenture ”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

In connection with the offering of Initial Securities, (i) the Company and Bank of America, N.A. (the “ Capped Call Counterparty ”) are entering into a capped call transaction pursuant to a capped call confirmation (the “ Base Capped Call Confirmation ”), dated the date hereof, and in connection with any issuance of Option Securities, the Company and the Capped Call Counterparty may enter into an additional capped call transaction pursuant to an additional capped call confirmation (the “ Additional Capped Call Confirmation ” and together with the Base Capped Call Confirmation, the “ Capped Call Confirmations ”) and (ii) the Company is entering into an amendment (the “ Credit Agreement Amendment ”) to its Credit Agreement dated as of October 30, 2009, as amended from time to time, among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and certain subsidiary borrowers (the “ Credit Agreement ”) to permit the Company to enter into the transactions contemplated by this agreement, the Capped Call Confirmations and the Indenture.

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 and the Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “ 1939 Act ”).

 

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The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-181762) covering the public offering and sale of certain securities, including the Securities, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ 1933 Act Regulations ”), which automatic shelf registration statement became effective under Rule 462(e) under the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 462(e) ”). Such registration statement, as of any time, means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto to such time, including the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B under the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 430B ”), is referred to herein as the “ Registration Statement; ” provided, however, that the “ Registration Statement ” without reference to a time means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of such registration statement with respect to the Securities within the meaning of paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 430B, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to the Rule 430B. Each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as a “preliminary prospectus.” Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company will prepare and file a final prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 424(b) ”). The final prospectus, in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Prospectus. ” 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:

Applicable Time ” means 5:40 P.M., New York City time, on December 4, 2013 or such other time as agreed by the Company and Merrill Lynch.

General Disclosure Package ” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the most recent preliminary prospectus (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time, 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, (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), or (iv) the Final Term Sheet (as defined below).

 

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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 B hereto.

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

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “ 1934 Act ”), incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

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 . The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405) and the Securities have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company on such automatic shelf registration statement. The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement 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 has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. The Company is eligible to offer the Securities on a registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to the standards for Form S-3 that were in effect immediately prior to October 21, 1992.

Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act Regulations, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act Regulations. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became

 

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effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1934 Act (the “ 1934 Act Regulations ”).

(ii) Accurate Disclosure . Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, 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 (including any prospectus wrapper), 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. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when such documents incorporated by reference were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not and 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.

The representations and warranties in this subsection shall not apply to (i) the Statement of Eligibility (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the 1939 Act or (ii) 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 Merrill Lynch expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished shall be the information in the first paragraph under the heading “Underwriting–Commissions and Discounts,” the information in the first and second paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting–Price Stabilization, Short Positions”, the second paragraph and the first sentence of the third paragraph under the heading “Underwriting–Capped Call Transactions” and the information under the heading “Underwriting–Electronic Distribution” 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, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement by the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 under the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 163 ”) and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the 1933 Act provided by Rule 163.

 

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(iv) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (A) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163, and (D) as of the Applicable Time, the Company was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405).

(v) Company Not Ineligible Issuer . At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an ineligible issuer.

(vi) Independent Accountants . The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Accounting Oversight Board.

(vii) Financial Statements; 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 statement of operations, stockholders’ 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 involved except, in the case of unaudited, interim financial statements, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included 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 therein. Except as included 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. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act, to the extent applicable. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus 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.

(viii) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the

 

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General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects 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) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, and (C) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.

(ix) Good Standing of the Company . The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Good Standing of Subsidiaries . Each subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in 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 of the Company 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. None of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any subsidiary of the Company were issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such subsidiary. The only subsidiaries of the Company are the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1 to the Registration Statement.

(xi) Capitalization . 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 in the column entitled “ Actual ” under the caption “ Capitalization ” (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).

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

(xiii) Authorization of the Indenture . The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and duly qualified under the 1939 Act and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Trustee, will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof

 

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may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(xiv) Authorization of the Securities and the Common Stock . The Securities have been duly authorized and, at the Closing Time, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and will be in the form contemplated by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Indenture. The shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”) issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all necessary corporate action and such shares, when issued upon such conversion, will be validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable; no holder of such shares will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; and the issuance of such shares upon such conversion will not be subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company.

(xv) Authorization of Credit Agreement Amendment . The Credit Agreement Amendment has been duly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company and its subsidiaries party thereto and, assuming due execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, the Credit Agreement, as amended by the Credit Agreement Amendment will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(xvi) Description of the Securities, the Common Stock, the Indenture, the Capped Call Confirmations and Credit Agreement Amendment . The Securities, the Indenture, the Capped Call Confirmations and the Credit Agreement Amendment will conform in all material respects to the respective statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the Securities and the Indenture will be in substantially the respective forms filed or incorporated by reference, as the case may be, as exhibits to the Registration Statement. The Common Stock conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained or incorporated by reference 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.

(xvii) Stock Options . The exercise price of each option to acquire Common Stock (each, a “ Company Stock Option ”) is no less than the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined on the date of grant of such Company Stock Option. All grants of Company Stock Options were validly issued and properly approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, a committee thereof or an individual with authority duly delegated by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof, in material compliance with (i) all applicable

 

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laws and (ii) the terms of the plans under which such Company Stock Options were issued and were recorded on the Company’s financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and no such grants involved any “back dating”, “forward dating,” “spring loading” or similar practices with respect to the effective date of grant.

(xviii) 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 pursuant to this Agreement, other than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and have been waived.

(xix) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its charter, by-laws or similar organizational document, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (collectively, “ Agreements and Instruments ”), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA ”) having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or operations (each, a “ Governmental Entity ”), except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the Credit Agreement Amendment and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described therein under the caption “ Use of Proceeds ” and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Securities) and compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder and under the Indenture, the Securities and the Credit Agreement Amendment 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 a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, by-laws or similar organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity. As used herein, a “ Repayment Event ” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

(xx) Absence of Labor Dispute . No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxi) Absence of Proceedings . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, which might result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which might materially and adversely affect their respective properties or assets or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder; and the aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party or of which any of their respective properties or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, could not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxii) 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 the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which have not been so described and filed as required. Each description of a contract, document or other agreement in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately reflects in all material respects the terms of the underlying contract, document or other agreement. Each contract, document or other agreement described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or incorporated by reference is in full force and effect and is valid and enforceable by and against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers), reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and except as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(xxiii) Absence of Further Requirements . No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder, the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Securities, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Credit Agreement Amendment, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, state securities laws, the rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“ NASDAQ ”) or the rules of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”).

(xxiv) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company and its subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(xxv) Title to Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use all real and personal property that is material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind except such as (A) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (B) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company or any of its subsidiaries; and all of the leases and subleases material to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company or any of its subsidiaries holds properties described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, are in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any such subsidiary has any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company or any subsidiary under any of the leases or subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the Company or such subsidiary to the continued possession of the leased or subleased premises under any such lease or sublease.

(xxvi) Intellectual Property . The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess, have the right to use or can acquire on reasonable terms, all Intellectual Property material to the conduct of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ business as now conducted or as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted. Furthermore, (A) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property, except as such infringement, misappropriation or violation would not result, singly or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect; (B) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (C) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries, has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity, enforceability or scope of any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (D) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any of its subsidiaries infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property or other proprietary rights of others, neither the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of such claim and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (E) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in or has ever been in violation of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except where such violation would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (F) the Company and its subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps in accordance with normal industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of all material trade secrets and confidential information owned, used or held for use by the Company or any of its subsidiaries. “ Intellectual Property ” shall mean all patents, patent applications, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, domain names, technology, know-how and other intellectual property.

 

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(xxvii) FDA Compliance . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and its subsidiaries: (A) are and at all times have been in full compliance with all statutes, rules, regulations, or guidances applicable to Company and its subsidiaries and the ownership, testing, research, design, development, manufacture, packaging, processing, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, promotion, sale, offer for sale, storage, import, export or disposal of any product manufactured or distributed by the Company (“ Applicable Laws ”), except where such non-compliance would not result, singly or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect; (B) have not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from any Governmental Entity alleging or asserting noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, authorizations, registrations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“ Authorizations ”) which has not been remedied by the Company and its subsidiaries or except where such noncompliance if not remedied would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; (C) possess all Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and the Company is not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (D) have not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from any Governmental Entity or third party alleging that any product operation or activity is in violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and have no knowledge that any such Governmental Entity or third party is considering any such claim, litigation, arbitration, action, suit, investigation or proceeding; (E) have not received notice that any Governmental Entity has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any Authorizations and the Company has no knowledge that any such Governmental Entity is considering such action; and (F) have filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were complete and correct in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission), except where the failure to file, obtain, maintain or submit such documents would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxviii) Clinical Studies . The studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries that are material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole were and, if still pending, are, in all material respects, being conducted in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional and scientific standards and all Applicable Laws and Authorizations, including, without limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and implementing regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 50, 54, 56, 58 and 812; the approved Investigational Device Exemption applications, and other applicable federal, state, local or foreign government or regulatory requirements, and the rules, regulations, requirements, and guidelines regarding human subject protections; the descriptions of the results of such studies, tests and trials contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data derived from such studies, tests and trials; except to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any studies, tests or trials the results of which the Company believes reasonably call into question the study, test, or trial results described or referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus when viewed in the context in which such results are described and the clinical state of

 

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development; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have received any notices or correspondence from any Governmental Entity requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials conducted or being conducted by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(xxix) Manufacturing Practices . All manufacturing operations performed by or on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries are being conducted in all material respects in compliance with the Quality System regulation of the FDA and, to the extent applicable, counterpart regulations in the European Union and all other countries where compliance is required. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all reporting requirements under Applicable Laws, including, but not limited to, medical device reports (as defined by 21 C.F.R. Part 803), reports of corrections and removals (as defined by 21 C.F.R. Part 806), and the reporting and recordkeeping requirements under the Quality System regulation of the FDA, and counterpart regulations and requirements in other countries where compliance is required.

(xxx) Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of, or has any liability under, any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “ Hazardous Materials ”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (B) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries and (D) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no proceedings that are pending against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings in which it is reasonably believed that no monetary sanctions in excess of $100,000 will be imposed.

(xxxi) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls . The Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13-a15 and 15d-15 under 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

 

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accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (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; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. 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 its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under 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.

(xxxii) Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that have or are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, revenues or expenses, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

(xxxiii) Audit Committee . The Company’s Board of Directors has validly appointed an audit committee whose composition satisfies the requirements of Rule 5605(c)(2) of the Listing Rules of NASDAQ (the “NASDAQ Listing Rules”) and the Company’s Board of Directors and/or the audit committee has adopted a charter that satisfies the requirements of Rule 5605(c)(1) of the NASDAQ Listing Rules. The audit committee has reviewed the adequacy of its charter within the past twelve months.

(xxxiv) 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, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(xxxv) Payment of Taxes . All United States federal income tax returns of the Company and its subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except, in each case, taxes or assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided or where the failure to pay such taxes or assessments would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except where the failure to file such returns would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by the Company and its subsidiaries, except, in each case, for such taxes or assessments, if any, as

 

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are being contested in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been established by the Company or where the failure to pay such taxes or assessments would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxvi) Insurance . The Company and its subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and 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 result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither of the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

(xxxvii) Investment Company Act . The Company is not required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(xxxviii) Absence of Manipulation . Neither the Company nor any affiliate of the Company has taken, nor will the Company or any affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would 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.

(xxxix) Continued Registration of Common Stock . The Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Common Stock under the 1934 Act or the listing of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the Nasdaq Global Select Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(xl) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

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amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(xlii) OFAC . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or representative of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is an individual or entity (“ Person ”) currently the subject or target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the United States Government, including, without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(xliii) Lending Relationship . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company (i) does not have any material lending or other relationship with any bank or lending affiliate of any Underwriter and (ii) does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.

(xliv) Statistical and Market-Related Data . Any statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes, after reasonable inquiry, to be reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources and, to the extent required, the Company has obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.

(xlv) Lock-Up Agreements . Each director and officer of the Company listed on Schedule D hereto has delivered to the Representative his or her executed written lock-up agreement in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit C hereto or in such form as may be approved in writing by the Representative. Schedule D lists all of the Company’s directors and officers pursuant to Section 16 of the 1934 Act.

(b) Officer’s 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.

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, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company, at the price set forth in Schedule A , the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities set

 

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forth in Schedule A , plus any additional principal amount of Initial Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, subject to such adjustments as Merrill Lynch in its discretion shall make to ensure that any sales or purchases are in authorized denominations.

(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 the Option Securities, at the price set forth in Schedule A , which option may be exercised solely to cover over-allotments. The option hereby granted may be exercised for 30 days after the date hereof and may be exercised in whole or in part at any time from time to time upon notice by the Representative to the Company setting forth the amount 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 principal amount of Option Securities then being purchased which the amount of Initial Securities set forth in Schedule A opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total principal amount of Initial Securities, subject in each case to such adjustments as Merrill Lynch in its discretion shall make to ensure that any sales or purchases are in authorized denominations.

(c) Payment . Payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for, the Initial Securities shall be made at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York, 10017, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Company, at 9:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the third (fourth, 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 ten business days 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 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 Merrill Lynch to the Company.

Payment shall be made to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Company, against delivery to the Representative for the respective accounts of the Underwriters of certificates 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. Merrill Lynch, 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.

 

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SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company . The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(a) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests . The Company, subject to Section 3(b) , will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Representative immediately, 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, including any document incorporated by reference therein or for additional information, (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(d) or 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. The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “ Calculation of Registration Fee ” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

(b) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . The Company will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 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, 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 (i) 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, (ii) 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 (iii) 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 (A) give the Representative notice of such event, (B) 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 (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the

 

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Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall 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 has given the Representative notice of any filings made pursuant to the 1934 Act or 1934 Act Regulations within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Company will give the Representative notice of its intention to make any such filing 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.

(c) 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 documents incorporated or deemed to be 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 pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(d) 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 and the 1933 Act Regulations. The Company will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations, 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 pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(e) Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company will use its 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 respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(f) 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.

(g) 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.

 

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(h) Listing . The Company will use its best efforts to effect and maintain the listing of the Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

(i) Restriction on Sale of Securities . During a period of 90 days from the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, (i) 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 to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing 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 Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder or any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, (B) any shares of Common Stock 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, (C) any shares of Common Stock issued or options to purchase Common Stock granted pursuant to existing employee benefit plans of the Company referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (D) any shares of Common Stock 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, (E) other than pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization, dated as of October 27, 2010, by and among the Company, Nepal Acquisition Corporation, Nellix, Inc., and the stockholders party thereto or (F) entry into, and performance of obligations under, the transactions under the Capped Call Confirmations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will issue an earnings release or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day restricted period, the restrictions imposed in this clause (i) shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the date of the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, unless Merrill Lynch waives, in writing, such extension.

(j) Reporting Requirements . The Company, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, 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 1934 Act Regulations. Additionally, the Company shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Shares as may be required under Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.

(k) DTC. The Company will cooperate with the Representative to permit the offered Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of DTC.

(l) Final Term Sheet; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company will prepare a final term sheet (the “ Final Term Sheet ”), in the form set forth in Schedule C hereto, reflecting the final terms of the Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433 prior to the close of business two business days after the date hereof; provided that the Company shall furnish the Representative with copies of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters shall object. The Company agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not

 

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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-2 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.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Expenses . 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 Securities to the Underwriters and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof, including any stock or other transfer taxes, any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities and the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(e) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection therewith (such fees and disbursements of counsel not to exceed $10,000 in the aggregate) and in connection with the preparation of the Blue Sky Survey and any supplement thereto, (vi) all fees and expenses of the Trustee and any expenses of any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 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 the cost of aircraft and other transportation chartered in connection with the road show, (viii) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities (such fees and disbursements of counsel not to exceed $30,000 in the aggregate), (ix) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Securities or the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and (x) the costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third sentence of Section 1(a)(ii) .

 

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(b) Termination of Agreement . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 , Section 9(a)(i) or (iii)  or Section 10 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the non-defaulting Underwriters for all of their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder 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, to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement . The 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. The Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the 1933 Act Regulations and, if applicable, shall have updated the “ Calculation of Registration Fee ” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b).

(b) Opinion of Counsel for Company . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C., counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

(c) Opinion of Special Product Counsel for Company . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Latham & Watkins LLP, special product counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

(d) Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for Company . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, special intellectual property counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Initial Purchasers to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto.

(e) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Initial Purchasers in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative.

(f) Officers’ 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 in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries

 

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considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and the Representative shall have received a certificate of the chief executive officer of the Company and of the chief financial officer of the Company, 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.

(g) Regulatory Certificate . At the Closing Time, there shall have been furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated the Closing Time and addressed to the Representive, signed by the vice president, regulatory, quality and clinical affairs officer, to the effect that, to the best of her knowledge, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Sections 1(a)(xix)(C) (solely with respect to the FDA), 1(a)(xxvii), 1(a)(xxviii) and 1(a)(xix) herein are true and correct, as if made at and as of the Closing Time.

(h) Accountant’s Comfort Letter . At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received from (1) KPMG LLP 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 in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus examined by them and (2) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 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 Initial Purchasers containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Offering Memorandum examined by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

(i) Bring-down Comfort Letter . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received from (1) KPMG LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 5(h)(1) , except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time and (2) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP a letter, dated as of the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 5(h)(2) , 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 Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, subject only to official notice of issuance.

(k) Lock-up Agreements . At the date of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto signed by the persons listed on Schedule D hereto and each such agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

(l) Credit Agreement Amendment : At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received a copy of the fully executed Credit Agreement Amendment, and such agreement shall be in full force and effect.

 

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(m) Maintenance of Rating . Since the execution of this Agreement, there shall not have been any decrease in or withdrawal of the rating of any securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as such term as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the 1934 Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in or withdrawal of any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

(n) 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 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) Officers’ Certificate . A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the chief executive officer and of the chief financial officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(ii) Regulatory Certificate . A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the vice president, regulatory, quality and clinical affairs officer of the Company confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Company . If requested by the Representative, the favorable opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, P.C., counsel for the Company, together with the favorable opinions of Latham & Watkins LLP, special product counsel for the Company and Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, special intellectual property counsel for the Company, each in form and substance satisfactory 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 opinions required by Section 5(b) , Section 5(c) and Section 5(d) hereof, respectively.

(iii) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . If requested by the Representative, the favorable opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 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(e) hereof.

(iv) Bring-down Comfort Letter . If requested by the Representative, a letter from (1) KPMG LLP, 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)(1) 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 and (2) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 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)(2) 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.

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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 issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.

(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 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 and 16 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 affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “ Affiliate ”)), its 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 any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, 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 (A) in 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 the Securities (“ 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 in any preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, Prospectus or in any Marketing Materials 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(d) below) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company;

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by Merrill Lynch), 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) or (ii) 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 any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(b) 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, if any, 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 Section 6(a) above, 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 any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(c) 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) above, counsel to the indemnified parties shall be selected by Merrill Lynch, and, in the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 6(b) above, 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 Entity, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (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.

(d) Settlement without Consent if Failure to Reimburse . If at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement.

SECTION 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses,

 

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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.

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 (before deducting expenses) 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 initial 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 which 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 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. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule A hereto and not joint.

 

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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 or 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 in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects 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 Nasdaq Global Select Market, or (iv) if trading generally on the NYSE Amex or 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 Entity, or (v) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or with respect to Clearstream or Euroclear systems in Europe, or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

(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 and 16 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 the 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 amount of Defaulted Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the 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 amount of Defaulted Securities exceeds 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, this Agreement or, with respect to any

 

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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 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. 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 Merrill Lynch at One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, attention of Syndicate Department (facsimile: (646) 855-3073), with a copy to ECM Legal (facsimile: (212) 230-8730); notices to the Company shall be directed to it at 11 Studebaker, Irvine, CA, 92618, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (facsimile: (949) 595-7309), with a copy to Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, 660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660, attention Lawrence B. Cohn (facsimile: (949) 725-4100).

SECTION 12. 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 initial 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, (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 their respective stockholders, 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 and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and the Company has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 13. Parties . This Agreement shall each inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters and 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 and 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 and 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.

 

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SECTION 14. Trial by Jury . The Company (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders 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 15. 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 16. 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 (i) the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York, Borough of Manhattan or (ii) the courts of the State of New York 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.

SECTION 17. 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 18. 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 19. 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.

SECTION 20. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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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,
ENDOLOGIX, INC.
By:  

  /s/ John McDermott

  Name:   John McDermott
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,

            as of the date first above written:

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH                               INCORPORATED

For itself and as Representative of

the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto.

By:   MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH                               INCORPORATED
By:  

  /s/ Joseph Kohls

  Name:   Joseph Kohls
  Title:   Managing Director

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE A

The initial public offering price of the Securities shall be 100.00% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of issuance.

The purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters for the Securities shall be 96.75% of the principal amount thereof.

The interest rate on the Securities shall be 2.25% per annum.

 

Name of Underwriter

   Principal Amount
of Securities
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                  Incorporated

   $ 60,000,000   

Piper Jaffray & Co.

     15,000,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 75,000,000   
  

 

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE B

Free Writing Prospectuses

 

1. Final Term Sheet in the form set forth on Schedule C

 

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SCHEDULE C

Final Term Sheet

PRICING TERM SHEET

Dated as of December 4, 2013

Endologix, Inc.

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018

The information in this pricing term sheet relates to Endologix, Inc.’s offering (the “Offering”) of its 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) and should be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 3, 2013 (including the documents incorporated by reference therein and the base prospectus dated May 30, 2012 in respect thereof) relating to the Offering (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”). The information in this pricing term sheet supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith. Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

Issuer:    Endologix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX)
Securities Offered:    2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018.
Offering Size:    $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount (or $86,250,000 aggregate principal amount if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full)
Public Offering Price:    100% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from the Settlement Date
Underwriting Discount:    3.25% of the principal amount
Use of Proceeds:    The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting estimated expenses payable by the Issuer and the underwriters’ discount, will be approximately $72.0 million (or approximately $82.9 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full). The Issuer intends to use approximately $6.45 million of the net proceeds from the Offering to pay the cost of the capped call transactions described below that the Issuer expects to enter into with Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”), an affiliate of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. The Issuer intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital, continued investment in geographic expansion, research and development and clinical studies. If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option, the Issuer may use a portion of the proceeds from the sale of the additional Notes to enter into an additional capped call transaction with BofA. See “Use of Proceeds” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Maturity:    December 15, 2018, unless earlier purchased, redeemed or converted
Interest Rate:    2.25% per annum payable semiannually in arrears in cash
Interest Payment Dates:    June 15 and December 15, beginning June 15, 2014
Optional Redemption:    The Issuer may not redeem the Notes prior to December 15, 2016. On or after December 15, 2016, the Issuer may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at its option, but only if the closing sale price of the Issuer’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the second trading day immediately preceding the date on which it provides notice of redemption, exceeds 130% of the conversion price on each applicable trading day. The redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the Notes.

 

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   The Issuer will specify in its notice of redemption a settlement method which will apply to all conversions after it issues such notice and prior to the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date.
NASDAQ Last Reported Sale Price on December 4, 2013:    $18.14 per share of the Common Stock
Initial Conversion Rate:    41.6051 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
Initial Conversion Price:    Approximately $24.04 per share of Common Stock
Conversion Premium:    Approximately 32.50% above the NASDAQ Last Reported Sale Price on December 4, 2013
Reserved Shares:    As of the date of this pricing term sheet, the Issuer has sufficient authorized and unissued shares not reserved for other purposes to satisfy all conversions of Notes solely in shares of Common Stock (plus cash in lieu of fractional shares), including the delivery of any additional shares of Common Stock in connection with a make-whole adjustment event. Accordingly, the first full paragraph on page S-45 of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement will not apply to the Notes and is deleted in its entirety.
Make-Whole Premium Upon Conversion Upon a Make-Whole Adjustment Event:   

 

 

If certain corporate events as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement occur at any time prior to the stated maturity date, or if the Issuer delivers a notice of redemption, each of which is referred to as a “make-whole adjustment event,” the conversion rate for any Notes converted following such make-whole adjustment event will, in certain circumstances and for a limited period of time, be increased by a number of additional shares of Common Stock. The number of additional shares will be determined by reference to the following table and is based on the effective date of such make-whole adjustment event and the applicable “stock price” (as defined in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) per share of Common Stock for the make-whole adjustment event:

 

     Stock Price  

Effective Date

   $ 18.14       $ 21.00       $ 24.04       $ 27.00       $ 31.25       $ 35.00       $ 40.00       $ 50.00       $ 60.00       $ 80.00   

December 10, 2013

     13.5216         10.0310         7.5708         5.9330         4.3664         3.4517         2.6299         1.6923         1.1903         0.7033   

December 15, 2014

     13.5216         10.0268         7.3615         5.6229         4.0030         3.0872         2.2922         1.4305         0.9980         0.5891   

December 15, 2015

     13.5216         9.7743         6.9001         5.0755         3.4399         2.5586         1.8321         1.1008         0.7671         0.4579   

December 15, 2016

     13.5216         9.1236         6.0387         4.1668         2.5961         1.8187         1.2344         0.7153         0.5120         0.3152   

December 15, 2017

     13.5216         7.9004         4.5449         2.6994         1.3786         0.8538         0.5370         0.3372         0.2554         0.1644   

December 15, 2018

     13.5216         6.0139         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000   

 

  

The exact stock prices and effective dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case if the stock price is:

 

•   between two stock prices in the table or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table, the number of additional shares will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock prices and the earlier and later effective dates based on a 365-day year, as applicable;

 

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•   in excess of $80.00 per share (subject to adjustment), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate; and

 

•   less than $18.14 per share (subject to adjustment), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may not increase the conversion rate to more than 55.1267 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, though the Issuer will adjust such number of shares for the same events for which the Issuer must adjust the conversion rate as described under “Description of the Notes—Conversion of Notes—Conversion Rate Adjustments” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

Capped Call Transactions:    In connection with the pricing of the Notes, the Issuer expects to enter into a capped call transaction (the “base capped call transaction”) with BofA. If the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option, the Issuer may enter into an additional capped call transaction with BofA (together with the base capped call transaction, the “capped call transactions”). The capped call transactions are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution and/or offset potential cash payments the Issuer is required to make in excess of the principal amount upon conversion of the Notes in the event that the market price per share of the Common Stock, as measured under the terms of the capped call transactions, is greater than the strike price of the capped call transactions, which initially corresponds to the conversion price of the Notes and is subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the conversion rate of the Notes. If, however, the market price per share of the Common Stock, as measured under the terms of the capped call transactions, exceeds the cap price of the capped call transactions, there would nevertheless be dilution and/or there would not be an offset of such potential cash payments, in each case, to the extent that such market price exceeds the cap price of the capped call transactions.
Trade Date:    December 4, 2013
Settlement Date:    December 10, 2013
CUSIP/ISIN:    29266SAA4 / US29266SAA42
Sole Book-Running Manager:   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

Joint Lead Manager:    Piper Jaffray & Co.

 

 

The Issuer has filed a registration statement including a prospectus and a preliminary prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the preliminary prospectus supplement if you request them by calling BofA Merrill Lynch at 866-500-5408.

ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

 

Sch C - 3


SCHEDULE D

List of Persons and Entities Subject to Lock-up

 

1. Daniel Lemaitre

 

2. John McDermott

 

3. Guido J. Neels

 

4. Gregory D. Waller

 

5. Thomas C. Wilder, III

 

6. Thomas F. Zenty, III

 

7. Todd Abraham

 

8. Joseph A. DeJohn

 

9. Janet Fauls

 

10. Charles Love

 

11. Ruth Lyons

 

12. James E. Machek

 

13. Robert D. Mitchell

 

14. Shelley B. Thunen

 

15. David M. Jennings

 

Sch D - 1


Exhibit A

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)

 

A-1


Exhibit B

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S SPECIAL PRODUCT COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(b)

 

B-1


Exhibit C

FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY’S INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COUNSEL

TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c)

 

C-1


Exhibit D

FORM OF LOCK-UP TO BE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(k)

December 3, 2013

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated,

as Representative of the several

Underwriters to be named in the

within-mentioned Underwriting Agreement

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

 

  Re: Proposed Public Offering by Endologix, Inc.

Dear Sirs:

The undersigned, a stockholder and an officer and/or director of Endologix, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), understands that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“ Merrill Lynch ”) proposes to enter into an Underwriting Agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with the Company providing for the public offering (the “ Public Offering ”) of $75,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s Convertible Senior Notes (the “ Securities ”). In recognition of the benefit that such an offering will confer upon the undersigned as a stockholder 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 that, during the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the date that is 90 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement (the “ Lock-up Period ”), the undersigned will not, without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, 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 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock, 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, 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 Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the conditions below, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch, provided that (1) Merrill Lynch receives a signed lock-up agreement 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, (3) such transfers are not required to be reported with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 4 in accordance with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), and (4) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such transfers:

 

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

 

  (ii) 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

 

  (iii) to the legal representatives or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned by will or intestate succession; or

 

  (iv) to the undersigned’s affiliates or to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned.

Furthermore, the undersigned may transfer the Lock-Up Securities without the prior written consent of Merrill Lynch (a) to exercise stock options held by the undersigned as of the date hereof, through the surrender to the Company of shares of Common Stock, provided that any shares of Common Stock received by such person upon such net issuance shall be subject to the restrictions provided for in this lock-up agreement, or (b) in connection with the partial or full settlement of any withholding tax obligation of the undersigned, through the surrender or forfeiture to the Company of shares of Common Stock, accruing upon the exercise of any stock options outstanding on the date hereof.

Furthermore, the undersigned may sell shares of Common Stock 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 Exchange Commission, or otherwise and (ii) the undersigned does not otherwise voluntarily effect any public filing or report regarding such sales.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if:

(1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or

(2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results or becomes aware that material news or a material event will occur during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-up Period,

the restrictions imposed by this lock-up agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event, as applicable, unless Merrill Lynch waives, in writing, such extension.

The undersigned agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this lock-up agreement during the period from the date of this lock-up agreement to and including the 34 th day following the expiration of the initial Lock-up Period, it will give notice thereof to the Company and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from the Company that the Lock-up Period (as may have been extended pursuant to the previous paragraph) has expired.

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.

 

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Very truly yours,
Signature:  

 

Name:  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

LOGO

 

   December 4, 2013
To:    Endologix, Inc.
   11 Studebaker
   Irvine, California 92618
   Attn: Shelley Thunen
   Telephone: 949.595.7209
   Facsimile: 949.595.7309
From:    Bank of America, N.A.
   c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
   One Bryant Park
   New York, NY 10036
   Attn: Peter Tucker, Assistant General Counsel
   Telephone: 646-855-5821
   Facsimile: 646-822-5633
Re:    Base Capped Call Transaction
   (Transaction Reference Number: 138553084)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The purpose of this communication (this “ Confirmation ”) is to set forth the terms and conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the “ Transaction ”) between Bank of America, N.A. (“ BofA ”) and Endologix, Inc. (“ Counterparty ”). This communication constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below.

1. This Confirmation is subject to, and incorporates, the definitions and provisions of the 2006 ISDA Definitions (the “ 2006 Definitions ”) and the definitions and provisions of the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “ Equity Definitions ”, and together with the 2006 Definitions, the “ Definitions ”), in each case as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ ISDA ”). In the event of any inconsistency between the 2006 Definitions and the Equity Definitions, the Equity Definitions will govern. Certain defined terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture to be dated as of December 10, 2013 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture to be dated December 10, 2013 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”, and the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the “ Indenture ”) relating to the USD75,000,000 principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 (the “ Convertible Securities ”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms defined in the Indenture and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. For the avoidance of doubt, references herein to sections of the Indenture are based on the draft of the Indenture most recently reviewed by the parties at the time of execution of this Confirmation. If any relevant sections of the Indenture are changed, added or renumbered following execution of this Confirmation but prior to the execution of the Indenture, the parties will amend this Confirmation in good faith to preserve the economic intent of the parties based on the draft of the Indenture so reviewed. The parties further acknowledge that references to the Indenture herein are references to the Indenture as in effect on the date of its execution and if the Indenture or the Convertible Securities are amended, supplemented or modified following its execution, any such amendment, supplement or modification (other than any amendment, supplement or modification pursuant to clause (x) of Section 11.01 of the Supplemental Indenture that, as determined by the Calculation Agent, conforms the Supplemental Indenture to the description of the Convertible Securities in the preliminary prospectus supplement, as supplemented by the pricing term sheet related to the Convertible Securities) will be disregarded for purposes of this Confirmation unless the parties agree otherwise in writing.

This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between BofA and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be subject to an agreement (the “ Agreement ”) in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “ ISDA Form ”) as if BofA and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule except for the elections set forth in this Confirmation and the election that the “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to BofA as if (v) the phrase “, or becoming capable at such time of being declared,” were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement, (x) the


term “Specified Indebtedness” had the meaning specified in Section 14 of the Agreement, except that such term did not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of a party’s banking business, (y) the “Threshold Amount” with respect to BofA were 3% of the stockholders’ equity of Bank of America Corporation and (z) the following language shall be added to the end of such Section 5(a)(vi): “Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default under subsection (2) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (i) the default was caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (ii) funds were available to enable the party to make the payment when due; and (iii) the payment is made within two Local Business Days of such party’s receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.

All provisions contained in, or incorporated by reference to, the Agreement will govern this Confirmation except as expressly modified herein. In the event of any inconsistency between this Confirmation and either the Definitions or the Agreement, this Confirmation shall govern.

2. The Transaction constitutes a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

 

General Terms:   

Trade Date:

   December 4, 2013

Effective Date:

   The closing date of the initial issuance of the Convertible Securities.

Option Type:

   Call

Seller:

   BofA

Buyer:

   Counterparty

Shares:

   The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD0.001 per share (Ticker Symbol: “ELGX”).

Number of Options:

   The number of Convertible Securities (“ Initial Securities ”) in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount issued by Counterparty on the closing date for the initial issuance of the Convertible Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, the Number of Options shall be reduced by any Options exercised by Counterparty.

Number of Shares:

   As of any date, the product of the Number of Options and the Conversion Rate.

Conversion Rate:

   As of any date, the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) as of such date but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” pursuant to Section 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture.

Strike Price:

   The “Conversion Price” (as defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture).

Cap Price:

   USD29.02

Premium:

   USD$6,450,000 (Premium per Option USD86.00).

Premium Payment Date:

   The Effective Date

Exchange:

   The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Related Exchange:

   All Exchanges

 

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Procedures for Exercise:   

Exercise Dates:

   Each Conversion Date.

Conversion Date:

   Each “Conversion Date” (as defined in the Indenture) occurring during the period from and excluding the Trade Date to and including the Expiration Date, for Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, that are submitted for conversion on such Conversion Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, excluding Convertible Securities that are Excluded Convertible Securities (such Convertible Securities, other than those excluded as set forth above, the “ Relevant Convertible Securities ” for such Conversion Date).

Required Exercise on Conversion Dates:

   On each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to the number of Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount shall be automatically exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of Options that are exercised or deemed exercised hereunder exceed the Number of Options.

Excluded Convertible Securities:

   Convertible Securities surrendered for conversion on any date prior to September 27, 2018.

Expiration Date:

   The second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Stated Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture).

Automatic Exercise:

   As provided above under “Required Exercise on Conversion Dates”.

Exercise Notice Deadline:

   The Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the “Stated Maturity Date” (as defined in the Indenture).

Notice of Exercise:

   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, BofA shall have no obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder unless Counterparty notifies BofA in writing prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time, on the Exercise Notice Deadline in respect of the aggregate number of Options being exercised hereunder (including, if applicable, whether all or any portion of such Options are exercised in respect of Convertible Securities as to which additional Shares would be added to the Conversion Rate (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Supplemental Indenture (the “ Make-Whole Convertible Securities ”)). For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty fails to give such notice when due in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder, BofA’s obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of such exercise shall be permanently extinguished, and late notice shall not cure such failure; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, such notice (and the related exercise of Options) shall be effective if given after the Exercise Notice Deadline, but prior to 5:00 PM New York City time, on the fifth Exchange Business Day following the Exercise Notice Deadline, in which event the Calculation Agent shall have the right to adjust the Delivery Obligation as appropriate to reflect the additional costs and expenses incurred by BofA in connection with its hedging activities (including the unwinding of any hedge position), with such adjustments made assuming that BofA maintains a commercially reasonable hedge position, as a result of BofA not having received such notice on or prior to the Exercise Notice Deadline.

 

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Notice of Convertible Security

  

Settlement Method:

   Counterparty shall notify BofA in writing before 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on September 27, 2018 (the “ Final Settlement Method Election Date ”), of the irrevocable election by Counterparty, in accordance with Section 5.04(a)(iii) of the Supplemental Indenture, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring on or after the Final Settlement Method Election Date. If Counterparty fails timely to provide such notice, Counterparty shall be deemed to have notified BofA of stock settlement for all conversions occurring on or after the Final Settlement Method Election Date. Counterparty agrees that it shall settle any Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date on or after the Final Settlement Method Election Date in the same manner as provided in the Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method it provides or is deemed to have provided hereunder, subject to the provisions, if applicable, of the proviso to Section 5.04(a)(v) of the Supplemental Indenture that would change such settlement method.

BofA’s Telephone Number and Telex and/or Facsimile Number and Contact Details for purpose of Giving Notice:

   To be provided by BofA.
Settlement Terms:   

Settlement Date:

   In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the settlement date for the cash (if any) and Shares (if any) to be delivered in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Supplemental Indenture; provided that the Settlement Date will not be prior to the latest of (i) the date one Settlement Cycle following the final day of the relevant “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture), (ii) the Exchange Business Day immediately following the date on which Counterparty gives notice to BofA of such Settlement Date prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time or (iii) the Exchange Business Day immediately following the date Counterparty provides the Notice of Delivery Obligation prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time.

Delivery Obligation:

   In lieu of the obligations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 9.1 of the Equity Definitions, and subject to “Notice of Exercise” above, in respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, BofA will deliver to Counterparty, on the related Settlement Date, a number of Shares and/or amount of cash in USD equal to the aggregate number of Shares, if any, that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to the holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(iv) of the Supplemental Indenture and/or the aggregate amount of cash, if any, in excess of USD1,000 per Convertible Security (in denominations of USD1,000) that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to holder(s) pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(iv)

 

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   of the Supplemental Indenture (except that such aggregate number of Shares shall be determined without taking into consideration any rounding pursuant to Section 5.05 of the Supplemental Indenture and shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number) and cash in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, resulting from such rounding, as if Counterparty had elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities by the Convertible Security Settlement Method, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities (the “ Convertible Obligation ”); provided that (i) if the Convertible Obligation exceeds the Capped Convertible Obligation, then the Delivery Obligation shall be the Capped Convertible Obligation; (ii) the Convertible Obligation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Capped Convertible Obligation) shall be determined excluding any Shares and/or cash that Counterparty is obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities as a result of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Delivery Obligation shall not include any interest payment on the Relevant Convertible Securities that Counterparty is (or would have been) obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date); and (iii) if such exercise relates to Relevant Convertible Securities that are Make-Whole Convertible Securities, then, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Convertible Obligation shall include Shares and/or cash in respect of any additional Shares to be added to the Conversion Rate, except that the Delivery Obligation shall be capped so that the value of the Delivery Obligation per Option (with the value of any Shares included in the Delivery Obligation determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner using the VWAP Price on the last day of the relevant “Conversion Period”) does not exceed the amount as determined by the Calculation Agent that would be payable by BofA pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement if such Conversion Date were an Early Termination Date resulting from an Additional Termination Event with respect to which the Transaction (except that, for purposes of determining such amount (x) the Number of Options shall be deemed to be equal to the number of Options exercised on such Exercise Date and (y) such amount payable will be determined as if Section 5.02 of the Supplemental Indenture were deleted) was the sole Affected Transaction and Counterparty was the sole Affected Party (determined without regard to Section 8(b) of this Confirmation), it being understood that the cap described in this clause (iii) is in addition to, and cumulative with, clauses (i) and (ii) of this proviso. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in addition to the caps described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the proviso above, in all events the Delivery Obligation shall be capped so that the value of the Delivery Obligation does not exceed the value of the Convertible Obligation (with the Convertible Obligation determined based on the actual settlement method elected by Counterparty with respect to such Relevant Convertible Securities instead of the Convertible Security Settlement Method and with the value of any Shares included in either the Delivery Obligation or such Convertible Obligation determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner using the Applicable Limit Price on the relevant Settlement Date).

 

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Applicable Limit Price

   On any day, the opening price as displayed under the heading “Op” on Bloomberg page ELGX<equity> (or any successor thereto).

Capped Convertible Obligation:

   In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the Convertible Obligation that would apply if the “Daily VWAP” for each “Trading Day” in the “Conversion Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) or, if applicable, the assumed “Conversion Period” specified in clause (ii) of “Convertible Security Settlement Method” below, were the lesser of (x) the Cap Price and (y) the actual “Daily VWAP” for such Trading Day (as defined in the Indenture).

Convertible Security Settlement Method:

   For any Relevant Convertible Securities, if Counterparty has notified BofA in the Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method that it has elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities in cash or in a combination of cash and Shares in accordance with Section 5.04(a)(ii) or (iii) of the Supplemental Indenture (a “ Cash Election ”) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of at least USD1,000, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall be the settlement method actually so elected by Counterparty in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities; otherwise, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall (i) assume Counterparty made a Cash Election with respect to such Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 per Relevant Convertible Security and (ii) be calculated as if the relevant “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(iv)(C) of the Supplemental Indenture consisted of 50 Trading Days commencing on the 52nd “Scheduled Trading Day” prior to the “Stated Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture).

Notice of Delivery Obligation:

   No later than the Exchange Business Day immediately following the last day of the relevant “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture) as modified by “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above, Counterparty shall give BofA notice of the aggregate number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligations for all Relevant Convertible Securities (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the requirement of Counterparty to deliver such notice shall not limit Counterparty’s obligations with respect to Notice of Exercise or Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method or BofA’s obligations with respect to Delivery Obligation, each as set forth above, in any way).

Other Applicable Provisions:

   To the extent BofA is obligated to deliver Shares hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 and 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction.

 

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Restricted Certificated Shares:

   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, BofA may, in whole or in part, deliver Shares required to be delivered to Counterparty hereunder in certificated form in lieu of delivery through the Clearance System. With respect to such certificated Shares, the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by deleting the remainder of the provision after the word “encumbrance” in the fourth line thereof.
Share Adjustments:   

Method of Adjustment:

   Notwithstanding Section 11.2 of the Equity Definitions, upon the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Sections 5.06(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the Supplemental Indenture that results in an adjustment under the Indenture (any such event or condition, an “ Adjustment Event ”), the Calculation Agent (i) shall make a corresponding adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction and (ii) shall adjust the Cap Price as appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such Adjustment Event, if any; provide d that the Cap Price shall not be adjusted so that it is less than the Strike Price; provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Calculation Agent in good faith disagrees with any adjustment under the Indenture that involves an exercise of discretion by Counterparty or its board of directors (including, without limitation, pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5.06(b), the definition of “FMV” under the first adjustment formula under Section 5.06(c) or the definition of “AC” under the adjustment formula under Section 5.06(e) of the Supplemental Indenture or in connection with any proportional adjustment or the determination of the fair value of any securities, property, rights or other assets), then in each such case, the Calculation Agent will determine the adjustment to be made to any one or more of the Strike Price, Number of Options, Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction in a commercially reasonable manner. Promptly following the occurrence of any Adjustment Event, Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such Adjustment Event; and once the adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible Securities in respect of such Adjustment Event have been determined, Counterparty shall promptly notify the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments. In addition, the Calculation Agent shall, to the extent the Calculation Agent determines practicable in good faith and in its commercially reasonable discretion to preserve the economic intent of the parties, make an adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction (to the extent not already covered by, and without duplication of any adjustment pursuant to the foregoing sentence) corresponding to any adjustment made pursuant to Sections 5.06(f) or 5.06(l) of the Supplemental Indenture; provided that the Calculation Agent may limit or alter any such adjustment referenced in this sentence so that the fair value of the Transaction to BofA is not reduced as a result of such adjustment.

 

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   For the avoidance of doubt, BofA shall not have any delivery or payment obligation hereunder in respect of securities, property or other consideration delivered under Section 5.06(m) of the Supplemental Indenture, any “Relevant Distribution” delivered by Counterparty pursuant to the third sentence of the second paragraph of Section 5.06(c) of the Supplemental Indenture or any payment obligation in respect of any cash paid by Counterparty pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 5.06(d) of the Supplemental Indenture (collectively, the “ Conversion Rate Adjustment Fallback Provisions ”), and no adjustment shall be made to the terms of the Transaction on account of any event or condition described in the Conversion Rate Adjustment Fallback Provisions when no adjustment was made to the Conversion Rate by Counterparty.
Extraordinary Events:   

Merger Events:

   Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, a “Merger Event” means a “Share Exchange Event” as defined in Section 5.12 of the Supplemental Indenture.

Tender Offer:

   Applicable; provided that Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing “10%” with “22.5%.”

Consequences of Merger Events and Tender Offer:

   Notwithstanding Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, (i) upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, the Calculation Agent shall make an adjustment to the terms relevant to any one or more of the nature of the Shares, Strike Price and the Option Entitlement (but, in each case, without duplication of any adjustment made pursuant to the provisions opposite the caption “Method of Adjustment” above in respect of the event or condition giving rise to such Merger Event and without duplication of any other adjustment made under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement) to the extent an analogous adjustment would be made under the Indenture; provided that such adjustment shall be made in a commercially reasonable manner without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture; and provided further that if, with respect to a Merger Event, the consideration for the Shares includes (or, at the option of a holder of Shares, may include) shares of an entity or person not organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, then Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination) shall apply; (ii) in such event, the Calculation Agent shall make a proportionate adjustment to the Cap Price to the extent any adjustment is made to the Strike Price pursuant to clause (i) above; and (iii) in the event of a Merger

 

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   Event or Tender Offer, the Calculation Agent shall make a commercially reasonable adjustment to the Cap Price as appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such event; provided that the Cap Price shall not be adjusted so that it is less than the Strike Price.

Notice of Merger Consideration:

   Upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that causes the Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), Counterparty shall reasonably promptly (but, in any event prior to the effective time of such Merger Event) notify the Calculation Agent of (i) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Shares entitled to receive cash, securities or other property or assets with respect to or in exchange for such Shares in any Merger Event who affirmatively make such an election and (ii) the details of the adjustment made under the Indenture in respect of such Merger Event.

Consequences of Announcement Events:

   Upon the occurrence of an Announcement Event Adjustment Date, the Calculation Agent will adjust the Cap Price as appropriate, to preserve the fair value of the Transaction to BofA as set forth under “Announcement Event” below.

Announcement Event:

   If an Announcement Date occurs in respect of a Merger Event (as defined in the Equity Definitions and, for the avoidance of doubt, determined without regard to the language in the definition of “Merger Event” following the definition of “Reverse Merger” therein and without regard to whether the Merger Event or Tender Offer actually occurs) or Tender Offer (such occurrence, an “ Announcement Event ”), then on the earliest to occur of the date on which the transaction described in any Announcement Event (as amended or modified) is cancelled, withdrawn, discontinued or otherwise terminated or the Exercise Date, Early Termination Date or other date of cancellation or termination in respect of any Option (the “ Announcement Event Adjustment Date ”), the Calculation Agent will determine the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event, if any (without duplication in respect of any other adjustment or cancellation valuation made pursuant to this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement, regardless of whether the Announcement Event actually results in a Merger Event or Tender Offer, and taking into account a commercially reasonable Hedge Position with respect to the Transaction); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt (x) in no event shall the modification or amendment of the terms of a transaction described in an Announcement Event constitute a new, additional or different Announcement Event hereunder and (y) the occurrence of an Announcement Event Adjustment Date in respect of the cancellation, withdrawal, discontinuation or other termination of the transaction described in an Announcement Event (as amended or modified) shall not preclude the occurrence of a later Announcement Date with respect to such transaction. If the Calculation Agent determines that such economic effect on any Option is material, then on the Announcement Event Adjustment Date for such Option, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to

 

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   none of the Strike Price, the Number of Options, the Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement, payment or other terms for the Transaction) as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for such economic effect, which adjustment shall be effective immediately prior to the Announcement Event Adjustment Date; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price.

Nationalization, Insolvencyor Delisting:

   Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.

Restrictions on Adjustment:

   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions or this Confirmation, none of the events listed in Sections 5.06(g) and (i) of the Supplemental Indenture will constitute a Potential Adjustment Event, a Merger Event or a Tender Offer, and no adjustment will be made to the Transaction in connection with any such event pursuant to the Equity Definitions (as amended by this Confirmation) or otherwise.

Additional Disruption Events:

  

(a) Change in Law:

   Applicable; provided that (A) any determination as to whether (i) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, any tax law) or (ii) the promulgation of or any change in or public announcement of the formal or informal interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a “Change in Law” shall be made without regard to Section 739 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date and (B) Section 12.9(a)(ii) is hereby amended by (1) adding the words “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)” after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof, (2) adding the words “or any Hedge Positions” after the word “Shares” in the clause (X) thereof, (3) adding the words “, or holding, acquiring or disposing of Shares or any Hedge Positions relating to,” after the word “obligations” in clause (Y) thereto and (4) adding the following proviso to the end of clause (Y) thereof: “ provided that such party has used commercially reasonable efforts to avoid such increased cost on terms reasonably acceptable to the Hedging Party” (it being understood that such party need not take any action that does not meet the Avoidance Criteria). “Avoidance Criteria” means, with respect to an action, as determined by the

 

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   Calculation Agent in good faith, that (i) such action is legal and complies with all applicable regulations, rules (including by self-regulatory organizations) and policies, (ii) if such party is to establish one or more alternative Hedge Positions, there is sufficient liquidity in those alternative Hedge Positions available for that Hedging Party to hedge and (iii) by taking such action, there would not be a material risk that such Hedging Party would incur, any one or more of an increased performance cost, increased hedging cost or increased capital charges.

(b) Failure to Deliver:

   Not Applicable

(c) Insolvency Filing:

   Applicable

(d) Hedging Disruption:

   Applicable

(e) Increased Cost of Hedging:

   Not Applicable

Hedging Party:

   For all applicable Potential Adjustment Events and Extraordinary Events, BofA

Determining Party:

   For all applicable Extraordinary Events, BofA

Non-Reliance:

   Applicable

Agreements and Acknowledgments

  

Regarding Hedging Activities:

   Applicable

Additional Acknowledgments:

   Applicable

3.

   Calculation Agent: BofA, whose judgments, determinations and calculations shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Following any determination or calculation by the Calculation Agent hereunder, upon a request by Counterparty, the Calculation Agent shall promptly (but in any event within five Scheduled Trading Days) provide to Counterparty by email to the email address provided by Counterparty in such request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such determination or calculation (including any assumptions used in making such determination or calculation), it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary models used by it for such determination or calculation.
4. Account Details:   

BofA Payment Instructions:

   Bank of America, N.A.
   New York, NY
   SWIFT: BOFAUS3N
   Bank Routing: 026-009-593
   Account Name: Bank of America
   Account No. : 0012334-61892

Counterparty Payment Instructions:

   To be provided by Counterparty.
5. Offices:   

The Office of BofA for the Transaction is: New York

The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Not applicable

 

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6. Notices : For purposes of this Confirmation:   

Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:

To:                      Endologix, Inc.

  

                            11 Studebaker

  

                             Irvine, California 92618

  

Attn:                    Shelley Thunen

  

Telephone:          949.595.7209

  

Facsimile:            949.595.7309

  

Address for notices or communications to BofA:

To:                      Bank of America, N.A.

  

                            c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

                            One Bryant Park

  

                            New York, NY 10036

  

Attn:                    Peter Tucker, Assistant General Counsel

Telephone:          646-855-5821

  

Facsimile:            646-822-5633

  
7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements :

(a) In addition to the representations and warranties in the Agreement and those contained elsewhere herein, Counterparty represents and warrants to and for the benefit of, and agrees with, BofA as follows:

(i) On the Trade Date, and as of the date of any election by Counterparty of the Share Termination Alternative under (and as defined in) Section 8(b) below, (A) Counterparty is not aware of any material nonpublic information regarding Counterparty or the Shares and (B) all reports and other documents filed by Counterparty with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) when considered as a whole (with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) During (x) the “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture, and any deemed Conversion Period as set forth herein) applicable to the Relevant Convertible Securities and (y) in the event an Early Termination Date is designated due to an Additional Termination Event as a result of an Excluded Conversion Event, a period starting on or about such Early Termination Date as reasonably determined by BofA and notified to Counterparty (an “ Early Termination Period ”), the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Shares will not be subject to a “restricted period,” as such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“ Regulation M ”).

(iii) On the Trade Date and on each day during the “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture, and any deemed Conversion Period as set forth herein) applicable to the Relevant Convertible Securities and any Early Termination Period, neither Counterparty nor any “affiliate” or “affiliated purchaser” (each as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (“ Rule 10b-18 ”)) shall directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of any cash-settled or other derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent interest, including a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a depository share) or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares, except through BofA; provided that, this clause (iii) shall not apply to any of the following: (A) purchases of Shares pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted to former or current employees, officers, directors, or other affiliates of Counterparty or its subsidiaries, including the withholding and/or purchase of Shares from holders of such options to satisfy payment of the option exercise price and/or to satisfy tax withholding requirements in

 

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connection with the exercise of such options; or (B) purchases of Shares from holders of performance shares or units or restricted shares or units to satisfy tax withholding requirements in connection with vesting.

(iv) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that BofA is not making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of the Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share , ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging , or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (or any successor issue statements).

(v) Counterparty will not be engaged in an “issuer tender offer” as such term is defined in Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act nor is it aware of any third party tender offer with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Rule 13e-1 under the Exchange Act.

(vi) Prior to the Effective Date, Counterparty shall deliver to BofA a resolution of Counterparty’s board of directors authorizing the Transaction.

(vii) Counterparty is not entering into this Confirmation to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.

(viii) Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(ix) On each of the Trade Date and the Premium Payment Date, Counterparty is not, or will not be, “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”)) and Counterparty would be able to purchase the Shares hereunder in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

(x) To Counterparty’s actual knowledge, no state or local (including non-U.S. jurisdictions) law, rule, regulation or regulatory order applicable to the Shares would give rise to any reporting, consent, registration or other requirement (including without limitation a requirement to obtain prior approval from any person or entity) as a result of BofA or its affiliates’ owning or holding (however defined) Shares.

(xi) The representations and warranties of Counterparty set forth in Section 3 of the Agreement and Section 1(a) of the Underwriting Agreement dated as of December 4, 2013 between Counterparty and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representative of the Underwriters party thereto (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to BofA as if set forth herein.

(xii) Counterparty understands no obligations of BofA to it hereunder will be entitled to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any affiliate of BofA or any governmental agency.

(b) Each of BofA and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1a(18) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

(c) Each of BofA and Counterparty acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof. Accordingly, Counterparty represents and warrants to BofA that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in the Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (ii) it is an “accredited

 

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investor” as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) it is entering into the Transaction for its own account and without a view to the distribution or resale thereof and (iv) the assignment, transfer or other disposition of the Transaction has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and is restricted under this Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.

(d) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that BofA is a “financial institution,” “swap participant” and “financial participant” within the meaning of Sections 101(22), 101(53C) and 101(22A) of the Bankruptcy Code. The parties hereto further agree and acknowledge that it is the intent of the parties that (A) this Confirmation is (i) a “securities contract,” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder or in connection herewith is a “termination value,” “payment amount” or “other transfer obligation” within the meaning of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and a “settlement payment,” within the meaning of Section 546 of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) a “swap agreement,” as such term is defined in Section 101(53B) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder or in connection herewith is a “termination value,” “payment amount” or “other transfer obligation” within the meaning of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and a “transfer,” as such term is defined in Section 101(54) of the Bankruptcy Code and a “payment or other transfer of property” within the meaning of Sections 362 and 546 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (B) BofA is entitled to the protections afforded by, among other sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 362(o), 546(e), 546(g), 548(d)(2), 555, 560 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code.

(e) Counterparty shall deliver to BofA an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Effective Date and reasonably acceptable to BofA in form and substance, with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 3(a)(i), (ii) and, only with respect to documents and agreements filed as Exhibits to Counterparty’s Form 10-K, (iii) of the Agreement; provided that any such opinion of counsel may contain customary exceptions and qualifications, including, without limitation, exceptions and qualifications relating to indemnification provisions.

8. Other Provisions :

(a) Additional Termination Events . (i) The occurrence of an “Event of Default” with respect to Counterparty under the terms of the Convertible Securities as set forth in Section 7.02 of the Supplemental Indenture that results in the Convertible Securities’ becoming or being declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be an Additional Termination Event with respect to which the Transaction is the sole Affected Transaction and Counterparty is the sole Affected Party, and BofA shall be the party entitled to designate an Exchange Business Day as an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement (which Exchange Business Day shall be on or as promptly as reasonably practicable (taking into account any commercially reasonable unwind activity by BofA or its affiliates in respect of the Transaction) after the occurrence of such acceleration).

(ii) The receipt by BofA from Counterparty of any Notice of Exercise in respect of an Excluded Conversion Event shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this paragraph; provided that the Transaction shall be subject to termination only in respect of a number of Options equal to the number of Convertible Securities that cease to be outstanding in connection with or as a result of such Excluded Conversion Event. For the avoidance of doubt, in determining the amount payable in respect of such Affected Transaction pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement in connection with an Excluded Conversion Event, the Calculation Agent shall assume that the relevant Excluded Convertible Securities shall not have been converted and remain outstanding. “Excluded Conversion Event” means any conversion of any Excluded Convertible Securities. Upon receipt of any such Notice of Exercise, BofA shall designate an Exchange Business Day following such Additional Termination Event as an Early Termination Date (and BofA shall use commercially reasonable efforts (taking into account any commercially reasonable unwind activity by BofA or its affiliates in respect of the Transaction and the settlement method elected (or deemed to be elected) by Counterparty under the Supplemental Indenture with respect to such Excluded Convertible Securities) to designate such Early Termination Date so that the related payment or delivery, as the case may be, hereunder in respect of the Relevant Conversion Options will occur on (or as promptly as reasonably practicable after) the related settlement for the conversion of the relevant Convertible Securities) with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “ Relevant Conversion Options ”) equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate principal amount of Excluded Convertible Securities specified in such Notice of Exercise, divided by USD 1,000, and (B) the Number of Options as of the date BofA designates such Early Termination

 

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Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Relevant Conversion Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “ Conversion Unwind Payment ”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction (except that, for purposes of this Section 8(a)(ii), the last sentence of the provisions opposite the caption “Delivery Obligation” above shall be deemed to be deleted from this Confirmation) and a Number of Options equal to the number of Relevant Conversion Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction (and, in determining the amount payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall not take into account any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Supplemental Indenture); provided that the Conversion Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the number of Relevant Conversion Options multiplied by (y) the excess of (I) the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture after taking into account any adjustments thereto pursuant to Sections 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture), multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the applicable Settlement Date commercially reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith, over (II) the principal amount per Convertible Security of the relevant Excluded Convertible Securities. In respect of any redemption by Counterparty of any Convertible Securities and a related Excluded Conversion Event, if any, Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(iii) Within five Scheduled Trading Days promptly following any Repayment Event (as defined below), Counterparty shall notify BofA of such Repayment Event and the aggregate principal amount of Convertible Securities subject to such Repayment Event (any such notice, a “ Repayment Notice ”). The receipt by BofA from Counterparty of any Repayment Notice shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this paragraph. Upon receipt of any such Repayment Notice, BofA shall designate an Exchange Business Day following receipt of such Repayment Notice as an Early Termination Date with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “ Repayment Options ”) equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Securities specified in such Repayment Notice, divided by USD 1,000, and (B) the Number of Options as of the date BofA designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Repayment Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “ Repayment Unwind Payment ”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Options equal to the number of Repayment Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction; provided that, in the event of a Repayment Event pursuant to Sections 4.01 or 6.02 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Repayment Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the number of Repayment Options multiplied by (y) the excess of (I) the amount paid by Counterparty per Convertible Security pursuant to Sections 4.01(a) or 6.02 of the Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, over (II) the principal amount per Convertible Security of the relevant Convertible Securities. Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, in respect of any action taken by Counterparty in respect of a Repayment Event, including, without limitation, the delivery of a Repayment Notice. “ Repayment Event ” means that (i) any Convertible Securities are repurchased (whether in connection with or as a result of a fundamental change, howsoever defined, or for any other reason) by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any Convertible Securities are delivered to Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries in exchange for delivery of any property or assets of such party (howsoever described), (iii) any principal of any of the Convertible Securities is repaid prior to the final maturity date of the Convertible Securities (for any reason other than as a result of an acceleration of the Convertible Securities that results in an Additional Termination Event pursuant to the preceding Section 8(a)(ii)), or (iv) any Convertible Securities are exchanged by or for the benefit of the holders thereof for any other securities of Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries (or any other property, or any combination thereof) pursuant to any exchange offer or similar transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any conversion of Convertible Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall not constitute a Repayment Event.

 

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(b) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events . If BofA shall owe Counterparty any amount pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events” above or Sections 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (a “ Payment Obligation ”), Counterparty shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require BofA to satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) by giving irrevocable telephonic notice to BofA, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, no later than 9:30 A.M. New York City time on the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable (“ Notice of Share Termination ”); provided that if Counterparty does not elect to require BofA to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, BofA shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to elect to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Counterparty’s failure to elect or election to the contrary; and provided further that Counterparty shall not have the right to so elect (but, for the avoidance of doubt, BofA shall have the right to so elect) in the event of (i) an Insolvency, a Nationalization or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash or (ii) an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, which Event of Default or Termination Event resulted from an event or events within Counterparty’s control. Upon such Notice of Share Termination, the following provisions shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable:

 

Share Termination Alternative:    Applicable and means that BofA shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events” above, Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, or such later date as the Calculation Agent may reasonably determine (the “ Share Termination Payment Date ”), in satisfaction of the Payment Obligation.
Share Termination Delivery   
Property:    A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of the aggregate amount of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.
Share Termination Unit Price:    The value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to BofA at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation.
Share Termination Delivery Unit:    In the case of a Termination Event, Event of Default, Delisting or Additional Disruption Event, one Share or, in the case of an Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, one Share or a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, as applicable. If such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.
Failure to Deliver:    Applicable
Other applicable provisions:    If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 and 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement

 

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   contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the issuer of the Shares or any portion of the Share Termination Delivery Units) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction, except that all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units.”

(c) Disposition of Hedge Shares . Counterparty hereby agrees that if, in the good faith reasonable judgment of BofA based on the advice of outside counsel, any Shares acquired by BofA for the purpose of hedging its obligations pursuant to the Transaction (any such Shares, “ Hedge Shares ”), cannot be sold in the public market by BofA without registration under the Securities Act, Counterparty shall, at its election: (i) in order to allow BofA to sell the Hedge Shares in a registered offering, make available to BofA an effective registration statement under the Securities Act to cover the resale of such Hedge Shares and (A) enter into an agreement substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for registered secondary offerings of a substantially similar size by similar companies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BofA, , (B) provide accountant’s “comfort” letters in customary form for registered offerings of equity securities, (C) provide disclosure opinions of nationally recognized outside counsel to Counterparty reasonably acceptable to BofA, (D) provide other customary opinions, certificates and closing documents customary in form for registered offerings of equity securities and (E) afford BofA a reasonable opportunity to conduct a “due diligence” investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities; provided, however , that if BofA, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this Section 8(c) shall apply at the election of Counterparty; (ii) in order to allow BofA to sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities of a substantially similar size by similar companies, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to BofA, including customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to BofA, due diligence rights (for BofA or any designated buyer of the Hedge Shares from BofA), and provide for Counterparty using best efforts to deliver opinions and certificates and such other documentation as is customary for private placements agreements, all reasonably acceptable to BofA (in which case, the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that are necessary, in its commercially reasonable judgment, to compensate BofA for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement; for the avoidance of doubt, any such adjustments will be based solely on the price and liquidity of the relevant Shares assuming commercially reasonable hedge unwind activities by BofA (or its affiliate) in the market for the Shares); or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from BofA at the VWAP Price on such Exchange Business Days, and in the amounts, requested by BofA. “ VWAP Price ” means, on any Exchange Business Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page ELGX <equity> VAP (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Exchange Business Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable or is manifestly incorrect, the market value of one Share on such Exchange Business Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner using a volume-weighted method).

(d) Amendment to Equity Definitions . The following amendment shall be made to the Equity Definitions:

Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting from the fourth line thereof the word “or” after the word “official” and inserting a comma therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting the following words therefor “or (C) at BofA’s option, the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 5(a)(vii) (1) through (9) of the ISDA Master Agreement with respect to that Issuer.”

(e) Repurchase and Conversion Rate Adjustment Notices . Counterparty shall, on or prior to any day on which Counterparty effects or publicly announces any repurchase of Shares, promptly give BofA a written notice of such repurchase or Conversion Rate Adjustment Event (a “ Repurchase Notice ”) if, following such repurchase or Conversion Rate Adjustment Event, the Notice Percentage as determined on the date of such Repurchase Notice is (i) greater than 4.5% and (ii) greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice (or,

 

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in the case of the first such Repurchase Notice, greater than the Notice Percentage as of the date hereof), and, if such repurchase or Conversion Rate Adjustment Event, or the intention to effect the same, would constitute material non-public information with respect to Counterparty or the Shares, Counterparty shall make public disclosure thereof at or prior to delivery of such Repurchase Notice. The “ Notice Percentage ” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Number of Shares and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day. In the event that Counterparty fails to provide BofA with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this Section 8(e) then Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold harmless BofA, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons (BofA and each such person being an “ Indemnified Party ”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under applicable securities laws, including without limitation, Section 16 of the Exchange Act, relating to or arising out of such failure. If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party, then Counterparty shall contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability. In addition, Counterparty will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) as they are incurred (after notice to Counterparty) in connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense or settlement of any pending or threatened claim or any action, suit or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto and whether or not such claim, action, suit or proceeding is initiated or brought by or on behalf of Counterparty. This indemnity shall survive the completion of the Transaction contemplated by this Confirmation and any assignment and delegation of the Transaction made pursuant to this Confirmation or the Agreement shall inure to the benefit of any permitted assignee of BofA.

(f) Transfer and Assignment . Either party may transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Transaction with the prior written consent of the non-transferring party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. For the avoidance of doubt, BofA may condition its consent on any of the following, without limitation: (i) the receipt by BofA of opinions and documents reasonably satisfactory to BofA in connection with such assignment, (ii) such assignment being effected on terms reasonably satisfactory to BofA with respect to any legal and/or regulatory requirements relevant to BofA, and (iii) Counterparty continuing to be obligated to provide notices hereunder relating to the Convertible Securities and continuing to be obligated with respect to “Disposition of Hedge Shares” and “Repurchase Notices” above. In addition, BofA may transfer or assign without any consent of Counterparty its rights and obligations hereunder and under the Agreement, in whole or in part, to any affiliate of BofA (i) that has a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness that is equal to or better than BofA’s at the time of such transfer or assignment or (ii) whose obligations hereunder will be guaranteed, pursuant to the terms of a customary guarantee in a form used by BofA generally for similar transactions, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Counterparty. At any time at which any Excess Ownership Position or a Hedging Disruption exists, if BofA, in its discretion, is unable to effect a transfer or assignment to a third party in accordance with the requirements set forth above after using its commercially reasonable efforts on pricing terms and within a time period reasonably acceptable to BofA such that an Excess Ownership Position or a Hedging Disruption, as the case may be, no longer exists, BofA may designate any Scheduled Trading Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion (the “ Terminated Portion ”) of the Transaction, such that such Excess Ownership Position or Hedging Disruption, as the case may be, no longer exists. In the event that BofA so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction, a payment or delivery shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and Section 8(b) of this Confirmation as if (i) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Terminated Portion of the Transaction, (ii) Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination and (iii) such portion of the Transaction shall be the only Terminated Transaction. “ Excess Ownership Position ” means any of the following: (i) the Equity Percentage exceeds 9.0% or (ii) BofA, BofA Group (as defined below) or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of BofA or BofA Group (BofA, BofA Group or any such person, a “ BofA Person ”) under any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders applicable to ownership of Shares (“ Applicable Laws ”), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations (except for any filings of Form 13F, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a BofA Person under Applicable Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination. The “ Equity Percentage ” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a

 

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percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that BofA and any of its affiliates or any other person subject to aggregation with BofA, for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, or any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13) of which BofA is or may be deemed to be a part (BofA and any such affiliates, persons and groups, collectively, “ BofA Group ”) beneficially owns (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act), without duplication, on such day (or, to the extent that, as a result of a change in law, regulation or interpretation after the date hereof, the equivalent calculation under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder results in a higher number, such number) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.

(g) Staggered Settlement . If upon advice of counsel with respect to applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including any requirements relating to BofA’s hedging activities hereunder, BofA reasonably determines that it would not be advisable to deliver, or to acquire Shares to deliver, any or all of the Shares to be delivered by BofA on the relevant Settlement Date, BofA may, by notice to Counterparty on or prior to any Settlement Date (a “ Nominal Settlement Date ”), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates (each, a “ Staggered Settlement Date ”) or at two or more times on the Nominal Settlement Date as follows:

(i) in such notice, BofA will specify to Counterparty the related Staggered Settlement Dates (each of which will be on or prior to such Nominal Settlement Date, but not prior to the beginning of the related “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture as modified by “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above)) or delivery times and how it will allocate the Shares it is required to deliver under “Delivery Obligation” (above) among the Staggered Settlement Dates or delivery times; and

(ii) the aggregate number of Shares that BofA will deliver to Counterparty hereunder on all such Staggered Settlement Dates and delivery times will equal the number of Shares that BofA would otherwise be required to deliver on such Nominal Settlement Date.

(h) Right to Extend . BofA may postpone any Exercise Date or Settlement Date or any other date of valuation or delivery by BofA, with respect to some or all of the relevant Options (in which event the Calculation Agent shall make appropriate adjustments to the Delivery Obligation), if BofA determines, in its good faith, reasonable discretion and based on the advice of counsel in the case of the immediately following clause (ii), that such extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate (i) to preserve BofA’s hedging or hedge unwind activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions in the cash market or any other relevant market (but only if there is a material decrease in liquidity relative to BofA’s expectations as of the Trade Date) or (ii) to enable BofA to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in a manner that would, if BofA were Counterparty or an affiliated purchaser of Counterparty, be in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related policies and procedures applicable to BofA.

(i) Adjustments . For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent is called upon to make an adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Confirmation or the Definitions to take into account the effect of an event, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment by reference to the effect of such event on the Hedging Party, assuming that the Hedging Party maintains a commercially reasonable hedge position.

(j) Disclosure . Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

(k) Designation by BofA . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing BofA to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, BofA may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform BofA obligations in respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. BofA shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty solely to the extent of any such performance.

 

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(l) No Netting and Set-off . Each party waives any and all rights it may have to set off obligations arising under the Agreement and the Transaction against other obligations between the parties, whether arising under any other agreement, applicable law or otherwise.

(m) Equity Rights . BofA acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in the event of Counterparty’s bankruptcy. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the preceding sentence shall not apply at any time other than during Counterparty’s bankruptcy to any claim arising as a result of a breach by Counterparty of any of its obligations under this Confirmation or the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that this Confirmation is not secured by any collateral that would otherwise secure the obligations of Counterparty herein under or pursuant to any other agreement.

(n) Early Unwind . In the event the sale by Counterparty of the Initial Securities is not consummated with the initial purchasers pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement for any reason by the close of business in New York on December 10, 2013 (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties, which in no event shall be later than December 24, 2013) (December 10, 2013 or such later date being the “ Early Unwind Date ”), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “ Early Unwind ”) on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of BofA and Counterparty thereunder shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) only if such Early Unwind Date occurred as a result of an event within the control of Counterparty, Counterparty shall pay to BofA an amount in cash equal to the aggregate amount of costs and expenses relating to the unwinding of BofA’s hedging activities in respect of the Transaction (including market losses incurred in reselling any Shares purchased by BofA or its affiliates in connection with such hedging activities). Following such termination, cancellation and payment, each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of either party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date. BofA and Counterparty represent and acknowledge to the other that upon an Early Unwind and following the payment referred to above, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

(o) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 . The parties hereby agree that none of (v) Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“ WSTAA ”), (w) any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, (x) the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, (y) any requirement under WSTAA nor (z) an amendment made by WSTAA, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement this Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein, or the Agreement (including, but not limited to, rights arising from Change in Law, Hedging Disruption, an Excess Ownership Position or Illegality (as defined in the Agreement)).

(p) Withholding Tax imposed on payments to non-US counterparties under the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. “Tax” and “Indemnifiable Tax” each as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement shall not include any U.S. federal withholding tax imposed or collected pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (a “FATCA Withholding Tax”). For the avoidance of doubt, a FATCA Withholding Tax is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law for the purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement.

(q) Tax Representations and Tax Forms:

Part 2(b) of the ISDA Schedule – Payee Representation:

For the purpose of Section 3(f) of this Agreement, Counterparty makes the following representation to BofA:

Counterparty is a corporation established under the laws of the State of Delaware and is a “United States person” (as that term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

 

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For the purpose of Section 3(f) of this Agreement, BofA makes the following representation to Counterparty:

BofA is a “United States person” (as that term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for United States federal income tax purposes.

Part 3(a) of the ISDA Schedule – Tax Forms:

 

Party

Required to

Deliver

Document

  

Form/Document/Certificate

  

Date by which to be Delivered

Counterparty    A complete and duly executed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor thereto.)    (i) Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by BofA; and (iii) promptly upon learning that any such Form previously provided by Counterparty has become obsolete or incorrect.
BofA    A complete and duly executed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor thereto).    (i) Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by Counterparty; and (iii) promptly upon learning that any such Form previously provided by BofA has become obsolete or incorrect.

(r) Payment by Counterparty . In the event that (i) an Early Termination Date occurs or is designated with respect to the Transaction as a result of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 5(a)(ii) or 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement, in either case, with respect to Counterparty) and, as a result, Counterparty owes to BofA an amount calculated under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, or (ii) Counterparty owes to BofA, pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions, an amount calculated under Section 12.8 of the Equity Definitions, in either case, such amount shall be deemed to be zero.

(s) Waiver of Trial by Jury . EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND BOFA HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF BOFA OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF .

(t) Governing Law; Jurisdiction . THIS CONFIRMATION AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS CONFIRMATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ALL MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS .

 

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LOGO

Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by BofA) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between BofA and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to Peter Tucker, facsimile number: 646-822-5633 or email: peter.tucker@bankofamerica.com.

 

Yours faithfully,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By:  

/s/ Christopher A. Hutmaker

  Name: Christopher A. Hutmaker
  Title: Managing Director

Agreed and Accepted By:

ENDOLOGIX, INC.

 

By:  

/s/ John McDermott

  Name: John McDermott
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 10.2

 

LOGO

December 5, 2013

 

To: Endologix, Inc.

11 Studebaker

Irvine, California 92618

Attn: Shelley Thunen

Telephone: 949.595.7209

Facsimile: 949.595.7309

 

From: Bank of America, N.A.

c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Attn: Peter Tucker, Assistant General Counsel

Telephone: 646-855-5821

Facsimile: 646-822-5633

 

Re: Additional Capped Call Transaction

(Transaction Reference Number: 138554605)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The purpose of this communication (this “ Confirmation ”) is to set forth the terms and conditions of the above-referenced transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below (the “ Transaction ”) between Bank of America, N.A. (“ BofA ”) and Endologix, Inc. (“ Counterparty ”). This communication constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below.

1. This Confirmation is subject to, and incorporates, the definitions and provisions of the 2006 ISDA Definitions (the “ 2006 Definitions ”) and the definitions and provisions of the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “ Equity Definitions ”, and together with the 2006 Definitions, the “ Definitions ”), in each case as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ ISDA ”). In the event of any inconsistency between the 2006 Definitions and the Equity Definitions, the Equity Definitions will govern. Certain defined terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture to be dated as of December 10, 2013 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture to be dated December 10, 2013 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ”, and the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the “ Indenture ”) relating to the USD75,000,000 principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 and the additional USD11,250,000 principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2018 issued pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised on the date hereof (the “ Convertible Securities ”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms defined in the Indenture and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. For the avoidance of doubt, references herein to sections of the Indenture are based on the draft of the Indenture most recently reviewed by the parties at the time of execution of this Confirmation. If any relevant sections of the Indenture are changed, added or renumbered following execution of this Confirmation but prior to the execution of the Indenture, the parties will amend this Confirmation in good faith to preserve the economic intent of the parties based on the draft of the Indenture so reviewed. The parties further acknowledge that references to the Indenture herein are references to the Indenture as in effect on the date of its execution and if the Indenture or the Convertible Securities are amended, supplemented or modified following its execution, any such amendment, supplement or modification (other than any amendment, supplement or modification pursuant to clause (x) of Section 11.01 of the Supplemental Indenture that, as determined by the Calculation Agent, conforms the Supplemental Indenture to the description of the Convertible Securities in the preliminary prospectus supplement, as supplemented by the pricing term sheet related to the Convertible Securities) will be disregarded for purposes of this Confirmation unless the parties agree otherwise in writing.

This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between BofA and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall be subject to an agreement (the “ Agreement ”) in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “ ISDA Form ”) as if BofA and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (without any Schedule except for the elections set forth in this Confirmation and the election that the “Cross Default” provisions of Section 5(a)(vi) of the Agreement will apply to BofA as if (v) the phrase


“, or becoming capable at such time of being declared,” were deleted from Section 5(a)(vi)(1) of the Agreement, (x) the term “Specified Indebtedness” had the meaning specified in Section 14 of the Agreement, except that such term did not include obligations in respect of deposits received in the ordinary course of a party’s banking business, (y) the “Threshold Amount” with respect to BofA were 3% of the stockholders’ equity of Bank of America Corporation and (z) the following language shall be added to the end of such Section 5(a)(vi): “Notwithstanding the foregoing, a default under subsection (2) hereof shall not constitute an Event of Default if (i) the default was caused solely by error or omission of an administrative or operational nature; (ii) funds were available to enable the party to make the payment when due; and (iii) the payment is made within two Local Business Days of such party’s receipt of written notice of its failure to pay.”). For the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction shall be the only transaction under the Agreement.

All provisions contained in, or incorporated by reference to, the Agreement will govern this Confirmation except as expressly modified herein. In the event of any inconsistency between this Confirmation and either the Definitions or the Agreement, this Confirmation shall govern.

2. The Transaction constitutes a Share Option Transaction for purposes of the Equity Definitions. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

General Terms:

 

   Trade Date:    December 5, 2013
  

Effective Date:

   The closing date of the initial issuance of the Convertible Securities issued pursuant to the over-allotment option exercised on the date hereof.
  

Option Type:

   Call
  

Seller:

   BofA
  

Buyer:

   Counterparty
  

Shares:

   The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD0.001 per share (Ticker Symbol: “ELGX”).
  

Number of Options:

   The number of additional Convertible Securities (“ Option Securities ”) in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount purchased by Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the Underwriters (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), of its option pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below). For the avoidance of doubt, the Number of Options shall be reduced by any Options exercised by Counterparty.
  

Number of Shares:

   As of any date, the product of the Number of Options and the Conversion Rate.
  

Conversion Rate:

   As of any date, the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) as of such date but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” pursuant to Section 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture.
  

Strike Price:

   The “Conversion Price” (as defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture).
  

Cap Price:

   USD29.02
  

Premium:

   USD967,500 (Premium per Option USD86.00).

 

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   Premium Payment Date:    The Effective Date
   Exchange:    The NASDAQ Global Select Market
   Related Exchange:    All Exchanges
Procedures for Exercise:
   Exercise Dates:    Each Conversion Date.
   Conversion Date:    Each “Conversion Date” (as defined in the Indenture) occurring during the period from and excluding the Trade Date to and including the Expiration Date, for Convertible Securities, each in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount, that are submitted for conversion on such Conversion Date in accordance with the terms of the Indenture (excluding Convertible Securities that are Excluded Convertible Securities or are “Excluded Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the confirmation between the parties hereto regarding the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction dated December 4, 2013 (Transaction Ref. No. 138553084) (the “ Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation ”)) but are not “Relevant Convertible Securities” under the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation (such Convertible Securities, the “ Relevant Convertible Securities ” for such Conversion Date). For the purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Relevant Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted pursuant to the Indenture shall be allocated first to the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated.
   Required Exercise on Conversion Dates:    On each Conversion Date, a number of Options equal to the number of Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date in denominations of USD1,000 principal amount shall be automatically exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of Options that are exercised or deemed exercised hereunder exceed the Number of Options.
   Excluded Convertible Securities:    Convertible Securities surrendered for conversion on any date prior to September 27, 2018 that are not “Excluded Convertible Securities” under, and as defined in, the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation. For purposes of determining whether any Convertible Securities will be Excluded Convertible Securities hereunder or under the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, Convertible Securities that are converted prior to such date shall be allocated first to the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated.
   Expiration Date:    The second “Scheduled Trading Day” immediately preceding the “Stated Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture).
   Automatic Exercise:    As provided above under “Required Exercise on Conversion Dates”.
   Exercise Notice Deadline:    The Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the “Stated Maturity Date” (as defined in the Indenture).

 

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   Notice of Exercise:    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, BofA shall have no obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder unless Counterparty notifies BofA in writing prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time, on the Exercise Notice Deadline in respect of the aggregate number of Options being exercised hereunder (including, if applicable, whether all or any portion of such Options are exercised in respect of Convertible Securities as to which additional Shares would be added to the Conversion Rate (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Supplemental Indenture (the “ Make-Whole Convertible Securities ”)); provided that any “Notice of Exercise” delivered to BofA pursuant to the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Notice of Exercise pursuant to this Confirmation and the terms of such Notice of Exercise shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to this Confirmation. For the avoidance of doubt, if Counterparty fails to give such notice when due in respect of any exercise of Options hereunder, BofA’s obligation to make any payment or delivery in respect of such exercise shall be permanently extinguished, and late notice shall not cure such failure; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, such notice (and the related exercise of Options) shall be effective if given after the Exercise Notice Deadline, but prior to 5:00 PM New York City time, on the fifth Exchange Business Day following the Exercise Notice Deadline, in which event the Calculation Agent shall have the right to adjust the Delivery Obligation as appropriate to reflect the additional costs and expenses incurred by BofA in connection with its hedging activities (including the unwinding of any hedge position), with such adjustments made assuming that BofA maintains a commercially reasonable hedge position, as a result of BofA not having received such notice on or prior to the Exercise Notice Deadline.
   Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method:    Counterparty shall notify BofA in writing before 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on September 27, 2018 (the “ Final Settlement Method Election Date ”), of the irrevocable election by Counterparty, in accordance with Section 5.04(a)(iii) of the Supplemental Indenture, of the settlement method and, if applicable, the “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) applicable to Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date occurring on or after the Final Settlement Method Election Date. If Counterparty fails timely to provide such notice, Counterparty shall be deemed to have notified BofA of stock settlement for all conversions occurring on or after the Final Settlement Method Election Date. Counterparty agrees that it shall settle any Relevant Convertible Securities with a Conversion Date on or after the Final Settlement Method Election Date in the same manner as provided in the Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method it provides or is deemed to have provided hereunder, subject to the provisions, if applicable, of the proviso to Section 5.04(a)(v) of the Supplemental Indenture that would change such settlement method.

 

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BofA’s Telephone Number

and Telex and/or Facsimile Number and Contact Details for purpose of Giving Notice:

   To be provided by BofA.
Settlement Terms:
   Settlement Date:    In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the settlement date for the cash (if any) and Shares (if any) to be delivered in respect of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 5.04 of the Supplemental Indenture; provided that the Settlement Date will not be prior to the latest of (i) the date one Settlement Cycle following the final day of the relevant “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture), (ii) the Exchange Business Day immediately following the date on which Counterparty gives notice to BofA of such Settlement Date prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time or (iii) the Exchange Business Day immediately following the date Counterparty provides the Notice of Delivery Obligation prior to 5:00 PM, New York City time.
   Delivery Obligation:    In lieu of the obligations set forth in Sections 8.1 and 9.1 of the Equity Definitions, and subject to “Notice of Exercise” above, in respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, BofA will deliver to Counterparty, on the related Settlement Date, a number of Shares and/or amount of cash in USD equal to the aggregate number of Shares, if any, that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to the holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities converted on such Conversion Date pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(iv) of the Supplemental Indenture and/or the aggregate amount of cash, if any, in excess of USD1,000 per Convertible Security (in denominations of USD1,000) that Counterparty would be obligated to deliver to holder(s) pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(iv) of the Supplemental Indenture (except that such aggregate number of Shares shall be determined without taking into consideration any rounding pursuant to Section 5.05 of the Supplemental Indenture and shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number) and cash in lieu of fractional Shares, if any, resulting from such rounding, as if Counterparty had elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities by the Convertible Security Settlement Method, notwithstanding any different actual election by Counterparty with respect to the settlement of such Convertible Securities (the “ Convertible Obligation ”); provided that (i) if the Convertible Obligation exceeds the Capped Convertible Obligation, then the Delivery Obligation shall be the Capped Convertible Obligation; (ii) the Convertible Obligation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Capped Convertible Obligation) shall be determined excluding any Shares and/or cash that Counterparty is obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities as a result of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Delivery Obligation shall not include any interest payment on the Relevant Convertible Securities that Counterparty is (or would have been) obligated to deliver to holder(s) of the Relevant Convertible Securities for such Conversion Date); and (iii) if such exercise relates to Relevant Convertible Securities that are Make-Whole Convertible Securities, then, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Convertible Obligation shall include Shares and/or

 

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      cash in respect of any additional Shares to be added to the Conversion Rate, except that the Delivery Obligation shall be capped so that the value of the Delivery Obligation per Option (with the value of any Shares included in the Delivery Obligation determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner using the VWAP Price on the last day of the relevant “Conversion Period”) does not exceed the amount as determined by the Calculation Agent that would be payable by BofA pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement if such Conversion Date were an Early Termination Date resulting from an Additional Termination Event with respect to which the Transaction (except that, for purposes of determining such amount (x) the Number of Options shall be deemed to be equal to the number of Options exercised on such Exercise Date and (y) such amount payable will be determined as if Section 5.02 of the Supplemental Indenture were deleted) was the sole Affected Transaction and Counterparty was the sole Affected Party (determined without regard to Section 8(b) of this Confirmation), it being understood that the cap described in this clause (iii) is in addition to, and cumulative with, clauses (i) and (ii) of this proviso. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and in addition to the caps described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the proviso above, in all events the Delivery Obligation shall be capped so that the value of the Delivery Obligation does not exceed the value of the Convertible Obligation (with the Convertible Obligation determined based on the actual settlement method elected by Counterparty with respect to such Relevant Convertible Securities instead of the Convertible Security Settlement Method and with the value of any Shares included in either the Delivery Obligation or such Convertible Obligation determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner using the Applicable Limit Price on the relevant Settlement Date).
   Applicable Limit Price    On any day, the opening price as displayed under the heading “Op” on Bloomberg page ELGX<equity> (or any successor thereto).
   Capped Convertible Obligation:    In respect of an Exercise Date occurring on a Conversion Date, the Convertible Obligation that would apply if the “Daily VWAP” for each “Trading Day” in the “Conversion Period” (each as defined in the Indenture) or, if applicable, the assumed “Conversion Period” specified in clause (ii) of “Convertible Security Settlement Method” below, were the lesser of (x) the Cap Price and (y) the actual “Daily VWAP” for such Trading Day (as defined in the Indenture).
   Convertible Security Settlement Method:    For any Relevant Convertible Securities, if Counterparty has notified BofA in the Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method that it has elected to satisfy its conversion obligation in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities in cash or in a combination of cash and Shares in accordance with Section 5.04(a)(ii) or (iii) of the Supplemental Indenture (a “ Cash Election ”) with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of at least USD1,000, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall be the settlement method actually so elected by Counterparty in respect of such Relevant Convertible Securities; otherwise, the Convertible Security Settlement Method shall (i) assume Counterparty made a Cash Election with respect to

 

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     such Relevant Convertible Securities with a “Specified Dollar Amount” (as defined in the Indenture) of USD1,000 per Relevant Convertible Security and (ii) be calculated as if the relevant “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 5.04(a)(iv)(C) of the Supplemental Indenture consisted of 50 Trading Days commencing on the 52nd “Scheduled Trading Day” prior to the “Stated Maturity Date” (each as defined in the Indenture).
  Notice of Delivery Obligation:    No later than the Exchange Business Day immediately following the last day of the relevant “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture) as modified by “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above, Counterparty shall give BofA notice of the aggregate number of Shares and/or cash comprising the Convertible Obligations for all Relevant Convertible Securities (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that the requirement of Counterparty to deliver such notice shall not limit Counterparty’s obligations with respect to Notice of Exercise or Notice of Convertible Security Settlement Method or BofA’s obligations with respect to Delivery Obligation, each as set forth above, in any way).
  Other Applicable Provisions:    To the extent BofA is obligated to deliver Shares hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c), 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 and 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the Issuer of the Shares) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction.
  Restricted Certificated Shares:    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, BofA may, in whole or in part, deliver Shares required to be delivered to Counterparty hereunder in certificated form in lieu of delivery through the Clearance System. With respect to such certificated Shares, the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by deleting the remainder of the provision after the word “encumbrance” in the fourth line thereof.
Share Adjustments:
  Method of Adjustment:    Notwithstanding Section 11.2 of the Equity Definitions, upon the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Sections 5.06(a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the Supplemental Indenture that results in an adjustment under the Indenture (any such event or condition, an “ Adjustment Event ”), the Calculation Agent (i) shall make a corresponding adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction and (ii) shall adjust the Cap Price as appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such Adjustment Event, if any; provided that the Cap Price shall not be adjusted so that it is less than the Strike Price; provided further that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Calculation Agent in good faith disagrees with any adjustment under the Indenture that involves an exercise of discretion by

 

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    Counterparty or its board of directors (including, without limitation, pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 5.06(b), the definition of “FMV” under the first adjustment formula under Section 5.06(c) or the definition of “AC” under the adjustment formula under Section 5.06(e) of the Supplemental Indenture or in connection with any proportional adjustment or the determination of the fair value of any securities, property, rights or other assets), then in each such case, the Calculation Agent will determine the adjustment to be made to any one or more of the Strike Price, Number of Options, Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction in a commercially reasonable manner. Promptly following the occurrence of any Adjustment Event, Counterparty shall notify the Calculation Agent of such Adjustment Event; and once the adjustments to be made to the terms of the Indenture and the Convertible Securities in respect of such Adjustment Event have been determined, Counterparty shall promptly notify the Calculation Agent in writing of the details of such adjustments. In addition, the Calculation Agent shall, to the extent the Calculation Agent determines practicable in good faith and in its commercially reasonable discretion to preserve the economic intent of the parties, make an adjustment to the terms relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment of the Transaction (to the extent not already covered by, and without duplication of any adjustment pursuant to the foregoing sentence) corresponding to any adjustment made pursuant to Sections 5.06(f) or 5.06(l) of the Supplemental Indenture; provided that the Calculation Agent may limit or alter any such adjustment referenced in this sentence so that the fair value of the Transaction to BofA is not reduced as a result of such adjustment.   
    For the avoidance of doubt, BofA shall not have any delivery or payment obligation hereunder in respect of securities, property or other consideration delivered under Section 5.06(m) of the Supplemental Indenture, any “Relevant Distribution” delivered by Counterparty pursuant to the third sentence of the second paragraph of Section 5.06(c) of the Supplemental Indenture or any payment obligation in respect of any cash paid by Counterparty pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 5.06(d) of the Supplemental Indenture (collectively, the “ Conversion Rate Adjustment Fallback Provisions ”), and no adjustment shall be made to the terms of the Transaction on account of any event or condition described in the Conversion Rate Adjustment Fallback Provisions when no adjustment was made to the Conversion Rate by Counterparty.   
Extraordinary Events:
  Merger Events:   Notwithstanding Section 12.1(b) of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, a “Merger Event” means a “Share Exchange Event” as defined in Section 5.12 of the Supplemental Indenture.   
  Tender Offer:   Applicable; provided that Section 12.1(d) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by replacing “10%” with “22.5%.”   

 

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  Consequences of Merger Events and Tender Offer:    Notwithstanding Sections 12.2 and 12.3 of the Equity Definitions, which shall not apply with respect to the Transaction, (i) upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that results in an adjustment under the Indenture, the Calculation Agent shall make an adjustment to the terms relevant to any one or more of the nature of the Shares, Strike Price and the Option Entitlement (but, in each case, without duplication of any adjustment made pursuant to the provisions opposite the caption “Method of Adjustment” above in respect of the event or condition giving rise to such Merger Event and without duplication of any other adjustment made under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement) to the extent an analogous adjustment would be made under the Indenture; provided that such adjustment shall be made in a commercially reasonable manner without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Sections 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture; and provided further that if, with respect to a Merger Event, the consideration for the Shares includes (or, at the option of a holder of Shares, may include) shares of an entity or person not organized under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, then Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination) shall apply; (ii) in such event, the Calculation Agent shall make a proportionate adjustment to the Cap Price to the extent any adjustment is made to the Strike Price pursuant to clause (i) above; and (iii) in the event of a Merger Event or Tender Offer, the Calculation Agent shall make a commercially reasonable adjustment to the Cap Price as appropriate to account for the economic effect on the Transaction of such event; provided that the Cap Price shall not be adjusted so that it is less than the Strike Price.
  Notice of Merger Consideration:    Upon the occurrence of a Merger Event that causes the Shares to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), Counterparty shall reasonably promptly (but, in any event prior to the effective time of such Merger Event) notify the Calculation Agent of (i) the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Shares entitled to receive cash, securities or other property or assets with respect to or in exchange for such Shares in any Merger Event who affirmatively make such an election and (ii) the details of the adjustment made under the Indenture in respect of such Merger Event.
  Consequences of Announcement Events:    Upon the occurrence of an Announcement Event Adjustment Date, the Calculation Agent will adjust the Cap Price as appropriate, to preserve the fair value of the Transaction to BofA as set forth under “Announcement Event” below.
  Announcement Event:    If an Announcement Date occurs in respect of a Merger Event (as defined in the Equity Definitions and, for the avoidance of doubt, determined without regard to the language in the definition of “Merger Event” following the definition of “Reverse Merger” therein and without regard to whether the Merger Event or Tender Offer actually occurs) or Tender Offer (such occurrence, an

 

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     Announcement Event ”), then on the earliest to occur of the date on which the transaction described in any Announcement Event (as amended or modified) is cancelled, withdrawn, discontinued or otherwise terminated or the Exercise Date, Early Termination Date or other date of cancellation or termination in respect of any Option (the “ Announcement Event Adjustment Date ”), the Calculation Agent will determine the cumulative economic effect on such Option of the Announcement Event, if any (without duplication in respect of any other adjustment or cancellation valuation made pursuant to this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions or the Agreement, regardless of whether the Announcement Event actually results in a Merger Event or Tender Offer, and taking into account a commercially reasonable Hedge Position with respect to the Transaction); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt (x) in no event shall the modification or amendment of the terms of a transaction described in an Announcement Event constitute a new, additional or different Announcement Event hereunder and (y) the occurrence of an Announcement Event Adjustment Date in respect of the cancellation, withdrawal, discontinuation or other termination of the transaction described in an Announcement Event (as amended or modified) shall not preclude the occurrence of a later Announcement Date with respect to such transaction. If the Calculation Agent determines that such economic effect on any Option is material, then on the Announcement Event Adjustment Date for such Option, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment to the Cap Price (but, for the avoidance of doubt, to none of the Strike Price, the Number of Options, the Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement, payment or other terms for the Transaction) as the Calculation Agent determines appropriate to account for such economic effect, which adjustment shall be effective immediately prior to the Announcement Event Adjustment Date; provided that in no event shall the Cap Price be less than the Strike Price.
  Nationalization, Insolvencyor Delisting:    Cancellation and Payment (Calculation Agent Determination); provided that, in addition to the provisions of Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Equity Definitions, it shall also constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any of the New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately re-listed, re-traded or re-quoted on any such exchange or quotation system, such exchange or quotation system shall thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange.
  Restrictions on Adjustment:    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions or this Confirmation, none of the events listed in Sections 5.06(g) and (i) of the Supplemental Indenture will constitute a Potential Adjustment Event, a Merger Event or a Tender Offer, and no adjustment will be made to the Transaction in connection with any such event pursuant to the Equity Definitions (as amended by this Confirmation) or otherwise.

 

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   Additional Disruption Events:   
  

(a)    Change in Law:

   Applicable; provided that (A) any determination as to whether (i) the adoption of or any change in any applicable law or regulation (including, without limitation, any tax law) or (ii) the promulgation of or any change in or public announcement of the formal or informal interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent jurisdiction of any applicable law or regulation (including any action taken by a taxing authority), in each case, constitutes a “Change in Law” shall be made without regard to Section 739 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 or any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date and (B) Section 12.9(a)(ii) is hereby amended by (1) adding the words “(including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, adoption or promulgation of new regulations authorized or mandated by existing statute)” after the word “regulation” in the second line thereof, (2) adding the words “or any Hedge Positions” after the word “Shares” in the clause (X) thereof, (3) adding the words “, or holding, acquiring or disposing of Shares or any Hedge Positions relating to,” after the word “obligations” in clause (Y) thereto and (4) adding the following proviso to the end of clause (Y) thereof: “ provided that such party has used commercially reasonable efforts to avoid such increased cost on terms reasonably acceptable to the Hedging Party” (it being understood that such party need not take any action that does not meet the Avoidance Criteria). “Avoidance Criteria” means, with respect to an action, as determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith, that (i) such action is legal and complies with all applicable regulations, rules (including by self-regulatory organizations) and policies, (ii) if such party is to establish one or more alternative Hedge Positions, there is sufficient liquidity in those alternative Hedge Positions available for that Hedging Party to hedge and (iii) by taking such action, there would not be a material risk that such Hedging Party would incur, any one or more of an increased performance cost, increased hedging cost or increased capital charges.
  

(b)    Failure to Deliver:

   Not Applicable
  

(c)    Insolvency Filing:

   Applicable
  

(d)    Hedging Disruption:

   Applicable
  

(e)    Increased Cost of Hedging:

   Not Applicable
   Hedging Party:    For all applicable Potential Adjustment Events and Extraordinary Events, BofA
   Determining Party:    For all applicable Extraordinary Events, BofA
   Non-Reliance:    Applicable
   Agreements and Acknowledgments Regarding Hedging Activities:    Applicable
   Additional Acknowledgments:    Applicable

 

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   3.    Calculation Agent : BofA, whose judgments, determinations and calculations shall be made in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. Following any determination or calculation by the Calculation Agent hereunder, upon a request by Counterparty, the Calculation Agent shall promptly (but in any event within five Scheduled Trading Days) provide to Counterparty by email to the email address provided by Counterparty in such request a report (in a commonly used file format for the storage and manipulation of financial data) displaying in reasonable detail the basis for such determination or calculation (including any assumptions used in making such determination or calculation), it being understood that the Calculation Agent shall not be obligated to disclose any proprietary models used by it for such determination or calculation.

4. Account Details :

 

BofA Payment Instructions:      Bank of America, N.A.
     New York, NY
     SWIFT: BOFAUS3N
     Bank Routing: 026-009-593
     Account Name: Bank of America
     Account No. : 0012334-61892
Counterparty Payment Instructions:      To be provided by Counterparty.

5. Offices :

The Office of BofA for the Transaction is: New York

The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Not applicable

6. Notices : For purposes of this Confirmation:

Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:

 

To:    Endologix, Inc.
   11 Studebaker
   Irvine, California 92618
Attn:    Shelley Thunen
Telephone:    949.595.7209
Facsimile:    949.595.7309

Address for notices or communications to BofA:

 

To:    Bank of America, N.A.
   c/o Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
   One Bryant Park
   New York, NY 10036
Attn:    Peter Tucker, Assistant General Counsel
Telephone:    646-855-5821
Facsimile:    646-822-5633

7. Representations, Warranties and Agreements :

(a) In addition to the representations and warranties in the Agreement and those contained elsewhere herein, Counterparty represents and warrants to and for the benefit of, and agrees with, BofA as follows:

(i) On the Trade Date, and as of the date of any election by Counterparty of the Share Termination Alternative under (and as defined in) Section 8(b) below, (A) Counterparty is not aware of any material nonpublic information regarding Counterparty or the Shares and (B) all reports and other documents filed by Counterparty with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the

 

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”) when considered as a whole (with the more recent such reports and documents deemed to amend inconsistent statements contained in any earlier such reports and documents), do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) During (x) the “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture, and any deemed Conversion Period as set forth herein) applicable to the Relevant Convertible Securities and (y) in the event an Early Termination Date is designated due to an Additional Termination Event as a result of an Excluded Conversion Event, a period starting on or about such Early Termination Date as reasonably determined by BofA and notified to Counterparty (an “ Early Termination Period ”), the Shares or securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Shares will not be subject to a “restricted period,” as such term is defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act (“ Regulation M ”).

(iii) On the Trade Date and on each day during the “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture, and any deemed Conversion Period as set forth herein) applicable to the Relevant Convertible Securities and any Early Termination Period, neither Counterparty nor any “affiliate” or “affiliated purchaser” (each as defined in Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act (“ Rule 10b-18 ”)) shall directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, by means of any cash-settled or other derivative instrument) purchase, offer to purchase, place any bid or limit order that would effect a purchase of, or commence any tender offer relating to, any Shares (or an equivalent interest, including a unit of beneficial interest in a trust or limited partnership or a depository share) or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares, except through BofA; provided that, this clause (iii) shall not apply to any of the following: (A) purchases of Shares pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted to former or current employees, officers, directors, or other affiliates of Counterparty or its subsidiaries, including the withholding and/or purchase of Shares from holders of such options to satisfy payment of the option exercise price and/or to satisfy tax withholding requirements in connection with the exercise of such options; or (B) purchases of Shares from holders of performance shares or units or restricted shares or units to satisfy tax withholding requirements in connection with vesting.

(iv) Without limiting the generality of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Counterparty acknowledges that BofA is not making any representations or warranties or taking any position or expressing any view with respect to the treatment of the Transaction under any accounting standards including ASC Topic 260, Earnings Per Share , ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging , or ASC Topic 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity and ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (or any successor issue statements).

(v) Counterparty will not be engaged in an “issuer tender offer” as such term is defined in Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act nor is it aware of any third party tender offer with respect to the Shares within the meaning of Rule 13e-1 under the Exchange Act.

(vi) Prior to the Effective Date, Counterparty shall deliver to BofA a resolution of Counterparty’s board of directors authorizing the Transaction.

(vii) Counterparty is not entering into this Confirmation to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for Shares) or otherwise in violation of the Exchange Act.

(viii) Counterparty is not, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will not be, required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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(ix) On each of the Trade Date and the Premium Payment Date, Counterparty is not, or will not be, “insolvent” (as such term is defined under Section 101(32) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “ Bankruptcy Code ”)) and Counterparty would be able to purchase the Shares hereunder in compliance with the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

(x) To Counterparty’s actual knowledge, no state or local (including non-U.S. jurisdictions) law, rule, regulation or regulatory order applicable to the Shares would give rise to any reporting, consent, registration or other requirement (including without limitation a requirement to obtain prior approval from any person or entity) as a result of BofA or its affiliates’ owning or holding (however defined) Shares.

(xi) The representations and warranties of Counterparty set forth in Section 3 of the Agreement and Section 1(a) of the Underwriting Agreement dated as of December 4, 2013 between Counterparty and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as representative of the Underwriters party thereto (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to BofA as if set forth herein.

(xii) Counterparty understands no obligations of BofA to it hereunder will be entitled to the benefit of deposit insurance and that such obligations will not be guaranteed by any affiliate of BofA or any governmental agency.

(b) Each of BofA and Counterparty agrees and represents that it is an “eligible contract participant” as defined in Section 1a(18) of the U.S. Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

(c) Each of BofA and Counterparty acknowledges that the offer and sale of the Transaction to it is intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), by virtue of Section 4(2) thereof. Accordingly, Counterparty represents and warrants to BofA that (i) it has the financial ability to bear the economic risk of its investment in the Transaction and is able to bear a total loss of its investment, (ii) it is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act, (iii) it is entering into the Transaction for its own account and without a view to the distribution or resale thereof and (iv) the assignment, transfer or other disposition of the Transaction has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act and is restricted under this Confirmation, the Securities Act and state securities laws.

(d) Counterparty agrees and acknowledges that BofA is a “financial institution,” “swap participant” and “financial participant” within the meaning of Sections 101(22), 101(53C) and 101(22A) of the Bankruptcy Code. The parties hereto further agree and acknowledge that it is the intent of the parties that (A) this Confirmation is (i) a “securities contract,” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder or in connection herewith is a “termination value,” “payment amount” or “other transfer obligation” within the meaning of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and a “settlement payment,” within the meaning of Section 546 of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) a “swap agreement,” as such term is defined in Section 101(53B) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder or in connection herewith is a “termination value,” “payment amount” or “other transfer obligation” within the meaning of Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code and a “transfer,” as such term is defined in Section 101(54) of the Bankruptcy Code and a “payment or other transfer of property” within the meaning of Sections 362 and 546 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (B) BofA is entitled to the protections afforded by, among other sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 362(o), 546(e), 546(g), 548(d)(2), 555, 560 and 561 of the Bankruptcy Code.

(e) Counterparty shall deliver to BofA an opinion of counsel, dated as of the Effective Date and reasonably acceptable to BofA in form and substance, with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 3(a)(i), (ii) and, only with respect to documents and agreements filed as Exhibits to Counterparty’s Form 10-K, (iii) of the Agreement; provided that any such opinion of counsel may contain customary exceptions and qualifications, including, without limitation, exceptions and qualifications relating to indemnification provisions.

 

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8. Other Provisions :

(a) Additional Termination Events . (i) The occurrence of an “Event of Default” with respect to Counterparty under the terms of the Convertible Securities as set forth in Section 7.02 of the Supplemental Indenture that results in the Convertible Securities’ becoming or being declared due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall be an Additional Termination Event with respect to which the Transaction is the sole Affected Transaction and Counterparty is the sole Affected Party, and BofA shall be the party entitled to designate an Exchange Business Day as an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement (which Exchange Business Day shall be on or as promptly as reasonably practicable (taking into account any commercially reasonable unwind activity by BofA or its affiliates in respect of the Transaction) after the occurrence of such acceleration).

(ii) The receipt by BofA from Counterparty of any Notice of Exercise in respect of an Excluded Conversion Event shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this paragraph; provided that the Transaction shall be subject to termination only in respect of a number of Options equal to the number of Convertible Securities that cease to be outstanding in connection with or as a result of such Excluded Conversion Event. For the avoidance of doubt, in determining the amount payable in respect of such Affected Transaction pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement in connection with an Excluded Conversion Event, the Calculation Agent shall assume that the relevant Excluded Convertible Securities shall not have been converted and remain outstanding. “Excluded Conversion Event” means any conversion of any Excluded Convertible Securities. Upon receipt of any such Notice of Exercise, BofA shall designate an Exchange Business Day following such Additional Termination Event as an Early Termination Date (and BofA shall use commercially reasonable efforts (taking into account any commercially reasonable unwind activity by BofA or its affiliates in respect of the Transaction and the settlement method elected (or deemed to be elected) by Counterparty under the Supplemental Indenture with respect to such Excluded Convertible Securities) to designate such Early Termination Date so that the related payment or delivery, as the case may be, hereunder in respect of the Relevant Conversion Options will occur on (or as promptly as reasonably practicable after) the related settlement for the conversion of the relevant Convertible Securities) with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “ Relevant Conversion Options ”) equal to the lesser of (A) (x) the aggregate principal amount of Excluded Convertible Securities specified in such Notice of Exercise, divided by USD 1,000, minus (y) the number of Relevant Conversion Options (as defined in the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation), if any, that relate to such Excluded Convertible Securities (and for the purposes of determining whether any Options under this Confirmation or under the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation will be among the Relevant Conversion Options hereunder or under, and as defined in, the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, the Relevant Convertible Securities shall be allocated first to the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated), and (B) the Number of Options as of the date BofA designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Relevant Conversion Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “ Conversion Unwind Payment ”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction (except that, for purposes of this Section 8(a)(ii), the last sentence of the provisions opposite the caption “Delivery Obligation” above shall be deemed to be deleted from this Confirmation) and a Number of Options equal to the number of Relevant Conversion Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction (and, in determining the amount payable pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement, the Calculation Agent shall not take into account any adjustments to the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Supplemental Indenture); provided that the Conversion Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the number of Relevant Conversion Options multiplied by (y) the excess of (I) the “Conversion Rate” (as defined in the Indenture after taking into account any adjustments thereto pursuant to Sections 5.02 or 5.06(g) of the Supplemental Indenture), multiplied by the Applicable Limit Price on the applicable Settlement Date commercially reasonably determined by the Calculation Agent in good faith, over (II) the principal amount per Convertible Security of the relevant Excluded Convertible Securities. In respect of any redemption by Counterparty of any Convertible Securities and a related Excluded Conversion Event, if any, Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

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(iii) Within five Scheduled Trading Days promptly following any Repayment Event (as defined below), Counterparty shall notify BofA of such Repayment Event and the aggregate principal amount of Convertible Securities subject to such Repayment Event (any such notice, a “ Repayment Notice ”); provided that any “Repayment Notice” delivered to BofA pursuant to the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation shall be deemed to be a Repayment Notice pursuant to this Confirmation and the terms of such Repayment Notice shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to this Confirmation. The receipt by BofA from Counterparty of any Repayment Notice shall constitute an Additional Termination Event as provided in this paragraph. Upon receipt of any such Repayment Notice, BofA shall designate an Exchange Business Day following receipt of such Repayment Notice as an Early Termination Date with respect to the portion of the Transaction corresponding to a number of Options (the “ Repayment Options ”) equal to the lesser of (A) (x) the aggregate principal amount of such Convertible Securities specified in such Repayment Notice, divided by USD 1,000, minus (y) the number of Repayment Options (as defined in the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation), if any, that relate to such Convertible Securities (and for the purposes of determining whether any Options under this Confirmation or under the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation will be among the Repayment Options hereunder or under, and as defined in, the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation, the Convertible Securities specified in such Repayment Notice shall be allocated first to the Base Convertible Capped Call Transaction Confirmation until all Options thereunder are exercised or terminated), and (B) the Number of Options as of the date BofA designates such Early Termination Date and, as of such date, the Number of Options shall be reduced by the number of Repayment Options. Any payment hereunder with respect to such termination (the “ Repayment Unwind Payment ”) shall be calculated pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement as if (1) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Transaction and a Number of Options equal to the number of Repayment Options, (2) Counterparty were the sole Affected Party with respect to such Additional Termination Event and (3) the terminated portion of the Transaction were the sole Affected Transaction; provided that, in the event of a Repayment Event pursuant to Sections 4.01 or 6.02 of the Supplemental Indenture, the Repayment Unwind Payment shall not be greater than (x) the number of Repayment Options multiplied by (y) the excess of (I) the amount paid by Counterparty per Convertible Security pursuant to Sections 4.01(a) or 6.02 of the Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, over (II) the principal amount per Convertible Security of the relevant Convertible Securities. Counterparty acknowledges its responsibilities under applicable securities laws, and in particular Section 9 and Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, in respect of any action taken by Counterparty in respect of a Repayment Event, including, without limitation, the delivery of a Repayment Notice. “ Repayment Event ” means that (i) any Convertible Securities are repurchased (whether in connection with or as a result of a fundamental change, howsoever defined, or for any other reason) by Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any Convertible Securities are delivered to Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries in exchange for delivery of any property or assets of such party (howsoever described), (iii) any principal of any of the Convertible Securities is repaid prior to the final maturity date of the Convertible Securities (for any reason other than as a result of an acceleration of the Convertible Securities that results in an Additional Termination Event pursuant to the preceding Section 8(a)(ii)), or (iv) any Convertible Securities are exchanged by or for the benefit of the holders thereof for any other securities of Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries (or any other property, or any combination thereof) pursuant to any exchange offer or similar transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, any conversion of Convertible Securities pursuant to the terms of the Indenture shall not constitute a Repayment Event.

(b) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events . If BofA shall owe Counterparty any amount pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events” above or Sections 12.6, 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (a “ Payment Obligation ”), Counterparty shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to require BofA to satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) by giving irrevocable telephonic notice to BofA, confirmed in writing within one Scheduled Trading Day, no later than 9:30 A.M. New York City time on the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable (“ Notice of Share Termination ”); provided that if Counterparty does not elect to require BofA to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, BofA shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to elect to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Counterparty’s failure to elect or election to the contrary; and provided further that Counterparty shall not have the right to so elect (but, for the avoidance of doubt, BofA shall have the right to so elect) in the event of (i) an Insolvency, a Nationalization or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash or (ii) an Event of Default

 

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in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, which Event of Default or Termination Event resulted from an event or events within Counterparty’s control. Upon such Notice of Share Termination, the following provisions shall apply on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the relevant merger date, Announcement Date, Early Termination Date or date of cancellation or termination in respect of an Extraordinary Event, as applicable:

 

  Share Termination Alternative:    Applicable and means that BofA shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date on which the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to “Consequences of Merger Events” above, Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, as applicable, or such later date as the Calculation Agent may reasonably determine (the “ Share Termination Payment Date ”), in satisfaction of the Payment Obligation.
  Share Termination Delivery Property:    A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of the aggregate amount of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.
  Share Termination Unit Price:    The value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to BofA at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation.
  Share Termination Delivery Unit:    In the case of a Termination Event, Event of Default, Delisting or Additional Disruption Event, one Share or, in the case of an Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, one Share or a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event, as applicable. If such Insolvency, Nationalization or Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.
  Failure to Deliver:    Applicable
  Other applicable provisions:    If Share Termination Alternative is applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8, 9.9, 9.10 and 9.11 (except that the Representation and Agreement contained in Section 9.11 of the Equity Definitions shall be modified by excluding any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations, limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws arising as a result of the fact that Counterparty is the issuer of the Shares or any portion of the Share Termination Delivery Units) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable as if “Physical Settlement” applied to the Transaction, except that all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units.”

(c) Disposition of Hedge Shares . Counterparty hereby agrees that if, in the good faith reasonable judgment of BofA based on the advice of outside counsel, any Shares acquired by BofA for the purpose of hedging its obligations pursuant to the Transaction (any such Shares, “ Hedge Shares ”), cannot be sold in the public market by BofA without

 

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registration under the Securities Act, Counterparty shall, at its election: (i) in order to allow BofA to sell the Hedge Shares in a registered offering, make available to BofA an effective registration statement under the Securities Act to cover the resale of such Hedge Shares and (A) enter into an agreement substantially similar to underwriting agreements customary for registered secondary offerings of a substantially similar size by similar companies, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BofA, , (B) provide accountant’s “comfort” letters in customary form for registered offerings of equity securities, (C) provide disclosure opinions of nationally recognized outside counsel to Counterparty reasonably acceptable to BofA, (D) provide other customary opinions, certificates and closing documents customary in form for registered offerings of equity securities and (E) afford BofA a reasonable opportunity to conduct a “due diligence” investigation with respect to Counterparty customary in scope for underwritten offerings of equity securities; provided, however , that if BofA, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this Section 8(c) shall apply at the election of Counterparty; (ii) in order to allow BofA to sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities of a substantially similar size by similar companies, in form and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to BofA, including customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to BofA, due diligence rights (for BofA or any designated buyer of the Hedge Shares from BofA), and provide for Counterparty using best efforts to deliver opinions and certificates and such other documentation as is customary for private placements agreements, all reasonably acceptable to BofA (in which case, the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments to the terms of the Transaction that are necessary, in its commercially reasonable judgment, to compensate BofA for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement; for the avoidance of doubt, any such adjustments will be based solely on the price and liquidity of the relevant Shares assuming commercially reasonable hedge unwind activities by BofA (or its affiliate) in the market for the Shares); or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from BofA at the VWAP Price on such Exchange Business Days, and in the amounts, requested by BofA. “ VWAP Price ” means, on any Exchange Business Day, the per Share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page ELGX <equity> VAP (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Exchange Business Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable or is manifestly incorrect, the market value of one Share on such Exchange Business Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent in a commercially reasonable manner using a volume-weighted method).

(d) Amendment to Equity Definitions . The following amendment shall be made to the Equity Definitions:

Section 12.6(a)(ii) of the Equity Definitions is hereby amended by (1) deleting from the fourth line thereof the word “or” after the word “official” and inserting a comma therefor, and (2) deleting the semi-colon at the end of subsection (B) thereof and inserting the following words therefor “or (C) at BofA’s option, the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 5(a)(vii) (1) through (9) of the ISDA Master Agreement with respect to that Issuer.”

(e) Repurchase and Conversion Rate Adjustment Notices . Counterparty shall, on or prior to any day on which Counterparty effects or publicly announces any repurchase of Shares, promptly give BofA a written notice of such repurchase or Conversion Rate Adjustment Event (a “ Repurchase Notice ”) if, following such repurchase or Conversion Rate Adjustment Event, the Notice Percentage as determined on the date of such Repurchase Notice is (i) greater than 4.5% and (ii) greater by 0.5% than the Notice Percentage included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice (or, in the case of the first such Repurchase Notice, greater than the Notice Percentage as of the date hereof), and, if such repurchase or Conversion Rate Adjustment Event, or the intention to effect the same, would constitute material non-public information with respect to Counterparty or the Shares, Counterparty shall make public disclosure thereof at or prior to delivery of such Repurchase Notice. The “ Notice Percentage ” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Number of Shares and the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day. In the event that Counterparty fails to provide BofA with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this Section 8(e) then Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold harmless BofA, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling persons (BofA and each such person being an “ Indemnified Party ”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject under applicable securities laws, including without limitation, Section 16 of the Exchange Act, relating to or arising out of such failure. If for any reason the foregoing indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Party or insufficient to hold harmless any Indemnified Party, then

 

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Counterparty shall contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to the amount paid or payable by the Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability. In addition, Counterparty will reimburse any Indemnified Party for all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) as they are incurred (after notice to Counterparty) in connection with the investigation of, preparation for or defense or settlement of any pending or threatened claim or any action, suit or proceeding arising therefrom, whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto and whether or not such claim, action, suit or proceeding is initiated or brought by or on behalf of Counterparty. This indemnity shall survive the completion of the Transaction contemplated by this Confirmation and any assignment and delegation of the Transaction made pursuant to this Confirmation or the Agreement shall inure to the benefit of any permitted assignee of BofA.

(f) Transfer and Assignment . Either party may transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Transaction with the prior written consent of the non-transferring party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. For the avoidance of doubt, BofA may condition its consent on any of the following, without limitation: (i) the receipt by BofA of opinions and documents reasonably satisfactory to BofA in connection with such assignment, (ii) such assignment being effected on terms reasonably satisfactory to BofA with respect to any legal and/or regulatory requirements relevant to BofA, and (iii) Counterparty continuing to be obligated to provide notices hereunder relating to the Convertible Securities and continuing to be obligated with respect to “Disposition of Hedge Shares” and “Repurchase Notices” above. In addition, BofA may transfer or assign without any consent of Counterparty its rights and obligations hereunder and under the Agreement, in whole or in part, to any affiliate of BofA (i) that has a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness that is equal to or better than BofA’s at the time of such transfer or assignment or (ii) whose obligations hereunder will be guaranteed, pursuant to the terms of a customary guarantee in a form used by BofA generally for similar transactions, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Counterparty. At any time at which any Excess Ownership Position or a Hedging Disruption exists, if BofA, in its discretion, is unable to effect a transfer or assignment to a third party in accordance with the requirements set forth above after using its commercially reasonable efforts on pricing terms and within a time period reasonably acceptable to BofA such that an Excess Ownership Position or a Hedging Disruption, as the case may be, no longer exists, BofA may designate any Scheduled Trading Day as an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion (the “ Terminated Portion ”) of the Transaction, such that such Excess Ownership Position or Hedging Disruption, as the case may be, no longer exists. In the event that BofA so designates an Early Termination Date with respect to a portion of the Transaction, a payment or delivery shall be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Agreement and Section 8(b) of this Confirmation as if (i) an Early Termination Date had been designated in respect of a Transaction having terms identical to the Terminated Portion of the Transaction, (ii) Counterparty shall be the sole Affected Party with respect to such partial termination and (iii) such portion of the Transaction shall be the only Terminated Transaction. “ Excess Ownership Position ” means any of the following: (i) the Equity Percentage exceeds 9.0% or (ii) BofA, BofA Group (as defined below) or any person whose ownership position would be aggregated with that of BofA or BofA Group (BofA, BofA Group or any such person, a “ BofA Person ”) under any federal, state or local laws, regulations or regulatory orders applicable to ownership of Shares (“ Applicable Laws ”), owns, beneficially owns, constructively owns, controls, holds the power to vote or otherwise meets a relevant definition of ownership in excess of a number of Shares equal to (x) the number of Shares that would give rise to reporting or registration obligations (except for any filings of Form 13F, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G under the Exchange Act) or other requirements (including obtaining prior approval by a state or federal regulator) of a BofA Person under Applicable Laws and with respect to which such requirements have not been met or the relevant approval has not been received or that would give rise to any consequences under the constitutive documents of Counterparty or any contract or agreement to which Counterparty is a party, in each case minus (y) 1% of the number of Shares outstanding on the date of determination. The “ Equity Percentage ” as of any day is the fraction, expressed as a percentage, (A) the numerator of which is the number of Shares that BofA and any of its affiliates or any other person subject to aggregation with BofA, for purposes of the “beneficial ownership” test under Section 13 of the Exchange Act, or any “group” (within the meaning of Section 13) of which BofA is or may be deemed to be a part (BofA and any such affiliates, persons and groups, collectively, “ BofA Group ”) beneficially owns (within the meaning of Section 13 of the Exchange Act), without duplication, on such day (or, to the extent that, as a result of a change in law, regulation or interpretation after the date hereof, the equivalent calculation under Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder results in a higher number, such number) and (B) the denominator of which is the number of Shares outstanding on such day.

(g) Staggered Settlement . If upon advice of counsel with respect to applicable legal and regulatory requirements, including any requirements relating to BofA’s hedging activities hereunder, BofA reasonably determines that it would not be advisable to deliver, or to acquire Shares to deliver, any or all of the Shares to be delivered by BofA on the

 

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relevant Settlement Date, BofA may, by notice to Counterparty on or prior to any Settlement Date (a “ Nominal Settlement Date ”), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates (each, a “ Staggered Settlement Date ”) or at two or more times on the Nominal Settlement Date as follows:

(i) in such notice, BofA will specify to Counterparty the related Staggered Settlement Dates (each of which will be on or prior to such Nominal Settlement Date, but not prior to the beginning of the related “Conversion Period” (as defined in the Indenture as modified by “Convertible Security Settlement Method” above)) or delivery times and how it will allocate the Shares it is required to deliver under “Delivery Obligation” (above) among the Staggered Settlement Dates or delivery times; and

(ii) the aggregate number of Shares that BofA will deliver to Counterparty hereunder on all such Staggered Settlement Dates and delivery times will equal the number of Shares that BofA would otherwise be required to deliver on such Nominal Settlement Date.

(h) Right to Extend . BofA may postpone any Exercise Date or Settlement Date or any other date of valuation or delivery by BofA, with respect to some or all of the relevant Options (in which event the Calculation Agent shall make appropriate adjustments to the Delivery Obligation), if BofA determines, in its good faith, reasonable discretion and based on the advice of counsel in the case of the immediately following clause (ii), that such extension is reasonably necessary or appropriate (i) to preserve BofA’s hedging or hedge unwind activity hereunder in light of existing liquidity conditions in the cash market or any other relevant market (but only if there is a material decrease in liquidity relative to BofA’s expectations as of the Trade Date) or (ii) to enable BofA to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging, hedge unwind or settlement activity hereunder in a manner that would, if BofA were Counterparty or an affiliated purchaser of Counterparty, be in compliance with applicable legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements, or with related policies and procedures applicable to BofA.

(i) Adjustments . For the avoidance of doubt, whenever the Calculation Agent is called upon to make an adjustment pursuant to the terms of this Confirmation or the Definitions to take into account the effect of an event, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustment by reference to the effect of such event on the Hedging Party, assuming that the Hedging Party maintains a commercially reasonable hedge position.

(j) Disclosure . Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

(k) Designation by BofA . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing BofA to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any Shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, BofA may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform BofA obligations in respect of the Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. BofA shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty solely to the extent of any such performance.

(l) No Netting and Set-off . Each party waives any and all rights it may have to set off obligations arising under the Agreement and the Transaction against other obligations between the parties, whether arising under any other agreement, applicable law or otherwise.

(m) Equity Rights . BofA acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to it rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in the event of Counterparty’s bankruptcy. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that the preceding sentence shall not apply at any time other than during Counterparty’s bankruptcy to any claim arising as a result of a breach by Counterparty of any of its obligations under this Confirmation or the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties acknowledge that this Confirmation is not secured by any collateral that would otherwise secure the obligations of Counterparty herein under or pursuant to any other agreement.

 

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(n) Early Unwind . In the event the sale by Counterparty of the Option Securities is not consummated with the initial purchasers pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement for any reason by the close of business in New York on December 10, 2013 (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties, which in no event shall be later than December 24, 2013) (December 10, 2013 or such later date being the “ Early Unwind Date ”), the Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “ Early Unwind ”) on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of BofA and Counterparty thereunder shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) only if such Early Unwind Date occurred as a result of an event within the control of Counterparty, Counterparty shall pay to BofA an amount in cash equal to the aggregate amount of costs and expenses relating to the unwinding of BofA’s hedging activities in respect of the Transaction (including market losses incurred in reselling any Shares purchased by BofA or its affiliates in connection with such hedging activities). Following such termination, cancellation and payment, each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of either party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date. BofA and Counterparty represent and acknowledge to the other that upon an Early Unwind and following the payment referred to above, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

(o) Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 . The parties hereby agree that none of (v) Section 739 of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act of 2010 (“ WSTAA ”), (w) any similar legal certainty provision in any legislation enacted, or rule or regulation promulgated, on or after the Trade Date, (x) the enactment of WSTAA or any regulation under the WSTAA, (y) any requirement under WSTAA nor (z) an amendment made by WSTAA, shall limit or otherwise impair either party’s rights to terminate, renegotiate, modify, amend or supplement this Confirmation or the Agreement, as applicable, arising from a termination event, force majeure, illegality, increased costs, regulatory change or similar event under this Confirmation, the Equity Definitions incorporated herein, or the Agreement (including, but not limited to, rights arising from Change in Law, Hedging Disruption, an Excess Ownership Position or Illegality (as defined in the Agreement)).

(p) Withholding Tax imposed on payments to non-US counterparties under the United States Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. “Tax” and “Indemnifiable Tax” each as defined in Section 14 of the Agreement shall not include any U.S. federal withholding tax imposed or collected pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code, or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code (a “FATCA Withholding Tax”). For the avoidance of doubt, a FATCA Withholding Tax is a Tax the deduction or withholding of which is required by applicable law for the purposes of Section 2(d) of the Agreement.

(q) Tax Representations and Tax Forms:

Part 2(b) of the ISDA Schedule – Payee Representation:

For the purpose of Section 3(f) of this Agreement, Counterparty makes the following representation to BofA:

Counterparty is a corporation established under the laws of the State of Delaware and is a “United States person” (as that term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code).

For the purpose of Section 3(f) of this Agreement, BofA makes the following representation to Counterparty:

BofA is a “United States person” (as that term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

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Part 3(a) of the ISDA Schedule – Tax Forms:

 

Party

Required to
Deliver
Document

  

Form/Document/Certificate

  

Date by which to be Delivered

Counterparty    A complete and duly executed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor thereto.)    (i) Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by BofA; and (iii) promptly upon learning that any such Form previously provided by Counterparty has become obsolete or incorrect.
BofA    A complete and duly executed United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor thereto).    (i) Upon execution and delivery of this Agreement; (ii) promptly upon reasonable demand by Counterparty; and (iii) promptly upon learning that any such Form previously provided by BofA has become obsolete or incorrect.

(r) Payment by Counterparty . In the event that (i) an Early Termination Date occurs or is designated with respect to the Transaction as a result of a Termination Event or an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising under Section 5(a)(ii) or 5(a)(iv) of the Agreement, in either case, with respect to Counterparty) and, as a result, Counterparty owes to BofA an amount calculated under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, or (ii) Counterparty owes to BofA, pursuant to Section 12.7 or Section 12.9 of the Equity Definitions, an amount calculated under Section 12.8 of the Equity Definitions, in either case, such amount shall be deemed to be zero.

(s) Waiver of Trial by Jury . EACH OF COUNTERPARTY AND BOFA HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ON BEHALF OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS) ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE TRANSACTION OR THE ACTIONS OF BOFA OR ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF .

(t) Governing Law; Jurisdiction . THIS CONFIRMATION AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS CONFIRMATION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN CONNECTION WITH ALL MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS .

 

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Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by BofA) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between BofA and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to Peter Tucker, facsimile number: 646-822-5633 or email: peter.tucker@bankofamerica.com.

 

Yours faithfully,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By:  

/s/ David Moran

Name:   David Moran
Title:   Managing Director

 

Agreed and Accepted By:
ENDOLOGIX, INC.
By:  

/s/ Shelley Thunen

Name:   Shelley Thunen
Title:   Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

[ Signature Page to Additional Capped Call Confirmation ]

Exhibit 10.3

SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of December 3, 2013, by and between WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”), ENDOLOGIX, INC. and NELLIX, INC. (each a “Borrower” and, collectively, “Borrowers”).

RECITALS

Borrowers and Bank are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 30, 2009, as amended from time to time, including by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of April 13, 2010, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 21, 2011, that certain Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of February 21, 2012, that certain Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 9, 2012, that certain Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of May 15, 2013 and that certain Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 26, 2013 (the “Agreement”). The parties desire to amend the Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Amendment.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Section 1.5 of the Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“SECTION 1.5 SUBORDINATION OF DEBT. All indebtedness and other obligations of Borrower to any other party other than any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness (as defined below) shall be subordinated in right of repayment to all indebtedness and other obligations of Borrower to Bank, as evidenced by and subject to the terms of subordination agreements in form and substance satisfactory to Bank”

2. Section 5.4 of the Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“SECTION 5.4 OTHER INDEBTEDNESS. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist any indebtedness or liabilities resulting from borrowings, loans or advances, whether secured or unsecured, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, joint or several, except:

(a) the liabilities of Borrower to Bank;

(b) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(c) any other liabilities of Borrower existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof;

(d) indebtedness (“Permitted Convertible Indebtedness”) of Existing Borrower pursuant to the Convertible Debt Documents in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000) (including any amount issued pursuant to any option to purchase additional notes, including, without limitation, any such option granted to cover over-allotments) that (i) is convertible into common stock of Existing Borrower and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock), (ii) matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled payments of principal prior to, the maturity date of the Line of Credit (it being understood that such indebtedness may have mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemptions provisions satisfying the requirement of clause (iii) hereof and may provide for cash payments upon conversion prior to the maturity date of such indebtedness provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, at the time of any such cash payment Existing Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 4.9), (iii) has terms and conditions (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to Existing Borrower than the terms and conditions customary at the time for convertible debt securities issued in a broadly distributed offering and (iv) is incurred by Existing Borrower; provided, that both immediately prior and after giving effect to the incurrence


thereof, (x) no Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (y) Existing Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 4.9; provided, further, that a certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower delivered to Bank at least two Business Days prior to the incurrence of such indebtedness, together with a disclosure document containing the summary description of the material terms and conditions of such indebtedness, stating that Existing Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirements of this clause (d), shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless Bank notifies Existing Borrower within one Business Day of receipt of such certificate that it disagrees with such determination; and

(e) any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and any Permitted Warrant Transaction.

As used herein, “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed, in New York.

As used herein, “Convertible Debt Documents” means (i) an indenture, (ii) a global note and (iii) one or more transaction confirmations, in each case relating to an offering of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness by Existing Borrower and related Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions and Permitted Warrant Transactions entered into by Existing Borrower .

As used herein, “Existing Borrower” means ENDOLOGIX, INC.

As used herein, “Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on Existing Borrower’s common stock purchased by Existing Borrower in connection with the issuance of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness; provided that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by Existing Borrower from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by Existing Borrower from the issuance of such Permitted Convertible Indebtedness in connection with such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

As used herein, “Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on Existing Borrower’s common stock sold by Existing Borrower substantially concurrently with any purchase by Existing Borrower of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.”

3. Section 5.6 of the Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“SECTION 5.6 GUARANTIES. Guarantee or become liable in any way as surety, endorser (other than as endorser of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business), accommodation endorser or otherwise for, nor pledge or hypothecate any assets of Borrower as security for, any liabilities or obligations of any other person or entity in excess of an aggregate amount of Five Hundred Thousand Euro (€500,000) during the term of this Agreement, except (a) any of the foregoing in favor of Bank and (b) any of the foregoing in connection with any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness.”

4. Section 5.7 of the Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“SECTION 5.7 LOANS, ADVANCES, INVESTMENTS. Make any loans or advances to or investments in any person or entity, except (a) any of the foregoing existing as of, and disclosed to Bank prior to, the date hereof and (b) pursuant to any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.”


5. Section 5.8 of the Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“SECTION 5.8 DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS. Declare or pay any dividend or distribution either in cash, stock or any other property on Borrower’s stock now or hereafter outstanding, nor redeem, retire, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of any class of Borrower’s stock now or hereafter outstanding except:

(a) pursuant to any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction;

(b) Existing Borrower may make (i) regularly scheduled payments of interest in respect of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and (ii) any required payments of principal in respect of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness made in accordance with this Agreement;

(c) Existing Borrower may make cash payments in connection with any conversions of Permitted Convertible Indebtedness; provided that (1) both immediately prior and after giving effect to any such payment, (x) no Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (y) Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 4.9; and

(d) Existing Borrower may purchase a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and can settle any related Permitted Warrant Transaction by set-off against such related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction (if such set-off is permitted under the terms thereof), by delivery of shares of its common stock and, subject to compliance with the proviso to paragraph (c) above, by payment of the amounts due under the Permitted Warrant Transaction in cash, securities or other property.”

6. Section 6.1(g) of the Agreement hereby is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“(g) There shall exist or occur any event or condition that Bank in good faith believes materially impairs, or is substantially likely materially to impair, the prospect of payment or performance by Borrower, any Third Party Obligor, or the general partner of either if such entity is a partnership, of its material obligations under any of the Loan Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, Borrower and Bank agree that Borrower’s entry into, performance of its obligations under and settlement (by early termination or otherwise) of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness, any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or any Permitted Warrant Transaction entered into in accordance with this Agreement will not materially impair such prospect of payment or performance.”

7. No course of dealing on the part of Bank or its officers, nor any failure or delay in the exercise of any right by Bank, shall operate as a waiver thereof, and any single or partial exercise of any such right shall not preclude any later exercise of any such right. Bank’s failure at any time to require strict performance by Borrower of any provision shall not affect any right of Bank thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance. Any suspension or waiver of a right must be in writing signed by an officer of Bank.

8. Unless otherwise defined, all initially capitalized terms in this Amendment shall be as defined in the Agreement. The Agreement, as amended hereby, shall be and remain in full force and effect in accordance with its respective terms and hereby is ratified and confirmed in all respects. Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of, or as an amendment of, any right, power, or remedy of Bank under the Agreement, as in effect prior to the date hereof.

9. Borrower represents and warrants that the Representations and Warranties contained in the Agreement are true and correct as of the date of this Amendment, and that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

10. As a condition to the effectiveness of this Amendment, Bank shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank:

(a) this Amendment, duly executed by Borrower;


(b) the certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower contemplated by the proviso to Section 5.4 of the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment; and

(c) all reasonable fees and expenses incurred through the date of this Amendment, which may be debited from any of Borrower’s accounts.

11. Promptly (and in any event, within three Business Days) following the closing of any offering of any Permitted Convertible Indebtedness and/or the entering into of any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or Permitted Warrant Transaction by Borrower, Borrower shall provide to Bank (i) executed copies of the applicable Convertible Debt Documents and (ii) a certificate of the chief financial officer of Borrower stating that the Convertible Debt Documents are consistent in all material respects with the summary description delivered with the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 10(b) hereof.

12. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the first date above written.

 

ENDOLOGIX, INC.
By:  

/s/ Shelley Thunen

Title: Chief Financial Officer
NELLIX, INC.
By:  

/s/ Shelley Thunen

Title: Chief Financial Officer
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:  

/s/ Dennis Kim

Title: Vice President

[ Signature Page to Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement ]

Exhibit 99.1

December 3, 2013

ENDOLOGIX ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF $75 MILLION OF CONVERTIBLE NOTES

IRVINE, Calif.—December 3, 2013— Endologix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX; “Endologix” or the “Company”) today announced that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer $75 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2018 (the “Convertible Notes”) in an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company expects to grant an option to the underwriters for up to an additional $11.25 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes solely to cover overallotments. The Convertible Notes are expected to pay interest semiannually and will be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”), cash or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at the Company’s election, based on a conversion rate to be determined at the pricing of the Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes will mature on December 15, 2018, unless repurchased, redeemed or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date. Prior to September 15, 2018, the Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon the occurrence of certain events and during certain periods, and thereafter, at any time until the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. On or after December 15, 2016, the Company may from time to time redeem for cash all or part of the Convertible Notes in certain circumstances.

The Company expects to use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, continued investment in geographic expansion, research and development and clinical studies. In addition, the Company intends to apply a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Convertible Notes to fund the cost of certain capped call transactions (described below).

In connection with the pricing of the Convertible Notes, the Company expects to enter into a capped call transaction with Bank of America, N.A. (the “Option Counterparty”), an affiliate of BofA Merrill Lynch, one of the underwriters of the Convertible Notes. The capped call transaction is expected generally to reduce the potential dilution and/or offset the cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount upon conversion of the Convertible Notes in the event that the market price of the Company’s Common Stock is greater than the strike price of the capped call transaction, which will initially correspond to the initial conversion price of the Convertible Notes, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap based on the cap price of the capped call transaction. If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Convertible Notes, the Company expects to enter into an additional capped call transaction with the Option Counterparty.

The Company has been advised by the Option Counterparty that in connection with establishing its initial hedge of the capped call transaction, the Option Counterparty expects to enter into various derivative transactions with respect to the Common Stock concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the Convertible Notes. This activity could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of the Common Stock or the Convertible Notes at that time.

In addition, the Company has been advised that the Option Counterparty may modify its hedge position by entering into or unwinding various derivatives with respect to the Common Stock and/or purchasing or selling shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the Convertible Notes and prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes (and is likely to do so during any conversion period related to a conversion of Convertible Notes). This activity could also cause or avoid an increase or a decrease in the market price of the Common Stock or the Convertible Notes, which could affect the ability of holders of the Convertible Notes to convert the Convertible Notes and, to the extent the activity occurs during any conversion period related to a conversion of Convertible Notes, it could affect the amount and value of the consideration that holders of the Convertible Notes will receive upon conversion of the Convertible Notes.


This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Convertible Notes or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

BofA Merrill Lynch is the sole book-running manager for the offering of Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes will be offered and sold under the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 30, 2012, which was effective upon filing. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and the prospectus supplement to that registration statement and other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may get these documents at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the prospectus supplement if you request them from BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by e-mailing dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com.

About Endologix, Inc.

Endologix, Inc. develops and manufactures minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders. Endologix’s focus is endovascular stent grafts for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (“AAA”). AAA is a weakening of the wall of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, resulting in a balloon-like enlargement. Once AAA develops, it continues to enlarge and, if left untreated, becomes increasingly susceptible to rupture. The overall patient mortality rate for ruptured AAA is approximately 75%, making it a leading cause of death in the U.S.

CONTACT: COMPANY CONTACT:

Endologix, Inc.

John McDermott, CEO

Shelley Thunen, CFO

(949) 595-7200

INVESTOR CONTACTS:

The Ruth Group

Nick Laudico (646) 536-7030

Zack Kubow (646) 536-7020

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. All statements included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that Endologix expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by Endologix based on its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. No assurances can


be given, however, that these activities, events or developments will occur or that such results will be achieved. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Endologix. Several of these risks are outlined in the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and other documents Endologix files with the SEC. Forward-looking statements represent the judgment of Endologix management as of the date of this release, and Endologix disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak as of the date hereof.

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Exhibit 99.2

December 5, 2013

ENDOLOGIX ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $75 MILLION OF CONVERTIBLE NOTES

IRVINE, Calif.—December 5, 2013— Endologix, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELGX; “Endologix” or the “Company”) today announced the pricing of its public offering of $75 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2018 (the “Convertible Notes”) in an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Company granted an option to the underwriters for up to an additional $11.25 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes solely to cover overallotments. The Convertible Notes will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 2.25% and will be convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”), cash or a combination of cash and shares of the Company’s Common Stock, at the Company’s election, based on the applicable conversion rate at such time. The Convertible Notes have an initial conversion rate of 41.6051 shares of the Company’s Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Convertible Notes (which is equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $24.04 per share of the Company’s Common Stock), representing an initial conversion premium of approximately 32.5% above the closing price of $18.14 per share of the Company’s Common Stock on December 4, 2013. The Convertible Notes will mature on December 15, 2018, unless repurchased, redeemed or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date. Prior to September 15, 2018, the Convertible Notes will be convertible only upon the occurrence of certain events and during certain periods, and thereafter, at any time until the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. On or after December 15, 2016, the Company may from time to time redeem for cash all or part of the Convertible Notes in certain circumstances. The Company expects to close the sale of the Convertible Notes on or about December 10, 2013, subject to the satisfaction of various customary closing conditions.

The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the sale of the Convertible Notes will be approximately $72.0 million, after deducting the underwriters’ discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to apply $6.45 million of the net proceeds from the sale of the Convertible Notes to fund the cost of certain capped call transactions (described below). The Company expects to use the remainder of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include working capital, continued investment in geographic expansion, research and development and clinical studies.

In connection with the pricing of the Convertible Notes, the Company entered into a capped call transaction with Bank of America, N.A. (the “Option Counterparty”), an affiliate of BofA Merrill Lynch, one of the underwriters of the Convertible Notes. The capped call transaction is expected generally to reduce the potential dilution and/or offset the cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount upon conversion of the Convertible Notes in the event that the market price of the Company’s Common Stock is greater than the strike price of the capped call transaction (which initially corresponds to the initial conversion price of the Convertible Notes and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the capped call transaction), with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap based on the cap price of the capped call transaction. The cap price of the capped call transaction will initially be $29.02 per share, representing a premium of approximately 60.0% above the closing price of $18.14 per share of the Company’s Common Stock on December 4, 2013, and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the capped call transaction. If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Convertible Notes, the Company expects to enter into an additional capped call transaction with the Option Counterparty.

The Company has been advised by the Option Counterparty that in connection with establishing its initial hedge of the capped call transaction, the Option Counterparty expects to enter into various derivative transactions with respect to the Common Stock concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the Convertible Notes. This activity could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of the Common Stock or the Convertible Notes at that time.


In addition, the Company has been advised that the Option Counterparty may modify its hedge position by entering into or unwinding various derivatives with respect to the Common Stock and/or purchasing or selling shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the Convertible Notes and prior to the maturity of the Convertible Notes (and is likely to do so during any conversion period related to a conversion of Convertible Notes). This activity could also cause or avoid an increase or a decrease in the market price of the Common Stock or the Convertible Notes, which could affect the ability of holders of the Convertible Notes to convert the Convertible Notes and, to the extent the activity occurs during any conversion period related to a conversion of Convertible Notes, it could affect the amount and value of the consideration that holders of the Convertible Notes will receive upon conversion of the Convertible Notes.

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Convertible Notes or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

BofA Merrill Lynch is the sole book-running manager for the offering of Convertible Notes. The Convertible Notes will be offered and sold under the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 30, 2012, which was effective upon filing. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and the prospectus supplement to that registration statement and other documents that the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. You may get these documents at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and the prospectus supplement if you request them from BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by e-mailing dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com.

About Endologix, Inc.

Endologix, Inc. develops and manufactures minimally invasive treatments for aortic disorders. Endologix’s focus is endovascular stent grafts for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (“AAA”). AAA is a weakening of the wall of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, resulting in a balloon-like enlargement. Once AAA develops, it continues to enlarge and, if left untreated, becomes increasingly susceptible to rupture. The overall patient mortality rate for ruptured AAA is approximately 75%, making it a leading cause of death in the U.S.

CONTACT: COMPANY CONTACT:

Endologix, Inc.

John McDermott, CEO

Shelley Thunen, CFO

(949) 595-7200

INVESTOR CONTACTS:

The Ruth Group

Nick Laudico (646) 536-7030

Zack Kubow (646) 536-7020


Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. All statements included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that Endologix expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on certain assumptions made by Endologix based on its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. No assurances can be given, however, that these activities, events or developments will occur or that such results will be achieved. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Endologix. Several of these risks are outlined in the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, and other documents Endologix files with the SEC. Forward-looking statements represent the judgment of Endologix management as of the date of this release, and Endologix disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein, which speak as of the date hereof.

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