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): April 3, 2016

 

 

GROUPON, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-35335   27-0903295

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400

Chicago, Illinois

  60654
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

312-676-5773

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Investment Agreement

On April 3, 2016, Groupon, Inc. (the “ Company ”) entered into an investment agreement (the “ Investment Agreement ”) with A-G Holdings, L.P. (“ Atairos ”), relating to the issuance to Atairos of $250 million principal amount of the Company’s 3.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2022 (the “ Notes ”). The transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement (the “ Transactions ”) closed on April 4, 2016 (the “ Closing ”).

Board Representation

Pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement, in connection with the Closing, the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) increased the size of the Board from nine directors to ten directors and elected Michael J. Angelakis, a nominee designated by Atairos, to the Board. Atairos’ right to nominate a director will terminate if Atairos and its affiliates beneficially own less than the greater of (i) 66.7% of the Company’s outstanding Class A common stock or common stock, as applicable (the “ Common Stock ”), (on an as-converted basis) owned by Atairos immediately following the Closing or (ii) 4% of the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding (on an as-converted basis).

For so long as Atairos has the right to nominate a director to the Board, the Company has, subject to the approval of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board, agreed to include such person in its slate of nominees for election to the Board at each of the Company’s meetings of stockholders in which directors are to be elected and to use its reasonable efforts to cause the election of such person.

Standstill

Pursuant to the Investment Agreement, Atairos has agreed, subject to certain exceptions, that until the earliest of (i) the later of (A) the date that is six months following such time as Atairos no longer has the right to nominate a director or (B) April 4, 2019, (ii) the effective date of a change of control of the Company or (iii) 90 days after Atairos does not beneficially own any Notes or shares of Common Stock (the “ Standstill Period ”), Atairos will not, among other things: (i) acquire any securities of the Company if, immediately after such acquisition, Atairos would collectively own in the aggregate more than 20.0% of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company, (ii) propose or seek to effect any tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination involving the Company or its securities, or make any public statement with respect to such transaction, (iii) make, or in any way participate in any “proxy contest” or other solicitation of proxies, (iv) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any voting securities of the Company to any person who is (or will become upon consummation of such sale, transfer or other disposition) a beneficial owner of 20.0% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Company, or (v) call or seek to call any meeting of stockholders or other referendum or consent solicitation.


Transfer Restrictions and Registration Rights

The Investment Agreement restricts Atairos’ ability to transfer the Notes or shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, subject to certain exceptions specified in the Investment Agreement. In particular, prior to the earlier of (i) April 4, 2018 and (ii) a change of control of the Company, Atairos will be restricted from transferring or entering into an agreement that transfers the economic consequences of ownership of the Notes or shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes. These restrictions do not apply to, among others, transfers to affiliates and pledges of the Notes or shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, or the satisfaction of obligations related to pledged Notes or shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes, in each case in connection with one or more bona fide financing arrangements.

Subject to certain limitations, the Investment Agreement provides Atairos with certain registration rights for the Notes and shares of Common Stock held by Atairos, including shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

The foregoing description of the Investment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Investment Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Voting Agreement

In connection with the Closing, the Company and Atairos entered into a voting agreement, dated as of April 4, 2016, with Eric Lefkofsky, Bradley Keywell, New Enterprise Associates, L.P. and their respective affiliates (the “ Voting Agreement ”), pursuant to which such stockholders committed to vote the shares that each holder owns in favor of Atairos’ director nominee at any annual or special meeting at which directors of the Company are elected.

The foregoing description of the Voting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Voting Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

Indenture

In connection with the Closing, the Company and U.S. Bank, National Association (the “ Trustee ”) entered into an indenture dated as of April 4, 2016 (the “ Indenture ”) pursuant to which the Notes were issued to Atairos.

The Notes bear interest at a rate of 3.25% per annum, payable annually in arrears in cash on April 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2017. The Notes will mature on April 1, 2022 (the “ Maturity Date ”), subject to earlier conversion or redemption.

The Notes are convertible into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and Common Stock, at the Company’s option, at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, at an initial conversion rate of 185.1852 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes (which represents an initial conversion price of $5.40 per share), in each case subject to certain adjustments determined in the manner set forth in the Indenture. Holders of Notes that are converted in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, as defined in the Indenture, are, under certain circumstances, entitled to an increase in the conversion rate for such Notes based on the effective date of such event and the applicable price attributable to the


event as set forth in a table contained in the Indenture. The definition of Make-Whole Fundamental Change includes a sale of substantially all the Company’s assets, a change of control of the Company by way of a tender offer, merger or similar event, and the adoption of a plan relating to the Company’s liquidation or dissolution.

With certain exceptions, upon a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Indenture), the holders of the Notes may require that the Company repurchase all or part of the principal amount of the Notes at a purchase price equal to the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, the Company may redeem all of the principal amount of the Notes, at its option, at a purchase price equal to the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest on or after April 1, 2020, if the closing sale price of the Common Stock exceeds 150% of the then-current conversion price for 20 or more trading days in the 30 consecutive trading day period preceding the Company’s exercise of this redemption right (including the trading day immediately prior to the date of the notice of redemption).

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equal in right of payment to all senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company, and will rank senior in right of payment to any indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes.

The Indenture includes customary events of default. If an event of default, as defined in the Indenture, occurs and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture, declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest through the date of such declaration on, all the Notes to be immediately due and payable in full. In the case of certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, the principal amount of the Notes and any unpaid interest accrued thereon through the occurrence of such event will automatically become and be immediately due and payable.

The foregoing description of the Indenture is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Indenture, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Amendment to Credit Agreement

The Company entered into an amendment (the “ Amendment ”) to its $250 million Credit Agreement, effective as of April 4, 2016, among the Company, as Borrower, the Lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the “ Credit Agreement ”) to, among other things, amend its financial covenants relating to the maintenance of a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio and maximum funded indebtedness to EBITDA ratio, impose a financial covenant relating to the maintenance of a maximum senior secured indebtedness to EBITDA ratio, and modify the covenants relating to the Company’s ability to make certain restricted payments.

The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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

The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Securities

At the Closing, the Company sold $250 million principal amount of the Notes to Atairos in a private placement pursuant to the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), provided
by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Company has relied on this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by Atairos in the Investment Agreement.

The information contained in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements for Certain Officers.

Pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement, the Board increased the size of the Board from nine directors to ten directors and elected Michael J. Angelakis, a nominee designated by Atairos, as an independent director. Except for the Investment Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, there are no arrangements or understandings pursuant to which Mr. Angelakis was elected to the Board. Since the beginning of the last fiscal year, there have been no related party transactions between the Company or its subsidiaries and Mr. Angelakis that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

In addition, Daniel Henry, who has served as a director since 2012, will not stand for re-election as a director, and his term will expire at the Company’s 2016 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Henry will continue to serve as a director until the annual meeting of stockholders on June 8, 2016. This decision is not related to any disagreement with the Company.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

On April 4, 2016, the Company announced that its Board approved an extension of and $200 million increase to its existing share repurchase program through April 2018. The timing and amount of any share repurchases will be determined based on market conditions, share price and other factors, and any such repurchases may be made in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. Repurchases will be made in compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules and other legal requirements and may be made in part under a
Rule 10b5-1 plan, which permits stock repurchases when the Company might otherwise be precluded from doing so.

On April 4, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing the matters described above, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.


Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)        Exhibits:   
   

Exhibit No.

  

Description

    4.1    Indenture, dated April 4, 2016, between the Company and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee.
  10.1    Investment Agreement, dated April 3, 2016, between the Company and A-G Holdings, L.P.
  10.2    Voting Agreement, dated April 4, 2016, among the Company, A-G Holdings, L.P. and the stockholders party thereto.
  10.3    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, effective April 4, 2016, among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.
  99.1    Press Release dated April 4, 2016.


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.

 

    GROUPON, INC.

Dated: April 4, 2016

    By:  

/s/ Brian Kayman

    Name:   Brian Kayman
    Title:   Interim Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated April 4, 2016, between the Company and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee.
10.1    Investment Agreement, dated April 3, 2016, between the Company and A-G Holdings, L.P.
10.2    Voting Agreement, dated April 4, 2016, among the Company, A-G Holdings, L.P. and the stockholders party thereto.
10.3    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, effective April 4, 2016, among the Company, as borrower, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.
99.1    Press release, dated April 4, 2016.

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

GROUPON, INC.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of April 4, 2016

 

 

3.25% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          PAGE  
A RTICLE 1   
D EFINITIONS   

Section 1.01.

   Definitions      2   

Section 1.02.

   Other Definitions      10   

Section 1.03.

   Rules of Construction      11   

Section 1.04.

   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      11   

Section 1.05.

   References to Interest      12   
A RTICLE 2   
T HE S ECURITIES   

Section 2.01.

   Form and Dating      12   

Section 2.02.

   Execution and Authentication      13   

Section 2.03.

   Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent      14   

Section 2.04.

   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      14   

Section 2.05.

   Holder Lists      14   

Section 2.06.

   Transfer and Exchange      14   

Section 2.07.

   Replacement Securities      15   

Section 2.08.

   Outstanding Securities      15   

Section 2.09.

   Securities Held by the Company or an Affiliate      16   

Section 2.10.

   Temporary Securities      17   

Section 2.11.

   Cancellation      17   

Section 2.12.

   Defaulted Interest      17   

Section 2.13.

   CUSIP Numbers      17   

Section 2.14.

   Deposit of Moneys      18   

Section 2.15.

   Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities      18   

Section 2.16.

   Special Transfer Provisions      23   

Section 2.17.

   Restrictive Legends      24   
A RTICLE 3   
R EPURCHASE   

Section 3.01.

   Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental Change      25   
A RTICLE 4   
C OVENANTS   

Section 4.01.

   Payment of Securities      29   

Section 4.02.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency      30   

Section 4.03.

   Annual Reports      30   

 

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Section 4.04.

   Compliance Certificate      32   

Section 4.05.

   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws      33   

Section 4.06.

   Notice of Default      33   
A RTICLE 5   
S UCCESSORS   

Section 5.01.

   When Company May Merge, Etc.      33   

Section 5.02.

   Successor Substituted      34   
A RTICLE 6   
D EFAULTS AND R EMEDIES   

Section 6.01.

   Events of Default      34   

Section 6.02.

   Acceleration      36   

Section 6.03.

   Other Remedies      38   

Section 6.04.

   Waiver of Past Defaults      39   

Section 6.05.

   Control by Majority      39   

Section 6.06.

   Limitation on Suits      39   

Section 6.07.

   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert Securities      40   

Section 6.08.

   Collection Suit by Trustee      40   

Section 6.09.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      40   

Section 6.10.

   Priorities      41   

Section 6.11.

   Remedies Cumulative and Continuing      41   

Section 6.12.

   Notice of Defaults      41   

Section 6.13.

   Undertaking for Costs      41   
A RTICLE 7   
T RUSTEE   

Section 7.01.

   Duties of Trustee      42   

Section 7.02.

   Rights of Trustee      43   

Section 7.03.

   Individual Rights of Trustee      45   

Section 7.04.

   Trustee’s Disclaimer      45   

Section 7.05.

   Notice of Defaults      45   

Section 7.06.

   Compensation and Indemnity      45   

Section 7.07.

   Replacement of Trustee      46   

Section 7.08.

   Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.      47   

Section 7.09.

   Eligibility; Disqualification      47   

Section 7.10.

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company      47   

Section 7.11.

   Reports by Trustee to Holders      47   
A RTICLE 8   
D ISCHARGE OF I NDENTURE   

Section 8.01.

   Termination of the Obligations of the Company      47   

 

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Section 8.02.    Application of Trust Money      48   
Section 8.03.    Repayment to Company      48   
Section 8.04.    Reinstatement      48   
A RTICLE 9   
A MENDMENTS   
Section 9.01.    Without Consent of Holders      49   
Section 9.02.    With Consent of Holders      50   
Section 9.03.    Revocation and Effect of Consents      51   
Section 9.04.    Notation on or Exchange of Securities      51   
Section 9.05.    Trustee Protected      51   
Section 9.06.    Effect of Supplemental Indentures      52   
A RTICLE 10   
C ONVERSION   
Section 10.01.    Conversion Privilege      52   
Section 10.02.    Conversion Procedure and Payment Upon Conversion      52   
Section 10.03.    Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares      57   
Section 10.04.    Taxes on Conversion      57   
Section 10.05.    Company to Provide Common Stock      57   
Section 10.06.    Adjustment of Conversion Rate      58   
Section 10.07.    No Adjustment      67   
Section 10.08.    Other Adjustments      68   
Section 10.09.    Adjustments for Tax Purposes      68   
Section 10.10.    Notice of Adjustment and Certain Events      69   
Section 10.11.    Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers, Binding Share Exchanges or Sales on Conversion Privilege      69   
Section 10.12.    Trustee’s Disclaimer      71   
Section 10.13.    Rights Distributions Pursuant to Shareholders’ Rights Plans      71   
Section 10.14.    Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Securities Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes      71   
A RTICLE 11   
C ONCERNING THE H OLDERS   
Section 11.01.    Action by Holders      74   
Section 11.02.    Proof of Execution by Holders      74   
Section 11.03.    Persons Deemed Absolute Owners      74   
A RTICLE 12   
H OLDERS ’ M EETINGS   
Section 12.01.    Purpose of Meetings      75   
Section 12.02.    Call of Meetings by Trustee      75   

 

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Section 12.03.    Call of Meetings by Company or Holders      76   
Section 12.04.    Qualifications for Voting      76   
Section 12.05.    Regulations      76   
Section 12.06.    Voting      77   
Section 12.07.    No Delay of Rights by Meeting      77   
A RTICLE 13   
R EDEMPTION   
Section 13.01.    Optional Redemption; Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee      77   
Section 13.02.    [Reserved]      78   
Section 13.03.    Notice of Redemption      78   
Section 13.04.    Deposit of Redemption Price      79   
Section 13.05.    Securities Payable on Redemption Date      79   
A RTICLE 14   
M ISCELLANEOUS   
Section 14.01.    Notices      80   
Section 14.02.    Communication by Holders with Other Holders      82   
Section 14.03.    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      82   
Section 14.04.    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      82   
Section 14.05.    Rules by Trustee and Agents      83   
Section 14.06.    Legal Holidays      83   
Section 14.07.    Duplicate Originals      83   
Section 14.08.    Facsimile and PDF Delivery of Signature Pages      83   
Section 14.09.    Governing Law      83   
Section 14.10.    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements      84   
Section 14.11.    Successors      84   
Section 14.12.    Separability      84   
Section 14.13.    Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.      84   
Section 14.14.    Calculations in Respect of the Securities      84   
Section 14.15.    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Shareholders      85   
Section 14.16.    Force Majeure      85   
Section 14.17.    Trust Indenture Act Controls      85   
Section 14.18.    No Security Interest Created      85   
Section 14.19.    Benefits of Indenture      85   
Section 14.20.    Tax Treatment      85   
Section 14.21.    Withholding      85   
Section 14.22.    U.S.A. Patriot Act      86   
EXHIBITS   
Exhibit A    Form of Security   
Exhibit B-1A    Form of Security Private Placement Legend   

 

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Exhibit B-1B

   Form of Common Stock Private Placement Legend
Exhibit B-2    Form of Legend for Global Security
Exhibit C    Form of Notice of Transfer Pursuant to Registration Statement
Exhibit D    Form of Certificate of Transfer

Exhibit E

   Form of Certificate of Exchange

 

 

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GROUPON, INC.

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2016

 

§ 310(a)(1)

     7.09   

(a)(2)

     7.09   

(a)(3)

     Not Applicable   

(a)(4)

     Not Applicable   

(a)(5)

     7.09   

(b)

     7.09   

§ 311(a)

     7.10   

(b)

     7.10   

(c)

     Not Applicable   

§ 312(a)

     2.05   

(b)

     14.02   

(c)

     14.02   

§ 313(a)

     7.11   

(b)(1)

     7.11   

(b)(2)

     7.11   

(c)

     7.11   

(d)

     7.11   

§ 314(a)

     4.03, 14.01, 14.04   

(b)

     Not Applicable   

(c)(1)

     14.03   

(c)(2)

     14.03   

(c)(3)

     Not Applicable   

(d)

     Not Applicable   

(e)

     14.04   

(f)

     Not Applicable   

§ 315(a)

     7.01   

(b)

     7.05   

(c)

     7.01   

(d)

     7.01   

(e)

     6.11   

§ 316(a)(last sentence)

     2.09   

(a)(1)(A)

     6.05   

(a)(1)(B)

     6.04   

(a)(2)

     Not Applicable   

(b)

     6.07   

(c)

     2.12   

§ 317(a)(1)

     6.08   

(a)(2)

     6.09   

(b)

     2.04   

§ 318(a)

     14.17   

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.


INDENTURE , dated as of April 4, 2016, between Groupon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01), and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the “ Trustee ,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the Company’s 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ Securities ”).

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions . The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01.

Additional Interest ” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4.03(d), Section 4.03(e) and Section 6.02(b), as applicable.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For this purpose, “ control ” shall mean the power to direct the management and policies of a Person through the ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for the beneficial interests in any Global Security, the rules and procedures of the Depository that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Atairos Global Securities ” means the Global Securities issued and authenticated on the Issue Date with an initial balance of $250,000,000 and identified by the CUSIP and ISIN numbers set forth in Section 2.13.

Atairos Securities ” means any Atairos Global Securities or any temporary Securities or Physical Securities issued in exchange for beneficial interests in an Atairos Global Security.

Bankruptcy Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar U.S. Federal or State law for the relief of debtors, or any analogous foreign law applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or any committee thereof authorized to act for it.

 

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Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.

Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of such Person and all warrants or options to acquire such capital stock.

Close of Business ” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

Closing Sale Price ” on any date means the per share price of the Common Stock on such date, which shall be: (i) determined on the basis of the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price per share is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in the composite transactions for the Relevant Stock Exchange; or (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock on the relevant date, as reported by OTC Markets Group, Inc. or a similar organization; provided , however , that in the absence of any such report or quotation, the “ Closing Sale Price ” shall be the price determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for such purpose as most accurately reflecting the per share price that a fully informed buyer, acting on his own accord, would pay to a fully informed seller, acting on his own accord in an arm’s-length transaction, for one share of Common Stock. The Closing Sale Price shall be determined without reference to after-hours or extended market trading.

Common Equity ” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.

Company ” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provision hereof and thereafter means such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any such successor or subsequent successor.

Company Order ” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee.

Common Stock ” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company at the date of this Indenture, subject to Section 10.11.

Conversion Date ” with respect to a Security means the date on which a Holder satisfies all the requirements for such conversion specified under Section 10.01(b).

 

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Conversion Notice ” means a “Conversion Notice” in the form attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A .

Conversion Price ” means as of any date, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate as of such date.

Conversion Rate ” shall initially be 185.1852, subject to adjustment as provided in Article 10.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time this Indenture shall be administered, which office as of the date hereof is located at 190 S. LaSalle Street, 10th Floor, Chicago IL 60603 Attention: Global Corporate Trust. With respect to presentation for transfer or exchange, conversions or principal payment, such address shall be 111 Fillmore Avenue, St. Paul MN 55107 Attention: Corporate Trust, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by written notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by written notice to the Holders and the Company).

Daily Conversion Value ” means, for each Trading Day during the Observation Period, 5% of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

Daily Measurement Value ” means the Specified Dollar Amount (if any), divided by 20.

Daily Settlement Amount ,” for each Trading Day during the Observation Period, shall consist of:

(a) cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Measurement Value and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day; and

(b) if the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

Daily VWAP ” means, for each Trading Day during the relevant Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “GRPN <EQUITY> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “ Daily VWAP ” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

 

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Default ” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

Depository ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.

Ex Date ” means the first date on which the Common Stock trades on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of Common Stock on the Relevant Stock Exchange (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by the Relevant Stock Exchange.

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

Final Determination ” shall mean any final determination of liability in respect of a tax that, under applicable law, is not subject to further appeal, review or modification through proceedings or otherwise (including the expiration of a statute of limitations or a period for the filing of claims for refunds, amended returns or appeals from adverse determinations), including a “determination” as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code or execution of an Internal Revenue Service Form 870AD.

Fundamental Change ” shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as:

(a) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and the employee benefit plans of the Company and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, has become the direct or indirect beneficial owner of more than 50% of (A) the Common Stock or (B) the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity;

(b) the consummation of: (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, or other property or assets; (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets; or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more of the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however , that a transaction described in clause (B) in which the holders of the Common Stock immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of Common Equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction shall not be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (b);

(c) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

 

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(d) the Common Stock (or other common stock underlying the Securities) ceases to be listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors);

provided , however , that a transaction or transactions described in clause (a) or clause (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change if 100% of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of the Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions the Securities become convertible into such consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares (subject to the provisions of Section 10.02(a)). If any transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another entity occurs, then following completion of any related Make-Whole Conversion Period (or, in the case of a transaction that would have been a Fundamental Change or a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, in each case, but for the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, following the effective date of such transaction) references to the Company in this definition shall instead be references to such other entity.

Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Indirect Participant ” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security through a Participant.

Interest Payment Date ” means April 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2017.

Investment Agreement ” means the Investment Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2016, by and among Groupon, Inc. and A-G Holdings, L.P.

Issue Date ” means April 4, 2016.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means an event described in the definition of Fundamental Change set forth above after giving effect to any exceptions to or exclusions from such definition (including, without limitation, the exception described in the paragraph immediately following clause (d)), but without regard to the proviso set forth in clause (b) of such definition.

Market Disruption Event ” means, with respect to the Common Stock or any other security, (i) a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence for more than a one-half hour period in the aggregate on any Scheduled Trading Day for Common Stock or such other security of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the Relevant Stock Exchange or otherwise) of the Common Stock or such other

 

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security or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock or such other security, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such day.

Maturity Date ” means April 1, 2022.

Observation Period ,” with respect to any Security (other than an Atairos Security) surrendered for conversion means: (i) subject to clause (ii), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the second Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion Date; (ii) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the date of the Company’s issuance of a notice of redemption with respect to the Securities pursuant to Section 13.03 and prior to the relevant Redemption Date, the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date; and (iii) subject to clause (ii), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date; and, with respect to Atairos Securities, has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(a)(v).

Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, Controller, Director of Treasury, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer, any Assistant Secretary and any Vice President of the Company.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by (i) by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer or any of the Vice Presidents of the Company, and (ii) by the Controller, Director of Treasury, Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary or any of the Vice Presidents of the Company, delivered to the Trustee.

Open of Business ” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion that meets the requirements of Section 14.04 from legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, or other counsel, including counsel for the transferor or transferee, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof.

Physical Security ” means permanent certificated Securities in registered non-global form issued in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples in excess thereof.

record date ” means, unless the context requires otherwise, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or any other security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash,

 

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securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or by statute, contract or otherwise).

Record Date ” for interest payable in respect of any Security on any Interest Payment Date means the March 15 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Relevant Stock Exchange ” means The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock (or any other security for which the Closing Sale Price must be determined) is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed.

Repurchase Notice ” means a “Repurchase Notice” in the form attached as Attachment 3 to the form of Security attached hereto as Exhibit A .

Responsible Officer ” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Global Security ” means a Global Security that bears the Security Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Security ” means a Security that constitutes a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act until such time as such Security is freely tradable by a Person who is not (and has not been for the three months preceding the applicable transfer) an “affiliate” (as defined in such rule) pursuant to such rule. Each of the Securities issued on the Issue Date that bear the Security Private Placement Legend shall be Restricted Securities as of the Issue Date.

Scheduled Trading Day ” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on Relevant Stock Exchange. If the Common Stock is not listed on any U.S. national or regional securities exchange, “ Scheduled Trading Day ” means a Business Day.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

Securities Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

Settlement Method ” means, with respect to any conversion of Securities, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, as elected (or deemed to have been elected) by the Company.

 

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Significant Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Company that meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

Specified Dollar Amount ” means the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities to be received upon conversion as specified in the Settlement Notice (or deemed specified pursuant to this Indenture) related to any converted Securities (or portion thereof).

Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of Capital Stock ordinarily entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, trustees or other voting members of the governing body thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (a) such Person, (b) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as amended and in effect from time to time.

Trading Day ” means a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock (or any other security for which a Closing Sale Price must be determined) generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then traded and (ii) a Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock (or such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, “ Trading Day ” means a Business Day; and provided further that, for purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion only, “ Trading Day ” means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event, (ii) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, and (iii) a Closing Sale Price for the Common Stock is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the Common Stock (or other security for which a Closing Sale Price must be determined) is not so listed or traded, “ Trading Day ” means a Business Day.

Trustee ” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions hereof and thereafter means such successor. The foregoing sentence shall likewise apply to any such successor or subsequent successor.

Unrestricted Global Security ” means a Global Security that does not bear the Security Private Placement Legend.

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

 

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Withdrawal Time ” means the time the beneficial owners of the Atairos Securities are notified by the Company in writing of the Blackout Period (as defined in the Investment Agreement) and withdrawal of the redemption notice with respect to the Atairos Securities in accordance with the Investment Agreement.

Section 1.02. Other Definitions .

 

Term

   Defined in Section

“Applicable Price”

   10.14(d)

“Atairos Settlement Notice”

   10.02(a)(v)

“Authorized Officers”

   14.01

“Cash Settlement”

   10.02(a)

“Clause A Distribution”

   10.06(c)

“Clause B Distribution”

   10.06(c)

“Clause C Distribution”

   10.06(c)

“Combination Settlement”

   10.02(a)

“Common Stock Private Placement Legend”

   2.17

“Conversion Agent”

   2.03

“Conversion Obligation”

   10.01(a)

“Distributed Property”

   10.06(c)

“Effective Date”

   10.14(a)

“Electronic Means”

   14.01

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Fundamental Change Notice”

   3.01(b)

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”

   3.01(a)

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”

   3.01(a)

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”

   3.01(a)

“Global Securities”

   2.01

“Instructions”

   14.01

“Make-Whole Applicable Increase”

   10.14(b)

“Make-Whole Conversion Period”

   10.14(a)

“Merger Event”

   10.11

“Open Period”

   13.01

“Participants”

   2.15

“Paying Agent”

   2.03

“Physical Settlement”

   10.02(a)

“Redemption Date”

   13.01

“Redemption Price”

   13.01

“Reference Property”

   10.11

“Registrar”

   2.03

“Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change”

   3.01(a)

“Resale Restriction Termination Date”

   2.17

“Securities”

   Preamble

“Security Private Placement Legend”

   2.17

“Settlement Amount”

   10.02(a)(iv)

“Settlement Notice”

   10.02(a)(iii)

“Spin-Off”

   10.06(c)

“Trigger Event”

   10.06(c)

“Valuation Period”

   10.06(c)

 

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Section 1.03. Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(ii) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time;

(iii) “or” is not exclusive;

(iv) “including” means “including without limitation;”

(v) words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular;

(vi) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(vii) the term “principal” means the principal of any Security payable under the terms of such Securities, unless the context otherwise requires;

(viii) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision of this Indenture;

(ix) references to currency shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise; and

(x) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.

Section 1.04. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“Commission” means the SEC.

“indenture securities” means the Securities.

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“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

Section 1.05. References to Interest . Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Security in this Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable. Unless the context otherwise requires, any express mention of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest, as the case may be, in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

ARTICLE 2

THE SECURITIES

Section 2.01. Form and Dating . The Securities and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A , which is incorporated in and forms a part of this Indenture. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage; provided that such notations, legends or endorsements are in a form acceptable to the Company. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

So long as the Securities, or portion thereof, are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depository, unless otherwise required by law, subject to Section 2.15, such Securities may be represented by one or more Securities in global form registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository (“ Global Securities ”). The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Securities shall be effected through the Depository in accordance with this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Except as provided in Section 2.15, beneficial owners of a Global Security shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive Physical Securities and will not be considered Holders of such Global Security.

Any Global Securities shall represent such of the outstanding principal amount of Securities as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect issuances, repurchases, redemptions, conversions, cancellations, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Security to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the custodian for the Global Security, at the written direction of

 

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the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal of, and interest on, any Global Securities (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable) shall be made to the Depository in immediately available funds.

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication . One duly authorized Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

A Security’s validity shall not be affected by the failure of an Officer whose signature is on such Security to hold, at the time the Security is authenticated, the same office at the Company.

A Security shall not be valid until duly authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

Upon a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities for original issue in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000. The aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding at any time may not exceed $250,000,000, subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph and except for Securities authenticated and delivered in lieu of lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Securities pursuant to Section 2.07.

The Company may not, without the consent of Holders of 100% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities, increase the aggregate principal amount of Securities by issuing additional Securities in the future (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer or exchange for or in lieu of other Securities pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10, 2.15, 2.16, 2.17, 3.01(h) and 10.02(f)).

Upon a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities, including Securities not bearing the Security Private Placement Legend, to be issued to the transferees when sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act as set forth in Section 2.16(b), when sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or when not otherwise required under this Indenture to bear the Security Private Placement Legend.

The Trustee shall act as the initial authenticating agent. Thereafter, the Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such authenticating agent. An authenticating agent so appointed has the same rights as a Securities Agent to deal with the Company and its Affiliates.

If a Company Order pursuant to this Section 2.02 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, then any instructions by the Company to the Trustee with respect to endorsement, delivery or redelivery of a Security that is a Global Security shall be in writing. The Securities shall be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and any integral multiple thereof.

 

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Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent . The Company shall maintain, or shall cause to be maintained, in the continental United States, (i) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”), (ii) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”) and (iii) an office or agency where Securities may be presented for conversion (“ Conversion Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint or change one or more co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents, subject to providing written notification to the Trustee of any such new registrar, paying agent or conversion agent, and may act in any such capacity on its own behalf. The term “ Registrar ” includes any co-registrar; the term “ Paying Agent ” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “ Conversion Agent ” includes any additional conversion agent.

The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Securities Agent not a party to this Indenture, if any. Such agency agreement, if any, shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Securities Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Securities Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to maintain an entity other than the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent.

Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all moneys held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the Securities, and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any Default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such Default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds so paid by it. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such money. If the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold as a separate trust fund all money held by it as Paying Agent; provided that the Company may not act as Paying Agent upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default.

Section 2.05. Holder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each April 1 and October 1 and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Holders appearing in the security register of the Registrar and the Company shall otherwise comply with Section 312(a) of the TIA.

Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange . Subject to Section 2.15 and Section 2.16, where Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to register their transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar

 

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shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements under this Indenture for such transaction are met. To permit registrations of transfer and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request or upon the Trustee’s receipt of a Company Order therefor. The Company, the Registrar or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security for which a Repurchase Notice or notice of redemption pursuant to Article 11 has been delivered, and not withdrawn, in accordance with this Indenture, except if the Company has defaulted in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or the Redemption Price with respect to such Security or to the extent that a portion of such Security is not subject to such Repurchase Notice or notice of redemption.

No service charge shall be made for any transfer, exchange or conversion of Securities, but the Company and the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp, issue or transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 2.07, Section 2.10, Section 3.01, Section 9.04 or Section 10.02, in each case, not involving any transfer.

Section 2.07. Replacement Securities. If the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate, at the Holder’s expense, a replacement Security upon surrender to the Trustee of the mutilated Security, or upon delivery to the Trustee of evidence of the loss, destruction or theft of the Security satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security, if required by the Trustee or the Company, indemnity (including in the form of a bond) must be provided by the Holder that is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Trustee or any Securities Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Security is replaced.

In case any such mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Security has become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay the amounts due in respect of such Security as provided hereunder.

Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company only as provided in Section 2.08.

Section 2.08. Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those converted, those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except to the extent provided in Section 2.09, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates holds the Security.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it, or a court holds, that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser.

 

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If the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Company) holds, as of 10:00 a.m. New York City time on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, money sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price or principal amount (plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any), as the case may be, with respect to all Securities to be repurchased or paid on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, in each case, payable as herein provided on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, then (unless there shall be a Default in the payment of such aggregate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price or principal amount, or of such accrued and unpaid interest), except as otherwise provided herein, then on and after such date such Securities shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding, interest on such Securities shall cease to accrue, and such Securities shall be deemed to be paid whether or not such Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent. Thereafter, all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate with respect to such Securities, other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, Redemption Price or principal amount, as the case may be, plus, if applicable, such accrued and unpaid interest in accordance with this Indenture.

If a Security is converted in accordance with Article 10 then, from and after the time of such conversion on the Conversion Date, such Security shall cease to be outstanding, and interest, if any, shall cease to accrue on such Security unless there shall be a Default in the payment or delivery of the consideration payable and/or deliverable hereunder upon such conversion (except that any such Security will remain outstanding solely for the purpose of receiving any interest or other amounts due following such conversion as set forth in this Indenture).

Section 2.09. Securities Held by the Company or an Affiliate . In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent with respect to this Indenture or the Securities, Securities owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than Atairos Management, L.P. or any of its Affiliates) shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that, for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be considered to be outstanding for purposes of this Section 2.09 if the pledgee establishes, to the satisfaction of the Trustee, the pledgee’s right to so concur with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not, and is not acting at the direction or on behalf of, the Company, any other obligor on the Securities, an Affiliate of the Company (other than Atairos Management, L.P. or any of its Affiliates) or an Affiliate of any such other obligor (other than Atairos Management, L.P. or any of its Affiliates). In case of a dispute as to whether the pledgee has established the foregoing, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall provide full protection to the Trustee. The Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding Section 316(a)(1) of the TIA or anything herein to

 

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the contrary, no Atairos Securities shall be deemed to be owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates for purposes of this Indenture, the Securities and any direction, waiver or consent with respect thereto.

Section 2.10. Temporary Securities. Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order therefor, shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order therefor, shall authenticate definitive Securities in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, each temporary Security shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities, and such temporary Security shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Section 2.11. Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee shall promptly cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, conversion or cancellation in accordance with its customary procedures. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 10. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary procedure for the disposal of cancelled securities.

Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest. If, and to the extent, the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities, the Company shall pay in cash the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent not prohibited by applicable statute or case law, interest on such defaulted interest at the rate provided in the Securities. The Company may pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest) to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix such special record date and payment date. At least fifteen (15) calendar days before the special record date, the Company shall send to Holders and the Trustee a notice that states the special record date, payment date and amount of interest to be paid. Upon the due payment in full of such defaulted interest plus any interest thereon, interest shall no longer accrue on such defaulted interest pursuant to this Section 2.12.

Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing the Securities may use one or more “CUSIP” numbers, and, if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided , however , that no representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP numbers printed on the notice or on the Securities; and provided further that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and the effectiveness of any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, such CUSIP numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP numbers.

 

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On the Issue Date, the Securities shall initially bear the CUSIP and ISIN numbers set forth in the following sentence. The CUSIP and ISIN numbers for the Atairos Global Securities that are Restricted Global Securities shall be 399473 AC1 and US399473AC18, respectively; the CUSIP and ISIN numbers for the Atairos Global Securities that are Unrestricted Global Securities shall be 399473 AD9 and US399473AD90, respectively; the CUSIP and ISIN numbers for Restricted Global Securities other than Atairos Global Securities shall be 399473 AA5 and US399473AA51, respectively; and the CUSIP and ISIN numbers for Unrestricted Global Securities other than Atairos Global Securities shall be 399473 AB3 and US399473AB35, respectively.

Section 2.14. Deposit of Moneys. Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on each Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) money, in funds immediately available on such date, sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.

If any Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, the payment due on such Interest Payment Date, the Maturity Date or such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, shall be postponed until the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest or other amount shall accrue as a result of such postponement.

Section 2.15. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities. (a) Global Securities initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees, (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees, as the case may be, and (iii) bear the legends that such Global Securities are required to bear under Section 2.17.

Members of, or participants in, the Depository (“ Participants ”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depository (or its nominee) may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Security for all purposes whatsoever; provided , however , that each Atairos Global Security shall be subject to the rights under Section 9.02, Section 10.02(c) and Section 13.01 of the beneficial owners of such Atairos Global Security. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, any Securities Agent or any of their respective agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depository or impair, as between the Depository and Participants, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.

 

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(b) Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.15 or Section 2.16, transfers of Global Securities shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. In addition, one or more Physical Securities shall be transferred to each owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security, as identified by the Depository, in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Securities if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that the Depository is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for any Global Security, or the Depository ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act, and, in either case, a successor Depository is not appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of such notice or cessation or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a written request from the beneficial owner (via the Depository) of the relevant Securities to issue Physical Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, if any event described in clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence occurs, any owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Security will be entitled to receive one or more Physical Securities in exchange for its beneficial interest or interests in the Global Securities, and if any event described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence occurs, only the beneficial owner that has made a written request to the Registrar (via the Depository) will be entitled to receive one or more Physical Securities in exchange for its beneficial interest or interests in the Global Securities. The Company may also exchange beneficial interests in a Global Security for one or more Physical Securities registered in the name of the owner of beneficial interests if the Company and the owner of such beneficial interests agree to so exchange.

(c) The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Securities shall be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Securities also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as, to the extent applicable, the other provisions of this Section 2.15(c) that follow:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Security . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Security (or a Restricted Global Security with the same CUSIP number) in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Security Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Security may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Unrestricted Global Security (or an Unrestricted Global Security with the same CUSIP number). No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this clause (i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Securities . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of a beneficial interest in a Global Security that are not addressed by Section 2.15(c)(i), there must be delivered (A) such instruction or order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant to the Depository, as may be required by the Applicable Procedures, directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Security in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (B) instructions given in

 

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accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Security contained in this Indenture, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the Global Securities pursuant to Section 2.15(d).

(iii) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of this Section 2.15(c) and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit E ; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit D ;

and, in each such case set forth in this clause (iii) (other than an exchange or transfer pursuant to an effective registration statement of the Company or Rule 144 under the Securities Act), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that no registration under the Securities Act is required in connection with such exchange or transfer of beneficial interests to the relevant Person or in connection with any re-sales of the beneficial interests in the Unrestricted Global Security that are beneficially owned by such Person on the date of such opinion.

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Security cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in one Restricted Global Security for Beneficial Interests in another Restricted Global Security . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Security may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security with a different CUSIP number or different legends or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security with a different CUSIP number or different legends if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of this Section 2.15(c) and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security with a different CUSIP number or different legends, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit E ; or

 

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(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security with a different CUSIP number or different legends, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit D .

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary provided herein, a holder of a beneficial interest in a Security that is not an Atairos Security may not exchange or transfer such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Atairos Security.

(d) At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Security have been exchanged for Physical Securities or a particular Global Security has been repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Security shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security or for Physical Securities, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Security, such other Global Security shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Security by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(e) In connection with the transfer of a Global Security in its entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 2.15(b), such Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon written instructions from the Company authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Securities of authorized denominations.

(f) Any Physical Security delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Security pursuant to Section 2.15(b), shall bear the same legend(s), if any, from Exhibit B-1A that are borne by the relevant Global Security, except to the extent the requirements of Section 2.15(c)(iii) or Section 2.15(c)(iv) are satisfied with respect to the removal or addition of any legend, mutatis mutandis for the fact that a Physical Security is being issued rather than a beneficial interest in a Global Security.

 

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(g) The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through Participants, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

(h) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on the transfer of any interest in any Securities imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law (including any transfers between or among Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(i) Neither the Trustee nor any Securities Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depository.

(j) No service charge shall be made to or by a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security or to or by a Holder of a Physical Security for any registration of transfer or exchange.

(k) All Global Securities and Physical Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Securities or Physical Securities shall evidence the same debt of the Company and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Global Securities or Physical Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(l) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Securities and, subject to Section 2.09, for all other purposes, and neither of the Trustee or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(m) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

(n) At the option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Securities or Physical Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and send, the replacement Global Securities and Physical Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

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or a participant in, the Depository or other person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominees or of any Participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Global Securities or with respect to the delivery to any Participant, agent member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Securities (or other security or property) under or with respect to such Securities. The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Securities shall be exercised only through the Depository, subject to its applicable rules and procedures. The Trustee and each agent may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its agent members and Participants and any beneficial owners of Global Securities.

Section 2.16. Special Transfer Provisions . (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, but except as provided in Section 2.15(b), a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository.

(b) Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities not bearing the Security Private Placement Legend, unless the Company notifies the Trustee in writing otherwise, the Trustee shall deliver Securities that do not bear the Security Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Securities bearing the Security Private Placement Legend, the Trustee shall deliver only Securities that bear the Security Private Placement Legend unless (i) the requested transfer, exchange or replacement is after the Resale Restriction Termination Date, (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee and the Company an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company and addressed to the Company to the effect that no registration under the Securities Act is required in connection with such transfer, exchange or replacement of such Securities in connection with any re-sales of such Securities on the date of such opinion, (iii) such Security has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the Holder selling such Securities has delivered to the Registrar a notice in the form of Exhibit C hereto or (iv) such Security has been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act and the Holder selling such Securities has delivered to the Registrar a notice in the form of Exhibit D  hereto.

(c) By its acceptance of any Security or any Common Stock bearing the Security Private Placement Legend or the Common Stock Private Placement Legend, each holder thereof acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such security set forth in this Indenture and in the Security Private Placement Legend or Common Stock Private Placement Legend, as applicable, and agrees that it will transfer such security only as provided in this Indenture and as permitted by applicable law.

The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.15 or this Section 2.16 in accordance with its customary document retention policies. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

 

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(d) The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, purchase the Securities in the open market or by tender offer at any price or by private agreement without giving prior notice to Holders. The Company may, at its option, surrender to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities the Company purchases in this manner. Securities surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation may not be reissued or resold and shall be promptly cancelled pursuant to Section 2.11.

Section 2.17. Restrictive Legends .

(a) Each Global Security and Physical Security that constitutes a Restricted Security shall bear the legend (the “ Security Private Placement Legend ”) as set forth in Exhibit B-1A on the face thereof until the date such Securities no longer constitute Restricted Securities as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith (but, in any event, no later than the first anniversary of the Issue Date) and evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate (such date, the “ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”).

No transfer of any Restricted Security prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date will be registered by the Registrar unless the applicable box on the Form of Assignment has been checked.

Any Security (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) (i) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, (ii) that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become effective or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer or (iii) that has been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, may, upon surrender of such Security for exchange to the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of this Article 2, be exchanged for a new Security or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Security Private Placement Legend required by this Section 2.17(a) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. In addition, on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date, upon the request of any Holder and upon surrender of its Security for exchange, the Company shall exchange a Physical Security with the Security Private Placement Legend for a Physical Security without the Security Private Placement Legend so long as the Holder covenants to the Company that it will offer, sell, pledge or otherwise transfer such Security in compliance with the Securities Act. The Company shall be entitled to instruct the Trustee in writing to cancel any Global Security as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms for exchange, and, upon such instruction, the Trustee shall provide evidence of cancellation of such Global Security; and any new Global Security exchanged therefor shall not bear the Security Private Placement Legend specified in this Section 2.17(a) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing upon the occurrence of the Resale Restriction Termination Date and promptly after a registration statement, if any, with respect to the Securities or any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities has been declared effective under the Securities Act.

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Restricted Securities at their time of issuance, bear the legend (the “ Common Stock Private Placement Legend ”) as set forth in Exhibit B-1B unless (i) such Common Stock has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, (ii) such Common Stock has been sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, (iii) such Common Stock has been issued upon conversion of a Security that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force or (iv) otherwise agreed by the Company in writing.

(c) Each Global Security shall also bear the legend as set forth in Exhibit B-2 .

ARTICLE 3

REPURCHASE

Section 3.01. Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental Change . (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder of Securities shall have the right (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Right ”), at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase (a “ Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change ”) all of such Holder’s Securities (or any portion thereof that is equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof), on a date selected by the Company (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ”), which shall be no later than thirty five (35) Business Days, and no earlier than twenty (20) Business Days (or as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3.01(j)), after the date the Fundamental Change Notice is sent in accordance with Section 3.01(b), at a price, payable in cash, equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount of the Securities (or portion thereof) to be so repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ”), subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:

(i) delivery to the Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent), or to a Paying Agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice, no later than the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, of a Repurchase Notice, in the form set forth in the Securities or any other form of written notice substantially similar thereto, in each case, duly completed and signed, with appropriate signature guarantee, stating:

(A) the certificate number(s) of the Securities that the Holder will deliver to be repurchased, if such Securities are Physical Securities;

(B) the principal amount of Securities to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; and

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(ii) delivery to the Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent), or to a Paying Agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice, at any time after the delivery of such Repurchase Notice, of such Securities (together with all necessary endorsements) with respect to which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right is being exercised, if such Securities are Physical Securities, or book-entry transfer of the Securities, if the Securities are Global Securities, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures;

provided , however , that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, then the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of such Securities at the Close of Business on such Record Date (without any surrender of such Securities by such Holder), and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall not include any accrued but unpaid interest.

If such Securities are held in book-entry form through the Depository, the delivery of any Securities, Repurchase Notice, Fundamental Change Notice or notice of withdrawal pursuant to the immediately succeeding paragraph shall comply with the Applicable Procedures.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder that has delivered the Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 3.01(a) to the Company (if it is acting as its own Paying Agent) or to a Paying Agent designated by the Company for such purpose in the Fundamental Change Notice shall have the right to withdraw such Repurchase Notice by delivery, at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, if there shall be a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, at any time during which such Default is continuing), of a written notice of withdrawal to the Company (if acting as its own Paying Agent) or the Paying Agent, which notice shall be delivered in accordance with, and contain the information specified in, Section 3.01(b)(x).

The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

(b) On or before the 20th Business Day after the consummation of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, to all Holders of the Securities in accordance with Section 14.01 a notice (the “ Fundamental Change Notice ”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right arising as a result thereof. The Company shall deliver a copy of the Fundamental Change Notice to the Trustee at the time such notice is delivered to the Holders. Each Fundamental Change Notice shall state:

(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;

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(iii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

(iv) the last date on which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right may be exercised, which shall be the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

(vi) the names and addresses of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

(vii) the procedures that a Holder must follow to exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right;

(viii) that the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Security as to which a Repurchase Notice has been given and not withdrawn will be paid no later than the later of such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of the Security (together with all necessary endorsements);

(ix) that, except as otherwise provided herein with respect to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, on and after such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (unless there shall be a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price), interest on Securities subject to Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change will cease to accrue, and all rights of the Holders of such Securities shall terminate, other than the right to receive, in accordance herewith, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

(x) that a Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election in the Repurchase Notice prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, or such longer period as may be required by law, delivered in the same manner as the related Repurchase Notice was delivered and setting forth the name of such Holder, a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have Securities purchased by the Company on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, the certificate number(s) of such Securities to be so withdrawn (if such Securities are Physical Securities) the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder to be so withdrawn, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof and the principal amount, if any, of the Securities of such Holder that remain subject to the Repurchase Notice delivered by such Holder in accordance with this Section 3.01, which amount must be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof; provided , however , that if there shall be a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, a Holder shall be entitled to withdraw its election in the Repurchase Notice at any time during which such Default is continuing;

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(xii) that Securities with respect to which a Repurchase Notice is given by a Holder may be converted pursuant to Article 10 only if such Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with this Section 3.01 or the Company defaults in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price; and

(xiii) the CUSIP number or numbers, as the case may be, of the Securities.

At the Company’s request, upon prior notice reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, the Trustee shall send such Fundamental Change Notice to the Holders in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided , however , that the form and content of such Fundamental Change Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

No failure of the Company to give a Fundamental Change Notice shall limit any Holder’s right pursuant hereto to exercise a Fundamental Change Repurchase Right.

(c) Subject to the provisions of this Section 3.01, the Company shall pay, or cause to be paid, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to each Security as to which the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right shall have been exercised to the Holder thereof no later than the later of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the time of book-entry transfer or when such Security is surrendered to the Paying Agent together with any necessary endorsements.

(d) The Company shall, in accordance with Section 2.14, deposit with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) money, in funds immediately available on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change for all of the Securities that are to be repurchased by the Company on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change. The Paying Agent shall, promptly after delivering the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price to Holders entitled thereto and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company as soon as practicable, any money in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(e) Once the Fundamental Change Notice and the Repurchase Notice have been duly given in accordance with this Section 3.01, the Securities to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change shall, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, become due and payable in accordance herewith, and, on and after such date (unless there shall be a Default in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price), except as otherwise provided herein with respect to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, such Securities shall cease to bear interest (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Securities has been made or the Securities have been delivered to the Paying Agent), and all rights of the relevant Holders of such Securities shall terminate, other than the right to receive, in accordance herewith, such payments and any other applicable rights under those sections set forth in the proviso in Section 8.01.

 

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(f) Securities with respect to which a Repurchase Notice has been duly delivered in accordance with this Section 3.01 may be converted pursuant to Article 10 only if such Repurchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with this Section 3.01 or the Company defaults in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(g) If any Security shall not be paid on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date upon book-entry transfer or surrender thereof for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Security shall, until paid, bear interest, payable in cash, at the rate borne by such Security on the principal amount of such Security, and such Security shall be convertible pursuant to Article 10 if any Repurchase Notice with respect to such Security is withdrawn pursuant to this Section 3.01.

(h) Any Security that is to be submitted for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change only in part shall be delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, with a notarization or medallion guarantee), and the Company shall promptly execute, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, of the same tenor and in aggregate principal amount equal to the portion of such Security not duly submitted for Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

(i) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default relating to the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, there shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to this Section 3.01 on any date if, on such date, the principal amount of the Securities shall have been accelerated in accordance with this Indenture and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded on or prior to such date in accordance with this Indenture. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Securities held by it during the continuance of such an acceleration.

(j) In connection with any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, the Company shall, to the extent required: (i) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and Regulation 14E under the Exchange Act, and with all other applicable laws; (ii) file a Schedule TO or any other schedules required under the Exchange Act or any other applicable laws; and (iii) otherwise comply with all applicable United States federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Securities; provided that any time period specified in this Article 3 shall be extended to the extent necessary for such compliance.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Securities . The Company shall pay all amounts and make deliveries of securities due with respect to the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and this Indenture. All such amounts shall be considered paid on the date due if

 

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the Paying Agent holds (or, if the Company is acting as Paying Agent, the Company has segregated and holds in trust in accordance with Section 2.04) on that date money sufficient to pay the amount then due with respect to the Securities. The Company will pay, in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, all amounts due in cash with respect to the Securities, which amounts shall be paid: (a) in the case of a Global Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Depository or its nominee; and (b) in the case of a Physical Security, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account within the United States as specified in writing to the Paying Agent by such Holder or, if such Holder does not specify an account, by mailing a check to the address of such Holder set forth in the register of the Registrar. With respect to principal payments, presentation and surrender of Securities is required prior to final payment.

The Company shall pay, in cash, interest on any overdue amount (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest) at the rate borne by the Securities.

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain, or cause to be maintained, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee or Registrar) where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, payment or conversion. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain, or fail to cause to be maintained, any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

The Company will maintain, or cause to be maintained, an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture (other than the type contemplated by Section 14.09(c)) may be served, provided that such office or agency may instead be at the principal office of the Company located in the United States (and, notwithstanding the final sentence of this Section 4.02, shall initially be at such office until the Company notifies the Trustee otherwise).

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Company hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as an agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.

Section 4.03. Annual Reports. (a) The Company shall provide to the Trustee a copy of each report the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act no later than the date 15 Business Days after such report is required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act (after giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act); provided, however , that each such report will be deemed

 

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to be so provided to the Trustee if the Company files such report with the SEC through the SEC’s EDGAR database no later than the time such report is required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act (taking into account any applicable grace periods provided thereunder). To the extent the TIA then applies to this Indenture, the Company shall comply with TIA §314(a). In addition, while the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities and prospective investors, upon request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(b) Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officers’ Certificate).

(c) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to determine or monitor whether the Company has delivered reports in accordance with this Section 4.03.

(d) If, at any time during the six-month period beginning on, and including, the date that is six months after the Issue Date, the Company fails to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than reports on Form 8-K), or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding (as a result of restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities), the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Securities. Such Additional Interest shall accrue on the Securities at the rate of 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Securities outstanding for each day during the period for which the Company’s failure to file has occurred and is continuing or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates (or Holders that have been the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding) without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities. As used in this Section 4.03(d), documents or reports that the Company is required to “file” with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act do not include documents or reports that the Company furnishes to the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(e) If, and for so long as, the Security Private Placement Legend has not been removed, the Securities are assigned a restricted CUSIP number or the Securities are not otherwise freely tradable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding (without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities) as of the 365th day after the Issue Date, the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Securities at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Securities outstanding

 

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until the Security Private Placement Legend has been removed, the Securities are assigned an unrestricted CUSIP number and the Securities are freely tradable by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates (or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding) without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Securities.

(f) Additional Interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual thereof in the same manner as regular interest on the Securities.

(g) The Additional Interest that is payable in accordance with Section 4.03(d) or Section 4.03(e) shall, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any Additional Interest that may be payable as a result of the Company’s election pursuant to 6.02(b). However, in no event shall any Additional Interest that may accrue as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than reports on Form 8-K), as described in Section 4.03(d), together with any interest that may accrue in the event the Company elects to pay Additional Interest in respect of an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.03(a) pursuant to Section 6.02(b), accrue at a rate in excess of 0.50% per annum pursuant to this Indenture, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest.

(h) If the Company is required to pay Additional Interest to Holders, the Company shall provide a direction or order in the form of a written notice to the Trustee (and if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) of the Company’s obligation to pay such Additional Interest no later than three Business Days prior to the date on which any such Additional Interest is scheduled to be paid. Such notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Interest to be paid by the Company on such payment date and direct the Trustee (or, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) to make payment to the extent it receives funds from the Company to do so. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether the Additional Interest is payable, or with respect to the nature, extent or calculation of the amount of the Additional Interest owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest.

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016, a certificate from the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company stating that such officer has conducted or supervised a review of the activities of the Company and its performance of obligations under this Indenture and the Securities and that, based upon such review, no Default or Event of Default exists hereunder or thereunder or, if a Default or Event of Default then exists, specifying such event, status and the remedial action proposed to be taken by the Company with respect to such Default or Event of Default.

 

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Section 4.05. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 4.06. Notice of Default. Within 30 days of the Company’s becoming aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, the Company shall give written notice to the Trustee of such Default or Event of Default, and any remedial action proposed to be taken.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01. When Company May Merge, Etc. Subject to Section 5.02, the Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, or sell, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the consolidated property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (other than one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company (it being understood that this Article 5 shall not apply to a sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of property or assets between or among the Company and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries)), whether in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless (i)(x) the Company is the continuing Person or (y) such other Person is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, such other Person assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture and following such transaction or series of related transactions the Reference Property does not include interests in an entity that is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture.

For purposes of this Section 5.01, the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person other than the Company or one or more other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of the Company, which properties or assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the consolidated properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be deemed to be the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person.

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee substantially concurrently with or prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which may rely upon such Officers’ Certificate as to the absence of Defaults and Events of Default and other statements of fact) stating that the proposed transaction and, if required, such supplemental indenture (if any) will, upon consummation of the proposed transaction, comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.

 

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Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger or any sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all of the Securities, the due and punctual payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to all Securities repurchased on each Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the due and punctual payment of the Redemption Price due on a Redemption Date, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Securities and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture and the Securities to be performed by the Company, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Securities that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities that such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger or any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article 5, the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 5, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Securities and its obligations under this Indenture shall terminate.

In case of any such consolidation, merger or any sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default . An “ Event of Default ” occurs if:

(a) the Company fails to pay the principal of any Security when due, whether on the Maturity Date, on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date with respect to a Fundamental Change, on a Redemption Date, upon acceleration or otherwise;

 

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(b) the Company fails to pay an installment of interest on any Security when due, if the failure continues for thirty (30) days after the date when due;

(c) the Company fails to satisfy its conversion obligations upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion rights pursuant hereto and such failure continues for a period of three (3) Business Days;

(d) the Company fails to (i) comply with its obligations under Article 5 or (ii) issue a Fundamental Change Notice in accordance with Section 3.01(b) when due;

(e) the Company fails to comply with any other term, covenant or agreement set forth in the Securities or this Indenture and such failure continues for the period, and after the notice, specified in the last paragraph of this Section 6.01;

(f)(i) the Company fails to make any payment at maturity, including any applicable grace period, on any indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness of the Company owing to any of its Subsidiaries) outstanding in an amount in excess of $40,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) and continuance of this failure to pay or (ii) there is a default on any indebtedness of the Company (other than indebtedness owing to any of its Subsidiaries), which default results in the acceleration of such indebtedness in an amount in excess of $40,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) without such indebtedness having been discharged or the acceleration having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in the case of clause (i) or (ii) above, for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of outstanding Securities ( provided , however , that if any failure, default or acceleration referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above ceases or is cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, then the Event of Default will be deemed cured);

(g) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of $40,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) in the aggregate is rendered against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, which judgment is not discharged, paid, bonded, waived or stayed within 30 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;

(h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to, or within the meaning of, any Bankruptcy Law, insolvency law, or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or otherwise, either:

(i) commences a voluntary case,

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Bankruptcy Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or

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(i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary, or adjudicates the Company or any Significant Subsidiary insolvent or bankrupt,

(ii) appoints a Bankruptcy Custodian of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary for all or substantially all of the consolidated property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, or

(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary,

and, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this Section 6.01(i), the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for at least sixty (60) consecutive days.

A Default under clause (e) above shall not be an Event of Default until (A) the Trustee notifies the Company in writing, or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding notify the Company and the Trustee in writing, of the Default and (B) the Default is not cured within sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.” If the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities request the Trustee to give such notice on their behalf, the Trustee shall do so. When a Default is cured, it ceases to exist for all purposes under this Indenture.

Section 6.02. Acceleration . (a) Subject to Section 6.02(b), if applicable, if an Event of Default (excluding an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i)) has occurred and is continuing, either the Trustee, by written notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities to be immediately due and payable in full. Upon such declaration, the principal of, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, all Securities shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) occurs, 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may rescind or annul an acceleration and its consequences if (i) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) all existing Events of Default, except the nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration, have been cured or waived (or are waived concurrently with such rescission or annulment) and (iii) all amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06 have been paid. Upon any such rescission or annulment, the Events of Default that were the subject of such acceleration

 

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shall cease to exist and deemed to have been cured for every purpose. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no such rescission and/or annulment shall extend to or shall affect any Default or Event of Default resulting from (i) the nonpayment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, any Securities, (ii) a failure to repurchase any Securities when required or (iii) a failure to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due upon conversion of the Securities.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the first 180 days immediately following an Event of Default relating to failure to comply with Section 4.03(a) or for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA (at any time such section is applicable to the Indenture) (which will be the 61st day after written notice is provided to the Company of the Default pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 6.01, unless such failure is cured or waived prior to such 61st day), the sole remedy for any such Event of Default shall, at the Company’s election, be the accrual of Additional Interest on the Securities at a rate per year equal to (i) 0.25% of the outstanding principal amount of Securities for the first 90 days following the occurrence of such Event of Default and (ii) 0.50% of the outstanding principal amount of Securities for the next 90 days after the first 90 days following the occurrence of such Event of Default, in each case, payable in the same manner and at the same time as the stated interest payable on the Securities. Such Additional Interest shall accrue on all outstanding Securities from, and including, the date on which such Event of Default first occurs to, and including, the 180th day thereafter (or such earlier date on which such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived). On and after the 181st day immediately following an Event of Default relating to a failure to comply with Section 4.03(a), if the Company elected to pay Additional Interest pursuant to this Section 6.02(b) such Additional Interest will cease to accrue and, if such Event of Default has not been cured or waived prior to such 181st day, the payment of the principal of the Securities may be accelerated by the Holders or the Trustee as provided above.

In order to elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 180 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default relating to the failure to comply with the obligations under Section 4.03(a) or for any failure to comply with the requirements of Section 314(a)(1) of the TIA (at any time such section is applicable to this Indenture, if any), the Company shall notify all Holders and the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such election in writing prior to the Close of Business on the date that is one Business Day following the date on which such Event of Default occurs (which will be the 61st day after written notice is provided to the Company of the Default pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 6.01, unless such failure is cured or waived prior to such 61st day). If the Company fails to give timely notice of such election, the Securities will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02(a).

In the event the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest upon such Event of Default in accordance with this Section 6.02(b), the Securities will be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02(a). This Section 6.02(b) does not affect the rights of Holders if any other Event of Default occurs under this Indenture.

 

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Additional Interest shall be payable at the same time, in the same manner and to the same Persons as ordinary interest. Any Additional Interest that is payable in accordance with this Section 6.02(b) shall, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any Additional Interest that is payable pursuant to Section 4.03(d) and Section 4.03(e). However, in no event will the rate of any such Additional Interest payable pursuant to this Section 6.02(b), when taken together with any Additional Interest that may accrue as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than reports on Form 8-K), as described under Section 4.03(d), accrue at a rate in excess of 0.50% per annum, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest.

(c) If the Company is required to pay Additional Interest to Holders, the Company shall provide a direction or order in the form of a written notice to the Trustee (and if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) of the Company’s obligation to pay such Additional Interest no later than three Business Days prior to the date on which any such Additional Interest is scheduled to be paid. Such notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Interest to be paid by the Company on such payment date and direct the Trustee (or, if the Trustee is not the Paying Agent, to the Paying Agent) to make payment to the extent it receives funds from the Company to do so. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether the Additional Interest is payable, or with respect to the nature, extent or calculation of the amount of the Additional Interest owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest.

Section 6.03. Other Remedies. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of amounts due with respect to the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative.

In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Securities parties to any such proceedings.

In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant hereto or any rescission and annulment pursuant hereto or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

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Section 6.04. Waiver of Past Defaults. Subject to Section 6.07 and Section 9.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may on behalf of all Holders of Securities, by written notice to the Trustee, waive any past Default or Event of Default and its consequences, other than a Default or Event of Default (a) in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Security, or in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or the Redemption Price, as the case may be, (b) arising from a failure by the Company to convert any Securities in accordance with this Indenture or (c) in respect of any provision of this Indenture or the Securities which, under Section 9.02, cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected, if:

(i) all existing Defaults or Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Securities that have become due solely by the declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived; and

(ii) the waiver would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction.

When a Default or an Event of Default is waived, it is cured and ceases to exist for all purposes under this Indenture, but no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any rights of Holders or the Trustee related thereto.

Section 6.05. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to the Securities. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity satisfactory to it; provided that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits. Except with respect to any proceeding instituted in accordance with Section 6.07, a Holder shall not have any right to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other remedy under this Indenture unless:

(a) such Holder previously shall have given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default;

(b) the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding shall have made a written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

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(c) such Holder or Holders shall have offered and if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to or of the Trustee in connection with pursuing such remedy; and

(d) the Trustee shall have failed to comply with the request for sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, and during such sixty (60) day period, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding have not given the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with the request.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders). A Holder shall have the right to not enforce any right under this Indenture except in the manner herein.

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Convert Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of all amounts (including any principal, interest or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or the Redemption Price) due with respect to the Securities, on or after the respective due dates as provided herein, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

In addition, notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to convert a Security in accordance with this Indenture, or to bring suit for the enforcement of such right, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

Section 6.08. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or Section 6.01(b) has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount due with respect to the Securities, including any unpaid and accrued interest.

Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or its creditors or properties.

The Trustee may collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official in any judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.10. Priorities . If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

First:    to the Trustee for amounts due under Section 7.06;
Second:    to Holders for all amounts due and unpaid on the Securities, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities; and
Third:    the balance, if any, to the Company.

The Trustee, upon prior written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment by it to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least fifteen (15) days before each such record date, the Trustee shall send to each Holder and the Company a written notice that states such record date and payment date and the amount of such payment.

Section 6.11. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing . All powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.06, every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

Section 6.12. Notice of Defaults . The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence and continuance of a Default of which a Responsible Officer has received written notice of, mail or transmit to all Holders, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the security register of the Registrar, notice of all Defaults known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), or accrued and unpaid interest on, any of the Securities or a Default in the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a committee of Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 6.13. Undertaking for Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit other

 

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than the Trustee of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, a suit by a Holder or group of Holders of more than ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities, any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Security (including, but not limited to, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) on or after the due date expressed or provided for in such Security or any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Security, or receive the consideration due upon conversion, in accordance with the provisions of Article 10.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee . (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(i) the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

 

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(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on or the investment of any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee . (a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document; if, however, the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled during normal business hours to examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney upon reasonable prior notice, at the sole cost of the Company, and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) Any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution.

(d) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its own selection, and the advice of such counsel or any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(e) The Trustee may act through agents or attorneys and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; provided that the Trustee’s action does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

(g) Except with respect to Section 4.01, where it acts as Paying Agent, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article 4. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except (i) any Default or Event of Default occurring

 

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pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) for which it acts as Paying Agent or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer shall have received written notification or obtained actual knowledge. Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Article 4 (other than Section 4.04 and 4.06) is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely on Officers’ Certificates).

(h) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested by this Indenture at the request or demand of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or demand.

(i) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each Securities Agent, agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(j) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of Officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which certificate may be signed by any Person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any Person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

(k) Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee or any Securities Agent be liable under or in connection with this Indenture and the Securities for indirect, special, incidental, punitive or consequential losses or damages of any kind whatsoever, including but not limited to lost profits, whether or not foreseeable, even if the Trustee or such Securities Agent has been advised of the possibility thereof and regardless of the form of action in which such damages are sought.

(l) No bond or surety shall be required of the Trustee with respect to performance of the Trustee’s duties and powers hereunder.

(m) Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by this Indenture or the Note.

(n) Any discretion, permissive right, or privilege of the Trustee hereunder shall not be deemed to be or otherwise construed as a duty or obligation of the Trustee hereunder.

(o) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any special, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential damages or losses of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

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Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee . The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights the Trustee would have if it were not Trustee. Any Securities Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee, however, must comply with Section 7.09.

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities; the Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities; and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults . If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing as to which the Trustee is deemed to have knowledge in accordance with Section 7.02(g), then the Trustee shall send to each Holder a notice of the Default or Event of Default within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice or after acquiring such knowledge, as applicable, unless such Default or Event of Default has been cured or waived; provided , however , that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment or delivery of any amounts due (including principal, interest, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, the Redemption Price or the consideration due upon conversion) with respect to any Security, the Trustee may withhold such notice if, and so long as it in good faith determines that, withholding such notice is in the best interests of Holders.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Indemnity . The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services hereunder as shall be mutually agreed upon in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it pursuant to, and in accordance with, any provision hereof, except for any such expenses as shall have been caused by the Trustee’s own negligence or willful misconduct. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and out-of-pocket expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. The Trustee shall provide the Company with reasonable notice of any expense not in the ordinary course of business.

The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee, each predecessor Trustee and their respective agents for, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim, cost or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and taxes other than those based upon the income of the Trustee) incurred by it in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, the performance of its duties and/or the exercise of its rights hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section 7.06, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers and duties hereunder. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnification; provided that failure to give such notice shall not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Section 7.06. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay amounts due on particular Securities.

The indemnity obligations of the Company with respect to the Trustee provided for in this Section 7.06 shall survive any resignation or removal of the Trustee and any termination of this Indenture.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

Section 7.07. Replacement of Trustee . A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.07.

The Trustee may resign by so notifying the Company in writing thirty (30) days prior to such resignation. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee with the Company’s consent. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09;

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent;

(c) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within thirty (30) days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Company’s expense), the Company or the Holders of at least ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09, the Company or any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall send a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.06.

 

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Section 7.08. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, if such successor corporation is otherwise eligible hereunder.

Section 7.09. Eligibility; Disqualification . There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that (i) is an entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and (iii) has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

Section 7.10. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . To the extent the TIA then applies to the Indenture, the Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b). To the extent the TIA then applies to the Indenture, a Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to §311(a) to the extent indicated.

Section 7.11. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with May 15, 2016, the Trustee shall send to all Holders of the Securities, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such date, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA §313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also send all reports as required by TIA § 313(c). A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to the Holders of Securities shall be delivered to the Company and each stock exchange on which the Securities are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Securities are listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.

ARTICLE 8

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

Section 8.01. Termination of the Obligations of the Company . This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if: (a) either (i) all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Securities have become due and payable at their scheduled maturity or upon conversion, Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or redemption, and in either case the Company irrevocably deposits, prior to the applicable due date, with the Trustee or the Paying Agent (if the Paying Agent is not the Company or any of its Affiliates) cash (or, in the case of conversion, delivers to the Holders in accordance with Article 10 cash, Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional shares) or a combination thereof, as applicable, solely to satisfy the Company’s Conversion Obligation) sufficient to satisfy all obligations due and owing on all outstanding Securities (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.07) on the Maturity

 

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Date, the relevant settlement date of any conversion, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Redemption Date, as the case may be; (b) the Company pays to the Trustee all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and (c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with; provided , however , that Section 2.03, Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.08, Section 7.06, Section 7.07, Section 7.08, Section 7.09, Section 14.09, Section 14.14 and this Article 8 shall survive any discharge of this Indenture until such time as all payments in respect of the Securities have been paid in full and there are no Securities outstanding; provided further , however , that Section 7.06 shall also survive after the Securities are paid in full and there are no Securities outstanding.

Section 8.02. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust all money deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01 and shall apply such deposited money through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of amounts due on the Securities.

Section 8.03. Repayment to Company.

Subject to applicable escheatment laws, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of, and pay to the Company upon the written request of the Company, any excess money held by them at any time. The Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall provide written notice to the Company of any money that has been held by it and has, for a period of two (2) years, remained unclaimed for the payment of the principal of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon the written request of the Company any money held by them for the payment of the principal of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Securities that remains unclaimed for two (2) years. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, subject to applicable law, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money and payment shall, subject to applicable law, cease.

Section 8.04. Reinstatement . If any money, Common Stock or other consideration cannot be applied in accordance with Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit or delivery had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 and Section 8.02 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.01 and Section 8.02; provided , however , that if the Company has made any payment of amounts due with respect to any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, then the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money, Common Stock or other consideration held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or the consent of any Holder:

(a) to comply with Section 5.01 or Section 10.11;

(b) to secure the obligations of the Company in respect of the Securities or add guarantees with respect to the Securities;

(c) to evidence and provide for the appointment of a successor Trustee in accordance with Section 7.07;

(d) to comply with the provisions of any securities depository, including DTC, clearing agency, clearing corporation or clearing system, or the requirements of the Trustee or the Registrar, relating to transfers and exchanges of any applicable Securities pursuant to this Indenture;

(e) to add to the covenants or Events of Default of the Company described in this Indenture for the benefit of Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;

(f) to make provision with respect to adjustments to the Conversion Rate as required by this Indenture or to increase the Conversion Rate in accordance with this Indenture;

(g) to irrevocably elect or eliminate one or more Settlement Methods and/or irrevocably elect a minimum Specified Dollar Amount;

(h) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;

(i) to permit the conversion of the Securities into Reference Property in accordance with Section 10.11; or

(j) to comply with the requirement of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture and any supplemental indenture under the TIA.

In addition, the Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture without the consent of Holders of the Securities to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission or inconsistency in this Indenture in a manner that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

 

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Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders. The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities (including, without limitation, consents obtained from Holders in connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities). Subject to Section 6.04 and 6.07, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities may, by written notice to the Trustee, waive by consent (including, without limitation, consents obtained from Holders in connection with a purchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Securities) compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any other Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything herein to the contrary, without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Security affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not:

(a) change the stated maturity of the principal of, or the payment date of any installment of interest on, any Security;

(b) reduce the principal amount of any Security, or any interest on, any Security or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Security;

(c) change the place or currency of payment of principal of, or any interest on, any Security;

(d) impair the right of any Holder to receive any payment on, or with respect to, or any delivery or payment due upon the conversion of, any Security or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any delivery or payment on, or with respect to, or due upon the conversion of, any Security;

(e) modify, in a manner adverse to Holders, the obligation of the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 to repurchase Securities upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change;

(f) adversely affect the right of Holders to convert Securities in accordance with Article 10;

(g) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities whose Holders must consent to a modification to or amendment of any provision of this Indenture or the Securities; or

(h) modify the provisions of Article 9 that require each Holder’s consent or the waiver provisions of Section 6.04 with respect to modification and waiver (including waiver of a Default or an Event of Default), except to increase the percentage required for modification or waiver or to provide for the consent of each affected Holder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary, so long as any Atairos Securities are outstanding, without the consent of the Holders of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Atairos Securities, an amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may not modify any provision contained in this Indenture specifically and uniquely applicable to the Atairos Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders of, or the holders of a beneficial interest in, the Atairos Securities.

 

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Promptly after an amendment, supplement or waiver under Section 9.01 or this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to send such notice shall not in any way impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

Section 9.03. Revocation and Effect of Consents . Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective (or until such earlier date as specified by the Company in connection with the solicitation of such consent), a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective (or such earlier date specified by the Company in connection with the solicitation of such consent).

After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective with respect to the Securities, it shall bind every Holder unless such amendment, supplement or waiver makes a change that requires, pursuant to Section 9.02, the consent of each Holder affected. In that case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security. Any amendment to this Indenture or the Securities shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture to this Indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect, if the TIA is applicable to this Indenture.

Nothing in this Section 9.03 shall impair the Company’s rights pursuant to Section 9.01 to amend this Indenture or the Securities without the consent of any Holder in the manner set forth in, and permitted by, such Section 9.01.

Section 9.04. Notation on or Exchange of Securities . If an amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security as directed and prepared by the Company about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms.

Section 9.05. Trustee Protected. The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplemental indenture or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9; provided , however , that the Trustee need not sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 that

 

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adversely affects the Trustee’s rights, duties, liabilities or immunities. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon, in addition to the documents set forth in Section 14.03, an Opinion of Counsel as to legal matters and an Officers’ Certificate as to factual matters each stating that any supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver is permitted or authorized pursuant to this Indenture and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions).

Section 9.06. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the due execution and delivery of any supplemental indenture in accordance with this Article 9, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes, and, except as set forth in Section 9.02 and Section 9.03, every Holder of Securities shall be bound thereby.

ARTICLE 10

CONVERSION

Section 10.01. Conversion Privilege. (a) Subject to the limitations of Section 10.02, Section 10.11 and the settlement provisions of Section 10.14(c), and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 10, each Holder of a Security shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) of such Security at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, in each case, at the then applicable Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Securities (subject to the settlement provisions of Section 10.02, the “ Conversion Obligation ”).

(b) To convert its Security, a Holder of a Physical Security must (i) complete and manually sign the Conversion Notice, with appropriate notarization or signature guarantee, or facsimile of the Conversion Notice and deliver the completed Conversion Notice or facsimile thereof to the Conversion Agent, (ii) surrender the Security to the Conversion Agent, (iii) furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Registrar or Conversion Agent, (iv) pay all transfer or similar taxes if required pursuant to Section 10.04 and (v) pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date if so required by Section 10.02(d). If a Holder holds a beneficial interest in a Global Security, to convert such Security, the Holder must comply with clauses (iv) and (v) above and the Depository’s procedures for converting a beneficial interest in a Global Security.

(c) A Holder may convert a portion of the principal amount of a Security if such portion is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to conversion of all of a Security also apply to conversion of a portion of such Security.

Section 10.02. Conversion Procedure and Payment Upon Conversion.

(a) Subject to this Section 10.02 and Section 10.11 and the settlement provisions of Section 10.14(c), upon conversion of any Security, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities

 

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being converted, cash (“ Cash Settlement ”), Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 10.03 (“ Physical Settlement ”) or a combination of cash and Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 10.03 (“ Combination Settlemen t”), at its election, as set forth in this Section 10.02.

(i) All conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, and all conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the Company’s issuance of a notice of redemption with respect to the Securities and prior to the related Redemption Date, shall be settled using the same Settlement Method.

(ii) The Company shall use the same Settlement Method for all conversions of Securities occurring on the same Conversion Date (except for any conversions described in the immediately preceding clause (i)), but the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions that occur on different Conversion Dates.

(iii) If, in respect of any Conversion Date (or for all conversions in any period), the Company elects to deliver a notice (the “ Settlement Notice ”) of the relevant Settlement Method in respect of such Conversion Date (or such period, as the case may be), the Company, through the Trustee, shall deliver such Settlement Notice to converting Holders no later than the Close of Business on the Trading Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date to which such Settlement Notice applies (or, in the case of any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs (x) after the date of issuance of a notice of redemption and prior to the related Redemption Date, in such notice of redemption or (y) on or after the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, no later than the 22nd Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date). If the Company does not elect a Settlement Method prior to the deadline set forth in the immediately preceding sentence for a Conversion Date, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Physical Settlement with respect to conversions on such Conversion Date and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation on such Conversion Date, and the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be equal to $1,000. Such Settlement Notice shall specify the relevant Settlement Method and in the case of an election of Combination Settlement, the relevant Settlement Notice shall indicate the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities. If the Company delivers a Settlement Notice electing Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation but does not indicate a Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities in such Settlement Notice, the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be deemed to be $1,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any conversion of Atairos Securities shall be subject to Section 10.02(a)(v).

 

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(iv) The cash, Common Stock or combination of cash and Common Stock in respect of any conversion of Securities (the “ Settlement Amount ”) shall be computed as follows:

(A) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date ( provided that the Company shall deliver cash in lieu of any fractional shares as described in Section 10.03);

(B) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each Trading Day during the related Observation Period; and

(C) if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected pursuant to Section 10.02(a)(iii)) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement, the Company shall pay or deliver to the converting Holder, as the case may be, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted, a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each Trading Day during the related Observation Period.

(v) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company hereby initially elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation with respect to any conversion of Atairos Securities by Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Securities. The Company may change its Settlement Method election (and, in the case of Combination Settlement, the Specified Dollar Amount) with respect to any conversion of Atairos Securities by delivering a notice that specifies the newly elected Settlement Method and, in the case of Combination Settlement, the applicable Specified Dollar Amount (the “ Atairos Settlement Notice ”) to the Holders of the Atairos Securities, and such newly elected Settlement Method (and, in the case of Combination Settlement, the Specified Dollar Amount) shall be effective no earlier than ten (10) Trading Days after the date on which such Atairos Settlement Notice was received by the Holder. In the event any Holder(s) of Atairos Securities exercises its right to convert all or any portion of such Atairos Securities, (A) the relevant Observation Period for purposes of determining the Daily Settlement Amount, in the case of Combination Settlement, and Daily Conversion Values, in the case of Cash Settlement, with respect to such Atairos Securities shall be the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 20th Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Conversion Date and ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding such Conversion Date and (B) the Company shall promptly (x) determine the Daily Settlement Amount or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock and (y) notify the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and such Holder

 

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of Atairos Securities being so converted of the Daily Settlement Amount or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock.

(vi) The Daily Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Conversion Values (if applicable) shall be determined by the Company promptly following the last day of the Observation Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock, and in any event within one (1) Business Day following the last day of the Observation Period, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering fractional shares of Common Stock. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for any such determination.

(b) Each conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as to any Securities surrendered for conversion at the Close of Business on the applicable Conversion Date; provided , however , that the Person in whose name any shares of the Common Stock shall be issuable upon such conversion shall become the holder of record of such shares as of the Close of Business on such Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement or any conversion of Atairos Securities) or the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement of Securities other than Atairos Securities). Prior to such time, a Holder receiving Common Stock upon conversion shall not be entitled to any rights relating to such Common Stock, including, among other things, the right to vote and receive dividends and notices of shareholder meetings. The Company will determine the Conversion Date and the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period, as applicable, in accordance with the requirements set forth herein and notify the Trustee of the same.

(c) In the case of any conversion of Securities other than the Atairos Securities, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due in respect of the Conversion Obligation on the later of (i) the third Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) and (ii) the third Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement or Cash Settlement). In the case of any conversion of Atairos Securities, (i) to the extent all or a portion of the Conversion Obligation is paid in cash, such cash shall not be due until the earlier of (A) the 30th Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date and (B) the Maturity Date, and (ii) to the extent all or a portion of the Conversion Obligation is to be paid in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall be delivered on the day specified in a written notice from the beneficial owner(s) of the Atairos Securities being converted that is delivered to the Company on or prior to the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, which delivery date (in respect of such shares of Common Stock) shall be no earlier than the third Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date and be no later than the seventh Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date (it being understood that if no such notice is delivered to the Company, then the Company shall deliver such shares on the third Business

 

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Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date). Such written notice shall include a certification therein that the beneficial owners delivering such written notice are holders that hold beneficial interests in the Atairos Securities subject to conversion. If any shares of Common Stock are due to converting Holders, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, and deliver or cause to be delivered to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee(s) or transferee(s), certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depository for the full number of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Company’s Conversion Obligation.

(d) Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Section 10.02(d), no payment or adjustment will be made for accrued interest on a converted Security, and accrued interest, if any, will be deemed to be paid by the consideration paid to the Holder upon conversion. Such accrued interest, if any, shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. The Company’s settlement of the full Conversion Obligation shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Security and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date. Upon a conversion of Securities into a combination of cash and Common Stock, accrued and unpaid interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the cash paid upon such conversion. If any Holder surrenders a Security for conversion after the Close of Business on the Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest but prior to the Open of Business on the next Interest Payment Date, then, notwithstanding such conversion, the full amount of interest payable with respect to such Security on such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of such Security at the Close of Business on such Record Date; provided , however , that such Security, when surrendered for conversion, must be accompanied by payment in cash to the Conversion Agent on behalf of the Company of an amount equal to the full amount of interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the Security so converted; provided further , however , that such payment to the Conversion Agent described in the immediately preceding proviso in respect of a Security surrendered for conversion shall not be required with respect to a Security that (i) is surrendered for conversion after the Close of Business on the Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date, (ii) is surrendered for conversion after the Close of Business on a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or prior to the Open of Business on the related Interest Payment Date, where, pursuant to Section 3.01, the Company has specified, with respect to a Fundamental Change, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Record Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date or (iii) is surrendered for conversion after the Close of Business on a Record Date for the payment of an installment of interest and on or prior to the Open of Business on the related Interest Payment Date, where, pursuant to Section 13.01, the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after such Record Date but on or prior to such Interest Payment Date.

(e) If a Holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Securities shall be based on the total principal amount of all Securities so converted.

 

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(f) Upon surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered.

Section 10.03. Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares . The Company shall not issue fractional shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of a Security. Instead, the Company shall pay to converting Holders cash in lieu of fractional shares based on the Daily VWAP on the relevant Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or based on the Daily VWAP on the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares that shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement) or the aggregate principal amount of the Securities, or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby (in the case of Physical Settlement) so surrendered, and any fractional shares remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.

Section 10.04. Taxes on Conversion . If a Holder converts its Security, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue, if any, of Common Stock upon the conversion. However, the Holder shall pay such tax which is due because the Holder requests the shares of Common Stock to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. The Company may refuse to deliver the certificate(s) representing the Common Stock being issued or delivered to the Holder or in a name other than such Holder’s name until the Conversion Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax or duty which will be due because shares of Common Stock are to be issued or delivered in a name other than such Holder’s name.

Section 10.05. Company to Provide Common Stock . The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Securities, such number of its duly authorized shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient for the conversion of all outstanding Securities into shares of Common Stock at any time (assuming, for such purposes, that (i) Physical Settlement will apply to all conversions of Securities, (ii) at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Securities would be converted by a single Holder and (iii) the maximum Conversion Rate permitted by Section 10.14 is applicable to such conversion). The Company shall, from time to time and in accordance with Delaware law, cause the authorized number of shares of Common Stock to be increased if the aggregate of the number of authorized shares of Common Stock remaining unissued shall not be sufficient for the conversion of all outstanding (and issuable as set forth above) Securities into shares of Common Stock at any time.

All Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Securities shall be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be free of preemptive or similar rights and free of any lien or adverse claim that arises from the action or inaction of the Company.

The Company shall comply with all securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of any Common Stock upon conversion of Securities and shall list such shares on each national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed on the applicable Conversion Date.

 

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Section 10.06. Adjustment of Conversion Rate . The Conversion Rate shall be subject to adjustment from time to time, without duplication, upon the occurrence of any of the following events on or after the date of this Indenture:

(a) In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on its Common Stock consisting exclusively of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be increased by multiplying such Conversion Rate by a fraction of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution, and the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend or distribution, based on the following formula:

 

CR’ = CR 0  ×

 

OS

OS 0

 

 

where,

CR 0

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date of such dividend or distribution;

CR’

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution;

OS 0

  =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution; and

OS’

  =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend or distribution.

In case the Company shall effect a share split or share combination of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be proportionally increased, in the case of a share split, and proportionally reduced, in the case of a share combination, as expressed in the following formula:

 

CR’ = CR 0  ×

 

OS

OS 0

 

 

where,

CR 0

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination;

CR’

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination;

 

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OS 0

  =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination; and

OS’

  =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such share split or share combination.

Any adjustment made under this Section 10.06(a) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date for such share split or share combination, as the case may be. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 10.06(a) is declared but not so paid or made, then the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(b) If the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period expiring not more than forty-five (45) days immediately following the date of such distribution, to purchase or subscribe for Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR’ = CR 0  ×

 

OS 0  + X

OS 0  + Y

 

 

where,

CR 0

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution;

CR’

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex Date;

OS 0

  =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex Date;

X

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

Y

  =    the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such distribution.

 

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Any increase made under this Section 10.06(b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are distributed and shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution. To the extent that Common Stock is not delivered after expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted, effective as of the date of such expiration, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the distribution of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex Date for such distribution had not occurred.

In determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at less than such average of the Closing Sale Prices for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such distribution, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors. Except in the case of a readjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Conversion Rate shall not be decreased pursuant to this Section 10.06(b).

(c) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other of its assets, securities or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, but excluding (i) dividends or distributions as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.06(a) or Section 10.06(b), (ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 10.06(d), (iii) distributions of Reference Property in a transaction described in Section 10.11, (iv) rights issued pursuant to a rights plan of the Company (i.e., a poison pill), except to the extent provided by Section 10.13, and (v) Spin-Offs to which the provisions set forth in the latter portion of this Section 10.06(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, indebtedness or other assets, securities or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, the “ Distributed Property ”), then, in each such case the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR’ = CR 0  ×

 

SP 0

SP 0  – FMV

 

where,

 

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CR’   =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution;

SP 0

  =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex Date for such distribution; and

FMV

  =    the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors) of the Distributed Property distributable with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock as of the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution.

If the Board of Directors determines “FMV” for purposes of this Section 10.06(c) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex Date for such distribution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than the “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, provision shall be made for each Holder of a Security to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as the holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of Distributed Property that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex Date for such distribution.

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 10.06(c) above shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 10.06(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, where such Capital Stock or similar equity interest is listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “ Spin-Off ”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR’ = CR 0  ×

  

FMV 0  + MP 0

MP 0

  

where,

 

CR 0

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for the Spin-Off;

 

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CR’   =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for the Spin-Off;
FMV 0   =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock (determined by reference to the definition of Closing Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references therein to Common Stock were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Ex Date for a Spin-Off (the “ Valuation Period ”); and
MP 0   =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

The increase to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall be determined on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period, but will be given effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such Spin-Off. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) in respect of any conversion during the Valuation Period for which Physical Settlement is applicable, references in the portion of this Section 10.06(c) related to Spin-Offs with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex Date of such Spin-Off and the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion during the Valuation Period for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the Valuation Period, references in the portion of this Section 10.06(c) related to Spin-Offs with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex Date of such Spin-Off and such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day. If the period from and including the Ex Date for the Spin-Off to and including the last Trading Day of the Observation Period in respect of any conversion of Securities is less than 10 Trading Days, references in the portion of this Section 10.06(c) related to Spin-Offs with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced, solely in respect of that conversion of Securities, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex Date for the Spin-Off to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Observation Period.

Subject in all respects to Section 10.13, rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of its Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“ Trigger Event ”): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Stock; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 10.06(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.06(c), will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 10.06(c), as the case may be. If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the

 

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date of this Indenture, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (and a termination or expiration of the existing rights, options or warrants without exercise by any of the holders thereof). In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.06(c), as the case may be, was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or repurchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued.

For purposes of Section 10.06(a), Section 10.06(b) and this Section 10.06(c), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 10.06(c) is applicable also includes one or both of:

(A) a dividend or distribution of Common Stock to which Section 10.06(a) is applicable (the “ Clause A Distribution ”); or

(B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 10.06(b) is applicable (the “ Clause B Distribution ”),

then (1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 10.06(c) is applicable (the “ Clause C Distribution ”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 10.06(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made and (2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 10.06(a) and Section 10.06(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Board of Directors, the Ex Date of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Ex Date of the Clause C Distribution and any Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution” or “outstanding immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date of such share split or share combination,” as the case may be within the meaning of Section 10.06(a) or “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such distribution” within the meaning of Section 10.06(b).

 

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Except in the case of a readjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to the last sentence of either the fourth or seventh paragraph of this Section 10.06(c), the Conversion Rate shall not be decreased pursuant to this Section 10.06(c).

(d) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1  = CR 0  x

  

SP 0

SP 0  – C

  

where,

 

CR 0

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution;

CR 1

  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution;

SP 0

  =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution (or, if the Company declares such dividend or distribution less than eleven (11) Trading Days prior to the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution the reference to ten (10) consecutive Trading Days shall be replaced with a smaller number of consecutive Trading Days that shall have occurred after, and not including, such declaration date and prior to, but not including, the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution); and

C

  =    the amount in cash per share of Common Stock the Company distributes to holders of its Common Stock.

Any adjustment made under this Section 10.06(d) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex Date for such dividend or distribution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, provision shall be made for each Holder of a Security to receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount of cash such Holder would have received as if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex Date for such cash dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

Except in the case of a readjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Conversion Rate shall not be decreased pursuant to this Section 10.06(d).

 

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(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock, if the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR’ = CR 0  ×

 

AC + (SP ’ × OS’)

OS 0  × SP’

 

 

where,

 

     
CR 0    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;
CR’    =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;
AC    =    the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
OS 0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer);
OS’    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the time such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to such tender offer or exchange offer); and
SP’    =    the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

The increase to the Conversion Rate under this Section 10.06(e) shall occur at the Close of Business on the tenth (10th) Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that, for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate, (x) in respect of any conversion for which Physical Settlement is applicable during the ten (10) Trading Days immediately following, but excluding, the date that any such tender or exchange offer expires, references in this Section 10.06(e) to ten (10) consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of consecutive Trading Days as have elapsed between the date such tender or exchange offer

 

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expires and the relevant Conversion Date and (y) in respect of any conversion for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the ten (10) Trading Days immediately following, but excluding, the date that any such tender or exchange offer expires, references in this Section 10.06(e) to ten (10) consecutive Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of consecutive Trading Days as have elapsed between the date of such tender or exchange offer and such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day. If the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase the Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer but the Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately decreased to the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.

Except in the case of a readjustment of the Conversion Rate pursuant to the last sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, the Conversion Rate shall not be decreased pursuant to this Section 10.06(e).

(f) In addition to the foregoing adjustments in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and the rules of the Relevant Stock Exchange, the Company may, from time to time and to the extent permitted by law, increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least twenty (20) Trading Days or any longer period as may be permitted or required by law, if the Board of Directors has made a determination, which determination shall be conclusive, that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company. Such Conversion Rate increase shall be irrevocable during such period. The Company shall give notice to the Trustee and cause notice of such increase, which notice will include the amount of the increase and the period during which the increase shall be in effect, to be sent to each Holder of Securities in accordance with Section 14.01, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which such increase commences.

(g) All calculations under this Article 10 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share, as the case may be. Adjustments to the Conversion Rate will be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000 th of a share.

(h) Notwithstanding this Section 10.06 or any other provision of this Indenture or the Securities, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex Date, and a Holder that has converted its Securities on or after such Ex Date and on or prior to the related record date would be treated as the record holder of the Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date as described under Section 10.02(b) based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex Date, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 10.06, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex Date shall not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder shall be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

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Security and the Daily Settlement Amount for any Trading Day during the Observation Period applicable to such Security (x) is calculated based on a Conversion Rate adjusted on account of any event described in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 10.06 and (y) includes any shares of Common Stock that entitle their holder to participate in such event, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 10.06, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such event will not be made for such converting Holder for such Trading Day. Instead, such Holder will be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

(j) For purposes of this Section 10.06, “ effective date ” means the first date on which the Common Stock trade on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

(k) For purposes of this Section 10.06, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.

Section 10.07. No Adjustment . The Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted for any transaction or event other than for any transaction or event described in this Article 10. Without limiting the foregoing, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:

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

(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries (or the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such options or other rights);

(iii) upon the issuance of any Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) above and outstanding as of the date the Securities were first issued;

(iv) for accrued and unpaid interest, if any;

(v) repurchases of Common Stock that are not tender offers or exchange offers pursuant to Section 10.06(e), including structured or derivative transactions such as accelerated share repurchase transactions or similar forward derivatives;

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(vii) for the issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or the right to purchase Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities, except as described in Section 10.06.

No adjustment in the Conversion Rate of less than one percent (1%) of the Conversion Rate as last adjusted (or, if never adjusted, the initial Conversion Rate) shall be made pursuant to Section 10.06(a) through Section 10.06(e); provided , however , that (i) the Company shall carry forward any adjustments that are not made as a result of the foregoing and make such carried forward adjustments with respect to the Conversion Rate when the cumulative effect of all adjustments not yet made will result in a change of one percent (1%) or more of the Conversion Rate as last adjusted (or, if never adjusted, the initial Conversion Rate) and (ii) notwithstanding the foregoing, all such deferred adjustments that have not yet been made shall be made (including any adjustments that are less than one percent (1%) of the Conversion Rate as last adjusted (or, if never adjusted, the initial Conversion Rate)) (1) on the effective date of any Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (2) on (A) the Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) and (B) on each Trading Day of any Observation Period (in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement).

No adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made pursuant to Section 10.06 for a transaction (other than for share splits or share combinations pursuant to Section 10.06(a) or tender offers or exchange offers pursuant to Section 10.06(e)) if the Company makes provision for each Holder to participate in the transaction, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock participate in such transaction, without conversion, as if such Holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex Date or effective date, as applicable, of the transaction (without giving effect to any adjustment pursuant to Section 10.06 on account of such transaction), multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Securities held by such Holder.

Section 10.08. Other Adjustments . Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the computation of an average of the Closing Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a period of multiple Trading Days (including an Observation Period and the period for determining the Applicable Price for purposes of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change), the Board of Directors, in its good faith determination, shall appropriately adjust such average to account for any event requiring, pursuant hereto, an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the effective date, Ex Date or expiration date of such event occurs at any time on or after the first Trading Day of such period and on or prior to the last Trading Day of such period.

Section 10.09. Adjustments for Tax Purposes . Except as prohibited by law, the Company may (but is not obligated to) make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by Section 10.06 hereof, as it considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of Common Stock (or rights to purchase Common Stock) resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to acquire stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason.

 

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Section 10.10. Notice of Adjustment and Certain Events . (a) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate describing in reasonable detail the adjustment and the method of calculation used and the Company shall promptly send to the Holders in accordance with Section 14.01 a notice of the adjustment setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the calculation thereof. The certificate and notice shall be conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment. In the absence of an Officers’ Certificate being filed with the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not the Trustee), the Trustee may assume without inquiry that the Conversion Rate has not been adjusted and that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge remains in effect.

(b) In case of any:

(i) action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that would require an adjustment to the Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 10.06 or Section 10.13;

(ii) Merger Event; or

(iii) voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company;

then the Company shall at least ten days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction or event cause written notice thereof to be sent to the Trustee and the Holders in accordance with Section 14.01 Such notice shall also specify, as applicable, the date or expected date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to a distribution and the date or expected date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

Section 10.11. Effect of Reclassifications, Consolidations, Mergers, Binding Share Exchanges or Sales on Conversion Privilege . If on or after the date of this Indenture the Company:

(a) reclassifies the Common Stock (other than a change as a result of a subdivision or combination of Common Stock to which Section 10.06(a) applies);

(b) is party to a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange; or

(c) sells, transfers, leases, conveys or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of the consolidated property or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,

in each case, pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into or exchanged for, or would constitute solely the right to receive, cash, securities or other property or assets (any such event, a “ Merger Event ”), each $1,000 principal amount of converted Securities will, from and after the effective time of such Merger Event, be convertible into the same kind, type and proportions of consideration that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the

 

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Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such Merger Event would have received in such Merger Event (“ Reference Property ” with each “ unit of Reference Property ” meaning the kind and amount of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive) and, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company or the successor or purchasing Person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 9.01(a) providing for such change in the right to convert the Securities; provided , however , that at and after the effective time of the Merger Event (A) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of Securities in accordance with Section 10.02 and (B) (I) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with Section 10.02 shall continue to be payable in cash, (II) any Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with Section 10.02 shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have received in such Merger Event and (III) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of a unit of Reference Property.

If the Merger Event causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration determined based in whole or in part upon any form of stockholder election, then (i) the Reference Property into which the Securities will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election (or, if no holders of Common Stock affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock) and (ii) the unit of Reference Property for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph shall refer to the consideration referred to in clause (i) attributable to one share of Common Stock. The Company shall notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such weighted average as soon as reasonably practicable after such determination is made. If the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such Merger Event, then for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such Merger Event (A) the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date (as may be increased pursuant to Section 10.14), multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Merger Event and (B) the Company shall satisfy its Conversion Obligation by paying cash to converting Holders on the third Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date.

The supplemental indenture referred to in the first sentence of this Section 10.11 shall provide for adjustments to the Conversion Rate that shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments of the Conversion Rate provided for in this Article 10 and for the delivery of cash by the Company in lieu of fractional securities or property that would otherwise be deliverable to holders upon Conversion as part of the Reference Property, with such amount of cash determined by the Board of Directors in a manner as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to that used by the Company to determine the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock. The provisions of this Section 10.11 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, binding share exchanges, sales, transfers, leases, conveyances or dispositions.

 

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The Company shall not consummate any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 10.11.

None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder to convert its Securities into Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional share) as set forth in Section 10.01 and Section 10.02 prior to the effective date of such Merger Event.

In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental indenture in accordance with this Section 10.11, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of Reference Property receivable by Holders of the Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any such Merger Event and any adjustment to be made with respect thereto.

Section 10.12. Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee and the Conversion Agent shall have no duty to determine the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require that any adjustment under this Article 10 should be made, how it should be made or what such adjustment should be, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such adjustment, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.10 hereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent makes any representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Securities, and neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall be responsible for the failure by the Company to comply with any provisions of this Article 10 or to monitor any Person’s compliance with this Article 10.

The Trustee shall not be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to Section 10.11, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness thereof, and shall be protected in relying upon, the Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto which the Company is obligated to file with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.11 hereof.

Section 10.13. Rights Distributions Pursuant to Shareholders’ Rights Plans. To the extent that on or after the date of this Indenture the Company adopts a rights plan (i.e., a poison pill) and such plan is in effect upon conversion of any Security or a portion thereof, the Company shall make provision such that each Holder thereof shall receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the Common Stock due upon conversion (if any), the rights described in such plan, unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock before the time of conversion, in which case the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all holders of Common Stock, Distributed Property as described in Section 10.06(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

Section 10.14. Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Securities Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes . (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Conversion Rate applicable to each Security that is surrendered for conversion, in accordance with this Article 10, at any time during the period (the “ Make-Whole Conversion

 

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Period ”) from, and including, the effective date (the “ Effective Date ”) of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change (which Effective Date the Company shall disclose in the written notice referred to in Section 10.14(e)) (A) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change does not also constitute a Fundamental Change, to, and including, the Close of Business on the date that is thirty (30) Business Days after the later of (i) such Effective Date and (ii) the date the Company sends to Holders the relevant notice of the Effective Date or (B) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change, to, and including, the Close of Business on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date corresponding to such Fundamental Change, shall be increased to an amount equal to the Conversion Rate that would, but for this Section 10.14, otherwise apply to such Security pursuant to this Article 10, plus an amount equal to the Make-Whole Applicable Increase.

(b) As used herein, “ Make-Whole Applicable Increase ” shall mean, with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the amount, set forth in the following table, which corresponds to the Effective Date and the Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:

 

    

Applicable Price

 

Effective Date

   $3.92      $4.50      $5.00      $5.40      $6.00      $7.00      $8.10      $10.00      $12.50      $15.00      $17.50  

April 4, 2016

     69.9168         55.6639         45.4674         39.1120         31.7175         23.1971         17.1534         11.0063         6.7985         4.5106         3.1171   

April 1, 2017

     69.9168         54.4148         43.6828         37.0561         29.4348         20.8324         14.9144         9.1544         5.4477         3.5428         2.4225   

April 1, 2018

     69.9168         52.8004         41.3838         34.4050         26.4865         17.7811         12.0464         6.8364         3.8225         2.4233         1.6467   

April 1, 2019

     69.9168         50.7555         38.4418         30.9705         22.5998         13.6868         8.2005         3.8506         1.8918         1.1823         0.8243   

April 1, 2020

     69.9168         48.1586         34.9018         26.8654         17.7928         7.8474         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000   

April 1, 2021

     69.9168         43.5897         29.4564         21.4100         13.0728         5.2121         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000   

April 1, 2022

     69.9168         37.0370         14.8148         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000         0.0000   

provided , however , that:

(i) if the actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is between two (2) Applicable Prices listed in the table above under the row titled “Applicable Price,” or if the actual Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is between two Effective Dates listed in the table above in the column immediately below the title “Effective Date,” then the Make-Whole Applicable Increase for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be determined by linear interpolation between the Make-Whole Applicable Increases set forth for such higher and lower Applicable Prices, or for such earlier and later Effective Dates based on a three hundred and sixty-five (365) or three hundred and sixty-six (366) day year, as applicable;

(ii) if the actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is greater than $17.50 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Applicable Prices pursuant to Section 10.14(b)(iii)), or if the actual Applicable Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is less than $3.92 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Applicable Prices pursuant to Section 10.14(b)(iii)), then the Make-Whole Applicable Increase shall be equal to zero (0);

 

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(iii) if an event occurs that requires, pursuant to this Article 10 (other than solely pursuant to this Section 10.14), an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then, on the date and at the time such adjustment is so required to be made, each Applicable Price set forth in the table above under the column titled “Applicable Price” shall be deemed to be adjusted so that such Applicable Price, at and after such time, shall be equal to the product of (A) such Applicable Price as in effect immediately before such adjustment to such Applicable Price and (B) a fraction the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before such adjustment to the Conversion Rate and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate to be in effect, in accordance with this Article 10, immediately after such adjustment to the Conversion Rate; and

(iv) each Make-Whole Applicable Increase amount set forth in the table above shall be adjusted in the same manner, for the same events and at the same time as the Conversion Rate is required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 10.06 through Section 10.13.

(c) Subject to Section 10.11, upon surrender of Securities for conversion in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall, at its option, satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement in accordance with Section 10.02; provided , however , that if at the effective time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change the consideration for the Common Stock is composed entirely of cash, for any conversion of Securities following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Applicable Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount equal to, per $1,000 principal amount of converted Securities, the Conversion Rate (including any Make-Whole Applicable Increase), multiplied by such Applicable Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation will be determined and shall be paid to Holders in cash on the third Business Day following the Conversion Date.

(d) As used herein, “ Applicable Price ” shall have the following meaning with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (i) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is a transaction or series of transactions described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change and the consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) for Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change consists solely of cash, then the “Applicable Price” with respect to such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be equal to the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and (ii) in all other circumstances, the “Applicable Price” with respect to such Make-Whole Fundamental Change shall be equal to the average of the Closing Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days immediately preceding, but excluding, the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, which average shall be appropriately adjusted by the Board of Directors, in its good faith determination, to account for any adjustment, pursuant hereto, to the Conversion Rate that shall become effective, or any event requiring, pursuant hereto, an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the effective date, Ex Date or expiration date of such event occurs, at any time during such five (5) consecutive Trading Days.

 

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(e) The Company shall send to each Holder, in accordance with Section 14.01, written notice of the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change within ten (10) days after such Effective Date. Each such notice shall also state that, in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company shall increase, in accordance herewith, the Conversion Rate applicable to Securities entitled as provided herein to such increase (along with a description of how such increase shall be calculated and the time periods during which Securities must be surrendered in order to be entitled to such increase, including, without limitation, the last day of the Make-Whole Conversion Period).

(f) For avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 10.14 shall not affect or diminish the Company’s obligations, if any, pursuant to Article 3 with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that also constitutes a Fundamental Change.

(g) Nothing in this Section 10.14 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 10.06 in respect of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

ARTICLE 11

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

Section 11.01. Action by Holders . Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (i) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, (ii) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 or (iii) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Securities, the Company or the Trustee may fix, but shall not be required to, in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected shall be not more than fifteen (15) days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

Section 11.02. Proof of Execution by Holders . Subject to the provisions of Section 12.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be proved by the security register of the Registrar or by a certificate of the Registrar. The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 12.06.

Section 11.03. Persons Deemed Absolute Owners . The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Security shall be registered upon the security register of the Registrar to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any

 

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Person other than the Company or any Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and (subject to Section 2.12 and Section 4.01) accrued and unpaid interest on such Security, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, if applicable, for conversion of such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any authenticating agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable upon any such Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Securities following an Event of Default, any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depository or any other Person, such holder’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Physical Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

ARTICLE 12

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 12.01. Purpose of Meetings . A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 12 for any of the following purposes:

(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 6;

(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article 7;

(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02; or

(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Securities under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

Section 12.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee . The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take any action specified in Section 12.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 11.01, shall be sent to Holders of such Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the security register of the Registrar. Such notice shall also be sent to the Company. Such notices shall be sent not less than twenty (20) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Any meeting of Holders shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Securities then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Securities outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.

 

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Section 12.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders . In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have sent the notice of such meeting within twenty (20) days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 12.01, by sending notice thereof as provided in Section 12.02.

Section 12.04. Qualifications for Voting . To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Securities on the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Securities on the record date pertaining to such meeting. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 12.05. Regulations . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders, in regard to proof of the holding of Securities and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 12.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.

Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09, at any meeting of Holders each Holder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Securities held or represented by such Holder or proxyholder, as the case may be; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Securities held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Holders. Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 12.02 or Section 12.03 may be adjourned from time to time by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Securities represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

 

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Section 12.06. Voting . The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the outstanding principal amount of the Securities held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was sent as provided in Section 12.02. The record shall show the principal amount of the Securities voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

Section 12.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting . Nothing contained in this Article 12 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Securities. Nothing contained in this Article 12 shall be deemed or construed to limit any Holder’s actions pursuant to the Applicable Procedures so long as the Securities are Global Securities.

ARTICLE 13

R EDEMPTION

Section 13.01. Optional Redemption; Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . Prior to April 1, 2020, the Company may not redeem the Securities. On and after April 1, 2020, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities for cash, in whole but not in part, upon notice pursuant to Section 13.03, at a price (the “ Redemption Price ”) equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date will be paid to Holders of record of such Securities on such Record Date, and the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Securities), provided that the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock for 20 or more Trading Days (whether or not consecutive and including the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the redemption notice is delivered to Holders) during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately prior to the date the redemption notice is delivered to Holders is equal to or exceeds 150% of the applicable Conversion Price on each applicable Trading Day; provided further that, in the case of a redemption of any Atairos Securities in whole or in part, the Company shall have

 

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on file with the SEC an effective shelf registration statement of the Company on Form S-3 (or any successor form) for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC) covering the Common Stock. In addition, to the extent such Atairos Securities constitute “Registrable Securities” under the Investment Agreement, if there is a “Blackout Period” (as defined in the Investment Agreement) covering any time during the period from and including the tenth (10th) Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date to and including the Trading Day immediately prior to the Redemption Date (the “ Open Period ”) then the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, notify the Trustee and the Holders of the Atairos Securities (and, in accordance with the Investment Agreement, the beneficial owners parties thereto of the Atairos Securities) that there is such a Blackout Period, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the notice of redemption shall automatically be deemed withdrawn with respect to the Atairos Securities, and the Holders of the Atairos Securities shall have the right, upon notice to the Trustee and the Company delivered within 3 Business Days after the Withdrawal Time to rescind any Conversion Notice that is pending as of the Withdrawal Time and/or to rescind any conversion of Atairos Securities pursuant to Article 10 with respect to which the Settlement Amount has, as of the Withdrawal Time, not yet been delivered to such Holder or its designee.

Any redemption pursuant to this Section 13.01 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of this Article 13. The election of the Company to redeem the Securities pursuant to this Article 13 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. As used herein, the “ Redemption Date ” means the date specified for redemption of the Securities in accordance with the terms of this Article 13.

No Securities may be redeemed by the Company pursuant to this Article 13 if the payment of the principal amount of the Securities has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded by the Holders, on or prior to the Redemption Date.

Section 13.02. [Reserved] .

Section 13.03. Notice of Redemption . Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid (or in accordance with the Applicable Procedures in the case of Global Securities), delivered not less than, as the case may be, 50 days (with respect to any redemption of Atairos Securities) or less than 30 days (with respect to any redemption of Securities other than Atairos Securities), and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address appearing in the security register; provided, however, that the Company shall not deliver any notice of redemption to any Holder at any time when there exists any Default or Event of Default.

All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities (including CUSIP number(s)) to be redeemed and shall state:

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(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) that Holders have a right to convert the Securities called for redemption upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 10.02;

(iv) the time at which the Holders’ right to convert the Securities called for redemption will expire, which will be the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;

(v) the Conversion Rate, any adjustments thereto, and the Settlement Method that shall apply during the redemption period;

(vi) the procedures a Holder must follow to convert its Securities;

(vii) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; and

(viii) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s written request with 10 Business Days’ advance notice (unless a shorter period is agreed to by the Trustee), by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. Until and including the date that is 30 days prior to the Redemption Date, the Company may revoke, in whole, but not in part, any notice of redemption of Atairos Securities delivered under this Article 13.

Section 13.04. Deposit of Redemption Price . Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Company on at the Company’s request, or if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.

Section 13.05. Securities Payable on Redemption Date . Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price.

 

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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

ARTICLE 14

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 14.01. Notices . Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other shall be deemed to be duly given if made in writing and delivered:

(a) by hand (in which case such notice shall be effective upon delivery);

(b) by facsimile or other electronic transmission (in which case such notice shall be effective upon receipt of confirmation of good transmission thereof); or

(c) by overnight delivery by a nationally recognized courier service (in which case such notice shall be effective on the Business Day immediately after being deposited with such courier service),

in each case to the recipient party’s address set forth in this Section 14.01; provided , however , that notices to the Trustee shall only be effective upon the Trustee’s actual receipt thereof. The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication sent to a Holder shall be sent to the Holder at its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication to be delivered to a Holder of a Global Security shall be transmitted to the Depository in accordance with its Applicable Procedures. Failure to send or transmit a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

If a notice or communication to a Holder is sent in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Company sends or transmits a notice or communication to Holders, it shall send a copy to the Trustee and each Securities Agent at the same time. If the Trustee or the Securities Agent is required, pursuant to the express terms of this Indenture or the Securities, to send a notice or communication to Holders, the Trustee or the Securities Agent, as the case may be, shall also send a copy of such notice or communication to the Company.

All notices or communications shall be in writing.

The Company’s address is:

Groupon, Inc.

600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400

Chicago, IL 60654

Attention: General Counsel

Tel: (312) 334 - 1579

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With a copy to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attention: Steven J. Gavin

Fax: +1 (312) 558 - 5700

Email: sgavin@winston.com

The Trustee’s address is:

U.S. Bank National Association

190 S. LaSalle Street, 10th Floor

MK-IL-SLTR

Chicago, IL 60603

Attention: Global Corporate Trust

Facsimile: +1 (312) 332 - 8008

The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“ Instructions ”) given pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using the following communications methods: e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services hereunder (collectively, “ Electronic Means ”); provided , however , that the Company shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“ Authorized Officers ”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Company whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Company elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Company understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Company shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Company and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses (except to the extent attributable to the Trustee’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith) arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Company agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of

 

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the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Company; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.

Section 14.02. Communication by Holders with Other Holders . To the extent the TIA is then applicable: (A) The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA §312(c) and (B) Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA §312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities.

Section 14.03. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signatories to such Officers’ Certificate, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Each signatory to an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel may (if so stated) rely, effectively, upon an Opinion of Counsel as to legal matters and an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials or other representations or documents as to factual matters.

Section 14.04. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion . Each Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) which shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include:

(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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Section 14.05. Rules by Trustee and Agents . The Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for their respective functions.

Section 14.06. Legal Holidays . If a payment date is not a Business Day, payment may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on that payment for the intervening period.

Section 14.07. Duplicate Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

Section 14.08. Facsimile and PDF Delivery of Signature Pages . The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or portable document format (“ PDF ”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 14.09. Governing Law . THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating solely to this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby, to the general jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York or the United States Federal District Court sitting for the Southern District of New York (and appellate courts thereof);

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts, and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same to the extent permitted by applicable law;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the party, as the case may be, at its address set forth in Section 14.01 or at such other address of which the other party shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction for recognition and enforcement of any judgment or if jurisdiction in the courts referenced in the foregoing clause (a) are not available despite the intentions of the parties hereto;

 

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(e) agrees that final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court may be enforced in the courts of any jurisdiction to which such party is subject by a suit upon such judgment, provided that service of process is effected upon such party in the manner specified herein or as otherwise permitted by law;

(f) agrees that to the extent that such party has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, such party hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture, to the extent permitted by law; and

(g) irrevocably and unconditionally waives trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding in relation to this Indenture or the Securities.

Section 14.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 14.11. Successors . All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successors and assigns. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 14.12. Separability . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and a Holder shall have no claim therefor against any party hereto.

Section 14.13. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc . The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 14.14. Calculations in Respect of the Securities . The Company and its agents shall make all calculations under this Indenture and the Securities. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock, the number of shares deliverable upon conversion, adjustments to the Conversion Price and the Conversion Rate, the Applicable Price, the Make-Whole Applicable Increase, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Settlement Amounts, the Daily Conversion Values, the Conversion Rate of the Securities, the amount of conversion consideration deliverables in respect of any conversion and amounts of interest payable on the Securities. The Company and its agents shall make all of these calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, such calculations shall be final and binding on all Holders. The Company shall provide a copy of such calculations to the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not the Trustee) as required hereunder, and, the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy of any such calculation without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder upon the request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company.

 

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Section 14.15. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Shareholders . None of the Company’s past, present or future directors, officers, employees or stockholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Securities or for any claim based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

Section 14.16. Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 14.17. Trust Indenture Act Controls . If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 14.18. No Security Interest Created . Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.

Section 14.19. Benefits of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Holders, the parties hereto, any Securities Agent and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 14.20. Tax Treatment . Unless otherwise required pursuant to a Final Determination, the Company shall not treat the Securities as issued with “original issue discount” or as “contingent payment debt instruments” described under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1275-4.

Section 14.21. Withholding . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent, as applicable, shall have the right to deduct and withhold from any payment or distribution made with respect to this Indenture and any Security (or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Security) such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payment or distribution (or issuance) under any applicable tax law (inclusive of rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) without liability therefor. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such deducted or withheld

 

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amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Security as having been paid to the Holder. In the event the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent previously remitted any amounts to a governmental entity on account of taxes required to be deducted or withheld in respect of any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) under this Indenture or with respect to any Security, the Company, the Registrar, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent, as applicable, shall be entitled to offset any such amounts against any amounts otherwise payable in respect of this Indenture or any Security (or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion).

Section 14.22. USA PATRIOT Act . The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may reasonably request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

[ The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Pages Follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

GROUPON, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Brian Stevens

  Name: Brian Stevens
  Title: Chief Accounting Officer

[Signature Page to Indenture]


U.S. Bank National Association , as Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent
By:  

/s/ Linda Garcia

  Name: Linda Garcia
  Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

[INSERT SECURITY PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND AND GLOBAL SECURITY LEGEND, AS REQUIRED]

[THIS SECURITY IS AN ATAIROS SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE] 1

GROUPON, INC.

Certificate No.             

3.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2022 (the “ Securities ”)

CUSIP No. [              ]*

ISIN No. [              ]*

Groupon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company, ” which term includes any successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [              ] 2 [Cede & Co.] 3 , or its registered assigns, the principal sum [of [              ] dollars ($[              ])] 4 [as set forth in the “Schedule of Increases and Decreases in the Global Security” attached hereto, which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all other outstanding Securities, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) in aggregate at any time, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository] 5 , on April 1, 2022 (the “ Maturity Date ”), and to pay interest thereon, as provided on the reverse hereof, until the principal and any unpaid and accrued interest are paid or duly provided for.

Interest Payment Dates: April 1 of each year, beginning April 1, 2017.

Record Dates: March 15 of each year.

The provisions on the back of this certificate are incorporated as if set forth on the face hereof.

 

 

1   This is included for Atairos Securities.
* Restricted Atairos Global Security CUSIP No. 399473AC1 and ISIN No. US399473AC18.
     Unrestricted Atairos Global Security CUSIP No. 399473AD9 and ISIN No. US399473AD90.
     Restricted Non-Atairos Global Security CUSIP No. 399473AA5 and ISIN No. US399473AA51.
     Unrestricted Non-Atairos Global Security CUSIP No. 399473AB3 and ISIN No. US399473AB35
2   This is included for Physical Securities.
3   This is included for Global Securities.
4   This is included for Physical Securities.
5   This is included for Global Securities.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Groupon, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly signed.

 

GROUPON, INC.

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

Dated:                     

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities referred to

in the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. Bank National Association,

as Trustee

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

Dated:                     

[Authentication Page for Groupon Inc.’s 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022]

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]

GROUPON, INC.

3.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2022

1. Interest . Groupon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest, payable annually in arrears, on April 1 of each year, with the first payment to be made on April 1, 2017. Interest on the Securities will accrue on the principal amount from, and including, the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from, and including, April 4, 2016, in each case to, but excluding, the next Interest Payment Date. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay, in cash, interest on any overdue amount (including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest) at the rate borne by the Securities. In certain circumstances, Additional Interest will be payable in accordance with Section 4.03(d), Section 4.03(e) and Section 6.02(b) of the Indenture (as defined below) and any reference to “interest” shall be deemed to include any such Additional Interest.

2. Maturity . The Securities will mature on the Maturity Date.

3. Method of Payment. Except as provided in the Indenture, the Company will pay interest on the Securities to the Persons who are Holders of record of Securities at the Close of Business on the Record Date set forth on the face of this Security immediately preceding the applicable Interest Payment Date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect the principal amount plus, if applicable, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or Redemption Price, payable as herein provided on the Maturity Date, or on any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Redemption Date, as applicable.

4. Paying Agent, Registrar, Conversion Agent . Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the “ Trustee ”) will act as Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent without prior notice.

5. Indenture . The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture dated as of April 4, 2016 (the “ Indenture ”) between the Company and the Trustee. The Securities are subject to all terms set forth in the Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a statement of such terms. The Securities are unsecured senior obligations of the Company limited to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture (and except for Securities issued in substitution for destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken Securities). Terms used herein without definition and which are defined in the Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Security and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture shall control.

6. Redemption . Prior to April 1, 2020, the Company may not redeem the Securities. On and after April 1, 2020, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Securities for cash, in whole but not in part, on the terms and subject to the provisions set forth in the Indenture. A sinking fund is not provided for the Securities.

 

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7. Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Fundamental Change . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, in the event of a Fundamental Change, each Holder of the Securities shall have the right, at the Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Securities including any portion thereof which is $1,000 in principal amount or any integral multiple thereof on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price payable in cash equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

8. Conversion . The Securities shall be convertible into cash, Common Stock or a combination of cash and Common Stock, at the Company’s election, as specified in the Indenture. To convert a Security, a Holder must satisfy the requirements of Section 10.02(a) of the Indenture. A Holder may convert a portion of a Security if the portion is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 principal amount.

Upon conversion of a Security, the Holder thereof shall be entitled to receive the cash and/or Common Stock payable upon conversion in accordance with Article 10 of the Indenture.

9. Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with certain transfers or exchanges as set forth in the Indenture. The Company or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Security for which a Repurchase Notice has been delivered, and not withdrawn, in accordance with the Indenture, except the unrepurchased portion of Securities being repurchased in part.

10. Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Security will be treated as its owner for all purposes. Only registered Holders of Securities shall have the rights under the Indenture.

11. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Securities, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities and in other circumstances with consent of the Holders of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities, to amend or supplement the Indenture or the Securities.

12. Defaults and Remedies. Subject to certain exceptions, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee may declare the principal of, and any accrued and unpaid interest

 

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on, all Securities to be due and payable immediately. If any of certain bankruptcy or insolvency-related Events of Default occurs and is continuing, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities shall automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may rescind or annul an acceleration and its consequences if certain conditions specified in the Indenture are satisfied.

13. Trustee Dealings with the Company. The Trustee under the Indenture, or any banking institution serving as successor Trustee thereunder, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for, the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee.

14. Authentication. This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent in accordance with the Indenture.

15. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

16. Ranking . The Securities shall be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equal in right of payment to all senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company, and will rank senior in right of payment to any indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Securities.

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY HOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE INDENTURE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO:

Groupon, Inc.

600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400

Chicago, IL 60654

Attention: General Counsel

Tel: (312) 334-1579

 

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ATTACHMENT 1

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

I or we assign to

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

 

 

 

 

(please print or type name and address)

 

 

 

the within Security and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

 

 

Attorney to transfer the Security on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:                                                                        

 

  NOTICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever and be guaranteed by a guarantor institution participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Registrar, or be notarized.

 

Signature Guarantee or Notarization:   

 

 

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In connection with any transfer of this Security occurring prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the undersigned confirms that it is making, and it has not utilized any general solicitation or general advertising in connection with, the transfer:

[Check One]

 

(1)

               to Groupon, Inc. or any Subsidiary thereof; or

(2)

               pursuant to a registration statement which has become effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”);

(3)

               to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”)) that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A; or

(4)

               pursuant to an exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Unless one of the items (1) through (4) is checked, the Registrar will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided , however , that if item (4) is checked, the Company, the transfer agent or the Registrar may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, in their sole discretion, such written certifications and such other evidence or legal opinions required by the Indenture to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

If none of the foregoing items are checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to register this Security in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

 

Dated:                                                              

   Signed:                                                                      
  

         (Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)

 

Signature Guarantee or Notarization:                                                                                                                                

 

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ATTACHMENT 2

FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE

To convert this Security in accordance with the Indenture, check the box: ¨

To convert only part of this Security, state the principal amount to be converted (must be in multiples of $1,000):

$                              

If you want the stock certificate representing the Common Stock issuable upon conversion made out in another person’s name, fill in the form below:

 

(Insert other person’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type other person’s name, address and zip code)

 

[    ] CHECK IF APPLICABLE:

   The person in whose name the Common Stock will be issued is not (and has not been for the three months preceding the applicable Conversion Date) an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) of the Company, and the Common Stock will upon issuance be freely tradable by such person.

 

Date:                                Signature(s):                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                         
  (Sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the other side of this Security)

Signature(s) guaranteed / notarized

 

by:                                                                                                                              
  (All signatures must be guaranteed by a guarantor institution participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee, or be notarized.)

 

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ATTACHMENT 3

FORM OF REPURCHASE NOTICE

Certificate No. of Security:             

Principal Amount of this Security: $             

If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture, check the box:     ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 of the Indenture, state the principal amount to be so purchased by the Company:

 

  $                                                                                
    (in an integral multiple of $1,000)  
Date:                                                                Signature(s):                                                  
   

 

(Sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the other side of this Security)

 
Signature(s) guaranteed / notarized by:    

 

(All signatures must be guaranteed by a guarantor institution participating in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or in such other guarantee program acceptable to the Trustee, or be notarized.)

 

 

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SCHEDULE A 6

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL SECURITY

Groupon, Inc.

3.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2022

The initial principal amount of this Global Security is             DOLLARS ($            ). The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:

 

Date of

Increases and

Decreases

 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal

Amount of this

Global

Security

 

Amount of

increase in

Principal

Amount of this

Global

Security

   Principal
Amount of this
Global
Security
following such
decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee or
Custodian

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

                         

 

                         

 

                         

                                                       

 

 

6   This is included in Global Securities.

 

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EXHIBIT B-1A

FORM OF SECURITIES PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND

Each Global Security and Physical Security that constitutes a Restricted Security shall bear the following “ Security Private Placement Legend ”:

THIS SECURITY AND THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF GROUPON, INC. (THE “ COMPANY ”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED), EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER TO A SECURITY THAT DOES NOT BEAR A SECURITY PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH (D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED BY THE COMPANY IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

 

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EXHIBIT B-1B

FORM OF COMMON STOCK PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND

Each share of Common Stock that constitutes a Restricted Security shall bear the following “ Common Stock Private Placement Legend ”:

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF GROUPON, INC. (THE “ COMPANY ”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS SECURITY WAS ISSUED), EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER TO A SECURITY THAT DOES NOT BEAR A COMMON STOCK PRIVATE PLACEMENT LEGEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH (D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL SECURITY

Any Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case of a Restricted Security) in substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITORY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. THIS SECURITY IS NOT EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 2.15 AND 2.16 OF THE INDENTURE.

 

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EXHIBIT C

Form of Notice of Transfer Pursuant to Registration Statement

Groupon, Inc.

600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400

Chicago, IL 60654

Attention: General Counsel

Tel: (312) 334 - 1579

U.S. Bank National Association

190 S. LaSalle Street, 10th Floor

MK-IL-SLTR

Chicago, IL 60603

Attention: Global Corporate Trust

Facsimile: +1 (312) 332 - 8008

Re: Groupon, Inc. (the “ Company ”) 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2022 (the “ Securities ”)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Please be advised that              has transferred $          aggregate principal amount of the Securities (CUSIP:              ) and              shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issuable on conversion of the Securities (“ Common Stock ”) pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-              ).

 

Very truly yours,

 

            (Name)

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

U.S. Bank National Association

190 S. LaSalle Street, 10th Floor

MK-IL-SLTR

Chicago, IL 60603

Attention: Global Corporate Trust

Facsimile: +1 (312) 332 - 8008

Re: 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among Groupon, Inc. (the “Company”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

             (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer [an interest in the Restricted Global Security][the Physical Security held in the name of              ] (CUSIP:              ) in the principal amount of $          (the “Transfer”), to              (the “Transferee”) [who will take an interest in the              (CUSIP:              )]. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[EITHER CHECK BOX 1 AND THE BOX IN THE APPLICABLE LETTERED PARAGRAPH UNDERNEATH, BOX 2, BOX 3 OR BOX 4]

1. [    ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (OTHER THAN AN ATAIROS GLOBAL SECURITY).

(a) [    ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT. Such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, if applicable, in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

(b) [    ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Security Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Security Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture.

 

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(c) [    ] CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Security Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Security Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Security and in the Indenture.

2. [    ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY (OTHER THAN AN ATAIROS GLOBAL SECURITY). The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. The Restricted Global Securities will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Security Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. [    ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS AN ATAIROS GLOBAL SECURITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 4.02 and 4.14 of the Investment Agreement to (i) a Purchaser’s Affiliate that executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder becoming a Purchaser party to the Investment Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement and a duly completed and executed applicable IRS Form or (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Capitalized terms used in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph 3 but not defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Investment Agreement.

4. [    ] CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS AN ATAIROS GLOBAL SECURITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INVESTMENT AGREEMENT. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 4.02 and 4.14 of the Investment Agreement to (i) a Purchaser’s Affiliate that executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder becoming a Purchaser party to the Investment Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement and a duly completed and executed applicable IRS Form or (ii) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Capitalized terms used in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph 4 but not defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Investment Agreement.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Dated:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

U.S. Bank National Association

190 S. LaSalle Street, 10th Floor

MK-IL-SLTR

Chicago, IL 60603

Attention: Global Corporate Trust

Facsimile: +1 (312) 332 - 8008

Re: 3.25% Senior Convertible Notes due 2022

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of April 4, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among Groupon, Inc. (the “Company”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

             (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange an interest in the Restricted Global Security (CUSIP:              ) in the principal amount of $          for an interest in              (CUSIP:              ) (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

[EITHER CHECK BOX 1, BOX 2 OR BOX 3]

1. [    ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS AN ATAIROS GLOBAL SECURITY.

In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security that is an Atairos Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Security Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2. [    ] CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS NOT AN ATAIROS GLOBAL SECURITY.

 

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In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security that is not an Atairos Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Securities and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Security Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

3. [    ] CHECK IF OWNER WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL SECURITY THAT IS NOT AN ATAIROS GLOBAL SECURITY. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Atairos Global Security for a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Security that is not an Atairos Global Security in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that such beneficial interest being acquired is for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Global Securities will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Security Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Securities and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

[Insert Name of Owner]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Dated:  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

by and among

GROUPON, INC.

and

A-G HOLDINGS, L.P.

Dated as of April 3, 2016

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          P AGE  
ARTICLE 1   
Definitions   

Section 1.01.

   Definitions      1   

Section 1.02.

   General Interpretive Principles      9   
ARTICLE 2   
Sale and Purchase of the Notes   

Section 2.01.

   Sale and Purchase of the Notes      10   

Section 2.02.

   Closing      10   

Section 2.03.

   Termination      12   
ARTICLE 3   
Representations and Warranties   

Section 3.01.

   Representations and Warranties of the Company      12   

Section 3.02.

   Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser      19   
ARTICLE 4   
Additional Agreements   

Section 4.01.

   Taking of Necessary Action      22   

Section 4.02.

   Restricted Period      22   

Section 4.03.

   Standstill      24   

Section 4.04.

   Securities Laws      29   

Section 4.05.

   Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Securities      29   

Section 4.06.

   Antitrust Approval      29   

Section 4.07.

   Board Nomination      30   

Section 4.08.

   No Inconsistent Arrangements      35   

Section 4.09.

   Financing Cooperation      36   

Section 4.10.

   Certain Tax Matters      37   

Section 4.11.

   Section 16 Matters      37   

Section 4.12.

   D&O Indemnification / Insurance Priority Matters      38   

Section 4.13.

   Use of Proceeds      39   

Section 4.14.

   Transfers of Atairos Securities      39   

Section 4.15.

   Information Rights      39   

Section 4.16.

   Confidentiality      40   

Section 4.17.

   Voting      42   

Section 4.18.

   Right to Reimbursement for Certain Expenses      42   

Section 4.19.

   Nasdaq Approval      42   


ARTICLE 5
Registration Rights
Section 5.01.    Registration Statement    42
Section 5.02.    Registration Limitations and Obligations    43
Section 5.03.    Registration Procedures    46
Section 5.04.    Expenses    50
Section 5.05.    Registration Indemnification    50
Section 5.06.    Facilitation of Sales Pursuant to Rule 144    53
ARTICLE 6
Miscellaneous
Section 6.01.    Survival of Representations and Warranties    53
Section 6.02.    Notices    54
Section 6.03.    Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries; Amendment    55
Section 6.04.    Counterparts    55
Section 6.05.    Public Announcements    55
Section 6.06.    Expenses    56
Section 6.07.    Successors and Assigns    56
Section 6.08.    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial    56
Section 6.09.    Severability    57
Section 6.10.    Specific Performance    57
Section 6.11.    Headings    58
Section 6.12.    Non-Recourse    58
Exhibit A: Form of Indenture   
Exhibit B: Form of Joinder   
Exhibit C: Form of Issuer Agreement   
Exhibit D: Form of Voting Agreement   
Annex A: Plan of Distribution   


INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

This INVESTMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of April 3, 2016, is by and among Groupon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with any successor or assign pursuant to Section 6.07, the “ Company ”), and A-G Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with its successors and any permitted transferee that becomes a Purchaser party hereto in accordance with Section 4.02 and Section 6.07, the “ Purchaser ”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined where used shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Article 1.

WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, and the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, $250,000,000.00 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.25% Convertible Notes due 2022 (referred to herein as the “ Note ” or the “ Notes ”) in the form attached to the Indenture and to be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture and this Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Notes will not be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) as securities which are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system; and

WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchaser desire to set forth certain agreements herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries shall not be considered Affiliates of the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates and (ii) for purposes of the definitions of “Beneficially Own”, “Registrable Securities”, “Atairos Group”, “Standstill Period” and “Third Party” and Sections 3.02(d), 3.02(f), 4.02, 4.03, 4.06 and 4.07, no portfolio company of Atairos Group, Inc., a Cayman Islands exempted company, the Purchaser or their respective Affiliates shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Purchaser and its other Affiliates so long as such portfolio company (x) has not been directed, encouraged, instructed, assisted, advised or supported by, or coordinated with, the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or any Atairos Affiliated Director in carrying out any act prohibited by this Agreement or the subject matter of Section 4.03, (y) is not a member of group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange


Act) with either the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates with respect to any securities of the Company, and (z) has not received from the Purchaser or any Affiliate of the Purchaser or any Atairos Affiliated Director, directly or indirectly, any Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, Comcast and its Subsidiaries are not and shall not be considered Affiliates of the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates. As used in this definition, “control” (including its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise).

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Applicable Trading Restrictions ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(a)(iii).

Associate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act; provided that (i) the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries will not be considered Associates of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates and (ii) no portfolio company of the Purchaser or its other Affiliates will be deemed Associates of the Purchaser or any of its other Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, Comcast and its Subsidiaries are not and shall not be considered Associates of the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates.

Atairos Affiliate ” means any Affiliate of Atairos Partners, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“ Atairos Partners ”), that serves as general partner of, manages or advises, or otherwise has voting control over, any entity Affiliated with Atairos Partners that has a direct or indirect investment in the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, Comcast and its Subsidiaries are not and shall not be considered Atairos Affiliates.

Atairos Affiliated Director ” means each Purchaser Designee and any other person that is a managing director, officer, advisor or employee of Atairos Management or a successor thereto or other management entity or general partner that is an Affiliate of Atairos Partners, in each case, that is serving on the Board of Directors.

Atairos Group ” means the Purchaser together with its Affiliates, including Atairos Affiliates.

Atairos Indemnitors ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.

Atairos Management ” means Atairos Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Available ” means, with respect to a Registration Statement, that such Registration Statement is effective and there is no stop order with respect thereto and such Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, such that such Registration Statement will be available for the resale of Registrable Securities.

 

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Beneficially Own ”, “ Beneficially Owned ” or “ Beneficial Ownership ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof. Solely for purposes of determining the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes Beneficially Owned by the Purchaser and its Affiliates, the Notes shall be treated as if upon conversion the only settlement option under the Notes and Indenture were solely Physical Settlement (as defined in the Indenture). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, the Purchaser (or any other person) shall at all times be deemed to have Beneficial Ownership of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes directly or indirectly held by them, irrespective of any restrictions on transfer or other terms contained in this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements.

Blackout Period ” means in the event that the Company determines in good faith that filing a Registration Statement or making it Available could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect or materially interfere with any bona fide financing of the Company or any bona fide material transaction under consideration by the Company or would require disclosure of information that has not been, and is not otherwise then required to be, disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of which would adversely affect the Company in any material respect or the Registration Statement is otherwise not Available for use (in each case as determined by the Company in good faith after consultation with outside counsel), a period of up to sixty (60) days; provided that a Blackout Period may not be called by the Company more than twice in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months and the aggregate length of Blackout Periods in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months may not exceed one hundred and twenty (120) days.

Board of Directors ” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business Day ” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

Change in Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) there occurs a sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company, (ii) any Person or “group” (as such term is used in Section 13 of the Exchange Act) (in each case excluding (x) any member of the Atairos Group or any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective portfolio companies and (y) any group arising solely by reason of the Voting Agreement), directly or indirectly, obtains Beneficial Ownership of 50% or more of the outstanding Company Common Stock or 50% or more of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock, (iii) the Company consummates any merger, consolidation or similar transaction, unless the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction continue to hold (in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Voting Stock immediately prior to the transaction, other than changes in proportionality as a result of any cash/stock election provided under the terms of the definitive agreement regarding such transaction) more than 50% of all of voting power of the outstanding

 

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shares of Voting Stock of the surviving or resulting entity in such transaction immediately following the consummation of such transaction or (iv) a majority of the Board of Directors is no longer composed of (x) directors who were directors of the Company on the Closing Date and (y) directors who were nominated for election or elected or appointed to the Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the directors described in subclause (x) together with any incumbent directors previously elected or appointed to the Board of Directors in accordance with this subclause (y).

Class A Common Stock ” shall mean the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

Class B Common Stock ” shall mean the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

Closing ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Comcast ” shall mean Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation.

Common Stock ” shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Company Common Stock ” shall mean (i) prior to the conversion of the Company’s outstanding capital stock pursuant to Section 4(d) of Article IV of the Company’s Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of October 31, 2011, the Class A Common Stock, and (ii) from and after such conversion of the Company’s outstanding capital stock, the Common Stock.

Confidential Information ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16(b).

Confidentiality Agreement shall mean the confidentiality agreement entered into by the Company, on the one hand, and Atairos Management, on the other hand, as of September 25, 2015.

Covered Persons shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(f).

Company Reports shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(g)(i).

DGCL shall mean the Delaware General Corporation Law.

Enforceability Exceptions shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

Exchange Act shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

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Extraordinary Transaction shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(a)(v).

Free Writing Prospectus shall have meaning set forth in Section 5.03(a)(v).

GAAP shall mean U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Global Security has the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

Governmental Entity shall mean any court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, whether federal, state, local or foreign, and any applicable industry self-regulatory organization.

HSR Act shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

Indemnified Persons shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a).

Indenture shall mean an indenture in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

Intellectual Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(p).

Investor Rights Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

Issuer Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.09.

Joinder ” shall mean, with respect to any Person permitted to sign such document in accordance with the terms hereof, a joinder executed and delivered by such Person, providing such Person to have all the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement, in the form and substance substantially as attached hereto as Exhibit B or such other form as may be agreed to by the Company and the Purchaser.

Losses shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a).

Material Adverse Effect shall mean any events, changes or developments that, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any event, change or development resulting from or arising out of the following: (a) events, changes or developments generally affecting the economy, the financial or securities markets, or political, legislative or regulatory conditions, in each case in the United States or elsewhere in the world, (b) events, changes or developments in the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries conducts its business, (c) any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation or proposal of any rule, regulation, ordinance, order, protocol or any other law of or by any national, regional, state or local Governmental Entity, or market administrator, (d) any changes in GAAP or accounting standards or interpretations thereof, (e) earthquakes, any weather-related or other force majeure event or natural disasters or outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of war or terrorism, (f) the announcement or the existence of,

 

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compliance with or performance under, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (it being understood and agreed that the exception in this clause (f) shall not apply with respect to any representation or warranty that is intended to address the consequences of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby), (g) any taking of any action at the request of the Purchaser, (h) any failure by the Company to meet any financial projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues, earnings or other financial metrics for any period ( provided that the exception in this clause (h) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any event, change, effect or development underlying such failure has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect so long as it is not otherwise excluded by this definition) or (i) any changes in the share price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or in the Company’s credit rating ( provided that the exception in this clause (i) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any event, change, effect or development underlying such change has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect so long as it is not otherwise excluded by this definition); except, in each case with respect to subclauses (a) through (e), to the extent that such event, change or development disproportionately affects the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate.

Minimum Ownership Threshold shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(a).

NASDAQ shall mean the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

Note or Notes shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Permitted Loan shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

Permitted Transfers has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

Person or person shall mean an individual, corporation, limited liability or unlimited liability company, association, partnership, trust, estate, joint venture, business trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or other entity of any kind or nature.

Plan of Distribution means the plan of distribution substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A .

Preferred Stock shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(b).

Prohibited Transfers shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

Purchase Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

Purchaser shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Purchaser Affiliates shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.03(a).

 

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Purchaser Designee means an individual then serving on the Board of Directors pursuant to the exercise of the Purchaser’s nomination rights pursuant to Section 4.07(a) and/or Purchaser’s rights pursuant to Section 4.07(e), together with any designee of the Purchaser who is then standing for election to the Board pursuant to Sections 4.07(a) and (b) or who is being proposed for election by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 4.07(e).

Purchaser Designee List shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(c).

Registrable Securities shall mean the Subject Securities; provided that any Subject Securities will cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest of (a) when such Subject Securities have been sold or otherwise disposed of by the Purchaser and its Affiliates pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or in compliance with Rule 144, (b) when such Subject Securities are freely transferable under Rule 144 without regard to volume or manner of sale limits or public information requirements, or (c) when such Subject Securities cease to be outstanding; provided, further , that any securities that have ceased to be Registrable Securities in accordance with the foregoing definition shall not thereafter become Registrable Securities and any securities that are issued or distributed in respect of securities that, at the time of such issuance or distribution, have ceased to be Registrable Securities are not Registrable Securities.

Registration Expenses shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Article 5, including all registration, filing and listing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants for the Company and of a single counsel for the holders of Registrable Securities, fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with complying with state securities or “blue sky” laws, fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., all the Company’s internal expenses, transfer taxes, and fees of transfer agents and registrars, but excluding any underwriting discounts and commissions, agency fees, brokers’ commissions and transfer taxes, in each case to the extent applicable to the Registrable Securities of the selling holders.

Registration Statement shall mean any registration statement of the Company filed or to be filed with the SEC under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, including the related prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

Registration Termination Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b).

Representatives shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.16(a).

Restricted Period shall mean the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the date that is two (2) years following the Closing Date and (ii) the consummation of any Change in Control or entry into a definitive agreement for a transaction that, if consummated, would result in a Change in Control.

 

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Rule 144 shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Rule 405 shall mean Rule 405 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such rule.

SEC shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act shall mean the U.S. Securities Act of 1933.

Selling Holders shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(a)(i).

Specified Guidelines shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.07(c).

Specified Persons shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.12.

Standstill Period shall mean the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earliest of (i) the later of (A) the date that is six (6) months following such time as there is no Purchaser Designee serving on the Board of Directors (and as of such time the Purchaser no longer has board nomination rights pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise irrevocably waives in a writing delivered to the Company all of such rights) and (B) the three (3) year anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the effective date of a Change in Control and (iii) 90 days after the date on which none of the members of the Atairos Group and their respective Affiliates Beneficially Own any Notes or any shares of Company Common Stock other than any shares of Company Common Stock issued to any person as compensation for a director’s service on the Board of Directors.

Subject Securities shall mean (i) the Notes; (ii) any shares of Company Common Stock, including the shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Notes; and (iii) any securities issued (or issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of any warrant, right or other security that is issued) as a dividend, stock split, combination or in any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or any other distribution or reorganization with respect to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, the securities referenced in clause (i) or (ii) (without giving effect to any election by the Company regarding settlement options upon conversion) above or this clause (iii).

Subsidiary shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which 50% or more of the shares of the voting securities or other voting interests are owned or controlled, or the ability to select or elect 50% or more of the directors or similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such first Person, or by such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries.

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Target Registration Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Tax or Taxes shall mean all federal, state, local, and foreign income, excise, gross receipts, gross income, ad valorem, profits, gains, property, capital, sales, transfer, use, payroll, employment, severance, withholding, duties, intangibles, franchise, backup withholding, value-added, and other taxes imposed by a Governmental Entity, together with all interest, penalties and additions to tax imposed with respect thereto.

Tax Return shall mean a report, return or other document (including any amendments thereto) required to be supplied to a Governmental Entity with respect to Taxes.

Third Party shall mean a Person other than any member of the Atairos Group or any of their respective Affiliates.

Third Party Tender/Exchange Offer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

Transaction Agreements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

Transactions shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

transfer shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.02(a).

Trustee ” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America.

Underwritten Offering shall mean a sale or other disposition of Registrable Securities to an underwriter or underwriters in which Subject Securities are offered and sold (including short sales thereof) to the public.

Voting Agreement shall mean a voting agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .

Voting Stock shall mean securities of any class or kind having the power to vote generally for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of the Company or any successor thereto.

WKSI means a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined under Rule 405.

Section 1.02. General Interpretive Principles . Whenever used in this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Whenever the words “include,” “includes,” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereto,” “hereof,” “herein” and

 

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similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the exhibits and annexes hereto), and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Notes will have any right to vote or any right to receive any dividends or other distributions that are made or paid to the holders of the shares of Company Common Stock. References to any law or statute shall be deemed to refer to such law or statute as amended from time to time and, if applicable, to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

ARTICLE 2

S ALE AND P URCHASE OF THE N OTES

Section 2.01. Sale and Purchase of the Notes . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase and acquire from the Company, the Notes for a purchase price equal to the principal amount of the Notes purchased (the “Purchase Price ).

Section 2.02. Closing .

(a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 2.02(c) and (d), the closing (the “ Closing ”) of the purchase and sale of the Notes hereunder shall take place at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP located at 35 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601-9703 (i) prior to the close of The Depository Trust Company’s business hours on April 4, 2016, or (ii) if such conditions are not satisfied or waived in time for the Closing to occur prior to such time on such date, prior to the close of The Depository Trust Company’s business hours on April 5, 2016, or (iii) at such other place, time or date as may be mutually agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Purchaser (the date on which the Closing actually occurs, the Closing Date ).

(b) To effect the purchase and sale of Notes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing:

(i) The Company shall, and shall instruct the Trustee to, execute and deliver the Indenture, and shall execute and deliver the Notes, at the Closing. The Company shall deliver the fully executed Indenture and Notes to the Purchaser at the Closing, against payment in full by or on behalf of the Purchaser of the Purchase Price for the Notes.

(ii) The Company shall issue and deliver to the Purchaser the Notes through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, or at the option of the Purchaser, registered in the name of the Purchaser, against payment in full by or on behalf of the Purchaser of the Purchase Price for the Notes.

 

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(iii) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as custodian, the Global Securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company and such Global Securities shall be eligible for book-entry settlement with The Depository Trust Company.

(iv) Each of the Company and the Purchaser shall execute and deliver the Voting Agreement at the Closing, and the Company shall cause the other parties thereto to execute and deliver the Voting Agreement at the Closing.

(v) The Purchaser shall cause a wire transfer to be made in same day funds to an account of the Company designated in writing by the Company to the Purchaser at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date hereof in an amount equal to the Purchase Price for the Notes.

(vi) The Purchaser shall deliver to the Company a duly completed and executed applicable IRS Form.

(c) The obligations of the Purchaser to purchase the Notes are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions as of the Closing:

(i) the purchase and sale of the Notes hereunder shall not be prohibited or enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction;

(ii) the Company and the Trustee shall have executed the Indenture and delivered the Indenture to the Purchaser, the Company shall have executed and delivered the Notes to the Purchaser and the Company and each of the other parties to the Voting Agreement shall have executed and delivered the Voting Agreement to the Purchaser, in each case at the Closing;

(iii) (A) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 3.01(a), (c) and (e) shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing, (B) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.01(h)(ii) shall be true and correct in all respects at and as of the Closing and (C) the other representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.01 (other than Sections 3.01(a), (c), (e) and (h)(ii)) shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing (without giving effect to any materiality, Material Adverse Effect, or similar phrases in such representations and warranties), except where the failure of such representations and warranties referenced in this clause (C) to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(iv) the Company shall have issued and delivered to the Purchaser the Notes through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, or at the option of the Purchaser, registered in the name of the Purchaser, and the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, as custodian, the Global Securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company and such Global Securities shall be eligible for book-entry settlement with The Depository Trust Company;

 

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(v) the Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and obligations required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing; and

(vi) the Purchaser shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by an executive officer of the Company on behalf of the Company, certifying that the conditions specified in, Sections 2.02(c)(iii), (iv) and (v) have been satisfied.

(d) The obligations of the Company to sell the Notes to the Purchaser are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions as of the Closing:

(i) the purchase and sale of the Notes hereunder shall not be prohibited or enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction;

(ii) the Trustee shall have executed and delivered the Indenture to the Company at the Closing;

(iii) the representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in Section 3.02 shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing;

(iv) the Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and obligations required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing; and

(v) the Company shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by the general partner of the Purchaser on behalf of the Purchaser, certifying that the conditions specified in Section 2.02(d)(iii) and (iv) have been satisfied.

Section 2.03. Termination . Unless otherwise mutually agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Purchaser, if the Closing does not occur on or prior to April 5, 2016, this Agreement shall automatically terminate and each of the parties hereto shall be relieved of its duties and obligations arising under this Agreement after the date of such termination; provided , that no such termination shall relieve any party hereto of liability for any breach or default under this Agreement prior to such termination.

ARTICLE 3

R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES

Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company . Except as disclosed in the Company Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC and publicly available prior to the date hereof (excluding in each case any disclosures set forth in the risk factors or “forward-looking statements” sections of such reports, and any other disclosures included therein to the extent they are predictive or forward-looking in

 

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nature), the Company represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Existence and Power . The Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties, rights and assets and to carry on its business as it is being conducted on the date of this Agreement, and, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, rights and assets or conducts any business so as to require such qualification. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Subsidiary of the Company that is a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1.02(w) of the SEC’s Regulation S-X) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing (to the extent that the concept of “good standing” is recognized by the applicable jurisdiction) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization.

(b) Capitalization . The authorized share capital of the Company consists of 2,000,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, 10,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, 2,010,000,000 shares of Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “ Preferred Stock ”). As of March 31, 2016, there were (i) 573,414,573 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding, 2,399,976 shares of Class B Common Stock issued and outstanding, and no shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock issued and outstanding, (ii) options to purchase an aggregate of 1,269,671 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding, (iii) 36,717,958 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Company’s restricted stock unit awards, (iv) 256,674 shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the Company’s performance stock unit awards and (v) 30,247,970 shares of Class A Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Company’s employee or director employment, compensation and/or benefit plans, programs, policies, agreements or other arrangements. Since January 1, 2016, (i) the Company has only issued options, restricted stock units, deferred stock unit awards or other rights to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (ii) the only shares of capital stock issued by the Company were shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to outstanding options, restricted stock units, deferred stock unit awards and other rights to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock. All outstanding shares of Voting Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and are not subject to and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar right, purchase option, call or right of first refusal or similar right. Except as set forth above, the Company has not issued any securities, the holders of which have the right to vote with the stockholders of the Company on any matter. Except as provided in this Agreement, the Notes and the Indenture and except as set forth in or contemplated by this Section 3.01(b), there are no existing options, warrants, calls, preemptive (or similar) rights, subscriptions or other rights, agreements or commitments obligating the Company to issue, transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, any capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock and there are no current outstanding

 

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contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its shares of capital stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for such capital stock. Except for the Third Amended and Restated Investors Rights Agreement dated as of December 10, 2010 among the Company and certain investors named therein (the “ Investors Rights Agreement ”), there are no stockholders agreements, voting agreements, right of first offer or other similar agreements or understandings with respect to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ capital stock to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or, to the knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company’s stockholders.

(c) Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Notes, the Voting Agreement and each Issuer Agreement (the “ Transaction Agreements ”) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein (collectively, the “ Transactions ”), have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors and all other necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the limitation of such enforcement by (A) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, arrangement, moratorium or other laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally or (B) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (the “ Enforceability Exceptions ”). At the Closing, the Indenture will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the Indenture will be a valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, the Indenture will be a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. Assuming the Voting Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser and the other parties thereto, at the Closing, the Voting Agreement will be a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. Pursuant to resolutions previously provided to the Purchaser, the Board of Directors or a committee thereof composed solely of two or more “non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act has approved, for the express purpose of exempting each such transaction from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements, including the acquisition of the Notes, any disposition of such Notes upon the conversion thereof, any acquisition of Company Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes, any deemed acquisition or disposition in connection therewith, and all transactions related thereto.

(d) General Solicitation; No Integration . Neither the Company nor any other Person or entity authorized by the Company to act on its behalf has engaged in a general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act) of investors with respect to offers or sales of the Notes. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which, to its knowledge, is or will be integrated with the Notes sold pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(e) Valid Issuance . The Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. When issued and sold against receipt of the consideration therefor, the Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to the limitation of such enforcement by the Enforceability Exceptions. The Company has available for issuance the maximum number of shares (including make-whole shares) of Company Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Notes if such conversion were to occur immediately following Closing (assuming fully physical share settlement). The Company Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes has been duly authorized, and when issued upon conversion of the Notes, all such Company Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of pre-emptive or similar rights. The Company is a WKSI eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act.

(f) Non-Contravention/No Consents . The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements, the issuance of the shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with their terms and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions, does not conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (i) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, (ii) the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2014, by and among the Company and the lenders party thereto, as amended, or any other mortgage, note, indenture, deed of trust, lease, license, loan agreement or other agreement binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) any permit, government license, judgment, order, decree, ruling, injunction, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has filed a Supplemental Listing Application with the NASDAQ with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes. Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Purchaser set forth herein, other than (A) any required filings or approvals under the HSR Act or any foreign antitrust or competition laws, requirements or regulations in connection with the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon the conversion of the Notes or (B) any required filings pursuant to the Exchange Act or the rules of the SEC or the NASDAQ, no consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions (in each case other than the transactions contemplated by Article 5), except for any consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration, filing, exemption or review the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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(i) The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, (A) its definitive proxy statement relating to the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company held in 2015 and (B) all forms, reports, schedules and other statements required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since December 31, 2015 (collectively, the “ Company Reports ”). As of its respective date, and, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, each Company Report complied in all material respects as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to such Company Report. As of its respective date, and, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, no Company Report contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) Each of the consolidated balance sheets, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows, included in the Company Reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act (A) have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (B) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates shown and the results of the consolidated operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the respective fiscal periods or as of the respective dates therein set forth, subject, in the case of any unaudited financial statements, to normal recurring year-end audit adjustments, (C) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as otherwise set forth therein or in the notes thereto, and in the case of unaudited financial statements except for the absence of footnote disclosure, and (D) otherwise comply in all material respects with the requirements of the SEC.

(h) Absence of Certain Changes . Since January 1, 2016 until the date hereof, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) no events, changes or developments have occurred that, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) No Undisclosed Liabilities, etc . As of the date hereof, there are no liabilities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except (i) liabilities reflected or reserved against in the financial statements contained in the Company Reports, (ii) liabilities incurred since January 1, 2016 in the ordinary course of business and (iii) liabilities that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Compliance with Applicable Law . Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all respects with, and is not in default or violation in any respect of, any law, statute, order, rule, regulation, policy or guideline of any federal,

 

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state or local Governmental Entity applicable to the Company or such Subsidiary, and none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental Entity of a violation of any such law, statute, order, rule, regulation, policy or guideline, other than such non-compliance, defaults, violations or notices that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(k) Legal Proceedings and Liabilities . As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any, and there are no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, legal, administrative, arbitral or other proceedings, claims, actions or governmental investigations of any nature against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) that, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) that challenge the validity of or seek to prevent the Transactions. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, judgment or decree of a Governmental Entity that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no investigation or review pending or threatened by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(l) Investment Company Act . The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Notes will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(m) Taxes and Tax Returns . Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

(i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed (taking into account all applicable extensions) all Tax Returns required to be filed by them, and all such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all respects, and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have paid (or have had paid on their behalf) to the appropriate Governmental Entity all Taxes that are required to be paid by them, except, in each case, with respect to matters contested in good faith or for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; and

(ii) there are no disputes pending, or claims asserted in writing, in respect of Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for which reserves that are adequate under GAAP have not been established.

(n) No Piggyback or Preemptive Rights . There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to (i) require the Company to include in any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Article 5 any securities other than the Subject Securities or (ii) preemptive rights to subscribe for the Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, except, in the case of the foregoing clause (i), for piggyback registration rights of certain persons under the Investors Rights Agreement, as modified by the terms of the Voting Agreement.

 

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(o) Brokers and Finders. The Company has not retained, utilized or been represented by, or otherwise become obligated to, any broker, placement agent, financial advisor or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whose fees the Purchaser would be required to pay.

(p) Intellectual Property. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess sufficient rights to use all patents, patent applications, inventions, copyrights, know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks and trade names and other technology and intellectual property rights (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”) used in or necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) the conduct of the respective businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries does not infringe the Intellectual Property of others, and (ii) no third party is infringing any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(q) Related Party Transactions. Since January 1, 2016, there has been no transaction, or series of related transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings, nor is there any proposed transaction, or series of related transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings, that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act that have not been disclosed in the Company Reports.

(r) Antitakeover Devices. The Company does not have any outstanding shareholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar plan or arrangement in effect. Assuming the accuracy of Purchaser’s representations and warranties in Section 3.02(f), the Company has taken all actions necessary to exempt the Atairos Group, the Transaction Agreements and the Transactions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the acquisition of any additional securities of the Company to the extent permitted by Section 4.03(a)) from the restrictions on business combinations of Section 203 of the DGCL. Except for Section 203 of the DGCL, there is no control share acquisition, business combination or other anti-takeover provision under the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the laws, statutes, orders, rules, regulations, policies or guidelines of any federal, state or local Governmental Entity applicable to the Company or such Subsidiary, that is or could become applicable to the Atairos Group as a result of the Transactions.

(s) No Additional Representations.

(i) The Company acknowledges that the Purchaser makes no representation or warranty as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in Section 3.02 and in any certificate delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, and the Company has not relied on or been induced by such

 

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information or any other representations or warranties (whether express or implied or made orally or in writing) not expressly set forth in Section 3.02 and in any certificate delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

(ii) The Company acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Section 3.02 and in any certificate delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, (i) no person has been authorized by the Purchaser to make any representation or warranty relating to the Purchaser or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and if made, such representation or warranty must not be relied upon by the Company as having been authorized by the Purchaser, and (ii) any materials or information provided or addressed to the Company or any of its Affiliates or representatives are not and shall not be deemed to be or include representations or warranties of the Purchaser unless any such materials or information are the subject of any express representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.02 of this Agreement and in any certificate delivered by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 3.01(s) shall be deemed to limit the Company’s or its Affiliates’ rights or remedies with respect to fraud.

Section 3.02. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Organization; Ownership. The Purchaser is a limited partnership, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite partnership power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business as it is being conducted on the date of this Agreement.

(b) Authorization; Sufficient Funds; No Conflicts.

(i) The Purchaser has full partnership power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions to which it is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership action on behalf of the Purchaser. No other proceedings on the part of the Purchaser are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and consummation of the Transactions. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Purchaser. Assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, subject to the limitation of such enforcement by the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

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(ii) The Purchaser has cash in immediately available funds in excess of the Purchase Price.

(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser, the consummation by the Purchaser of the Transactions to which it is a party and the compliance by the Purchaser with any of the provisions hereof and thereof will not conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (A) any provision of the Purchaser’s organizational documents, (B) any mortgage, note, indenture, deed of trust, lease, license, loan agreement or other agreement binding upon the Purchaser or (C) any permit, government license, judgment, order, decree, ruling, injunction, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, other than in the cases of clauses (B) and (C) as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect or delay the consummation of the Transactions to which it is a party by the Purchaser.

(c) Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or exemption or review by, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Purchaser in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Purchaser of this Agreement and the consummation by the Purchaser of the Transactions to which it is a party, except for (A) any required filings or approvals under the HSR Act or any foreign antitrust or competition laws, requirements or regulations in connection with the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon the conversion of the Notes, (B) any required filings pursuant to the Exchange Act or the rules of the SEC and (C) any consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration, filing, exemption or review the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect or delay the consummation of the Transactions to which it is a party by the Purchaser.

(d) Securities Act Representations.

(i) The Purchaser is an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act) and is aware that the sale of the Notes is being made in reliance on a private placement exemption from registration under the Securities Act. The Purchaser is acquiring the Notes (and any shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes) for its own account, and not with a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of any federal or state securities or “blue sky” law, or with any present intention of distributing or selling such Notes (or any shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes) in violation of the Securities Act. The Purchaser has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in such Notes (and any shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes) and is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment. The Purchaser has been provided a reasonable opportunity to undertake and has

 

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undertaken such investigation and has been provided with and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

(ii) Neither the Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates is acting in concert, and neither the Purchaser nor any of its Affiliates has any agreement or understanding, with any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Purchaser, and is not otherwise a member of a “group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), with respect to the Company or its securities.

(e) Brokers and Finders. The Purchaser has not retained, utilized or been represented by, or otherwise become obligated to, any broker, placement agent, financial advisor or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whose fees the Company would be required to pay.

(f) Ownership of Shares. None of the Purchaser or its Affiliates Beneficially Own any shares of Company Common Stock (without giving effect to the issuance of the Notes hereunder) other than any shares of Company Common Stock that may be owned by managing directors, officers or other employees of Atairos Management or other management entity or general partner that is an Affiliate of Atairos Partners in their individual capacities.

(g) No Additional Representations.

(i) The Purchaser acknowledges that the Company does not make any representation or warranty as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in Section 3.01 and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, and specifically (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing), that, except as expressly set forth in Section 3.01 and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (A) any matters relating to the Company, its business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or otherwise, (B) any projections, estimates or budgets delivered or made available to the Purchaser (or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or other representatives) of future revenues, results of operations (or any component thereof), cash flows or financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (C) the future business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Purchaser has not relied on or been induced by such information or any other representations or warranties (whether express or implied or made orally or in writing) not expressly set forth in Section 3.01 and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.

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purposes. The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Section 3.01 and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, (i) no person has been authorized by the Company to make any representation or warranty relating to itself or its business or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and if made, such representation or warranty must not be relied upon by the Purchaser as having been authorized by the Company, and (ii) any estimates, projections, predictions, data, financial information, memoranda, presentations or any other materials or information provided or addressed to the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or representatives are not and shall not be deemed to be or include representations or warranties of the Company unless any such materials or information are the subject of any express representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.01 of this Agreement and in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 3.02(g) shall be deemed to limit the Purchaser’s or its Affiliates’ rights or remedies with respect to fraud.

ARTICLE 4

A DDITIONAL A GREEMENTS

Section 4.01. Taking of Necessary Action. Each of the parties hereto agrees to use its reasonable efforts promptly to take or cause to be taken all action, and promptly to do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the sale and purchase of the Notes hereunder, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and compliance with applicable law. In case at any time before or after the Closing any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the sale and purchase of the Notes, the proper officers, managers and directors of each party to this Agreement shall take all such necessary action as may be reasonably requested by, and the sole expense of, the requesting party.

Section 4.02. Restricted Period.

(a) During the Restricted Period, notwithstanding any rights provided in Article 5, the Purchaser shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, (x) sell, offer, transfer, assign, mortgage, hypothecate, gift, pledge or dispose of, enter into or agree to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, pledge, mortgage, hypothecation, gift, assignment or similar disposition of (any of the foregoing, a “ transfer ”), any of the Notes or any shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of any of the Notes or (y) enter into or engage in any hedge, swap, short sale, derivative transaction or other agreement or arrangement that transfers to any Third Party, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Notes or any shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of any of the Notes (such actions in clauses (x) and (y), “ Prohibited Transfers ”), other than, in the case of clause (x), Permitted Transfers. “ Permitted Transfers ” shall mean any (i)

 

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transfer to a Purchaser’s Affiliate that executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder becoming a Purchaser party to this Agreement and a duly completed and executed applicable IRS Form, (ii) transfer to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) transfer to a Third Party for cash solely to the extent that all of the net proceeds of such sale are solely used to satisfy a bona fide margin call (i.e., posted as collateral) pursuant to a Permitted Loan, or repay a Permitted Loan to the extent necessary to satisfy a bona fide margin call on such Permitted Loan or avoid a bona fide margin call on such Permitted Loan, (iv) transfer with the prior written consent of the Company, (v) tender of any Company Common Stock into a Third Party Tender/Exchange Offer, as defined below (and any related conversion of Notes to the extent required to effect such Third Party Tender/Exchange Offer), and any transfer effected pursuant to any merger, consolidation or similar transaction consummated by the Company (for the avoidance of doubt, if such Third Party Tender/Exchange Offer does not close for any reason, the restrictions on transfer contained herein shall continue to apply to any Company Common Stock received pursuant to the conversion of any Notes that had previously been converted to participate in any such tender or exchange offer) or (vi) distribution in kind to the Purchaser’s or its Affiliates’ limited or other partners, members or other equityholders in connection with the winding up or dissolution of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, so long as, in the event of any such distribution to Comcast or any of its Subsidiaries, each such Person executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder becoming a Purchaser to this Agreement and a duly completed and executed applicable IRS Form. In addition, during the Restricted Period, the Company will consider in good faith any request by the Purchaser to transfer up to $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes or shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of up to $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and, if consented to by the Company, such transfer shall constitute a Permitted Transfer, subject to agreement between the parties of what rights and obligations hereunder shall apply to the transferee in the event of such Permitted Transfer. “ Third Party Tender/Exchange Offer ” shall mean any tender or exchange offer made to all of the holders of Company Common Stock by a Third Party for a number of outstanding shares of Voting Stock that, if consummated, would result in a Change in Control solely to the extent that (x) the Board of Directors has recommended such tender or exchange offer in a Schedule 14D-9 under the Exchange Act or does not publicly recommend against such offer in a Schedule 14D-9 under the Exchange Act within ten (10) Business Days after the public announcement of such offer or (y) such tender or exchange offer is either (I) a tender or exchange offer for less than all of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock or (II) part of a two-step transaction and the consideration to be received in the second step of such transaction is not identical in the amount or form of consideration (or the election of the type of consideration available to holders of Company Common Stock is not identical in the second step of such transaction) as the first step of the transaction. Following the Restricted Period, the Purchaser shall not transfer any of the Notes or any shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Notes to any of its Affiliates that did not execute and deliver to the Company a Joinder becoming a Purchaser party to this Agreement or did not deliver to the Company a duly completed and executed applicable IRS Form. Any purported Prohibited Transfer in violation of this Section 4.02 shall be null and void ab initio . Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject

 

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to compliance with Applicable Trading Restrictions, the Purchaser (or a controlled Affiliate of the Purchaser) shall be permitted to mortgage, hypothecate, and/or pledge the Notes and/or the shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Notes in respect of any bona fide financing arrangements of the Purchaser or its controlled Affiliates, including one or more bona fide purpose (margin) or bona fide non-purpose loans (each such financing arrangement, a “ Permitted Loan ”). Any Permitted Loan entered into by the Purchaser or its controlled Affiliates shall be with one or more financial institutions and nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit or otherwise restrict the ability of any lender (or its securities affiliate) or collateral agent to foreclose upon and sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer the Notes and/or shares of Company Common Stock (including shares of Company Common Stock received upon conversion of the Notes following foreclosure on a Permitted Loan) mortgaged, hypothecated and/or pledged to secure the obligations of the borrower following an event of default under a Permitted Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary herein, in the event that any lender or other creditor under a Permitted Loan transaction (including any agent or trustee on their behalf) or any affiliate of the foregoing exercises any rights or remedies in respect of the Notes or the shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Notes or any other collateral for any Permitted Loan, no lender, creditor, agent or trustee on their behalf or affiliate of any of the foregoing (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Purchaser or any of its Affiliates) shall be entitled to any rights or have any obligations or be subject to any transfer restrictions or limitations hereunder (including, without limitation, the rights or benefits provided for in Section 4.06 and Section 4.07) except and to the extent for those expressly provided for in Article 5.

(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or elsewhere to the contrary, any sale of Notes or Company Common Stock pursuant to Article 5 shall be subject to any applicable limitations set forth in this Section 4.02 and Article 5 but shall not be subject to any policies, procedures or limitations (other than any applicable federal securities laws and any other applicable laws) otherwise applicable to the Atairos Affiliated Directors with respect to trading in the Company’s securities (other than as set forth in the definition of “Blackout Period”) and the Company acknowledges and agrees that such policies, procedures or limitations applicable to the Atairos Affiliated Directors shall not be violated by any such transfer pursuant to Article 5, other than any applicable federal securities laws and any other applicable laws.

Section 4.03. Standstill.

(a) The Purchaser agrees that, during the Standstill Period, it shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates (collectively and individually, the “ Purchaser Affiliates ,”) not to, directly or indirectly, in any manner, alone or in concert with others take any of the following actions without the prior consent of the Company (acting through a resolution of the Company’s directors not including any Atairos Affiliated Directors):

(i) make, engage in, or in any way participate in, directly or indirectly, any “solicitation” of proxies (as such terms are used in the proxy rules of the SEC but without regard to the exclusion set forth in Rule 14a-1(l)(2)(iv)) or consents to

 

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vote, or seek to advise, encourage or influence any person with respect to the voting of any securities of the Company for the election of individuals to the Board of Directors or to approve any proposals submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company that have not been authorized and approved, or recommended for approval, by the Board of Directors, or become a “participant” in any contested “solicitation” (as such terms are defined or used under the Exchange Act) for the election of directors with respect to the Company, other than a “solicitation” or acting as a “participant” in support of the Atairos Affiliated Director or all of the nominees of the Board of the Directors at any stockholder meeting, or make or be the proponent of any stockholder proposal (pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or otherwise);

(ii) form, join, encourage, influence, advise or in any way participate in any “group” (as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with any persons who are not Purchaser Affiliates with respect to any securities of the Company or otherwise in any manner agree, attempt, seek or propose to deposit any securities of the Company or any securities convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for any such securities in any voting trust or similar arrangement, or subject any securities of the Company to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting thereof, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement;

(iii) acquire, offer or propose to acquire, or agree to acquire, directly or indirectly, whether by purchase, tender or exchange offer, through the acquisition of control of another person, by joining a partnership, limited partnership, syndicate or other group (including any group of persons that would be treated as a single “person” under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), through swap or hedging transactions or otherwise, any securities of the Company or any rights decoupled from the underlying securities that would result in the Purchaser (together with the Purchaser Affiliates), having Beneficial Ownership in more than 20% in the aggregate of the shares of the Company Common Stock outstanding at such time (assuming all the Notes are converted on a fully physical settlement basis), excluding any issuance by the Company of shares of Company Common Stock or options, warrants or other rights to acquire Company Common Stock (or the exercise thereof) to any person as compensation for the Atairos Affiliated Director’s membership on the Board of Directors; provided that any acquisitions of securities of the Company (other than any conversion of the Notes) or rights therein by the Purchaser or the Purchaser Affiliates permitted pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.03(a)(iii) shall be made (A) in accordance with applicable securities laws and (B) until the date that is ninety (90) days following such time as there is no Purchaser Designee serving on the Board of Directors (and as of such time the Purchaser no longer has board nomination rights pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise irrevocably waives in a writing delivered to the Company all of such rights), in accordance with the Company’s restricted trading period then in effect during which directors and executive officers of the Company are not permitted to trade under the insider trading policy of the Company then in effect (the foregoing clauses (A) and (B),

 

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together, “ Applicable Trading Restrictions ”), but shall not be subject to any other trading policies, procedures or limitations; and provided, further , that nothing herein will require any Notes or shares of Company Common Stock to be sold to the extent the Purchaser and the Purchaser Affiliates, collectively, exceeds the ownership limit under this paragraph as the result of a share repurchase or any other Company action that reduces the number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock. For purposes of this Section 4.03(a)(iii), no securities Beneficially Owned by a portfolio company of the Purchaser or its Affiliates will be deemed to be Beneficially Owned by Purchaser or any of its Affiliates only so long as (x) such portfolio company is not an Affiliate of the Purchaser for purposes of this Agreement, (y) neither the Purchaser nor any Purchaser Affiliate has encouraged, instructed, directed, supported, assisted or advised, or coordinated with, such portfolio company with respect to the acquisition, voting or disposition of securities of the Company by the portfolio company and (z) neither the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates is a member of a group (as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with that portfolio company with respect to any securities of the Company;

(iv) transfer, directly or indirectly, through swap or hedging transactions or otherwise, the Notes or Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Purchaser or its Affiliates or any economic or voting rights decoupled from the underlying securities held by the Purchaser or its Affiliates to any Third Party that, to the knowledge of the Purchaser at the time it enters into such transaction, would result in such Third Party, together with its Affiliates and Associates, having Beneficial Ownership in the aggregate of more than 20% of the shares of Company Common Stock outstanding at such time; provided that nothing in this clause (iv) shall in any way prohibit, limit or restrict any transfer (A) that is a Permitted Transfer or pursuant to a Permitted Loan or any foreclosure thereunder, (B) pursuant to a merger, consolidation or similar transaction entered into by the Company, (C) in a bona fide underwritten public offering, in an open market transaction effected through a broker-dealer or to a broker-dealer in a block sale, so long as such broker-dealer is purchasing such securities in such block sale for its own account and makes block trades in the ordinary course of its business, (D) to a mutual fund that, to the Purchaser’s or broker-dealer’s, as applicable, knowledge after reasonable inquiry, typically makes investments in persons in the ordinary course of its business for investment purposes and not with the purpose or intent of changing or influencing the control of such person, or (E) in a derivatives transaction entered into with, or purchased from, a bank, broker-dealer or other recognized derivatives dealer that is not a hedge fund or activist investor or, to the knowledge of the Purchaser, an Affiliate of a hedge fund or activist investor;

(v) effect or seek to effect, offer or propose to effect, cause or participate in, or in any way assist or facilitate any other person to effect or seek, offer or propose to effect or participate in, any tender or exchange offer, merger, consolidation, acquisition, scheme of arrangement, business combination, recapitalization, reorganization, sale or acquisition of all or substantially all

 

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assets, liquidation, dissolution or other extraordinary transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or joint ventures or any of their respective securities (each, an “ Extraordinary Transaction ”), or make any public statement with respect to an Extraordinary Transaction; provided, however , that this clause shall not preclude the tender by the Purchaser or a Purchaser Affiliate of any securities of the Company into any Third Party Tender/Exchange Offer (and any related conversion of Notes to the extent required to effect such tender) or the vote by the Purchaser or a Purchaser Affiliate of any voting securities of the Company with respect to any Extraordinary Transaction in their discretion;

(vi) (A) call or seek to call any meeting of stockholders of the Company, including by written consent, (B) seek representation on the Board of Directors, except as expressly set forth herein, (C) seek any other material, non-ordinary course change in the Company’s management, business or corporate structure, (D) seek the removal of any member of the Board of Directors (other than an Atairos Affiliated Director in accordance with Section 4.07), (E) solicit consents from stockholders or otherwise act or seek to act by written consent with respect to the Company, (F) conduct a referendum of stockholders of the Company or (G) make a request for any stockholder list or other Company books and records, whether pursuant to Section 220 of the DGCL or otherwise, except as expressly set forth herein;

(vii) take any action in support of or make any proposal or request that constitutes: (A) controlling or changing the Board of Directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any vacancies on the Board of Directors, (B) any material change in the capitalization or dividend policy of the Company, (C) seeking to have the Company waive or make amendments or modifications to the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws that may impede or facilitate the acquisition of control of the Company by any person, (D) causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from, or to cease to be authorized to be quoted on, any securities exchange, or (E) causing a class of equity securities of the Company to become eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act;

(viii) make any public disclosure, announcement or statement regarding any intent, purpose, plan or proposal with respect to the Board of Directors, the Company, its management, policies or affairs, any of its securities or assets or this Agreement that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement; or

(ix) enter into any discussions, negotiations, agreements or understandings with any Third Party with respect to any of the foregoing, or advise, knowingly assist, knowingly encourage or seek to persuade any Third Party to take any action or make any statement with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

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(b) The foregoing provisions of Section 4.03(a) shall not be deemed to prohibit (i) the Purchaser or any Purchaser Affiliates or their respective directors, executive officers, partners, employees, managing members, advisors or agents (acting in such capacity) from (A) communicating privately with the Company’s directors, officers or advisors or (B) submitting to the Board of Directors one or more confidential proposals or offers for a transaction (including a transaction that, if consummated, would result in a Change in Control), so long as, in each case, such communications and submissions are not intended to, and would not reasonably be expected to, require any public disclosure of such communications or submissions, as applicable, (ii) the Purchaser or any Purchaser Affiliates from acquiring any person that owns securities of the Company that represent less than 10% of the value of the consolidated assets of such person (as determined by reference to the latest annual or quarterly financial statements of such person) in connection with the bona fide acquisition of an operating business; provided that, to the extent that the Purchaser and the Purchaser Affiliates are not permitted to Beneficially Own such securities (or a portion thereof) under Section 4.03(a)(iii) at such time, the Purchaser shall, or shall cause the Purchaser Affiliates to, divest such acquired securities of the Company (or a portion thereof) within twelve (12) months after the consummation of such acquisition and shall, prior to the date of divestment, vote such securities on any matter submitted to a vote of the stockholders of the Company in the same proportion as the votes cast by all other stockholders of the Company, or (iii) the Purchaser’s entry into the Voting Agreement or the taking of any action expressly contemplated, permitted or required thereby or arising therefrom.

(c) Nothing in this Section 4.03 shall (i) affect the Purchaser’s or the Purchaser Affiliates’ ability to hold the Notes or hold or vote any shares of Company Common Stock, including the shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Notes, or (ii) limit any action that may be taken by any Atairos Affiliated Director acting solely as a director of the Company consistent with his fiduciary duties as a director of the Company if such action does not include any public announcement or disclosure by such Atairos Affiliated Director, the Purchaser or a Purchaser Affiliate.

(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.03 to the contrary, if (i) a Change in Control is consummated, (ii) the Company enters into a definitive agreement providing for a transaction that, if consummated, would result in a Change in Control, or (iii) a Third Party makes a public offer or proposal (including a tender or exchange offer) that, if consummated, would result in a Change in Control, and the Board of Directors does not publicly recommend against such offer within ten (10) Business Days after the public announcement of such offer or proposal, then, in each case in this Section 4.03(d), the prohibitions in this Section 4.03 shall immediately terminate without further force or effect and the Purchaser and the Purchaser Affiliates shall be released from compliance therewith.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.03 to the contrary, the prohibitions in this Section 4.03 shall immediately terminate without further force or effect and the Purchaser and the Purchaser Affiliates shall be released from compliance therewith if the Company (i) institutes a voluntary proceeding, or becomes the subject of

 

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an involuntary proceeding which involuntary proceeding is not dismissed within sixty (60) days, under any bankruptcy act, insolvency law or any law for the relief of debtors, (ii) has a receiver appointed to manage its affairs, which appointment is not dismissed, vacated or stayed within sixty (60) days or (iii) executes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors.

Section 4.04. Securities Laws . The Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, as of the Closing Date, the Notes (and the shares of Company Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion of the Notes) have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state and that they may be sold or otherwise disposed of only in one or more transactions registered under the Securities Act and, where applicable, such laws, or as to which an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and, where applicable, such laws, is available. The Purchaser acknowledges that, except as provided in Article 5 with respect to shares of Company Common Stock and the Notes, the Purchaser has no right to require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to register the Notes or the shares of Company Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

Section 4.05. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Securities . Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate for any security of the Company and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an undertaking by the holder thereof to indemnify the Company (and, if requested by the Company, the delivery of an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company to protect the Company from any loss it may suffer if a certificate is replaced), or, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company will issue a new certificate or, at the Company’s option, a share ownership statement representing such securities for an equivalent number of shares or another security of like tenor, as the case may be.

Section 4.06. Antitrust Approval . The Company and the Purchaser acknowledge that one or more filings under the HSR Act or foreign antitrust laws may be necessary in connection with the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes. The Purchaser will promptly notify the Company if any such filing is required on the part of the Purchaser. To the extent reasonably requested, the Company, the Purchaser and any other applicable Purchaser Affiliate will use reasonable efforts to cooperate in timely making or causing to be made all applications and filings under the HSR Act or any foreign antitrust requirements in connection with the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion of Notes held by the Purchaser or any Purchaser Affiliate in a timely manner and as required by the law of the applicable jurisdiction; provided that, notwithstanding in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not have any responsibility or liability for failure of Purchaser or any of its Affiliates to comply with any applicable law. For as long as there are Notes outstanding and owned by Purchaser or its Affiliates, the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable provide (no more than four (4) times per calendar year) such information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Purchaser may reasonably request in order to determine what foreign antitrust requirements may exist with respect to any potential conversion of the Notes. The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the filing fees associated with any such applications or filings.

 

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Section 4.07. Board Nomination .

(a) The Company agrees to appoint Michael J. Angelakis to the Board of Directors as the initial Purchaser Designee effective as of the Closing by taking all necessary action to increase the size of the Board of Directors unless there otherwise is a vacancy in the Board of Directors and in either event filling the vacancy thereby created with such individual. The Company agrees that, subject to Section 4.07(c), the Purchaser shall have the right to nominate at each meeting or action by written consent at which individuals will be elected members of the Board of Directors one nominee of the Purchaser (for the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser shall have a right to nominate a member to the Board of Directors if and only so long as the Atairos Group does not fall below the Minimum Ownership Threshold (as defined below) at any point in time); provided that during the Standstill Period, the Purchaser shall nominate Michael J. Angelakis as the Purchaser Designee for so long as such individual serves and is capable of serving as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atairos Management on a substantially full-time basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchaser shall not have a right to nominate any member to the Board of Directors under this Section 4.07(a) from and after such time as the Atairos Group collectively Beneficially Owns less than the greater of (i) 66.7% of the number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Purchaser and its Affiliates collectively immediately following the Closing (as equitably adjusted for any stock split, reverse stock split, combination, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the Company Common Stock, and excluding from the shares of Company Common Stock deemed to be Beneficially Owned by the Atairos Group at such time for such purpose any shares of Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Atairos Group at such time solely by reason of the Voting Agreement) and (ii) 4% of the number of shares of Company Common Stock then outstanding, assuming issuance upon conversion of the Notes Beneficially Owned by the Atairos Group of the shares of Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Atairos Group at such time (and, for the avoidance of doubt, including in the shares of Company Common Stock deemed to be Beneficially Owned by the Atairos Group at such time for such purpose any shares of Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Atairos Group at such time solely by reason of the Voting Agreement) (the greater of amounts set forth in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.07(a), the “ Minimum Ownership Threshold ”), solely in the case of the loss of the Purchaser’s rights under this Section 4.07(a) pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii) of this Section 4.07(a), unless and until such time as the Atairos Group collectively Beneficially Owns a number of shares of Company Common Stock that equals or exceeds the Minimum Ownership Threshold (provided that as of such time the Purchaser has not irrevocably waived in a writing delivered to the Company all of its board nomination rights pursuant to this Agreement). For the avoidance of doubt, (A) if at any time the Purchaser’s rights under this Section 4.07(a) lose effect, the then-serving Purchaser Designee may continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors until the Company’s next meeting of stockholders or action by written consent at which directors are to be elected, and (B) the Purchaser’s rights under this Section 4.07(a) may become effective and/or lose effect from time to time and any number of times.

 

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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4.07 and applicable law, the Company agrees to include each Purchaser Designee in its slate of nominees for election as directors of the Company at each of the Company’s meetings of stockholders or action by written consent at which directors are to be elected and use its reasonable efforts to cause the election of each such Purchaser Designee to the Board of Directors (for the avoidance of doubt, the Company will be required to use substantially the same level of efforts and provide substantially the same level of support as is used and/or provided for the other director nominees of the Company with respect to the applicable meeting of stockholders or action by written consent). For the avoidance of doubt, failure of the stockholders of the Company to elect any Purchaser Designee to the Board of Directors shall not affect the right of the Purchaser to nominate directors for election pursuant to this Section 4.07 in any future election of directors.

(c) Each Purchaser Designee must be (i) during the Standstill Period, for so long as such individual serves and is capable of serving as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atairos Management on a substantially full-time basis, Michael J. Angelakis or (ii) on the earlier of (A) the end of the Standstill Period or (B) the date on which Michael J. Angelakis does not serve or is not capable of serving as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atairos Management on a substantially full-time basis, an individual (including Michael J. Angelakis) whose name is listed on the list that the Purchaser has separately furnished to the Company and/or its counsel, as such list may be updated from time to time after the date hereof by mutual written agreement of the Purchaser and the Company (it being understood and agreed that each party shall review such list from time to time and consider in good faith whether each individual thereon should remain on such list in light of any circumstances arising after the date of the addition of such individual to such list (including, as applicable, any change in such individual’s role or position with the Atairos Group), or any circumstances in existence as of such date but not known to such party prior to such date) (such list, the “ Purchaser Designee List ”), who in each case (x) is reasonably acceptable to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor thereto) acting in good faith (it being understood and agreed that, in making any determination with respect to any such individual, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor thereto) shall not apply any policy, procedure, code, rule, standard or guideline applicable to the Board of Directors in a manner that adversely impacts such individual relative to the other directors and director nominees of the Company) and (y) meets in all material respects all of the other requirements of a director of the Company described in this Section 4.07(c); provided that the Company agrees that each of the individuals whose names are listed on the Purchaser Designee List shall be submitted to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor thereto) at its first regularly scheduled meeting after the date hereof, which shall be held in April 2016, for purposes of determining whether each such individual (other than Michael J. Angelakis, for whom, for the avoidance of doubt, such determination shall have been made prior to the date hereof) satisfies the requirements of, and is acceptable under, this Section 4.07(c), and

 

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upon the favorable determination by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor thereto) with respect to any such individual, each such individual shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of, and be acceptable under, this Section 4.07(c) in the absence of any circumstances arising after the date of such meeting of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor thereto) (including, as applicable, any change in such individual’s role or position with the Atairos Group), or any circumstances in existence as of such date but not known to the Company prior to such date, that in the good faith judgment of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor thereto) has a material impact thereon; and provided, further , that each party shall cooperate with the other in good faith and use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Purchaser Designee List at all times includes at least two (2) individuals (other than Michael J. Angelakis), each of whom satisfies the requirements of, and is acceptable under, this Section 4.07(c) in the absence of any circumstances arising after the date of the determination that such individual satisfies such requirements and is so acceptable (including, as applicable, any change in such individual’s role or position with the Atairos Group), or any circumstances in existence as of such date but not known to the Company prior to such date, that in the good faith judgment of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (or any successor thereto) has a material impact thereon. As a condition to any Purchaser Designee’s appointment to the Board of Directors and nomination for election as a director of the Company at the Company’s annual meetings of stockholders (A) the Purchaser and each Purchaser Designee must in all material respects provide to the Company (1) all information reasonably requested by the Company that is required to be or customarily disclosed for directors, candidates for directors, and their affiliates and representatives in a proxy statement or other filings under applicable law or regulation or stock exchange rules or listing standards, in each case, relating to their nomination or election as a director of the Company or the Company’s operations in the ordinary course of business and (2) information reasonably requested by the Company in connection with assessing eligibility, independence and other criteria applicable to directors or satisfying compliance and legal or regulatory obligations, in each case, relating to their nomination or election as a director of the Company or the Company’s operations in the ordinary course of business, with respect to the Purchaser, its Affiliates and the applicable Purchaser Designee, (B) each Purchaser Designee must be qualified to serve as a director of the Company under the DGCL to the same extent as all other directors of the Company and (C) each Purchaser Designee must satisfy the requirements set forth in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, Global Code of Conduct and Insider Trading Policy and Regulation FD Policy (subject to Section 4.02), in each case as currently in effect (the “ Specified Guidelines ”) with such changes thereto (or such successor policies) as are applicable to all other directors, as are adopted in good faith by the Board of Directors, and do not by their terms adversely impact any Purchaser Designee relative to all other directors and as are consistent with clause (d) below (for the avoidance of doubt, no Purchaser Designee shall be required to qualify as an independent director under applicable stock exchange rules and federal securities laws and regulations). The Company will make all information requests pursuant to this Section 4.07(c) in good faith in a timely manner that allows the Purchaser and each Purchaser

 

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Designee a reasonable amount of time to provide such information, and will cooperate in good faith with the Purchaser and each Purchaser Designee in connection with their efforts to provide the requested information.

(d) The Purchaser acknowledges that at all times while serving as a member of the Board of Directors, each Atairos Affiliated Director, solely in his or her individual capacity, will be required to comply with all policies, procedures, processes, codes, rules, standards and guidelines applicable to all non-executive members of the Board of Directors that are included in the Specified Guidelines as currently in effect with such changes (or such successor policies) as are applicable to all other directors and as are not targeted towards, and are not disproportionately applicable to, the Atairos Affiliated Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as an Atairos Affiliated Director is on the Board of Directors, (i) the Company shall not implement or maintain any trading policy, equity ownership guidelines (including with respect to the use of Rule 10b5-1 plans and preclearance or notification to the Company of any trades in the Company’s securities) or similar guideline or policy with respect to the trading of securities of the Company that applies to the Purchaser or its Affiliates (including a policy that limits, prohibits, restricts the Purchaser or its Affiliates from entering into any hedging or derivative arrangements), in each case other than with respect to any Atairos Affiliated Director solely in his or her individual capacity, except as provided herein, (ii) any share ownership requirement for any Purchaser Designee serving on the Board of Directors will be deemed satisfied by the securities owned by the Purchaser and/or its Affiliates and under no circumstances shall any of such policies, procedures, processes, codes, rules, standards and guidelines impose any restrictions on the Purchaser’s or its Affiliates’ transfers of securities, including pursuant to Article 5 (except as otherwise provided therein with respect to Blackout Periods), and (iii) under no circumstances shall any policy, procedure, code, rule, standard or guideline applicable to the Board of Directors be violated by any Purchaser Designee (x) accepting an invitation to serve on another board of directors of a company whose principal line(s) of business do not compete with the principal line(s) of business of the Company or failing to notify an officer or director of the Company prior to doing so, or (y) receiving compensation from the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, or (z) failing to offer his or her resignation from the Board of Directors except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or pursuant to any majority voting policy adopted by the Board of Directors. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the case of the Specified Guidelines or any other policies, procedures, processes, codes, rules, standards and guidelines applicable to the Purchaser Designee, including any such policies referred to in the foregoing (i), (ii) and (iii), it is agreed that any such policies in effect from time to time that purport to impose terms inconsistent with this Agreement shall not apply to the extent inconsistent with this Agreement (but shall otherwise be applicable to the Purchaser Designee). If the Specified Guidelines are in good faith changed in a manner that results in a Purchaser Designee no longer satisfying the Specified Guidelines in all material respects, then the Purchaser agrees that it shall not nominate such Purchaser Designee at the next meeting of stockholders of the Company at which the stockholders of the Company elect the Board of Directors.

 

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(e) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 4.07, if a vacancy on the Board of Directors is created as a result of a Purchaser Designee’s death, resignation, disqualification or removal, in each case for whatever reason, or if the Purchaser desires to nominate a different individual to replace any then-existing Purchaser Designee, then, at the request of the Purchaser, the Purchaser and the Company (acting through the Board of Directors) shall work together in good faith to fill such vacancy or replace such nominee as promptly as reasonably practical with a replacement Purchaser Designee subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and thereafter such individual shall as promptly as reasonably practical be appointed to the Board of Directors to fill such vacancy and/or be nominated as a Company nominee as a “Purchaser Designee” pursuant to this Section 4.07 (as applicable).

(f) To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and subject to any express agreement that may from time to time be in effect, the Company agrees that any Atairos Affiliated Director, the Purchaser and any Purchaser Affiliate or any representative or portfolio company thereof (collectively, “ Covered Persons ”) may, and shall have no duty not to, directly or indirectly, (i) invest in, carry on and conduct, whether as a partner in any partnership, or as a joint venturer in any joint venture, or as an officer, director, stockholder, equityholder or investor in any person, or as a participant in any syndicate, pool, trust or association, or otherwise, any business of any kind, nature or description, whether or not such business is competitive with or in the same or similar lines of business as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) do business with any client, customer, vendor or lessor of any of the Company or its Affiliates or any other person with which any of the Company or its Affiliates has a business relationship; and/or (iii) make investments in any kind of property in which the Company or its Affiliates may make investments. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Company renounces any interest or expectancy to participate in any business or investments of any Covered Person as currently conducted or as may be conducted in the future, and waives any claim against a Covered Person. The Company agrees that in the event that a Covered Person acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or matter which may constitute a corporate opportunity for both (x) the Covered Person outside of his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors and (y) the Company or its Subsidiaries, the Covered Person shall not have any duty to offer or communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or its Subsidiaries. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Company hereby renounces any interest or expectancy in any potential transaction or matter of which the Covered Person acquires knowledge, except for any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person solely in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors, and waives any claim against each Covered Person that such Covered Person is liable to the Company or its stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty solely by reason of the fact that such Covered Person (A) pursues or acquires any corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of any Affiliate or other person, (B) directs, recommends, sells, assigns or otherwise transfers such corporate opportunity to another person or (C) does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company; provided that, in each such case, that any corporate opportunity which is expressly offered to a Covered Person solely in his or her capacity as a member of the Board of Directors shall belong to the Company.

 

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(g) From time to time after the Closing Date, for so long as an Atairos Affiliated Director is on the Board of Directors, the Purchaser and the Company shall discuss in good faith service by the Atairos Affiliated Director on appropriate committees of the Board of Directors.

(h) The Atairos Affiliated Director shall receive the same notices, information and reports as the other non-executive members of the Board of Directors; provided that in the event of any conflict of interest between the Company and the Atairos Group, the Atairos Affiliated Director shall receive the same notices, information and reports as a similarly situated interested member of the Board of Directors. The Atairos Affiliated Director shall be bound by the same confidentiality restrictions as the other non-executive directors of the Company relating to the confidentiality of Company business and information, including discussions or matters considered in meetings of the Board of Directors or committees of the Board of Directors to the extent not disclosed publicly by the Company, and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such confidentiality restrictions, the Atairos Affiliated Director shall be entitled to provide to the Purchaser and the Purchaser Affiliates any and all notices, information and reports received by the Atairos Affiliated Director in his or her capacity as a director, subject to the terms of Section 4.16; provided that, except with the prior written consent of the Company, the Atairos Affiliated Director shall not disclose to the Purchaser or any Purchaser Affiliate any advice provided to the Company by in-house or outside legal counsel that the Company has advised the Atairos Affiliated Director is protected by the attorney-client privilege.

(i) The Atairos Affiliated Director shall have the same voting rights as the other members of the Board of Directors. The Atairos Affiliated Director shall also be entitled to (A) the same travel and expense reimbursement and (B) if requested by the Purchaser, the same retainer, equity compensation and other fees or compensation, in each case as paid to the other non-executive directors of the Company for his or her service as a director, including any service on any committee of the Board of Directors; provided that, if requested by the Purchaser, any such amount referred to in this sentence shall be paid to Atairos Management, in lieu of the Atairos Affiliated Director.

(j) For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary, transferees of the Notes and/or the shares of Company Common Stock (other than in connection with Permitted Transfers to Affiliates of the Purchaser or Permitted Transfers to Comcast or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the winding up or dissolution of the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, in each case who sign a Joinder pursuant to Section 4.02(a)) shall not have any rights pursuant to this Section 4.07.

Section 4.08. No Inconsistent Arrangements .

(a) The Company agrees that, during the Standstill Period, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) issue or adopt any shareholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar plan or arrangement or adopt any control share acquisition, business combination or other anti-takeover provision under its certificate of incorporation, bylaws

 

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or similar organizational documents, unless such rights, plan, arrangement or provision expressly permits the acquisition and ownership by the Atairos Group of the Notes, the shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Notes and any additional securities of the Company acquired in accordance with Section 4.03, and any transfer thereof by the Atairos Group, in accordance with and as permitted by this Agreement; or (ii) enter into any agreement containing any provision pursuant to which the acquisition and ownership by the Atairos Group of the Notes, the shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Notes or any additional securities of the Company acquired in accordance with Section 4.03, or any transfer thereof by the Atairos Group, in accordance with and as permitted by this Agreement, would require any consent or other action by any person under, conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, such agreement.

(b) During the Standstill Period, (i) if any shareholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar plan or arrangement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any control share acquisition, business combination or other anti-takeover provision under the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the laws, statutes, orders, rules, regulations, policies or guidelines of any federal, state or local Governmental Entity applicable to the Company or such Subsidiary, shall become applicable to any member of the Atairos Group, the Company shall grant such approvals and take such other actions as are necessary and within its control so that the transactions contemplated or permitted by the Transaction Agreements may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and thereby and otherwise act to minimize the effects of any such statute or regulation on such transactions; and (ii) without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall not, and shall causes its Subsidiaries not to, grant any approvals or take any other actions under any such shareholder purchase rights or “poison pill” or any similar plan or arrangement, or any such control share acquisition, business combination or other anti-takeover provision, in each case so as to permit any Third Party to acquire Beneficial Ownership of more than 20% of the aggregate of the shares of the Company Common Stock outstanding at such time, unless the Company grants, or causes its Subsidiaries to grant, as applicable, such approvals and takes, or causes its Subsidiaries to take, as applicable, such other actions for the benefit of the Atairos Group at substantially the same time as, and on terms that are no less favorable to the Atairos Group than, such approvals and other actions are granted and taken for the benefit of such Third Party.

Section 4.09. Financing Cooperation . If requested by the Purchaser, the Company will provide the following cooperation in connection with the Purchaser obtaining any Permitted Loan: (i) entering into an issuer agreement (an “ Issuer Agreement ”) with each lender in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C , and subject to the consent of the Company (which will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), with such changes thereto as are requested by such lender, (ii) entering into customary triparty agreements with each lender and the Purchaser relating to the delivery of the Notes to the relevant lender for crediting to the relevant collateral accounts upon funding of the loan and (iii) such other cooperation and assistance as the Purchaser may reasonably request

 

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that will not unreasonably disrupt the operation of the Company’s business. Anything in the preceding sentence to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company’s obligation to deliver an Issuer Agreement is conditioned on (x) the Purchaser delivering to the Company a copy of the loan agreement for the Permitted Loan to which the Issuer Agreement relates and (y) the Purchaser certifying to the Company in writing that (A) the loan agreement with respect to which the Issuer Agreement is being delivered constitutes a Permitted Loan being entered into in accordance with this Agreement, the Purchaser has pledged the Notes and/or the underlying shares of Company Common Stock as collateral to the lenders under such Permitted Loan and that the execution of such Permitted Loan and the terms thereof do not violate the terms of this Agreement, (B) to the extent applicable, whether the registration rights under Article 5 are being assigned to the lenders under that Permitted Loan, (C) that an Event of Default (as contemplated by the Margin Loan Agreement as defined in the Issuer Agreement) constitutes the only circumstances under which the lenders under the Permitted Loan may foreclose on the Notes and/or the underlying shares of Company Common Stock and a Coverage Event (as contemplated by the Margin Loan Agreement) constitutes circumstances under which the Purchaser may sell the Notes and/or the underlying shares of Company Common Stock in order to satisfy a margin call or repay a Permitted Loan, in each case to the extent necessary to satisfy a bona fid e margin call on such Permitted Loan and that such provisions do not violate the terms of this Agreement and (D) the Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company will be relying on such certificate when entering into the Issuer Agreement and any inaccuracy in such certificate will be deemed a breach of this Agreement. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the statements and agreements of the Company in an Issuer Agreement are solely for the benefit of the applicable lenders party thereto and that in any dispute between the Company and the Purchaser under this Agreement the Purchaser shall not be entitled to use the statements and agreements of the Company in an Issuer Agreement against the Company.

Section 4.10. Certain Tax Matters . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right to deduct and withhold from any payment or distribution made with respect to the Notes (or the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes) such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payment or distribution (or issuance) under any applicable Tax law. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. In the event the Company previously remitted any amounts to a Governmental Entity on account of Taxes required to be deducted or withheld in respect of any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) on any Notes, the Company shall be entitled to offset any such amounts against any amounts otherwise payable in respect of such Notes (or the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes).

Section 4.11. Section 16 Matters . If the Company becomes a party to a consolidation, merger or other similar transaction, or if there is any event or circumstance that may result in the Purchaser, its Affiliates and/or any Atairos Affiliated Director being deemed to have made a disposition or acquisition of equity securities of the Company or

 

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derivatives thereof for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and if any Atairos Affiliated Director is serving on the Board of Directors at such time or has served on the Board of Directors during the preceding six months (i) the Board of Directors or a committee thereof composed solely of two or more “non-employee directors” as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act will pre-approve such acquisition or disposition of equity securities of the Company or derivatives thereof for the express purpose of exempting the Purchaser’s, its Affiliates’ and any Atairos Affiliated Director’s interests (for the Purchaser and/or its Affiliates, to the extent such persons may be deemed to be “directors by deputization”) in such transaction from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder and (ii) if the transaction involves (A) a merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party and the Company Common Stock is, in whole or in part, converted into or exchanged for equity securities of a different issuer, (B) a potential acquisition or deemed acquisition, or disposition or deemed disposition, by the Purchaser, the Purchaser’s Affiliates, and/or any Atairos Affiliated Director of equity securities of such other issuer or derivatives thereof and (C) an Affiliate or other designee of the Purchaser or its Affiliates will serve on the board of directors (or its equivalent) of such other issuer pursuant to the terms of an agreement to which the Company is a party (or if the Purchaser notifies the Company of such service a reasonable time in advance of the closing of such transactions), then if the Company requires that the other issuer pre-approve any acquisition of equity securities or derivatives thereof for the express purpose of exempting the interests of any director or officer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries in such transactions from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder, the Company shall require that such other issuer pre-approve any such acquisitions of equity securities or derivatives thereof for the express purpose of exempting the interests of the Purchaser’s, its Affiliates’ and any Atairos Affiliated Director’s (for the Purchaser and/or its Affiliates, to the extent such persons may be deemed to be “directors by deputization” of such other issuer) in such transactions from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder. If any Atairos Affiliated Director is granted any equity or equity-based awards by the Company in connection with his or her service on the Board of Directors (or any committee thereof), (a) the Board of Directors acknowledges that, immediately upon grant of such award, the Atairos Affiliated Director may assign all rights, title and interest in the shares of Company Common Stock underlying such award to any Atairos Affiliate and (b) the Board of Directors or a committee thereof composed solely of two or more “non-employee directors” (as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) will pre-approve the grant of such awards (and any such subsequent assignment thereof to any Atairos Affiliate) to be exempt to the maximum extent possible for purposes of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 thereunder or any other rule or regulation thereunder.

Section 4.12. D&O Indemnification / Insurance Priority Matters . Each Atairos Affiliated Director shall be eligible to enter into an indemnification agreement with the Company on terms that are no less favorable to such director than the most favorable indemnification agreement entered into by the Company with any of its other directors, from time to time. The Company acknowledges and agrees that any Atairos Affiliated Directors who are partners, members, employees, advisors or consultants of any member of the Atairos Group may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of

 

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expenses and/or insurance provided by the applicable member of the Atairos Group (collectively, the “ Atairos Indemnitors ”). The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Company shall be the indemnitor of first resort with respect to any indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws and/or indemnification agreement (including Section 5.05 hereof) to any Atairos Affiliated Director in his or her capacity as a director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (such that the Company’s obligations to such indemnitees in their capacities as directors are primary and any obligation of the Atairos Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification or insurance for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such indemnitees are secondary). Such indemnitees shall, in their capacities as directors, be entitled to all the rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and entitled to insurance to the extent provided under (i) the certificate of incorporation and/or bylaws of the Company as in effect from time to time and/or (ii) such other agreement (including Section 5.05 hereof), if any, between the Company and such indemnitees, without regard to any rights such indemnitees may have against the Atairos Indemnitors. No advancement or payment by the Atairos Indemnitors on behalf of such indemnitees with respect to any claim for which such indemnitees have sought indemnification, advancement of expenses or insurance from the Company in their capacities as directors shall affect the foregoing and the Atairos Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such indemnitees against the Company.

Section 4.13. Use of Proceeds . The Company shall use the proceeds from the Purchase Price to enter into Note hedge and warrant transactions with one or more financial institutions and for general corporate purposes, including, at the Company’s discretion, repurchases of shares of Company Common Stock.

Section 4.14. Transfers of Atairos Securities . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (a) the Purchaser hereby agrees that, without the Company’s prior written consent, the Purchaser and its Affiliates shall not transfer their respective interests in the Atairos Global Security (as defined in the Indenture) or the Atairos Securities (as defined in the Indenture) to any Third Party unless such Person receives such transferred interest in a Global Security other than the Atairos Global Security, or Physical Securities (as defined in the Indenture) other than the Atairos Securities, respectively, and (b) for the avoidance of doubt, if the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates transfers any interest in the Atairos Global Security or the Atairos Securities to any Affiliate of the Purchaser, such Affiliate shall continue to hold such transferred interest in the Atairos Global Security and not any other Global Security, or the Atairos Securities and not any other Physical Securities, respectively.

Section 4.15. Information Rights . For so long as (a) the Atairos Group collectively Beneficially Owns any outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, upon the Purchaser’s request, the Company shall provide the Purchaser with quarterly and annual financial information following the end of each fiscal quarter and year consistent with the financial information required or that would be required to be included by the Company in an a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, respectively, filed with the SEC; and (b) the Purchaser has the right to nominate a

 

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director for election pursuant to Section 4.07 (whether or not the Purchaser has exercised such right or an Atairos Affiliated Director is on the Board of Directors), subject to the terms of Section 4.16, the Company shall provide the Purchaser such information and reports as the Purchaser may reasonably request; provided that, without limiting the Company’s obligations under Section 4.07(h), the Company may deny access to any advice provided to the Company by in-house or outside legal counsel that is protected by the attorney-client privilege.

Section 4.16. Confidentiality.

(a) The Purchaser acknowledges that Confidential Information (as defined below) has been and may in the future be made available to it in connection with its investment in the Company, including pursuant to Section 4.07(h) and Section 4.15. The Purchaser agrees that it shall, and shall cause any person to whom Confidential Information is disclosed pursuant to clause (i) below (collectively, “ Representatives ”) to, keep the Confidential Information confidential and use the Confidential Information solely in connection with its investment in the Company. The Purchaser further acknowledges and agrees that it shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any person, except that Confidential Information may be disclosed (i) to any Purchaser Affiliate or any of the Purchaser’s or Purchaser Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, investment bankers or financing sources who reasonably require access to such information in connection with the Purchaser’s investment in the Company, including to the extent related to the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transactions, who in each case have been informed of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information; (ii) in the event and to the extent that the Purchaser or any of its Representatives is required to disclose any Confidential Information by applicable law, legal process or other legal compulsion, whether or not in connection with any proceeding by or before a court of law or Governmental Entity ( provided that the Purchaser shall (to the extent not prohibited by applicable law) give the Company prompt written notice of such requirement (and in any event prior to any disclosure of Confidential Information in connection therewith) so that the Company may seek an appropriate order or other remedy protecting such Confidential Information from disclosure or waive compliance with the terms of this Section 4.16 (and the Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Company to obtain such protective order or other remedy, at the Company’s expense)); (iii) to any person to whom the Purchaser in good faith is contemplating a transfer of the Notes or shares of Company Common Stock or in connection with any Permitted Loan; provided that such transfer or Permitted Loan would not be in violation of the provisions of this Agreement and such potential transferee or potential lender, custodian, trustee or agent is advised of the confidential nature of such information and agrees to be bound by a confidentiality agreement enforceable by the Company and consistent with the provisions of this Section 4.16; or (iv) to any regulatory authority or rating agency to which the Purchaser or any of its Affiliates is subject; provided that such authority or agency is advised of the confidential nature of such information. The Purchaser shall be responsible for any actions taken by any of its Representatives of the applicable provisions of this Section 4.16 as if the Purchaser had taken such actions.

 

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(b) For purposes hereof, “ Confidential Information ” shall mean any information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the business, products, markets, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, assets, liabilities, results of operations cash flows or prospects of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether prepared by the Company or otherwise) that is furnished or has been furnished (regardless of the manner in which it is or has been furnished) by or on behalf of the Company to the Purchaser or any of its Representatives at any time (whether before, on or after the Closing Date) in connection with the Purchaser’s investment in the Company, including pursuant to Section 4.07(h) or Section 4.15, and all notes, analyses, compilations, forecasts, studies, emails or other documents (in whatever form maintained) prepared by the Purchaser or any of its Representatives that contain or reflect such information (in whole or in part); provided that the term “Confidential Information” does not include information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Purchaser or its Representatives in violation of this Section 4.16, (ii) was within the Purchaser’s or its Representatives’ possession prior to it being furnished to the Purchaser or its Representatives by or on behalf of the Company; provided that the source of such information was not known by the Purchaser to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information, (iii) becomes available to the Purchaser or its Representatives on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company; provided that such source is not known by the Purchaser to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information, or (iv) is independently developed by the Purchaser or its Representatives without reference to or the use of any Confidential Information.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) nothing contained herein shall prevent or restrict (A) the Purchaser’s or its Representatives’ use (subject, to the extent possible, to a protective order) of Confidential Information in connection with the assertion of any claim against, or the defense of any claim by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) the Purchaser or its Representatives from communicating with their respective investors and potential investors to the extent reasonably required to fulfill their informational and reporting obligations to such persons; provided that the recipients of such information are subject to a customary obligation to keep such information confidential, and (ii) if the provisions of Section 4.03(a) expire or terminate, neither this Section 4.16 nor any other provision hereof or of the Confidentiality Agreement shall restrict or prevent the Purchaser or its Affiliates from (A) using Confidential Information or Discussion Information (as defined in the Confidentiality Agreement) in connection with acquiring, or agreeing, proposing, seeking or offering to acquire, any securities or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a tender offer, exchange offer, merger or other business combination transaction, or in connection with any of the other actions described in Section 4.03(a), or (B) publicly disclosing the history of discussions between the Purchaser and the Company or other Discussion Information to the extent reasonably necessary to comply with securities law disclosure obligations or other applicable law, regulation or securities or securities exchange rules.

 

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(d) The Purchaser, on behalf of Atairos Management, and the Company hereby agree that the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate at the Closing without further force or effect, except with respect to Discussion Information, with respect to which the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.

Section 4.17. Voting . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as otherwise provided in the Voting Agreement, the Purchaser and the Purchaser Affiliates shall be entitled to vote all shares of issued and outstanding Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned, directly or indirectly, by them in their sole discretion.

Section 4.18. Right to Reimbursement for Certain Expenses . In the event that, pursuant to Article 13 of the Indenture, the Company withdraws or revokes any notice of redemption under the Indenture in respect of Atairos Securities (as defined in the Indenture) or the Atairos Affiliates rescind notice of conversion or conversion of Atairos Securities following receipt of any such notice of redemption, the Company shall reimburse each Atairos Affiliate who Beneficially Owns such Atairos Securities for (i) any filing fees and other reasonable out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses for applications and filings under the HSR Act or any foreign antitrust requirements incurred in preparation for conversion of Securities in connection with the redemption that was contemplated by the withdrawn notice of redemption and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses incurred by or on behalf of such holder in connection with such conversion contemplated by such conversion notice and any related offering for resale.

Section 4.19. Nasdaq Approval . The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes to be approved for listing on the NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance.

ARTICLE 5

R EGISTRATION R IGHTS

Section 5.01. Registration Statement.

(a) The Company will prepare and file and use reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective or otherwise become effective pursuant to the Securities Act in each case no later than the date that is two (2) years after the Closing Date or, in the event of the consummation of any Change in Control prior to such date or the entry into a definitive agreement prior to such date for a transaction that, if consummated, would result in a Change in Control, promptly after the consummation of such Change in Control or the entry into such agreement, as applicable (the “ Target Registration Date ”), a Registration Statement in order to provide for resales of Registrable Securities to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which Registration Statement will (except to the extent the SEC objects in written comments upon the SEC’s review of such Registration Statement) include the Plan of Distribution. In addition, the Company will from time to time use reasonable efforts to file such additional Registration Statements to cover resales of any Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale pursuant to a pre-existing Registration Statement and

 

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will use its reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statements to be declared effective or otherwise to become effective under the Securities Act and, subject to Section 5.02, will use its reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statements continuously effective under the Securities Act at all times until the Registration Termination Date. Any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Article 5 shall cover only Registrable Securities, shall be on Form S-3 (or a successor form) if the Company is eligible to use such form and shall be an automatically effective Registration Statement if the Company is a WKSI.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.02 and further subject to the availability of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) to the Company pursuant to the Securities Act and the rules and interpretations of the SEC, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement (or any replacement Registration Statement) continuously effective until the earlier of (such earlier date, the “ Registration Termination Date ”): (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement have been sold thereunder in accordance with the plan and method of distribution disclosed in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement and (ii) there otherwise cease to be any Registrable Securities.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during such period of time from and after the Target Registration Date that the Company ceases to be eligible to file or use a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto), upon the written request of any holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to file a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or any successor form) under the Securities Act covering the Registrable Securities of the requesting party and use reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective pursuant to the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable after filing thereof and file and cause to become effective such amendments thereto as are necessary in order to keep such Registration Statement continuously available. Each such written request must specify the amount and intended manner of disposition of such Registrable Securities and the “plan of distribution” contained in such Registration Statement on Form S-1 shall cover such intended manner of disposition (except to the extent the SEC objects in written comments upon the SEC’s review of such Registration Statement); provided that the minimum amount of such Registrable Securities shall be $37,500,000. When the Company regains ability to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities it shall as promptly as practicably do so in accordance with Section 5.01(a).

Section 5.02. Registration Limitations and Obligations.

(a) Subject to Section 5.01, the Company will use reasonable efforts to prepare such supplements or amendments (including post-effective amendments), if required by applicable law, to each applicable Registration Statement and file any other required document so that such Registration Statement will be Available at all times during the period for which such Registration Statement is, or is required pursuant to this Agreement to be, effective; provided that no such supplement, amendment or filing will be required during a Blackout Period. In order to facilitate the Company’s determination of whether

 

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to initiate a Blackout Period, the Purchaser shall give the Company notice of a proposed sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement at least two (2) Business Days (or, if two (2) Business Days’ notice is not practicable, one (1) Business Day) prior to the proposed date of sale (which notice shall not bind the Purchaser to make any sale).

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled, from time to time, by providing written notice to the holders of Registrable Securities, to require such holders of Registrable Securities to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement during any Blackout Period; provided , for purposes of this Section 5.02, the Company shall only be obligated to provide written notice to any holder or Beneficial Owner of Registrable Securities of any such Blackout Period, or the certificate described in the following sentence, if such holder or Beneficial Owner has specified in writing to the Company for purposes of receiving such notice such holder’s or Beneficial Owner’s address and contact information. No sales may be made under the applicable Registration Statement during any Blackout Period. In the event of a Blackout Period, the Company shall (x) deliver to the holders of Registrable Securities a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or general counsel of the Company confirming that the conditions described in the definition of Blackout Period are met (but which certificate shall not specify the nature of the event causing such conditions to have been met or otherwise contain any material non-public information), which certificate shall contain an approximation of the anticipated delay, and (y) notify each holder of Registrable Securities promptly upon each of the commencement and the termination of each Blackout Period, which notice of termination shall be delivered to each holder of Registrable Securities no later than the close of business of the last day of the Blackout Period. In connection with the expiration of any Blackout Period and without any further request from a holder of Registrable Securities, the Company to the extent necessary and as required by applicable law shall as promptly as reasonably practicable prepare supplements or amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that the Registration Statement will be Available. A Blackout Period shall be deemed to have expired when the Company has notified the holders of Registrable Securities that the Blackout Period is over and the Registration Statement is Available. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the absence of an Available Registration Statement at any time from and after the Target Registration Date shall be considered a Blackout Period and subject to the limitations therein.

(c) At any time that a Registration Statement is effective and prior to the Registration Termination Date, if a holder of Registrable Securities delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice” ) stating that it intends to sell at least $37,500,000 of Registrable Securities held by such holder ( provided that, if the Purchaser and its Affiliates do not own at least $37,500,000 of Registrable Securities, they shall be permitted to deliver a Take-Down Notice to sell all of the Registrable Securities held by them (but such amount may not in any case be less than $12,500,000 of Registrable Securities) pursuant to the Registration Statement, then, the Company shall amend or

 

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supplement the Registration Statement as may be necessary and to the extent required by law so that the Registration Statement remains Available in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed in an Underwritten Offering (subject to Section 5.02(b)). In connection with any Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities for which a holder delivers a Take-Down Notice and satisfies the dollar thresholds set forth in first sentence above, and where the Take-Down Notice contemplates reasonable and customary marketing efforts not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours by the Company and the underwriters, the Company will use reasonable efforts to cooperate and make its senior officers available for participation in such marketing efforts (which marketing efforts will not, for the avoidance of doubt, include a “road show” requiring such officers to travel outside of the city in which they are primarily located). The holder of Registrable Securities that delivered the applicable Take-Down Notice shall select the underwriter(s) for each Underwritten Offering. Such holder shall determine the pricing of the Registrable Securities offered pursuant to any such Registration Statement, including the underwriting discount and fees payable by such holder to the underwriters in such Underwritten Offering. Such holder shall reasonably determine the timing of any such registration and sale. Such holder shall determine the applicable underwriting discount and other financial terms, and the holder of the Registrable Securities participating in the Underwritten Offering shall be solely responsible for all such discounts and fees payable to such underwriters in such Underwritten Offering for the Registrable Securities sold by such holders. Without the consent of the applicable holder of Registrable Securities subject to an Underwritten Offering, no Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Agreement shall include any securities other than Registrable Securities.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if holders of Registrable Securities engage or propose to engage in a “distribution” (as defined in Regulation M under the Exchange Act) of Registrable Securities, such holders shall discuss the timing of such distribution with the Company reasonably prior to commencing such distribution, and (ii) such distribution must not be for less than $37,500,000 of Registrable Securities held by such holders ( provided that, if collectively the Purchaser and its Affiliates do not own at least $37,500,000 of Registrable Securities, they shall be permitted to engage in such distribution with respect to all of the Registrable Securities held by them (for so long as they hold collectively at least $12,500,000 of Registrable Securities)).

(e) In connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities in which a holder of Registrable Securities is selling at least $100,000,000 of Registrable Securities, the Company shall, to the extent requested by managing underwriter(s) of such a distribution, be subject to a restricted period of the same length of time as such holder agrees with the managing underwriter(s) (but not to exceed 30 days) during which the Company may not offer, sell, grant any option to purchase or enter into any agreement to sell Company Common Stock (in the case of an offering of Company Common Stock or securities convertible or exchangeable for Company Common Stock) and any debt securities (in the case of an offering of debt securities) of the Company, subject to customary carve-outs that include, but are not limited to, (i) issuances pursuant to the Company’s employee or director stock plans and issuances of shares upon the exercise of options or other equity awards under such stock plans and (ii) in connection with acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic transactions.

 

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Section 5.03. Registration Procedures .

(a) In connection with the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act and in connection with any distribution of Registered Securities pursuant thereto as contemplated by this Agreement (including any sale referred to in any Take-Down Notice), the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:

(i) subject to the provisions of Section 5.01(a), use reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement to effect such registration in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution of such securities and thereafter use reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective and Available pursuant to the terms of this Article 5; provided, however , that the Company may discontinue any registration of its securities which are not Registrable Securities at any time prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating thereto; provided , further , that before filing such registration statement or any amendments or supplements thereto, including any prospectus supplements in connection with a sale referred to in a Take-Down Notice (but excluding amendments and supplements that do nothing more than name Selling Holders (as defined below) and provide information with respect thereto), the Company will furnish to the holders which are including Registrable Securities in such registration (“ Selling Holders ”) and the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review and reasonable comment (which comments will be considered in good faith by the Company) of the counsel (if any) to such holders and counsel (if any) to such underwriter(s), and other documents reasonably requested by any such counsel, including any comment letters from the SEC, and, if requested by any such counsel, provide such counsel and the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and each prospectus (including any prospectus supplement) included or deemed included therein and such other opportunities to conduct a customary and reasonable due diligence investigation (in the context of a registered underwritten offering) of the Company, including reasonable access to (including responses to any reasonable inquiries by the lead managing underwriter(s) and their counsel) the Company’s books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors, provided that the same is not disruptive to the business of the Company; provided that such persons shall first agree in writing with the Company that any information that is reasonably designated by the Company as confidential at the time of delivery shall be kept confidential by such persons subject to customary exceptions;

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(iii) subject to Section 5.02, prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary and to the extent required by applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective and Available pursuant to the terms of this Article 5;

(iv) if requested by the lead managing underwriter(s), promptly include in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the lead managing underwriter(s), if any, and such holders may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received such request; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required to take any actions under this Section 5.03(a)(iv) that are not, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance with applicable law;

(v) furnish to the Selling Holders and each underwriter, if any, of the securities being sold by such Selling Holders such number of conformed copies of such Registration Statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto, such number of copies of the prospectus and any prospectus supplement contained in or deemed part of such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus supplement) and each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) (a “ Free Writing Prospectus ”) utilized in connection therewith and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such Selling Holders and underwriter(s), if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holders;

(vi) use reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(vii) use reasonable efforts to provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities, and a trustee for any Registrable Securities issued under an indenture, covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(viii) as promptly as practicable notify in writing the holders of Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, of the following events: (A) the filing of the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or any Free Writing Prospectus utilized in connection

 

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therewith, and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; (B) any request by the SEC or any other U.S. or state Governmental Entity for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or the prospectus; (C) the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings by any person for that purpose; (D) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose; (E) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) related to such registration cease to be true and correct in any material respect; and (F) upon the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such registration statement, prospectus or documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided , in the case of clause (F), that such notice need not include the nature or details concerning such event;

(ix) use reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest reasonable practicable date, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (ix) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(x) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.;

(xi) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of those jurisdictions within the United States as any holder reasonably requests in writing to keep each

 

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such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective until the Registration Termination Date; provided that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (xi) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(xii) use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates or book-entry securities representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statements, which certificates or book-entry securities shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Indenture and applicable law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such holders may request in writing; and in connection therewith, if required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company will promptly after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement cause to be delivered to its transfer agent when and as required by such transfer agent from time to time, any authorizations, certificates, directions and other evidence required by the transfer agent which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without legend upon sale by the holder of such shares of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement; and

(xiii) agree with each holder of Registrable Securities that, in connection with any Underwritten Offering or other resale pursuant to the Registration Statement in accordance with the terms hereof, it will use reasonable efforts to negotiate in good faith and execute all customary indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements (in each case on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company), including using reasonable efforts to procure customary legal opinions and auditor “comfort” letters.

(b) The Company may require each Selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, to (i) furnish the Company in writing such information regarding each Selling Holder or underwriter and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing to complete or amend the information required by such Registration Statement and/or any other documents relating to such registered offering, and (ii) execute and deliver, or cause the execution or delivery of, and to perform under, or cause the performance under, any agreements and instruments reasonably requested by the Company to effectuate such registered offering, including, without limitation, opinions of counsel and questionnaires. If the Company requests that the holders of Registrable Securities take any of the actions referred to in this Section 5.03(b), such holders shall take such action promptly and as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of such request.

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and (F) of Section 5.03(a)(viii), such Selling Holder shall forthwith discontinue such Selling Holder’s disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement and prospectus relating thereto until such Selling Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cure the events described in clauses (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of Section 5.03(a)(viii) so that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed at the earliest reasonably practicable moment. For the avoidance of doubt, and as set forth in Section 5.02(b), if any such event makes the Registration Statement not Available, such an event shall be deemed to start a Blackout Period and be subject to the limitations therein.

Section 5.04. Expenses . The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to this Article 5, provided that each holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering shall pay all applicable underwriting discounts and commissions, agency fees, brokers’ commissions and transfer taxes, if any, on the Registrable Securities sold by such holder, and similar charges.

Section 5.05. Registration Indemnification .

(a) The Company agrees, without limitation as to time, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Selling Holder and its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys, advisors and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such Selling Holder or such other indemnified Person and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys, advisors and agents of each such controlling Person, each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons” ), from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, the “Losses” ), as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated in any such Registration Statement or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, in each case related to such Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 5.05(a)) will reimburse each such Selling Holder, each of its Affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys, advisors and agents and each such Person who controls each such Selling Holder and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys, advisors

 

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and agents of each such controlling Person, each such underwriter and each such Person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, except insofar as the same are caused by any information regarding a holder of Registrable Securities or underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by any such person or any selling holder or underwriter expressly for use therein.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Selling Holder is participating, without limitation as to time, each such Selling Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its directors and officers, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated in any such Registration Statement or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 5.05(b)) will reimburse the Company, its directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, in each case solely to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in such registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information regarding the Selling Holder furnished to the Company by such Selling Holder for inclusion in such registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

(c) Other than in connection with any action brought by any third party against any indemnified party (which shall be governed by the following paragraph (d) and not this paragraph (c)), any person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification; provided, however , the failure to give such notice shall not release the indemnifying party from its obligation, except to the extent that the indemnifying party has been adversely prejudiced by such failure to provide such notice on a timely basis.

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indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and acknowledging the obligations of the indemnifying party with respect to such proceeding, the indemnifying party will not (so long as it shall continue to have the right to defend, contest, litigate and settle the matter in question in accordance with this paragraph) be liable to such indemnified party hereunder for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation, supervision and monitoring (unless (i) such indemnified party reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that there may be defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such indemnifying party or a conflict of interest otherwise exists or (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and the indemnified party is or would reasonably be expected to be materially prejudiced by such delay, in either event the indemnified party shall be promptly reimbursed by the indemnifying party for the expenses incurred in connection with retaining one separate legal counsel (for the avoidance of doubt, for all indemnified parties in connection therewith)). For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any such assumption by an indemnifying party, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such matter and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party except as provided in the previous sentence. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). No matter shall be settled by an indemnifying party without the consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such claim or proceeding, (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party and (z) is settled solely for cash for which the indemnified party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder. The failure of an indemnified party to give notice to an indemnifying party of any action brought against such indemnified party shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent such failure adversely prejudices the indemnifying party.

(e) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall survive the sale or other transfer of the Registrable Securities and the termination of this Agreement.

(f) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions for any reason or reasons other than as specified therein, any Person who would otherwise be entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall nevertheless be entitled to contribution with respect to any Losses with respect to which such Person would be entitled to such indemnification but for such reason or reasons, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable

 

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considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party, the Persons’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. It is hereby agreed that it would not necessarily be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of its net proceeds from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to any actions or proceedings over the amount of any damages, indemnity or contribution that such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not found guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(g) The indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5.05 are in addition to any liability that the indemnifying party may have to the indemnified party and do not limit other provisions of this Agreement that provide for indemnification.

Section 5.06. Facilitation of Sales Pursuant to Rule 144 . For as long as the Purchaser or its Affiliates or any Lender for any Permitted Loan Beneficially Owns Notes or any Company Common Stock, including any shares of Company Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of the Notes, to the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144) and submit all required Interactive Data Files (as defined in Rule 11 of Regulation S-T of the Commission), and shall use reasonable efforts to take such further necessary action as any holder of Subject Securities may reasonably request in connection with the removal of any restrictive legend on the Subject Securities being sold, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell the Subject Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144.

ARTICLE 6

M ISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.01. Survival of Representations and Warranties . All covenants and agreements contained herein, other than those which by their terms apply in whole or in part after the Closing (which shall survive the Closing), shall terminate as of the Closing, provided nothing herein shall relieve any party of liability for any breach of such covenant or agreement before it terminated. Except for the warranties and

 

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representations contained in clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of Section 3.01 and the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.02, which shall survive the Closing indefinitely, the warranties and representations made herein shall survive for one (1) year following the Closing Date and shall then expire; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any party of liability for any inaccuracy or breach of such representation or warranty to the extent that any good faith allegation of such inaccuracy or breach is made in writing prior to such expiration.

Section 6.02. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally, sent by overnight courier or sent via email (with receipt confirmed) as follows:

(a) If to the Purchaser, to:

c/o Atairos Management, L.P.

620 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10020

Attention: David Caplan

Email: d.caplan@atairos.com

and:

c/o Atairos Management, L.P.

40 Morris Avenue

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Attention: Clare McGrory

Email: c.mcgrory@atairos.com

With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Attention: William J. Chudd

Email: william.chudd@davispolk.com

(b) If to the Company, to:

Groupon, Inc.

600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400

Chicago, IL 60654

Attention: Dane A. Drobny

Email:

With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attention: Steven J. Gavin

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or to such other address or addresses as shall be designated in writing. All notices shall be deemed effective (a) when delivered personally (with written confirmation of receipt, by other than automatic means, whether electronic or otherwise), or (b) one (1) Business Day following the day sent by overnight courier.

Section 6.03. Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries; Amendment . This Agreement, together with the surviving provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, sets forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the Transactions, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the parties and their respective Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and is not intended to and shall not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto, their successors and permitted assigns any rights or remedies hereunder, provided that (i) Section 5.05 shall be for the benefit of and fully enforceable by each of the Indemnified Persons and (ii) Section 6.12 shall be for the benefit of and fully enforceable by each of the Specified Persons. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended, waived or modified in whole or in part at any time by an agreement in writing between the parties hereto executed in the same manner as this Agreement. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise by any party of any right preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

Section 6.04. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to constitute any original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document. Signatures to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form, or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing the original signature.

Section 6.05. Public Announcements . The initial press release related to this Agreement and the Transactions shall be a joint press release to be agreed upon by the Company and Parent. Thereafter, either party may issue or make one or more press releases or public announcements related to this Agreement or the Transactions (in which case the other party shall (to the extent permitted by applicable law) have the right to review and reasonably comment on such press release or announcement prior to issuance, distribution or publication); provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any press release or other public announcement to the extent that it contains substantially the same factual information related to this Agreement and the Transactions as previously communicated publicly by one or more of the parties in accordance with this Section 6.05. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company may file this Agreement with the SEC and may provide information about the subject matter of this Agreement in connection with equity or debt issuances, share repurchases, or marketing, informational or reporting activities.

 

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Section 6.06. Expenses . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each party hereto shall bear its own costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions.

Section 6.07. Successors and Assigns . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company’s successors and assigns and Purchaser’s successors and assigns, and no other person; provided that neither the Company nor the Purchaser may assign its respective rights or delegate its respective obligations under this Agreement, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other party, and any assignment by the Company or the Purchaser in contravention hereof shall be null and void; provided that (i)(A) any Affiliate of the Purchaser or (B) Comcast or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case who executes and delivers a Joinder pursuant to a Permitted Transfer of any Notes or shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(i) or (vi), respectively, shall be deemed a Purchaser hereunder and have all the rights and obligations of a Purchaser, (ii) if the Company consolidates or merges with or into any Person and the Company Common Stock is, in whole or in part, converted into or exchanged for securities of a different issuer in a transaction that does not constitute a Change in Control, then as a condition to such transaction the Company will cause such issuer to assume all of the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement in a written instrument delivered to the Purchaser, and (iii) the rights of a holder of Registrable Securities under Article 5 may be transferred but only together with Subject Securities (x) in a transfer of (1) Notes in an aggregate principal amount of at least $37,500,000 or (2) Company Common Stock or other Subject Securities (I) issued or issuable upon conversion of at least $37,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes, or (II) having an aggregate market value at such time of at least $37,500,000, (y) to an Affiliate of the transferor that executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder (subject to Section 4.02(a)(i)), or (z) to a lender in connection with a Permitted Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, no Third Party to whom any of the Notes or shares of Company Common Stock are transferred shall have any rights or obligations under this Agreement except (and then only to the extent of) any rights and obligations under Article 5 to the extent transferable in accordance with this Section 6.07.

Section 6.08. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. In addition, each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other party hereto or its successors or assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery

 

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and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, solely if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this Section 6.08(a), (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, any claim that (A) the suit, action or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. Each of the parties hereby agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses set forth in Section 6.02 shall be effective service of process for any suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 6.08.

Section 6.09. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect provided that the economic and legal substance of, any of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. In the event of any such determination, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement to fulfill as closely as possible the original intent and purpose hereof. To the extent permitted by law, the parties hereby to the same extent waive any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

Section 6.10. Specific Performance . The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each party agrees that in the event of any breach or threatened breach by any other party of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement, the non-breaching party shall be entitled (in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it, whether in law or equity) to obtain (i) a decree or order of specific performance to enforce the observance

 

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and performance of such covenant or obligation, and (ii) an injunction restraining such breach or threatened breach. Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that any other party has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity. Any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

Section 6.11. Headings . The headings of Articles and Sections contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this Agreement.

Section 6.12. Non-Recourse . This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any Person that executes and delivers a Joinder). Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partners, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative of any party hereto (collectively, the “ Specified Persons ”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of any party hereto under this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

GROUPON, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Brian Stevens

  Name: Brian Stevens
  Title: Chief Accounting Officer
A-G HOLDINGS, L.P.

By:

  A-G HOLDINGS GP, LLC,
  its general partner

By:

  ATAIROS GROUP, INC.,
  its sole member and manager

By:

 

/s/ David L. Coplen

  Name: David L. Coplen
  Title: Vice President and General Counsel

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF JOINDER

The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder pursuant to that certain Investment Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Investment Agreement ”), by and among Groupon,Inc., A-G Holdings, L.P. and any other Persons who become a party thereto in accordance with the terms thereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Investment Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Investment Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the Investment Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof, to become a party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the Investment Agreement applicable to the Purchaser in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original Purchaser signatory to the Investment Agreement.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Sections 6.02, 6.03, 6.07, 6.08 and 6.12 of the Investment Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis .

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Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the         day of         ,     .

 

[●]

By:

 
  Name:
  Title:
Address:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
Email:

 

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EXHIBIT C

Form of Issuer Agreement

[Date]

[Name of Lender]

[Address]

 

Re: Loan Agreement to be entered into by [Name of Borrower]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter agreement is being entered into at the request of [Name of Borrower], a [●] (the “ Borrower ”), in connection with the Loan Agreement dated as of [●] between the Borrower and [Name of Lender], as lender (including any agent acting therefor, the “ Lender ”) (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “ Margin Loan Agreement ”, and the exercise of remedies by the Lender or other assignments, transfers or transactions with respect to the Pledged Convertible Notes or Pledged Common Stock (each as defined below) made in connection with an Event of Default or Coverage Event contemplated by the Margin Loan Agreement, collectively, the “ Exercise of Remedies ” and, together with the Margin Loan Agreement, the “ Transactions ”). For purposes of this letter agreement, “ Closing Date ” shall mean [Date]. Pursuant to the Margin Loan Agreement, the Lender is acquiring a first priority security interest in, inter alia , (x) 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the “ Convertible Notes ” and, upon crediting of such Convertible Notes to the Collateral Account, the “ Pledged Convertible Notes ”) of Groupon, Inc. (the “ Issuer ”) issued pursuant to an indenture (the “ Indenture ”) between the Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and (y) certain shares of common stock of the Issuer that may be received upon conversion of the Convertible Notes from time to time (the “ Common Stock ” and, upon crediting of such shares of Common Stock to the Collateral Account, the “ Pledged Common Stock ”) to secure the Borrower’s obligations under the Margin Loan Agreement. The Pledged Convertible Notes and any Pledged Common Stock will be credited or delivered to, and held in, one or more accounts of Borrower at a third-party custodian (the “ Custodian ”) in each case subject to the security interest granted under the Margin Loan Agreement (each, a “ Collateral Account ”, and collectively, the “ Collateral Accounts ”). As used herein, “ Business Day ” means any day on which commercial banks are open in each of New York City, and “ DTC ” means the Depository Trust Company.

In connection with the Transactions:

1. The Issuer confirms that the Transactions do not violate the organizational documents of the Issuer.

2. The Issuer confirms that based on the information provided to the Issuer prior to its execution of this letter agreement, it has no objection to the Transactions and all of the Transactions are in compliance with the insider trading or other policy or rule of the Issuer.


3. The Issuer confirms that the loan contemplated by the Margin Loan Agreement is a Permitted Loan as defined in and permitted under the Investment Agreement (as defined in the Indenture, the “ Investment Agreement ”), and further agrees and acknowledges, that the Borrower shall have the right to pledge or sell the Pledged Convertible Notes or Pledged Common Stock to the extent permitted in connection with Permitted Loans as described in the Investment Agreement.

4. The Issuer acknowledges that the Borrower can assign by way of security to the Lender its rights under Article 5 of the Investment Agreement under the Margin Loan Agreement, as permitted by Section 6.07(iii)(z) of the Investment Agreement, and confirms that it has no objection to the assignment of such rights under Article 5 of the Investment Agreement pursuant to the Margin Loan Agreement or any transfers of Pledged Convertible Notes or Pledged Common Stock under such Article 5 related thereto, or any assignment of such rights under Article 5 made in connection with any Exercise of Remedies.

5. Except as required by applicable law and stock exchange rules, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, the Issuer will not take any actions intended to hinder or delay any Exercise of Remedies by the Lender pursuant to the Margin Loan Agreement. Without limiting the generality of paragraphs 6 through 12 below, the Issuer agrees, upon Lender’s request after the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Coverage Event under the Margin Loan Agreement, to cooperate in good faith (and in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of the Indenture and in accordance with applicable law) with the Lender, the Trustee and/or the transfer agent relating to the Common Stock in any transfer of Pledged Convertible Notes or Pledged Common Stock made pursuant to any exercise by the Lender of its remedies under the Margin Loan Agreement, including with respect to the removal of any restrictive legends.

6. In connection with any Exercise of Remedies, the Issuer shall take such actions to cause the transfer and settlement of Pledged Convertible Notes (in accordance with, and subject to, the terms of the Indenture) within three Business Days of notice by the Lender. Upon consummation of such transfer and settlement to the purchaser(s) designated by the Lender, such Pledged Convertible Notes shall be (a) in book-entry DTC form if such Pledged Convertible Notes are (i) sold under a registration statement, (ii) sold under Rule 144 (“ Rule 144 ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) or (iii) then in book-entry DTC form, or (b) otherwise, in the form of Physical Securities (as defined in the Indenture).

7. In connection with any Exercise of Remedies, the Issuer shall take such actions as are within its control to cause the transfer and settlement of any shares of Common Stock received upon conversion of the Pledged Convertible Notes within three Business Days of notice by the Lender. Upon consummation of such transfer and settlement to the purchaser(s) designated by the Lender, such shares of Common Stock shall be (a) in book-entry DTC form, without any restricted legends and bearing an unrestricted CUSIP, if such shares are (i) sold under a registration statement, (ii) sold under Rule 144 or (iii) such shares are otherwise freely tradeable upon conversion, (b) in book-entry DTC form bearing a restricted legend and a restricted CUSIP, if such shares


are received upon conversion of Pledged Convertible Notes in book-entry DTC form and are required to bear the Security Private Placement Legend or (c) otherwise, in certificated form bearing the Common Stock Private Placement Legend set forth in the Indenture.

8. The Issuer will cause the Pledged Convertible Notes and/or Pledged Common Stock, in each case held in book-entry DTC form, to be put into book-entry DTC form without a Security Private Placement Legend and with an unrestricted CUSIP number promptly after the earlier of the Resale Restriction Termination Date (as defined in the Indenture) and the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Securities Act covering resale of the Pledged Convertible Notes and/or Pledged Common Stock.

9. In connection with any Exercise of Remedies whereby all or any portion of the Pledged Convertible Notes or Pledged Common Stock is or may be sold in a private resale transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act prior to the first anniversary of the date of issuance of the relevant Pledged Convertible Notes, the Issuer shall provide, within three business days following a request by the Lender, a reasonable opportunity for a customary business, legal and documentary diligence investigation to potential purchasers of such Pledged Convertible Notes and/or shares of Pledged Common Stock, as identified by the Lender in such notice, subject to customary non-disclosure agreements to be executed by any such purchaser; provided , that such diligence investigation is not unreasonably disruptive to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries.

10. The Issuer agrees with respect to any purchaser of Pledged Convertible Notes or Pledged Common Stock in a foreclosure sale (including the Lender or its affiliates) that is not, and has not been for the immediately preceding three months, an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act of the Issuer, that, if such notes or shares are then eligible for resale under Rule 144 (and such purchaser has satisfied the holding period set forth in Rule 144(d)) and the Issuer meets the condition set forth in Rule 144(c)(1), it shall, upon request of such purchaser, remove any restrictive legend relating to Securities Act restrictions from such notes or shares and, if applicable, to cause any such notes to be exchanged for beneficial interests in global notes held by DTC or its nominee.

11. The Issuer acknowledges that as of the date hereof, the Issuer does not, and the Issuer would not, based solely on account of Lender’s Exercise of Remedies, consider Lender an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 144 under the the Securities Act) of the Issuer.

12. The Lender covenants and agrees with the Issuer that, to the extent the Pledged Convertible Notes consist of Atairos Securities (as defined in the Indenture), then in connection with any exercise of remedies by the Lender pursuant to the Margin Loan Agreement whereby the Lender forecloses on, sells, or transfers the Pledged Convertible Notes to itself, any affiliate or a third party, it shall, in connection with any such foreclosure, sale or transfer, exchange such Atairos Securities in accordance with the Indenture for (i) if the Atairos Security consists of beneficial interests in the Atairos


Global Security, beneficial interests in another Global Security (as defined in the Indenture) or (ii) if the Atairos Security is in the form of a Physical Security, for another Physical Security, such that, in either case, the transferee thereto does not own on hold any beneficial interest in any Atairos Security. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lender agrees and acknowledges that neither it nor any transferee that is not an Affiliate (as defined in the Indenture) of the Borrower shall be allowed to hold a beneficial interest in the Atairos Global Security, own an Atairos Security in the form of a Physical Security or exercise any conversion rights in respect thereof.

13. The Lender agrees and acknowledges that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default or a Coverage Event under the Margin Loan Agreement, the Lender shall not have the right to rehypothecate, use, borrow, lend, pledge or sell the Pledged Convertible Notes or Pledged Common Stock.

14. Any assignee of Lender’s rights and obligations under the Margin Loan Agreement shall enter into a joinder to this Issuer Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, or shall deliver to the Issuer a counterpart, executed by the assignee, of a substantially identical agreement and the Issuer shall with promptly accept such assignment.

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ANNEX A

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

The selling securityholders, including their pledgees, donees, transferees, distributees, beneficiaries or other successors in interest, may from time to time offer some or all of the notes or shares of common stock (collectively, “ Securities ”) covered by this prospectus. To the extent required, this prospectus may be amended and supplemented from time to time to describe a specific plan of distribution designated by the selling securityholders.

The selling securityholders will not pay any of the costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration and sale of the Securities covered by this prospectus, but they will pay any and all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes, if any, attributable to sales of the Securities. We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the Securities covered hereby.

The selling securityholders may sell the Securities covered by this prospectus from time to time, and may also decide not to sell all or any of the Securities that they are allowed to sell under this prospectus. The selling securityholders will act independently of us in making decisions regarding the timing, manner and size of each sale. These dispositions may be at fixed prices, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, at varying prices determined at the time of sale, or at privately negotiated prices. Sales may be made by the selling securityholders in one or more types of transactions, which may include:

 

    purchases by underwriters, dealers and agents who may receive compensation in the form of underwriting discounts, concessions or commissions from the selling securityholders and/or the purchasers of the Securities for whom they may act as agent;

 

    one or more block transactions, including transactions in which the broker or dealer so engaged will attempt to sell the Securities as agent but may position and resell a portion of the block as principal to facilitate the transaction, or in crosses, in which the same broker acts as an agent on both sides of the trade;

 

    ordinary brokerage transactions or transactions in which a broker solicits purchases;

 

    purchases by a broker-dealer or market maker, as principal, and resale by the broker-dealer for its account;

 

    the pledge of Securities for any loan or obligation, including pledges to brokers or dealers who may from time to time effect distributions of Securities;

 

    short sales or transactions to cover short sales relating to the Securities;


    one or more exchanges or over the counter market transactions;

 

    through distribution by a selling securityholder or its successor in interest to its members, general or limited partners or shareholders (or their respective members, general or limited partners or shareholders);

 

    privately negotiated transactions;

 

    the writing of options, whether the options are listed on an options exchange or otherwise;

 

    distributions to creditors and equity holders of the selling securityholders; and

 

    any combination of the foregoing, or any other available means allowable under applicable law.

A selling securityholder may also resell all or a portion of its Securities in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), provided such selling securityholder meets the criteria and conforms to the requirements of Rule 144 and all applicable laws and regulations.

The selling securityholders may enter into sale, forward sale and derivative transactions with third parties, or may sell securities not covered by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. In connection with those sale, forward sale or derivative transactions, the third parties may sell securities covered by this prospectus, including in short sale transactions and by issuing securities that are not covered by this prospectus but are exchangeable for or represent beneficial interests in the common stock. The third parties also may use shares received under those sale, forward sale or derivative arrangements or shares pledged by the selling securityholder or borrowed from the selling securityholders or others to settle such third-party sales or to close out any related open borrowings of common stock. The third parties may deliver this prospectus in connection with any such transactions. Any third party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and will be identified in a supplement or a post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part as may be required.

In addition, the selling securityholders may engage in hedging transactions with broker-dealers in connection with distributions of Securities or otherwise. In those transactions, broker-dealers may engage in short sales of securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume with selling securityholders. The selling securityholders may also sell securities short and redeliver securities to close out such short positions. The selling securityholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers which require the delivery of securities to the broker-dealer. The broker-dealer may then resell or otherwise transfer such securities pursuant to this prospectus. The selling securityholders also may loan or pledge shares, and the borrower or pledgee may sell or otherwise transfer the Securities so loaned or pledged pursuant to this prospectus. Such borrower or pledgee also may transfer those Securities to investors in our securities or the selling securityholders’ securities or in connection with the offering of other securities not covered by this prospectus.


To the extent necessary, the specific terms of the offering of Securities, including the specific Securities to be sold, the names of the selling securityholders, the respective purchase prices and public offering prices, the names of any underwriter, broker-dealer or agent, if any, and any applicable compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions paid to underwriters or agents or paid or allowed to dealers will be set forth in a supplement to this prospectus or a post-effective amendment to this registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. The selling securityholders may, or may authorize underwriters, dealers and agents to, solicit offers from specified institutions to purchase Securities from the selling securityholders. These sales may be made under “delayed delivery contracts” or other purchase contracts that provide for payment and delivery on a specified future date. If necessary, any such contracts will be described and be subject to the conditions set forth in a supplement to this prospectus or a post-effective amendment to this registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Broker-dealers or agents may receive compensation in the form of commissions, discounts or concessions from the selling securityholders. Broker-dealers or agents may also receive compensation from the purchasers of Securities for whom they act as agents or to whom they sell as principals, or both. Compensation as to a particular broker-dealer might be in excess of customary commissions and will be in amounts to be negotiated in connection with transactions involving Securities. In effecting sales, broker-dealers engaged by the selling securityholders may arrange for other broker-dealers to participate in the resales.

In connection with sales of Securities covered hereby, the selling securityholders and any underwriter, broker-dealer or agent and any other participating broker-dealer that executes sales for the selling securityholders may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. Accordingly, any profits realized by the selling securityholders and any compensation earned by such underwriter, broker-dealer or agent may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions. Selling securityholders who are “underwriters” under the Securities Act must deliver this prospectus in the manner required by the Securities Act. This prospectus delivery requirement may be satisfied through the facilities of the NASDAQ Stock Market in accordance with Rule 153 under the Securities Act or satisfied in accordance with Rule 174 under the Securities Act.

We and the selling securityholders have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. In addition, we or the selling securityholders may agree to indemnify any underwriters, broker-dealers and agents against or contribute to any payments the underwriters, broker-dealers or agents may be required to make with respect to, civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. Underwriters, broker-dealers and agents and their affiliates are permitted to be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform services for us and our affiliates or the selling securityholders or their affiliates in the ordinary course of business.


The selling securityholders will be subject to applicable provisions of Regulation M of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder, which provisions may limit the timing of purchases and sales of any of the Securities by the selling securityholders. Regulation M may also restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities. These restrictions may affect the marketability of such Securities.

In order to comply with applicable securities laws of some states or countries, the Securities may only be sold in those jurisdictions through registered or licensed brokers or dealers and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In addition, in certain states or countries the Securities may not be sold unless they have been registered or qualified for sale in the applicable state or country or an exemption from the registration or qualification requirements is available. In addition, any Securities of a selling securityholder covered by this prospectus that qualify for sale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act may be sold in open market transactions under Rule 144 rather than pursuant to this prospectus.

In connection with an offering of Securities under this prospectus, the underwriters may purchase and sell securities of the Company in the open market. These transactions may include short sales, stabilizing transactions and purchases to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales involve the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of securities than they are required to purchase in an offering. Stabilizing transactions consist of certain bids or purchases made for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the securities while an offering is in progress.

The underwriters also may impose a penalty bid. This occurs when a particular underwriter repays to the underwriters a portion of the underwriting discount received by it because the underwriters have repurchased securities sold by or for the account of that underwriter in stabilizing or short-covering transactions.

These activities by the underwriters may stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the market price of the Securities offered under this prospectus. As a result, the price of the Securities may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If these activities are commenced, they may be discontinued by the underwriters at any time. These transactions may be effected on the NASDAQ Stock Market or another securities exchange or automated quotation system, or in the over-the-counter market or otherwise.

Exhibit 10.2

VOTING AGREEMENT

by and among

ERIC LEFKOFSKY,

GREEN MEDIA, LLC,

600 WEST GROUPON LLC,

BRADLEY KEYWELL,

RUGGER VENTURES LLC,

NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES 12, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,

NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES, LLC,

A-G HOLDINGS, L.P.

and

GROUPON, INC.

Dated as of April 4, 2016


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     P AGE  

ARTICLE 1 D EFINITIONS

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Section 1.01. Definitions

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Section 1.02. General Interpretive Principles

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ARTICLE 2 V OTING

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Section 2.01. Voting for Purchaser Designee

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Section 2.02. Irrevocable Proxy

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Section 2.03. Agreement to be Bound

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Section 2.04. Notices of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

     6   

ARTICLE 3 R EGISTRATION R IGHTS

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Section 3.01. Registration Rights

     7   

ARTICLE 4 R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES

     7   

Section 4.01. Organization; Ownership

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Section 4.02. Authorization

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Section 4.03. No Conflicts

     8   

Section 4.04. Consents and Approvals

     8   

Section 4.05. Finder’s Fees

     8   

Section 4.06. Ownership of Voting Stock

     8   

ARTICLE 5 M ISCELLANEOUS

     9   

Section 5.01. Notices

     9   

Section 5.02. Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries; Amendment

     10   

Section 5.03. Counterparts

     10   

Section 5.04. Expenses

     10   

Section 5.05. Successors and Assigns

     10   

Section 5.06. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

     11   

Section 5.07. Severability

     12   

Section 5.08. Specific Performance

     12   

Section 5.09. Headings

     12   


VOTING AGREEMENT

This VOTING AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of April 4, 2016, is by and among Eric Lefkofsky, Green Media, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, 600 West Groupon LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Bradley Keywell (each of Eric Lefkofsky and Bradley Keywell, a “ Founder ”), Rugger Ventures LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, New Enterprise Associates 12, Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (“ NEA ”), New Enterprise Associates, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each of the foregoing parties, together with any successor or assign pursuant to Section 5.05, a “ Shareholder ”), A-G Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with any successor or assign pursuant to Section 5.05, the “ Purchaser ”), and Groupon, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with any successor or assign pursuant to Section 5.05, the “ Company ”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined where used shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Article 1.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, on April 3, 2016, the Purchaser and the Company entered into the Investment Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the Purchaser has agreed to acquire $250,000,000.00 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.25% Convertible Notes due 2022 (referred to herein as the “ Note ” or the “ Notes ”) in the form attached to the Indenture (as defined in the Investment Agreement) and to be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture and the Investment Agreement; and

WHEREAS, in connection therewith, and as an inducement to the Purchaser’s willingness to enter into the Investment Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements (as defined in the Investment Agreement) and to consummate the Transactions, the parties hereto wish to enter into this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries shall not be considered Affiliates of any Shareholder or any Shareholder’s Affiliates, or the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates. For the avoidance of doubt, Comcast Corporation, a Pennsylvania corporation, and its Subsidiaries are not and shall not be considered Affiliates of the Purchaser or any of the Purchaser’s Affiliates. As used in


this definition, “control” (including its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise).

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Atairos Group ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Investment Agreement.

Beneficially Own ”, “ Beneficially Owned ” or “ Beneficial Ownership ” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof. Solely for purposes of determining the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes Beneficially Owned by the Purchaser and its Affiliates, the Notes shall be treated as if upon conversion the only settlement option under the Notes and Indenture were solely Physical Settlement (as defined in the Indenture). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, the Purchaser (or any other person) shall at all times be deemed to have Beneficial Ownership of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes directly or indirectly held by them, irrespective of any restrictions on transfer or other terms contained in the Investment Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements.

Board of Directors ” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Business Day ” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

Class A Common Stock ” shall mean the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

Class B Common Stock ” shall mean the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

Closing ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Investment Agreement.

Common Stock ” shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Company Common Stock ” shall mean (i) prior to the conversion of the Company’s outstanding capital stock pursuant to Section 4(d) of Article IV of the Company’s Sixth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of October 31, 2011, the Class A Common Stock, and (ii) from and after such conversion of the Company’s outstanding capital stock, the Common Stock.

 

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Exchange Act ” shall mean the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Filing Party ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

Founder ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Governmental Entity ” shall mean any court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, whether federal, state, local or foreign, and any applicable industry self-regulatory organization.

Investment Agreement ” shall mean the Investment Agreement entered into on April 3, 2016 by and among the Purchaser and the Company.

Investor Rights Agreement ” shall mean the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2010, among the Company and certain investors named therein.

NEA ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Note ” or “ Notes ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Person ” or “ person ” shall mean an individual, corporation, limited liability or unlimited liability company, association, partnership, trust, estate, joint venture, business trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or other entity of any kind or nature.

Purchaser ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Purchaser Designee ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Investment Agreement.

Registrable Securities ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Investment Agreement.

Schedule 13D ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

Schedule 13G ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04.

SEC ” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Shareholder ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

Subject Securities ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Investment Agreement.

Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which 50% or more of the shares of the voting securities or other voting interests are owned or controlled, or the ability to select or elect 50% or more of the directors or similar

 

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managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such first Person, or by such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries.

Transactions ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Investment Agreement.

transfer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03.

Voting Stock ” shall mean (i) securities of any class or kind having the power to vote generally for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of the Company or any successor thereto, including the Class B Common Stock, the Class A Common Stock and the Common Stock, or (ii) options, warrants, calls, preemptive (or similar) rights, subscriptions or other rights, agreements or commitments obligating the Company to issue, transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, any securities of the type referred to in the foregoing clauses (i).

Section 1.02. General Interpretive Principles . Whenever used in this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Whenever the words “include,” “includes,” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereto,” “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the exhibits and annexes hereto), and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Notes will have any right to vote or any right to receive any dividends or other distributions that are made or paid to the holders of the shares of Company Common Stock. References to any law or statute shall be deemed to refer to such law or statute as amended from time to time and, if applicable, to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.

ARTICLE 2

V OTING

Section 2.01. Voting for Purchaser Designee . From and after the date hereof, until such time as the Atairos Group collectively Beneficially Owns less than 66.7% of the number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Purchaser and its Affiliates collectively immediately following the Closing (as equitably adjusted for any stock split, reverse stock split, combination, recapitalization or similar event with respect to the Company Common Stock, and excluding from the shares of Company Common Stock deemed to be Beneficially Owned by the Atairos Group at

 

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such time for such purpose any shares of Company Common Stock Beneficially Owned by the Atairos Group at such time solely by reason of this Agreement), each Shareholder shall, and shall cause each of its Affiliates to:

(a) cause all of the Voting Stock Beneficially Owned by such Person, to the extent that such Person has the right to vote such Voting Stock (collectively, such Person’s “ Shares ”), to be present for quorum purposes at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company at which individuals will be elected members of the Board of Directors; and

(b) vote, or cause to be voted, or execute, or cause to be executed, proxies or written consents with respect to, as the case may be, all of such Person’s Shares, (i) in favor of the election of the Purchaser Designee to the Board of Directors at any annual or special meeting or in any action by written consent of stockholders of the Company at or pursuant to which individuals will be elected members of the Board of Directors, (ii) against the removal of the Purchaser Designee from the Board of Directors at any annual or special meeting or in any action by written consent of stockholders of the Company at or pursuant to which members of the Board of Directors will be removed therefrom, unless the Purchaser has requested the removal of such director by written notice to the Shareholders, and (iii) in favor of the removal of the Purchaser Designee from the Board of Directors at any annual or special meeting or in any action by written consent of stockholders of the Company at or pursuant to which members of the Board of Directors will be removed therefrom, if the Purchaser has requested the removal of such director in writing by written notice to the Shareholders.

Section 2.02. Irrevocable Proxy . Each Shareholder hereby revokes any and all previous proxies or powers of attorney granted with respect to its Shares that are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. By entering into this Agreement, each Shareholder hereby grants a proxy appointing each of the Chief Executive Officer and Corporate Secretary of the Company as such Shareholder’s attorney-in-fact and proxy, with full power of substitution, for and in such Shareholder’s name, to vote or express consent or dissent with respect to its Shares as required by Section 2.01, if and only if such Shareholder (a) does not vote or express consent or dissent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, or (b) votes or expresses consent or dissent, or attempts to vote or express consent or dissent, in any manner that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. The proxy granted by each Shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.02 is given in consideration of the Transactions and, as such, is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable, unless and until Section 2.01 expires or is terminated in accordance with its terms, at which time such proxy shall be revoked and shall terminate without further force or effect. From and after the date hereof, unless and until Section 2.01 expires or is terminated in accordance with its terms, no Shareholder shall grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect to its Shares, deposit any of its Shares into a voting trust, or enter into any other agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person, directly or indirectly, to vote, express consent or dissent with respect to, or grant any proxy or power of attorney, or give instructions, with respect to any of its Shares, in each case, that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Section 2.03. Agreement to be Bound . A Shareholder may sell, offer, transfer, assign, mortgage, hypothecate, gift, pledge or dispose of, enter into or agree to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, pledge, mortgage, hypothecation, gift, assignment or similar disposition of (any of the foregoing, a “ transfer ”), or cause or permit any of its Affiliates to transfer, any Voting Stock or any interest therein or any voting rights with respect thereto; provided that if such transfer is to (a) an Affiliate of such Shareholder or (b) any other Shareholder or Affiliate of any other Shareholder, such Shareholder shall cause such transferee, at the time of and as a condition to such transfer, to execute and deliver to the Purchaser (i) a joinder providing that such transferee shall agree to be bound as a Shareholder under this Agreement, and shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Shareholder hereunder, and (ii) such other documents as may be necessary in the reasonable discretion of the Purchaser to effectuate the foregoing agreement to be bound; provided, however , that the foregoing obligation under this Section 2.03 to cause any such transferee to be bound as a Shareholder hereunder and to execute and deliver such documents to the Purchaser shall not apply and NEA shall have no such obligation with respect to any transfer of any Voting Stock in any bona fide distribution in kind of any Voting Stock by NEA or any of its Affiliates pro rata to all of its limited or other partners, members or other equityholders, as applicable. In addition, any Shareholder may cause or permit any of its Affiliates to purchase or otherwise acquire any Voting Stock or any interest therein or any voting rights with respect thereto; provided that such Shareholder shall cause such Affiliate to execute and deliver to the Purchaser (i) a joinder providing that such Affiliate shall agree to be bound as a Shareholder under this Agreement, and shall have all of the rights and obligations of a Shareholder hereunder, and (ii) such other documents as may be necessary in the reasonable discretion of the Purchaser to effectuate the foregoing agreement to be bound.

Section 2.04. Notices of Changes in Beneficial Ownership . From and after the date hereof, each Shareholder shall until the earlier of (x) Section 2.01 expires or is terminated in accordance with its terms or (y) such Shareholder and its Affiliates cease to Beneficially Own Voting Stock, and for so long as the Purchaser any of its Affiliates (each, a “ Filing Party ”) files or is required to file a Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D (a “ Schedule 13D ”) with the SEC with respect to its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock, such Shareholder shall promptly (and in any event within one Business Day thereafter) notify the Filing Party in writing of (a) the filing of any Schedule 13D or amendment thereof by such Shareholder or any of its Affiliates with respect to its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock or (b) if such Shareholder or any of its Affiliates is not then filing or required to file a Schedule 13D with respect to its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock ( e.g. , because such Person is then filing a Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13G with the SEC (a “ Schedule 13G ”) with respect to its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock, or because such Person is not then filing either a Schedule 13D or a Schedule 13G with respect to its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock), any change with respect to such Shareholder’s or any of its Affiliates’ Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock that would have required the filing of an amendment of a Schedule 13D with respect to its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock, if such Shareholder or Affiliate thereof had then been filing or required to file a Schedule 13D with respect to its Beneficial Ownership of Voting Stock at such time.

 

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ARTICLE 3

R EGISTRATION R IGHTS

Section 3.01. Registration Rights . If (a) the Purchaser and its Affiliates own any Registrable Securities and exercise registration rights pursuant to Article 5 of the Investment Agreement and (b) the Investor Rights Agreement is effective, the Shareholders hereby agree that to the extent any Shareholder exercises any piggyback registration right pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Investor Rights Agreement and the underwriter of such offering determines in good faith that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of securities to be offered and sold, the number of securities that may be included in the offering shall be allocated, first , to the Purchaser and its Affiliates, and second , to the Shareholders on a pro rata basis based on the total number of Registrable Securities (solely for this purpose, as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) held by the Shareholders.

ARTICLE 4

R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES

Each Shareholder represents and warrants to the Purchaser, as of the date hereof, as follows:

Section 4.01. Organization; Ownership . In the case of each of the Founders, such Founder is a natural person and has the legal capacity to enter into this Agreement and to perform his obligations hereunder. In the case of each of the other Shareholders, such Shareholder is an entity, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has all requisite entity power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business as it is being conducted on the date of this Agreement.

Section 4.02. Authorization . In the case of each of the Shareholders other than the Founders, (i) such Shareholder has full entity power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance by such Shareholder of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary entity action on behalf of such Shareholder, and (iii) no other proceedings on the part of such Shareholder are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by such Shareholder of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. In the case of each of the Shareholders, (x) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Shareholder, and (y) assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each other Shareholder, the Purchaser and the Company, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of such Shareholder, enforceable against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the limitation of such enforcement by (a) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, arrangement, moratorium or other laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally or (b) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

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Section 4.03. No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by such Shareholder, the consummation by such Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby and the compliance by such Shareholder with any of the provisions hereof will not conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (a) in the case of each of the Shareholders other than the Founders, any provision of such Shareholder’s organizational documents, (b) any mortgage, note, indenture, deed of trust, lease, license, loan agreement or other agreement binding upon such Shareholder or (c) any permit, government license, judgment, order, decree, ruling, injunction, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to such Shareholder or any of its Affiliates, other than in the cases of clauses (b) and (c) as would not reasonably be expected to impact such Shareholder’s ability to perform or comply with its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis.

Section 4.04. Consents and Approvals . No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or exemption or review by, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of such Shareholder in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by such Shareholder of this Agreement and the consummation by such Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) any required filings pursuant to the Exchange Act or the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and (b) any consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration, filing, exemption or review the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to impact such Shareholder’s ability to perform or comply with its obligations under this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis.

Section 4.05. Finder’s Fees . Such Shareholder has not retained, utilized or been represented by, or otherwise become obligated to, any broker, placement agent, financial advisor or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whose fees any other Shareholder, the Purchaser or the Company would be required to pay.

Section 4.06. Ownership of Voting Stock . Except for the Voting Stock set forth on such Shareholder’s signature page hereto, such Shareholder does not Beneficially Own any Voting Stock. Except for the Voting Stock set forth on the signature pages hereto of any of such Shareholder’s Affiliates that are also Shareholders hereunder, none of such Shareholder’s Affiliates Beneficially Owns any Voting Stock. Such Shareholder or one its Affiliates that is also a Shareholder hereunder is the sole record owner, and such Shareholder and its Affiliates that are also Shareholders hereunder are the sole Beneficial Owners, of all of the Voting Stock set forth on such Shareholder’s signature page hereto, free and clear of any lien or other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote or otherwise dispose of such Voting Stock). None of such Voting Stock is subject to any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting thereof.

 

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ARTICLE 5

M ISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.01. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally, sent by overnight courier or sent via email (with receipt confirmed) as follows:

(a) If to any Shareholder, to the address or email address set forth on such Shareholder’s signature page hereto.

(b) If to the Purchaser, to:

c/o Atairos Management, L.P.

620 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10020

Attention: David Caplan

Email: d.caplan@atairos.com

and:

c/o Atairos Management, L.P.

40 Morris Avenue

Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Attention: Clare McGrory

Email: c.mcgrory@atairos.com

With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Attention: William J. Chudd

Email: william.chudd@davispolk.com

(c) If to the Company, to:

Groupon, Inc.

600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400

Chicago, IL 60654

Attention: Dane A. Drobny

Email:

 

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With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:

Winston & Strawn LLP

35 W. Wacker Drive

Chicago, IL 60601

Attention: Steven J. Gavin

Email: SGavin@winston.com

or to such other address or addresses as shall be designated in writing. All notices shall be deemed effective (a) when delivered personally (with written confirmation of receipt, by other than automatic means, whether electronic or otherwise) or (b) one (1) Business Day following the day sent by overnight courier.

Section 5.02. Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries; Amendment . This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Agreements, sets forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the Transactions, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the parties and their respective Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and is not intended to and shall not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto, their successors and permitted assigns any rights or remedies hereunder. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended, waived or modified in whole or in part at any time by an agreement in writing between the parties hereto executed in the same manner as this Agreement. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise by any party of any right preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

Section 5.03. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to constitute any original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document. Signatures to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form, or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing the original signature.

Section 5.04. Expenses . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each party hereto shall bear its own costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions.

Section 5.05. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company’s successors and assigns, the Purchaser’s successors and assigns and each Shareholder’s successors and assigns, and no other person; provided that none of the Company, the Purchaser or any Shareholder may assign its respective rights or delegate its respective obligations under this Agreement, whether by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other parties, and any assignment by the Company, the Purchaser or any Shareholder in contravention hereof shall be null and void; provided that (i) any Affiliate of any Shareholder who after the date hereof executes and delivers a joinder pursuant to Section 2.03 shall be deemed a Shareholder hereunder

 

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and have all the rights and obligations of a Shareholder, (ii) any Affiliate of the Purchaser or (B) Comcast Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case who after the date hereof executes and delivers a Joinder pursuant to a Permitted Transfer (in each case, as defined in the Investment Agreement) of any Notes or shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 4.02(a)(i) or (vi) of the Investment Agreement, respectively, shall be deemed a Purchaser hereunder and have all the rights and obligations of a Purchaser and (iii) the rights of a holder of Registrable Securities under Section 3.01 may be transferred but only together with Subject Securities (x) in a transfer of (1) Notes in an aggregate principal amount of at least $37,500,000 or (2) Company Common Stock or other Subject Securities (I) issued or issuable upon conversion of at least $37,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes, or (II) having an aggregate market value at such time of at least $37,500,000, (y) to an Affiliate of the transferor that executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder (subject to Section 4.02(a)(i) of the Investment Agreement), or (z) to a lender in connection with a Permitted L oan (as defined in the Investment Agreement). For the avoidance of doubt, no Third Party (as defined in the Investment Agreement) to whom any of the Notes or shares of Company Common Stock are transferred shall have any rights or obligations under this Agreement except (and then only to the extent of) any rights and obligations under Section 3.01 to the extent transferable in accordance with this Section 5.05. For the avoidance of doubt, transfers by a Shareholder (other than to an Affiliate of such Shareholder or another Shareholder or Affiliate thereof pursuant to Section 2.03) shall not be subject to the terms of this Agreement and such transferee (other than an Affiliate of a Shareholder or another Shareholder or Affiliate thereof) shall not be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

Section 5.06. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. In addition, each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other party hereto or its successors or assigns, shall be brought and determined exclusively in the Delaware Court of Chancery and any state appellate court therefrom within the State of Delaware (or, solely if the Delaware Court of Chancery declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this Section 5.06(a), (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court

 

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or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, any claim that (A) the suit, action or proceeding in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. Each of the parties hereby agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses set forth in Section 5.01 shall be effective service of process for any suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 5.06.

Section 5.07. Severability . If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect provided that the economic and legal substance of, any of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. In the event of any such determination, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement to fulfill as closely as possible the original intent and purpose hereof. To the extent permitted by law, the parties hereby to the same extent waive any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

Section 5.08. Specific Performance . The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each party agrees that in the event of any breach or threatened breach by any other party of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement, the non-breaching party shall be entitled (in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it, whether in law or equity) to obtain (i) a decree or order of specific performance to enforce the observance and performance of such covenant or obligation, and (ii) an injunction restraining such breach or threatened breach. Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that any other party has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity. Any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

Section 5.09. Headings . The headings of Articles and Sections contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

ERIC LEFKOFSKY, in his individual capacity

/s/ Eric Lefkofsky

Eric Lefkofsky
Shares :
Class B Common Stock: 0
Class A Common Stock: 1,901,375
Address :
c/o Groupon, Inc.
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60654
Attention: Eric Lefkofsky
Phone:
With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
Winston & Strawn
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Attention: Steven J. Gavin
Fax: +1 (312) 558 - 5700

Email: sgavin@winston.com

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


GREEN MEDIA, LLC
By:  

/s/ Eric Lefkofsky

  Name: Eric Lefkofsky
  Title: Manager

 

Shares :
Class B Common Stock: 999,984
Class A Common Stock: 100,735,062
Address :
c/o Groupon, Inc.
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60654
Attention: Eric Lefkofsky
Phone:
With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
Winston & Strawn
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Attention: Steven J. Gavin
Fax: +1 (312) 558 - 5700
Email: sgavin@winston.com

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


600 WEST GROUPON LLC

 

By: BLUE MEDIA, LLC, ITS MANAGER

By:  

/s/ Eric Lefkofsky

  Name: Eric Lefkofsky
  Title: Manager

 

Shares :
Class B Common Stock: 0
Class A Common Stock: 149,948
Address :
c/o Groupon, Inc.
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60654
Attention: Eric Lefkofsky
Phone:
With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
Winston & Strawn
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Attention: Steven J. Gavin
Fax: +1 (312) 558 - 5700
Email: sgavin@winston.com

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


BRADLEY KEYWELL, in his individual capacity

/s/ Bradley Keywell

Bradley Keywell

Shares :
Class B Common Stock: 0
Class A Common Stock: 95,074
Address :
c/o Groupon, Inc.
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60654
Attention: Bradley Keywell
Phone:
With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
Winston & Strawn
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Attention: Steven J. Gavin
Fax: +1 (312) 558 - 5700
Email: sgavin@winston.com

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


RUGGER VENTURES LLC
By:  

/s/ Bradley Keywell

  Name: Bradley Keywell
  Title: Manager

Shares :

Class B Common Stock: 400,008
Class A Common Stock: 30,325,030

Address :

c/o Groupon, Inc.
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 400
Chicago, IL 60654
Attention: Bradley Keywell
Phone:
With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
Winston & Strawn
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601
Attention: Steven J. Gavin
Fax: +1 (312) 558 - 5700
Email: sgavin@winston.com

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES 12, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
By:  

/s/ Louis S. Citron

  Name: Louis S. Citron
  Title: Chief Legal Officer
Shares :
Class B Common Stock: 0
Class A Common Stock: 43,984,956
Address :
New Enterprise Associates 12,
Limited Partnership
1954 Greenspring Drive, Suite 600
Timonium, MD 21093
Attention: Louis S. Citron
Fax:
Email:
With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
Same as above

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


NEW ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Louis S. Citron

  Name: Louis S. Citron
  Title: Chief Legal Officer
Shares :
Class B Common Stock: 0
Class A Common Stock: 21,380
Address :
New Enterprise Associates, LLC
1954 Greenspring Drive, Suite 600
Timonium, MD 21093
Attention: Louis S. Citron
Fax:
Email:
With a copy (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to:
Same as above

 

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


A-G HOLDINGS, L.P.

 

By:  

A-G HOLDINGS GP, LLC, its

general partner

 

By:   ATAIROS GROUP, INC., its sole member and manager
By:  

/s/ David L. Coplen

  Name: David L. Coplen
  Title: Vice President and General Counsel

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


GROUPON, INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Brian Stevens

  Name: Brian Stevens
  Title: Chief Accounting Officer

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]

Exhibit 10.3

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (the “ Amendment Agreement ”), dated as of March 31, 2016 is among GROUPON, INC., as Borrower (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

RECITALS :

WHEREAS , the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders party thereto have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 1, 2014 (as previously amended, the “ Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS , the Borrower has requested certain amendments be made to the Agreement and the Lenders party hereto are willing to amend the Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows effective as of the date hereof unless otherwise indicated:

SECTION 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Amendment Agreement but not otherwise defined herein, shall have the same meanings given to them in the Agreement.

SECTION 2. Amendments . Subject to the effectiveness hereof pursuant to Section 3 , the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

Section 2.1 Section 1.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical order the following new definitions:

Senior Secured Indebtedness ” means, at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than unsecured Indebtedness.

Section 2.2. The definition of “ Indebtedness ” in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence at the end thereof:

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of calculating the financial covenants hereunder, the amount of the “Indebtedness” attributable to the $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes issued 2016 and due 2022 shall be deemed to be the actual principal amount outstanding with respect thereto.

Section 2.3 Section 6.06 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:

SECTION 6.06 Restricted Payments . The Borrower will not,


and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a) the Borrower may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, (b) Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests, (c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock option plans or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (d) so long as no Default shall be continuing or result therefrom the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not greater than $150,000,000 from the period from the Amendment Effective Date (as defined in the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2016 among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent) through June 30, 2017; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments under this clause (d)  shall not exceed (i) $100,000,000 in the aggregate prior to December 31, 2016 and (ii) $50,000,000 per fiscal quarter and (e) beginning July 1, 2017, so long as no Default shall be continuing or result therefrom, the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments either (i) on an unlimited basis, if at the time of making such Restricted Payment the Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis, is less than to 2.0 to 1.0, (ii) in an aggregate amount not greater than $50,000,000 per fiscal year, if at the time of making such Restricted Payment the Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis, is 2.0 to 1.0 or more, but less than 2.25 to 1.0 or (iii) in an aggregate amount not greater than $20,000,000 per fiscal year, if at the time of making such Restricted Payment the Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis, is to 2.25 to 1.0 or more.

Section 2.4. Section 6.11 of the Agreement is amended and restated as follows:

6.11 Financial Covenants .

(a) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio, for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter set forth below, to be less than the amount set forth opposite such date below:

 

Fiscal Quarter Ending

  

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

March 31, 2016

   2.00 to 1.00

June 30, 2016

   1.05 to 1.00

September 30, 2016

   1.10 to 1.00

December 31, 2016

   1.25 to 1.00

March 31, 2017

   1.50 to 1.00

June 30, 2017 and thereafter

   2.00 to 1.00

 

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(b) Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the Funded Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio, for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter set forth below, to be greater than the amount set forth opposite such date below:

 

Fiscal Quarter Ending

  

Funded Indebtedness to
EBITDA Ratio

March 31, 2016

   2.50 to 1.00

June 30, 2016

   3.50 to 1.00

September 30, 2016

   3.25 to 1.00

December 31, 2016 and thereafter

   2.75 to 1.00

(c) Unrestricted Cash . The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will maintain, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, Unrestricted Cash of not less than the greater of (i) $400,000,000 and (ii) 100% of the amount of the total Commitment; provided that no less than 50% of such required Unrestricted Cash shall be held in accounts with Lenders or their Affiliates.

(d) Minimum Liquidity . The Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will maintain at the end of each fiscal quarter minimum Liquidity equal to at least 70% of Accrued Merchant and Supplier Payables for such fiscal quarter.

(e) Senior Secured Indebtedness to EBITDA Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the ratio of (a) Senior Secured Indebtedness to (b) EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the last day of any fiscal quarter to be greater than 2.00:1.00.

SECTION 3. Conditions . This Amendment Agreement shall bind the parties hereto pursuant to its terms on the date the Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from the Required Lenders, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, a counterpart of this Amendment Agreement signed on behalf of such Person; provided that Section 2 of this Amendment Agreement shall not be operative until the date (such date, if any, the “ Amendment Effective Date ”) on which each of the following conditions has been satisfied ( provided that if such conditions are not satisfied on or prior to May 16, 2016, this Amendment Agreement shall terminate and cease to have any effect):

 

  (a) Debt Issuance . The Borrower shall have issued $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes due 2022 with an interest rate no greater than 4.50% pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

  (b) Representations; Default . Both before and after giving effect to this Amendment Agreement, the following statements by the Borrower shall be true and correct (and the Borrower, by its execution of this Amendment Agreement, hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that such statements are true and correct as at such times):

 

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  i. The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though made on and as of the date hereof (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date, and that any representation or warranty which is subject to any materiality qualifier shall be required to be true and correct in all respects); and

 

  ii. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

  (c) Fees and Expenses . The Administrative Agent shall have received from the Borrower an amendment fee for each Lender that, on or prior to noon (Chicago time) on March 31, 2016, delivers a signed counterpart of this Amendment Agreement to the Administrative Agent, in an amount equal the product of 0.10% multiplied by such Lender’s pro rata share (based upon its Applicable Percentage) of the amount of the total Commitments.

SECTION 4. Miscellaneous .

Section 4.1. Ratifications . The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment Agreement shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set forth in the Agreement and except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Agreement and the other Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree that the Agreement as amended hereby and the other Loan Documents shall continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). For all matters arising prior to the effective date of this Amendment Agreement, the Agreement (as unmodified by this Amendment Agreement) shall control.

Section 4.2. Authorization; Validity . The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Amendment Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Section 4.3 . Government Approval, Regulation, etc . The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment Agreement (a) does not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and except for filings necessary to perfect Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents, and (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any order of any Governmental Authority.

 

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Section 4.4. Entire Agreement . This Amendment Agreement, together with the Loan Documents (collectively, the “ Relevant Documents ”), sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto in relation to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior negotiations and agreements among the parties relating to such subject matter. No promise, condition, representation or warranty, express or implied, not set forth in the Relevant Documents shall bind any party hereto, and no such party has relied on any such promise, condition, representation or warranty. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, except as otherwise expressly stated in the Relevant Documents, no representations, warranties or commitments, express or implied, have been made by any party to the other in relation to the subject matter hereof or thereof. None of the terms or conditions of this Amendment Agreement may be changed, modified, waived or canceled orally or otherwise, except in writing.

Section 4.5. Full Force and Effect of Loan Documents . Except as hereby specifically amended, modified or supplemented, the Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects (including, without limitation, the Borrower’s obligations with respect to reimbursement of costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement) and shall be and remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms.

Section 4.6. Counterparts . This Amendment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment Agreement by telecopy, facsimile or other electronic transmission (including .PDF) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment Agreement.

Section 4.7. Governing Law . This Amendment Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

Section 4.8. Incorporation of Credit Agreement Provisions . The provisions of Section 9.07 (Severability) and Section 9.10 (Waiver of Jury Trial) of the Credit Agreement are incorporated by reference as if fully set forth herein, mutatis mutandis .

Section 4.9. References . All references in any of the Loan Documents to the “Agreement” or the “Credit Agreement” shall mean the Agreement or Credit Agreement, as applicable, as amended by this Amendment Agreement.

Section 4.10. Headings . The headings, captions, and arrangements used in this Amendment Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment Agreement.

Section 4.11. Successors and Assigns . This Amendment Agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Borrower, and their respective successors and assigns as provided in the Agreement.

 

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Section 4.12. Loan Document . The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment Agreement shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents. This Amendment Agreement shall for all purposes constitute a Loan Document.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

GROUPON, INC.
By:  

/s/ Brian Kayman

 

Name: Brian Kayman

Title: Interim Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and as Administrative Agent
By:  

/s/ Daglas Panchal

 

Name: Daglas Panchal

Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jonathan Kerner

 

Name: Jonathan Kerner

Title: Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


SILICON VALLEY BANK, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Jack Gaziano

 

Name: Jack Gaziano

Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Casey Klepsch

 

Name: Casey Klepsch

Title: Assistant Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ M. Scott Randall

 

Name: M. Scott Randall

Title: Second Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


BANK OF THE WEST, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Diane Marshall

 

Name: Diane Marshall

Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


OPUS BANK, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Geoff Anfuso

 

Name: Geoff Anfuso

Title: Senior Managing Director

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


WESTERN ALLIANCE BANK, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Matt Kappadakunnel

 

Name: Matt Kappadakunnel

Title: Vice President

[Signature Page to Second Amendment Agreement to Credit Agreement]


GUARANTOR CONSENT

Each of the undersigned Guarantors: (i) consents and agrees to this Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 31, 2016, including, without limitation, Section 4.1 thereof, and (ii) agrees that each of the Guarantee, the Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which is it a party are each in full force and effect and continue to be its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with its respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

GUARANTORS :

    GROUPON GOODS, INC.,

    as a Grantor

  By:  

/s/ Brian Kayman

 

Name: Brian Kayman

Title: Vice President

    GROUPON CANADA CORP, INC.,

    as a Grantor

  By:  

/s/ Brian Kayman

   

Name: Brian Kayman

Title: Vice President

    GROUPON GETAWAYS, INC.,

    as a Grantor

  By:  

/s/ Brian Kayman

 

Name: Brian Kayman

Title: Vice President

[Guarantor Consent]

Exhibit 99.1

Groupon Announces $250 Million Investment from Atairos

Atairos CEO Michael Angelakis to Join Board of Directors

Groupon and Comcast to Explore Collaboration Opportunities

CHICAGO — April 4, 2016 — Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) today announced it has entered into an agreement for a $250 million investment from Atairos, an independent private company focused on supporting growth-oriented businesses across a wide range of industries. In connection with the investment, Michael Angelakis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Atairos, will join Groupon’s Board of Directors.

“Our partnership with Atairos will help accelerate our transformation while better positioning us to execute on our strategy and mission to build the daily habit in local commerce — which we continued to make progress on in the first quarter,” said Groupon CEO Rich Williams. “I am extremely pleased that a respected, long-term oriented partner like Atairos shares our view about the vast opportunity ahead for Groupon.”

Atairos was launched earlier this year with more than $4 billion in committed capital and is led by Mr. Angelakis, former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of Comcast Corporation.

“We are excited to be partnering with Groupon, the undisputed global leader in hyper-local commerce with nearly 50 million active customers,” said Mr. Angelakis. “Since creating the market in 2008, Groupon has redefined local commerce by increasing consumer buying power and changing the way businesses attract customers using modern mobile technology. We look forward to working closely with Groupon’s Board and management team as they pursue their strategic growth objectives.”

“The reputation, strategic insights and operational acumen of Michael and his team will be a welcome addition to our company,” said Groupon Chairman Eric Lefkofsky. “Michael joins a talented and dedicated Board, and brings a valuable perspective as we continue to scale our local business.”

As part of the relationship, Comcast Corporation will work with Groupon to identify and implement potential strategic partnership opportunities.

“Groupon is an established leader in connecting customers with local businesses,” said Neil Smit, President and CEO of Comcast Cable. “The potential in combining Groupon’s local expertise with Comcast’s vast subscriber and advertiser network is something we look forward to closely exploring together.”

Groupon will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including the repurchase of stock. The company also announced its Board of Directors has approved a $200 million increase to its existing share repurchase program and extended the program through April 2018.

Under the terms of the investment, Atairos is purchasing $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 3.25% convertible senior notes due 2022 with an initial conversion price of approximately $5.40 per share. The convertible notes will be general unsecured obligations of Groupon. Additional information may be found in the Form 8-K that will be filed today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


In connection with the investment and subject to market conditions and other factors, Groupon expects to explore entering into convertible note hedge and warrant transactions in the future that would be designed to offset, in part, the potential dilution from the notes.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is serving as financial advisor to Atairos and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is acting as legal counsel. Allen & Company LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are serving as financial advisors to Groupon and Winston & Strawn LLP is acting as legal counsel. This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful. The notes and any shares of Groupon common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements.

About Groupon

Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is a global leader of local commerce and the place you start when you want to buy just about anything, anytime, anywhere. By leveraging the company’s global relationships and scale, Groupon offers consumers a vast marketplace of unbeatable deals all over the world. Shoppers discover the best a city has to offer on the web or on mobile with Groupon Local, enjoy vacations with Groupon Getaways, and find a curated selection of electronics, fashion, home furnishings and more with Groupon Goods.

Groupon is redefining how traditional small businesses attract, retain and interact with customers by providing merchants with a suite of products and services, including customizable deal campaigns, credit card payment processing capabilities and point-of-sale solutions that help businesses grow and operate more effectively. To search for great deals or subscribe to Groupon emails, visit www.groupon.com . To download Groupon’s top-rated mobile apps, visit www.groupon.com/mobile . To learn more about the company’s merchant solutions and how to work with Groupon, visit www.groupon.com/merchant .

About Atairos

Atairos is an independent private company focused on supporting growth-oriented businesses across a wide range of industries. Atairos provides a unique combination of active strategic partnership and patient long-term capital to high-potential companies and their management teams. Atairos was launched in 2016 with more than $4 billion in committed capital and has offices in New York and Bryn Mawr, PA. For more information, please visit www.atairos.com .

Forward-Looking Statements & Additional Information

The statements contained in this release that refer to plans and expectations for the next quarter, the full year or the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those discussed. The words “may,” will,” should,” “could,” “expect,” anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” intend,” “continue” and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, volatility in our revenue and operating results; risks related to our business strategy, including our strategy to grow our local marketplaces, marketing strategy and spend and the productivity of those marketing investments and the impact of our shift away from lower margin


products in our Goods category; effectively dealing with challenges arising from our international operations, including fluctuations in currency exchange rates; retaining existing customers and adding new customers, including as we increase our marketing spend and shift away from lower margin products in our Goods category; retaining and adding high quality merchants; cyber security breaches; incurring expenses as we expand our business; competing successfully in our industry; maintaining favorable payment terms with our business partners; providing a strong mobile experience for our customers; delivery and routing of our emails; product liability claims; managing inventory and order fulfillment risks; integrating our technology platforms; litigation; managing refund risks; retaining, attracting and integrating members of our executive team; difficulties, delays or our inability to successfully complete all or part of the announced restructuring actions or to realize the operating efficiencies and other benefits of such restructuring actions; higher than anticipated restructuring charges or changes in the timing of such restructuring charges; completing and realizing the anticipated benefits from acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and strategic investments; tax liabilities; tax legislation; compliance with domestic and foreign laws and regulations, including the CARD Act and regulation of the Internet and e-commerce; classification of our independent contractors; maintaining our information technology infrastructure; protecting our intellectual property; maintaining a strong brand; seasonality; customer and merchant fraud; payment-related risks; our ability to raise capital if necessary and our outstanding indebtedness; global economic uncertainty; the impact of our ongoing strategic review and any potential strategic alternatives we may choose to pursue. For additional information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties, we urge you to refer to the factors included under the headings “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the ended December 31, 2015 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which may be obtained by visiting the company’s Investor Relations web site at http://investor.groupon.com or the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov . Groupon’s actual results could differ materially from those predicted or implied and reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance.

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although Groupon believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee that the future results, levels of activity, performance or events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Moreover, neither the company nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements reflect Groupon’s expectations as of April 4, 2016. Groupon undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this release to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in its expectations.

Contacts:

 

For Groupon:    For Atairos:
Bill Roberts    George Sard/Nathaniel Garnick
billr@groupon.com    Sard Verbinnen & Co
(312) 459-5191    (212) 687-8080