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 the earliest event reported): May 2, 2017

 

 

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   0-22705   33-0525145

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, California   92130
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 617-7600

N/A

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

Emerging growth company  ☐

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Purchase Agreement

On April 26, 2017, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (the “ Company ”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) with Jefferies LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives of the several initial purchasers (the “ Initial Purchasers ”), relating to the sale by the Company of $517.5 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”), including $67.5 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued pursuant to the exercise in full by the Initial Purchasers’ over-allotment option to purchase additional Notes, in a private offering (the “ Note Offering ”) to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”). Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the parties have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act. A copy of the Purchase Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein and the description of the terms of the Purchase Agreement in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the Note Offering will be approximately $502.2 million after deducting the Initial Purchasers’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Note Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include commercialization expenses, clinical trial and other research and development expenses, capital expenditures, working capital and general and administrative expenses, and potential acquisitions of or investments in businesses, products and technologies that complement the Company’s business, although the Company has no present commitments or agreements to make any such acquisitions or investments.

Indenture

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of May 2, 2017 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The Notes will mature on May 15, 2024, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. The Company will pay interest on the Notes at an annual rate of 2.25%, payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2017.

Noteholders may convert their Notes at their option only in the following circumstances: (i) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2017 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock for each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter exceeds 130% of the conversion price on the applicable trading day; (ii) during the five consecutive business days immediately after any 10 consecutive trading day period (such 10 consecutive trading day period, the “measurement period”) if the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for each trading day of the measurement period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock on such trading day and the conversion rate on such trading day; (iii) upon the occurrence of certain corporate events or distributions on the Company’s common stock; (iv) if the Company calls the Notes for redemption; and (v) at any time from, and including, January 15, 2024 until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date of the Notes. The Company will settle conversions by paying or delivering, as applicable, cash, shares of the Company’s common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock, at its election, based on the applicable conversion rate.

The Notes are convertible at an initial conversion rate of 13.1711 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustment under the Indenture, which is equal to an initial conversion price of approximately $75.92 per share of common stock. If a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in the Indenture) occurs, then the Company will in certain circumstances increase the conversion rate for a specified period of time.

The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option at any time, and from time to time, on or after May 15, 2021, at a cash redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date but only if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price on each of at least 20 trading days during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the related redemption notice. If the Company undergoes a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Indenture), noteholders may require the Company to repurchase their Notes at a cash repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The Indenture includes customary terms and covenants, including certain events of default after which the Notes may be due and payable immediately. The following events are considered “events of default,” which may result in acceleration of the maturity of the Notes:


  (1) a default in the payment when due (whether at maturity, upon redemption, repurchase upon fundamental change or otherwise) of the principal of, or the redemption price or fundamental change repurchase price for, any Note;

 

  (2) a default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on any Note;

 

  (3) the Company’s failure to deliver, when required by the Indenture, a fundamental change notice or a notice required in connection with certain corporate events;

 

  (4) a default in the Company’s obligation to convert a note in accordance with the Indenture upon the exercise of the conversion right with respect thereto and such failure continues for five business days;

 

  (5) a default in the Company’s obligations in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale of assets:

 

  (6) a default in any of the Company’s obligations or agreements under the Indenture or the Notes (other than a default set forth in paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) above) where such default is not cured or waived within 60 days after notice to the Company by the trustee, or to the Company and the trustee by holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding;

 

  (7) a default by the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to any one or more mortgages, agreements or other instruments under which there is outstanding, or by which there is secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed of at least $50,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate, where such default:

 

  (i) constitutes a failure to pay the principal of any of such indebtedness when due and payable (after the expiration of all applicable grace periods) at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or

 

  (ii) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable before its stated maturity (an “acceleration”),

and, in either case, such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled or such failure to pay or default is not cured or waived, or such indebtedness is not paid or discharged in full, within 60 days after written notice to the Company by the trustee or to the Company and the trustee by holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding; and

 

  (8) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization with respect to the Company or any of its “significant subsidiaries” (as defined in the Indenture).

The Indenture and form of Note are filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing description of the terms of the Notes and the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.

On April 25, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the proposed Note Offering. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.2.

On April 26, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Note Offering. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.3.

The Notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The offer and sale of the Notes and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering would be unlawful.

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

See Item 1.01 above, which is incorporated by reference herein. Upon conversion of the Notes, up to a maximum of 9,712,802 shares of the Company’s common stock may be issued.


Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

See Item 1.01 above, which is incorporated by reference herein.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains “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. These statements relate to future events and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “projects”, “predicts”, “potential” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, these forward-looking statements represent the Company’s estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of May 2, 2017, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee.
  4.2    Form of Note representing the Company’s 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (included as Exhibit A to the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.1).
99.1    Purchase Agreement, dated April 26, 2017, by and among the Company, Jefferies LLC and Barclays Capital Inc.
99.2    Press release, dated April 25, 2017.
99.3    Press release, dated April 26, 2017.


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.

 

    NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Dated: May 2, 2017    
    By:  

/s/ Darin M. Lippoldt

      Darin M. Lippoldt
      Chief Legal Officer

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of May 2, 2017

 

 

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  

Article 1. Definitions; Rules of Construction

     1  

Section 1.01.

  

Definitions.

     1  

Section 1.02.

  

Other Definitions.

     12  

Section 1.03.

  

Rules of Construction.

     13  

Article 2. The Notes

     13  

Section 2.01.

  

Form, Dating and Denominations.

     13  

Section 2.02.

  

Execution, Authentication and Delivery.

     14  

Section 2.03.

  

Initial Notes and Additional Notes.

     14  

Section 2.04.

  

Method of Payment.

     15  

Section 2.05.

  

Accrual of Interest; Defaulted Amounts; When Payment Date is Not a Business Day.

     16  

Section 2.06.

  

Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

     17  

Section 2.07.

  

Paying Agent and Conversion Agent to Hold Property in Trust.

     17  

Section 2.08.

  

Holder Lists.

     18  

Section 2.09.

  

Legends.

     18  

Section 2.10.

  

Transfers and Exchanges; Certain Transfer Restrictions.

     19  

Section 2.11.

  

Exchange and Cancellation of Notes to Be Converted, Redeemed or Repurchased.

     23  

Section 2.12.

  

Removal of Transfer Restrictions.

     24  

Section 2.13.

  

Replacement Notes.

     25  

Section 2.14.

  

Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Notes.

     25  

Section 2.15.

  

Cancellation.

     25  

Section 2.16.

  

Notes Held by the Company or its Affiliates.

     26  

Section 2.17.

  

Temporary Notes.

     26  

Section 2.18.

  

Outstanding Notes.

     26  

Section 2.19.

  

Repurchases by the Company.

     27  

Section 2.20.

  

CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.

     27  

Article 3. Covenants

     27  

Section 3.01.

  

Payment on Notes.

     27  

Section 3.02.

  

Exchange Act Reports.

     28  

Section 3.03.

  

Rule 144A Information.

     28  

Section 3.04.

  

Additional Interest.

     28  

Section 3.05.

  

Compliance and Default Certificates.

     29  

Section 3.06.

  

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

     29  

Section 3.07.

  

Corporate Existence.

     30  

Section 3.08.

  

Restriction on Acquisition of Notes by the Company and its Affiliates.

     30  

Section 3.09.

  

Further Instruments and Acts.

     30  

Article 4. Repurchase and Redemption

     30  

Section 4.01.

  

No Sinking Fund.    

     30  

 

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Section 4.02.

  

Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Fundamental Change.

     30  

Section 4.03.

  

Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes.

     35  

Article 5. Conversion

     37  

Section 5.01.

  

Right to Convert.

     37  

Section 5.02.

  

Conversion Procedures.

     41  

Section 5.03.

  

Settlement upon Conversion.

     42  

Section 5.04.

  

Reserve and Status of Common Stock Issued upon Conversion.

     45  

Section 5.05.

  

Adjustments to the Conversion Rate.

     45  

Section 5.06.

  

Voluntary Adjustments.

     56  

Section 5.07.

  

Adjustments to the Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

     56  

Section 5.08.

  

Exchange in Lieu of Conversion.

     57  

Section 5.09.

  

Effect of Common Stock Change Event.

     58  

Article 6. Successors

     60  

Section 6.01.

  

When the Company May Merge, Etc.

     60  

Section 6.02.

  

Successor Corporation Substituted.

     60  

Article 7. Defaults and Remedies

     60  

Section 7.01.

  

Events of Default.

     60  

Section 7.02.

  

Acceleration.

     62  

Section 7.03.

  

Sole Remedy for a Failure to Report.

     63  

Section 7.04.

  

Other Remedies.

     64  

Section 7.05.

  

Waiver of Past Defaults.

     64  

Section 7.06.

  

Control by Majority.

     64  

Section 7.07.

  

Limitation on Suits.

     65  

Section 7.08.

   Absolute Right of Holders to Institute Suit for the Enforcement of the Right to Receive Payment and Conversion Consideration.      65  

Section 7.09.

  

Collection Suit by Trustee.

     65  

Section 7.10.

  

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

     66  

Section 7.11.

  

Priorities.

     66  

Section 7.12.

  

Undertaking for Costs.

     67  

Article 8. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers

     67  

Section 8.01.

  

Without the Consent of Holders.

     67  

Section 8.02.

  

With the Consent of Holders.

     68  

Section 8.03.

  

Notice of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers.

     69  

Section 8.04.

  

Revocation, Effect and Solicitation of Consents; Special Record Dates; Etc.

     69  

Section 8.05.

  

Notations and Exchanges.

     70  

Section 8.06.

  

Trustee to Execute Supplemental Indentures.

     70  

Article 9. Satisfaction and Discharge

     70  

Section 9.01.

  

Termination of Company’s Obligations.

     70  

Section 9.02.

  

Repayment to Company.

     71  

 

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Section 9.03.

  

Reinstatement.

  

 

71

 

Article 10. Trustee

     71  

Section 10.01.

  

Duties of the Trustee.

     71  

Section 10.02.

  

Rights of the Trustee.

     72  

Section 10.03.

  

Individual Rights of the Trustee.

     73  

Section 10.04.

  

Trustee’s Disclaimer.

     73  

Section 10.05.

  

Notice of Defaults.

     73  

Section 10.06.

  

Compensation and Indemnity.

     74  

Section 10.07.

  

Replacement of the Trustee.

     75  

Section 10.08.

  

Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

     76  

Section 10.09.

  

Eligibility; Disqualification.

     76  

Article 11. Miscellaneous

     76  

Section 11.01.

  

Notices.

     76  

Section 11.02.

  

Delivery of Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent.

     77  

Section 11.03.

  

Statements Required in Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.

     78  

Section 11.04.

  

Rules by the Trustee, the Registrar and the Paying Agent.

     78  

Section 11.05.

  

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

     78  

Section 11.06.

  

Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

     78  

Section 11.07.

  

Submission to Jurisdiction.

     78  

Section 11.08.

  

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

     79  

Section 11.09.

  

Successors.

     79  

Section 11.10.

  

Force Majeure.

     79  

Section 11.11.

  

U.S.A. Patriot Act.

     79  

Section 11.12.

  

Calculations.

     79  

Section 11.13.

  

Severability.

     80  

Section 11.14.

  

Counterparts.

     80  

Section 11.15.

  

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

     80  

Section 11.16.

  

Withholding Taxes.

     80  

 

Exhibits

  

Exhibit A: Form of Note

     A-1  

Exhibit B-1: Form of Restricted Note Legend

     B1-1  

Exhibit B-2: Form of Global Note Legend

     B2-1  

Exhibit B-3: Form of Non-Affiliate Legend

     B3-1  

 

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INDENTURE , dated as of May 2, 2017, between Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “ Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

Each party to this Indenture (as defined below) 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 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”).

Article 1. DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION

Section 1.01. D EFINITIONS .

Additional Interest ” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section  3.04 .

Affiliate ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144 as in effect on the Issue Date.

Authorized Denomination ” means, with respect to a Note, a principal amount thereof equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. law for the relief of debtors.

Bid Solicitation Agent ” means the Person who is required to obtain bids for the Trading Price in accordance with Section 5.01(C)(i)(2) and the definition of “Trading Price.” The initial Bid Solicitation Agent on the Issue Date will be the Company; provided , however , that the Company may appoint any other Person (including any of its Subsidiaries) to be the Bid Solicitation Agent at any time after the Issue Date without prior notice to any Holder.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any 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 of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, participations in, or other equivalents of, in each case however designated, the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

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

Common Stock ” means the common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of the Company, subject to Section  5.09 .

Company ” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture and,

 

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subject to Article 6 , its successors and assigns.

Company Order ” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and delivered to the Trustee.

Conversion Date ” means, with respect to a Note, the first Business Day on which the requirements set forth in Section 5.02(A) to convert such Note are satisfied.

Conversion Price ” means, as of any time, an amount equal to (A) one thousand dollars ($1,000) divided by (B) the Conversion Rate in effect at such time.

Conversion Rate ” initially means 13.1711 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which amount is subject to adjustment pursuant to Article 5 . Whenever this Indenture refers to the Conversion Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date, such reference will be deemed to be to the Conversion Rate as of the Close of Business on such date.

Conversion Share ” means any share of Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion of any Note.

Daily Cash Amount ” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, the lesser of (A) the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount; and (B) the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day.

Daily Conversion Value ” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, one-thirtieth (1/30th) of the product of (A) the Conversion Rate on such VWAP Trading Day; and (B) the Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day.

Daily Maximum Cash Amount ” means, with respect to a conversion of any Note, the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the Specified Dollar Amount applicable to such conversion by (B) thirty (30).

Daily Share Amount ” means, with respect to any VWAP Trading Day, the quotient obtained by dividing (A) the excess, if any, of the Daily Conversion Value for such VWAP Trading Day over the applicable Daily Maximum Cash Amount by (B) the Daily VWAP for such VWAP Trading Day. For the avoidance of doubt, the Daily Share Amount will be zero for such VWAP Trading Day if such Daily Conversion Value does not exceed such Daily Maximum Cash Amount.

Daily VWAP ” means, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “NBIX <EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or, if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average price method, by a

 

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nationally recognized independent investment banking firm selected by the Company, which may include any of the Initial Purchasers). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.

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

Default Settlement Method ” means Combination Settlement with a Specified Dollar Amount of $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes; provided , however , that the Company may, from time to time, change the Default Settlement Method by sending notice of the new Default Settlement Method to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent.

Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor.

Depositary Participant ” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.

Depositary Procedures ” means, with respect to any conversion, transfer, exchange or transaction involving a Global Note or any beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary applicable to such conversion, transfer, exchange or transaction.

Ex-Dividend Date ” means, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution on the Common Stock, the first date on which shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due bills or similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of the Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this purpose.

Exchange Act ” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Exempted Fundamental Change ” means any Fundamental Change with respect to which, in accordance with Section 4.02(I) , the Company does not offer to repurchase any Notes.

Free Trade Date ” means, with respect to any Note, the date that is one (1) year after the Last Original Issue Date of such Note.

Freely Tradable ” means, with respect to any Note, that such Note (A) would be eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise if held by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, and that has not been an Affiliate of the Company during the immediately preceding three (3) months, without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice under the Securities Act (except that, during the six (6) month period beginning on, and including, the date that is six (6) months after the Last Original Issue Date of such Note, any such requirement as to the availability of current public information will be disregarded if the same is satisfied at that time); (B) is not identified by a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number at any time after the Free Trade Date of such Note; and (C) is not represented by any certificate that bears the Restricted Note Legend at any time after

 

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the Free Trade Date of such Note. For the avoidance of doubt, whether a Note is deemed to be identified by a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number or to bear the Restricted Note Legend is subject to Section  2.12 .

Fundamental Change ” means any of the following events:

(A) a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries files any report with the SEC indicating that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of shares of the Company’s common equity representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the Company’s then-outstanding common equity;

(B) the consummation of (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the 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; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property; provided , however , that any merger, consolidation, share exchange or combination of the Company pursuant to which the Persons that directly or indirectly “beneficially owned” (as defined below) all classes of the Company’s common equity immediately before such transaction directly or indirectly “beneficially own,” immediately after such transaction, more than fifty percent (50%) of all classes of common equity of the surviving, continuing or acquiring company or other transferee, as applicable, or the parent thereof, in substantially the same proportions vis-à-vis each other as immediately before such transaction will be deemed not to be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (B) ;

(C) the Company’s stockholders approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(D) the Common Stock ceases to be listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors);

provided , however , that a transaction or event described in clause (A)  or (B) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least ninety percent (90%) of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters rights), in connection with such transaction or event, consists of shares of common stock listed (or depositary receipts or shares representing shares of common stock, which depositary receipts or shares are listed) on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Market or The NASDAQ Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors), or that will be so listed when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or event, and such transaction or event constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists of such consideration. For purposes of this definition, any transaction that constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to both clause (A)  or (B) above will be deemed a Fundamental Change solely pursuant to clause (B)  above.

 

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For the purposes of this definition, whether a Person is a “ beneficial owner ” and whether shares are “ beneficially owned ” will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” means the date fixed for the repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ” means a notice (including a notice substantially in the form of the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” set forth in Exhibit A ) containing the information, or otherwise complying with the requirements, set forth in Section 4.02(F)(i) and Section 4.02(F)(ii) .

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” means the cash price payable by the Company to repurchase any Note upon its Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, calculated pursuant to Section 4.02(D) .

Global Note ” means a Note that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A , registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary.

Global Note Legend ” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-2 .

Holder ” means a person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books for the Notes.

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

Initial Purchasers ” means Jefferies LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Leerink Partners LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC.

Interest Payment Date ” means, with respect to a Note, each May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on November 15, 2017 (or such other date specified in the certificate representing such Note). For the avoidance of doubt the Maturity Date is an Interest Payment Date.

Issue Date ” means May 2, 2017.

Last Original Issue Date ” means (A) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, the Issue Date; and (B) with respect to any Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.03(B) , and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, either (i) the later of (x) the date such Notes are originally issued and (y) the last date any Notes are originally issued as part of the same offering pursuant to the exercise of an option granted to the initial purchaser(s) of such

 

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Notes to purchase additional Notes; or (ii) such other date as is specified in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee before the original issuance of such Notes.

Last Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from each of at least three (3) nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company, which may include any of the Initial Purchasers. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will have any duty to determine the Last Reported Sale Price.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means a Fundamental Change (determined after giving effect to the proviso immediately after clause (D)  of the definition thereof, but without regard to the proviso to clause (B)(ii) of the definition thereof).

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period ” means, with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the period from, and including, the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including, the thirty fifth (35th) Trading Day after such effective date (or, if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change also constitutes a Fundamental Change (other than an Exempted Fundamental Change), to, but excluding, the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date):

Market Disruption Event ” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

Maturity Date ” means May 15, 2024

Non-Affiliate Legend ” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-3 .

“Note Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

Notes ” means the 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 issued by the Company pursuant to this Indenture.

 

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Observation Period ” means, with respect to any Note to be converted, (A) subject to clause (B)  below, if the Conversion Date for such Note occurs before the thirty-fifth (35th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date, the thirty (30) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the third (3rd) VWAP Trading Day immediately after such Conversion Date; (B) if such Conversion Date occurs on or after the date the Company has sent a Redemption Notice calling such Note for Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(F) and before the related Redemption Date, the thirty (30) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the thirty-second (32nd) Scheduled Trading Day (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by such thirty-second (32nd) Scheduled Trading Day, or, by such thirty-second (32nd) Scheduled Trading Day, the Relevant Exchange or other relevant authority has announced that the T+2 Effective Date will occur within the next twenty-nine (29) Scheduled Trading Days, the thirty-first (31st) Scheduled Trading Day) immediately before such Redemption Date; and (C) subject to clause (B)  above, if such Conversion Date occurs on or after the thirty-fifth (35th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date, the thirty (30) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the thirty-second (32nd) Scheduled Trading Day (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by such thirty-second (32nd) Scheduled Trading Day, or, by such thirty-second (32nd) Scheduled Trading Day, the Relevant Exchange or other relevant authority has announced that the T+2 Effective Date will occur within the next twenty-nine (29) Scheduled Trading Days, the thirty-first (31st) Scheduled Trading Day) immediately before the Maturity Date.

Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of the Company.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate that is signed on behalf of the Company by one (1) of its Officers and that meets the requirements of Section  11.03 .

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

Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion, from legal counsel (including an employee of, or counsel to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section  11.03 , subject to customary qualifications and exclusions.

Person ” or “ 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 Note ” means a Note (other than a Global Note) that is represented by a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A , registered in the name of the Holder of such Note and duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee.

Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated April 26, 2017, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

 

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Redemption ” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section  4.03 .

Redemption Date ” means the date fixed for the repurchase of any Notes by the Company pursuant to a Redemption.

Redemption Notice Date ” means, with respect to a Redemption, the date on which the Company sends the Redemption Notice for such Redemption pursuant to Section 4.03(F) .

Redemption Price ” means the cash price payable by the Company to redeem any Note upon its Redemption, calculated pursuant to Section 4.03(E) .

Regular Record Date ” has the following meaning with respect to an Interest Payment Date: (A) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on May 15, the immediately preceding May 1; and (B) if such Interest Payment Date occurs on November 15, the immediately preceding November 1.

Relevant Exchange ” means The NASDAQ Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed for trading.

Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change ” means the repurchase of any Note by the Company pursuant to Section  4.02 .

Responsible Officer ” means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of such officers or, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of, and familiarity with, the particular subject and who will have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Restricted Note Legend ” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1 .

Restricted Stock Legend ” means, with respect to any Conversion Share, a legend substantially to the effect that the offer and sale of such Conversion Share have not been registered under the Securities Act and that such Conversion Share cannot be sold or otherwise transferred except pursuant to a transaction that is registered under the Securities Act or that is exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor rule thereto), as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

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Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Scheduled Trading day” means a Business Day.

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Security ” means any Note or Conversion Share.

Settlement Method ” means Cash Settlement, Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement.

Significant Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person that constitutes, or any group of Subsidiaries of such Person that, in the aggregate, would constitute, a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act) of such Person; provided , however , that, if a Subsidiary meets the criteria of clause (3), but not clause (1) or (2), of the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Rule 1-02(w), then such Subsidiary will not be deemed not to be a Significant Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary’s or group’s income from continuing operations before income taxes, extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, exclusive of amounts attributable to any non-controlling interests, for the last completed fiscal year before the date of determination exceeds thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000).

Special Interest ” means any interest that accrues on any Note pursuant to Section  7.03 .

Specified Dollar Amount ” means, with respect to the conversion of a Note to which Combination Settlement applies, the maximum cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of such Note deliverable upon such conversion (excluding cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock).

Stock Price ” has the following meaning for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (A) if the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in consideration for their shares of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is pursuant to clause (B)  of the definition of “Fundamental Change,” then the Stock Price is the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (B) in all other cases, the Stock Price is the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (A) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the

 

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occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (B) any partnership or limited liability company where (i) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company interests or otherwise; and (ii) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability company.

T+2 Effective Date ” means the date, if at all, the Relevant Exchange has adopted a normal settlement cycle of two (2) Business Days for trading in the Common Stock, and the T+2 Effective Date will be the first date for which trades executed on that date are subject to such new cycle.

Trading Day ” means any day on which (A) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded; and (B) there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Trading Price ” of the Notes on any Trading Day means the average of the secondary market bid quotations, expressed as a cash amount per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for one million dollars ($1,000,000) in principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day from three (3) nationally recognized independent securities dealers selected by the Company, which may include any of the Initial Purchasers; provided , however , that, if three (3) such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two (2) such bids are obtained, then the average of the two (2) bids will be used, and if only one (1) such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, then that one (1) bid will be used. If, on any Trading Day, (A) the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one (1) bid for one million dollars ($1,000,000) in principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized independent securities dealer; (B) the Company is not acting as the Bid Solicitation Agent and the Company fails to instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to obtain bids when required; or (C) the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to solicit bids when required, then, in each case, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes on such Trading Day will be deemed to be less than ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day.

 

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Transfer-Restricted Security ” means any Security that constitutes a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); provided , however , that such Security will cease to be a Transfer-Restricted Security upon the earliest to occur of the following events:

(A) such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to a registration statement that was effective under the Securities Act at the time of such sale or transfer;

(B) such Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) pursuant to an available exemption (including Rule 144) from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and, immediately after such sale or transfer, such Security ceases to constitute a “restricted security” (as defined in Rule 144); and

(C) such Security is eligible for resale, by a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company and that has not been an Affiliate of the Company during the immediately preceding three (3) months, pursuant to Rule 144 without any limitations thereunder as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice.

The Trustee is under no obligation to determine whether any Security is a Transfer-Restricted Security and may conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto.

Trust Indenture Act ” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Trustee ” means the Person named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, means such successor.

VWAP Market Disruption Event ” means, with respect to any date, (A) the failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or (B) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half hour period in the aggregate, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options, contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date.

VWAP Trading Day ” means a day on which (A) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event; and (B) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.

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outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.02. O THER D EFINITIONS .

 

Term

     Defined in
Section
 

“Acceleration”

       7.01(A)  

“Additional Shares”

       5.07(A)  

“Business Combination Event”

       6.01(A)  

“Cash Settlement”

       5.03(A)  

“Combination Settlement”

       5.03(A)  

“Common Stock Change Event”

       5.09(A)  

“Conversion Agent”

       2.06(A)  

“Conversion Consideration”

       5.03(B)  

“Default Interest”

       2.05(B)  

“Defaulted Amount”

       2.05(B)  

“Event of Default”

       7.01(A)  

“Exchange Election”

       5.08  

“Expiration Date”

       5.05(A)(v)  

“Expiration Time”

       5.05(A)(v)  

“Fundamental Change Notice”

       4.02(E)  

“Fundamental Change Repurchase Right”

       4.02(A)  

“Initial Notes”

       2.03(A)  

“Measurement Period”

       5.01(C)(i)(2)  

“Paying Agent”

       2.06(A)  

“Physical Settlement”

       5.03(A)  

“Redemption Notice”

       4.03(F)  

“Reference Price”

       5.05(A)(v)  

“Reference Property”

       5.09(A)  

“Reference Property Unit”

       5.09(A)  

“Register”

       2.06(B)  

“Registrar”

       2.06(A)  

“Reporting Event of Default”

       7.03(A)  

“Specified Courts”

       11.07  

“Spin-Off”

       5.05(A)(iii)(2)  

“Spin-Off Valuation Period”

       5.05(A)(iii)(2)  

“Stated Interest”

       2.05(A)  

“Successor Corporation”

       6.01(A)  

“Successor Person”

       5.09(A)  

“Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”

       5.05(A)(v)  

“Trading Price Condition”

       5.01(C)(i)(2)  

 

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Section 1.03. R ULES OF C ONSTRUCTION .

For purposes of this Indenture:

(A) “or” is not exclusive;

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

(C) “will” expresses a command;

(D) words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise;

(E) “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, unless the context requires otherwise;

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

(G) the exhibits, schedules and other attachments to this Indenture are deemed to form part of this Indenture; and

(H) the term “ interest ,” when used with respect to a Note, includes any Additional Interest and Special Interest, unless the context requires otherwise.

Article 2. THE NOTES

Section 2.01. F ORM , D ATING AND D ENOMINATIONS .

The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A . The Notes will bear the legends required by Section  2.09 and may bear notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage or the Depositary. Each Note will be dated as of the date of its authentication.

Except to the extent otherwise provided in a Company Order delivered to the Trustee in connection with the issuance and authentication thereof, the Notes will be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Notes. Global Notes may be exchanged for Physical Notes, and Physical Notes may be exchanged for Global Notes, only as provided in Section  2.10 .

The Notes will be issuable only in registered form without interest coupons and only in Authorized Denominations.

Each certificate representing a Note will bear a unique registration number that is not affixed to any other certificate representing another outstanding Note.

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to such terms and to be bound thereby; provided , however , that, to the extent that any provision of any Note conflicts with the provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture will control for purposes of this Indenture and such Note.

Section 2.02. E XECUTION , A UTHENTICATION AND D ELIVERY .

(A) Due Execution by the Company . At least one (1) duly authorized Officer will sign the Notes on behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature. A Note’s validity will not be affected by the failure of any Officer whose signature is on any Note to hold, at the time such Note is authenticated, the same or any other office at the Company.

(B) Authentication by the Trustee and Delivery .

(i) No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.

(ii) The Trustee will cause an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) to manually sign the certificate of authentication of a Note only if (1) the Company delivers such Note to the Trustee; (2) such Note is executed by the Company in accordance with Section 2.02(A) ; and (3) the Company delivers a Company Order to the Trustee that (a) requests the Trustee to authenticate such Note; and (b) sets forth the name of the Holder of such Note and the date as of which such Note is to be authenticated. If such Company Order also requests the Trustee to deliver such Note to any Holder or to the Depositary, then the Trustee will promptly deliver such Note in accordance with such Company Order.

(iii) The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. A duly appointed authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so under this Indenture, and a Note authenticated as provided in this Indenture by such an agent will be deemed, for purposes of this Indenture, to be authenticated by the Trustee. Each duly appointed authenticating agent will have the same rights to deal with the Company as the Trustee would have if it were performing the duties that the authentication agent was validly appointed to undertake.

Section 2.03. I NITIAL N OTES AND A DDITIONAL N OTES .

(A) Initial Notes . On the Issue Date, there will be originally issued five hundred seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars ($517,500,000) aggregate principal amount of Notes, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section  2.02 ). Notes issued pursuant to this Section 2.03(A) , and any Notes issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, are referred to in this Indenture as the “ Initial Notes .”

(B) Additional Notes . The Company may, subject to the provisions of this Indenture (including Section  2.02 ), originally issue additional Notes with the same terms as the initial Notes (except, to the extent applicable, with respect to the date as of which interest begins to accrue on such additional Notes and the first Interest Payment Date and the Last Original Issue

 

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Date of such additional Notes), which additional Notes will, subject to the foregoing, be considered to be part of the same series of, and rank equally and ratably with all other, Notes issued under this Indenture; provided , however , that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with other Notes issued under this Indenture for federal income tax or federal securities laws purposes, then such additional Notes will be identified by a separate CUSIP number or by no CUSIP number. In authenticating additional Notes, the Trustee will receive:

(i) a copy of the resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors in or pursuant to which the terms and form of the Notes were established, and if the terms and form of such Notes are established by an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to general authorization of the Board of Directors, such Officer’s Certificate;

(ii) an executed supplemental indenture, if any; and

(iii) an Opinion of Counsel which will state:

(1) that the form and terms of such Notes have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(2) that such Notes, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

Section 2.04. M ETHOD OF P AYMENT .

(A) Global Notes . The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, and any cash Conversion Consideration for, any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture.

(B) Physical Notes . The Company will pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, the principal (whether due upon maturity on the Maturity Date, Redemption on a Redemption Date or repurchase on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or otherwise) of, interest on, and any cash Conversion Consideration for, any Physical Note no later than the time the same is due as provided in this Indenture as follows: (i) if the principal amount of such Physical Note is at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or such lower amount as the Company may choose in its sole and absolute discretion) and the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment has delivered to the Paying Agent or the Trustee, no later than the time set forth in the immediately following sentence, a written request that the Company make such payment by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account; and (ii) in all other cases, by check mailed to the address of the Holder of such Physical Note entitled to such payment as set forth in the Register. To be timely, such written request must be so delivered no later than the Close of Business on the following date:

 

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(x) with respect to the payment of any interest due on an Interest Payment Date, the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; (y) with respect to any cash Conversion Consideration, the relevant Conversion Date; and (z) with respect to any other payment, the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days immediately before the date such payment is due.

Section 2.05. A CCRUAL OF I NTEREST ; D EFAULTED A MOUNTS ; W HEN P AYMENT D ATE IS N OT A B USINESS D AY .

(A) Accrual of Interest . Each Note will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 2.25% (the “ Stated Interest ”), plus any Additional Interest and Special Interest that may accrue pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 7.03 , respectively. Stated Interest on each Note will (i) accrue from, and including, the most recent date to which Stated Interest has been paid or duly provided for (or, if no Stated Interest has theretofore been paid or duly provided for, the date set forth in the certificate representing such Note as the date from, and including, which Stated Interest will begin to accrue in such circumstance) to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Stated Interest; and (ii) be, subject to Sections 4.02(D) , 4.03(E) and 5.02(D) (but without duplication of any payment of interest), payable semi-annually in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, beginning on the first Interest Payment Date set forth in the certificate representing such Note, to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date. Stated Interest, and, if applicable, Additional Interest and Special Interest, on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

(B) Defaulted Amounts . If the Company fails to pay any amount (a “ Defaulted Amount ”) payable on a Note on or before the due date therefor as provided in this Indenture, then, regardless of whether such failure constitutes an Event of Default, (i) such Defaulted Amount will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder of such Note otherwise entitled to such payment; (ii) to the extent lawful, interest (“ Default Interest ”) will accrue on such Defaulted Amount at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which Stated Interest accrues, from, and including, such due date to, but excluding, the date of payment of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest; (iii) such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest will be paid on a payment date selected by the Company to the Holder of such Note as of the Close of Business on a special record date selected by the Company, provided that such special record date must be no more than fifteen (15), nor less than ten (10), calendar days before such payment date; and (iv) at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such special record date, the Company will send notice to the Trustee and the Holders that states such special record date, such payment date and the amount of such Defaulted Amount and Default Interest to be paid on such payment date.

(C) Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day . If the due date for a payment on a Note as provided in this Indenture is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, such payment may be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest will accrue on such payment as a result of the related delay. Solely for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a day on which the applicable place of payment is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed will be deemed not to be a “Business Day.”

 

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Section 2.06. R EGISTRAR , P AYING A GENT AND C ONVERSION A GENT .

(A) Generally . The Company will maintain (i) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”); (ii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”); and (iii) an office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be presented for conversion (the “ Conversion Agent ”). If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then the Trustee will act as such. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent.

(B) Duties of the Registrar . The Registrar will keep a record (the “ Register ”) of the names and addresses of the Holders, the Notes held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, repurchase, Redemption and conversion of Notes. Absent manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive and the Company and the Trustee may treat each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder in the Register as a Holder for all purposes. The Register will be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form reasonably promptly.

(C) Co-Agents; Company’s Right to Appoint Successor Registrars, Paying Agents and Conversion Agents . The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars, co-Paying Agents and co-Conversion Agents, each of whom will be deemed to be a Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, under this Indenture. Subject to Section 2.06(A) , the Company may change any Registrar, Paying Agent or Conversion Agent (including appointing itself or any of its Subsidiaries to act in such capacity) without prior notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee (and, upon request, any Holder) of the name and address of each Note Agent, if any, not a party to this Indenture and will enter into an appropriate agency agreement with each such Note Agent, which agreement will implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Note Agent.

(D) Initial Appointments . The Company appoints the Trustee as the initial Paying Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial Conversion Agent.

Section 2.07. P AYING A GENT AND C ONVERSION A GENT TO H OLD P ROPERTY IN T RUST .

The Company will require each Paying Agent or Conversion Agent that is not the Trustee to agree in writing that such Note Agent will (A) hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by such Note Agent for payment or delivery due on the Notes; and (B) notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment or delivery. The Company, at any time, may, and the Trustee, while any Default continues, may, require a Paying Agent or Conversion Agent to pay or deliver, as applicable, all money and other property held by it to the Trustee, after which payment or delivery, as applicable, such Note Agent (if not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) will have no further liability for such money or property. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, then (A) it will segregate and hold in a separate account for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money and other property held by it as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent; and (B) references in this Indenture or the Notes to the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent holding cash or other property, or to the delivery of cash or other property to

 

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the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, in each case for payment or delivery to any Holders or the Trustee or with respect to the Notes, will be deemed refer to cash or other property so segregated and held separately, or to the segregation and separate holding of such cash or other property, respectively. Upon the occurrence of any event in clause (viii)  or (ix) of Section 7.01(A) with respect to the Company (or with respect to any Subsidiary of the Company acting as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent), the Trustee will serve as the Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, for the Notes.

S ECTION  2.08. H OLDER L ISTS .

If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee, no later than seven (7) Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request, a list, in such form and as of such date or time as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders.

S ECTION  2.09. L EGENDS .

(A) Global Note Legend . Each Global Note will bear the Global Note Legend (or any similar legend, not inconsistent with this Indenture, required by the Depositary for such Global Note).

(B) Non-Affiliate Legend . Each Note will bear the Non-Affiliate Legend.

(C) Restricted Note Legend . Subject to Section  2.12 ,

(i) each Note that is a Transfer-Restricted Security will bear the Restricted Note Legend; and

(ii) if a Note is issued in exchange for, in substitution of, or to effect a partial conversion of, another Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.09(C)(ii) ), including pursuant to Section 2.10(B) , 2.10(C) , 2.11 or 2.13 , such Note will bear the Restricted Note Legend if such old Note bore the Restricted Note Legend at the time of such exchange or substitution, or on the related Conversion Date with respect to such conversion, as applicable; provided , however , that such Note need not bear the Restricted Note Legend if such Note does not constitute a Transfer-Restricted Security immediately after such exchange or substitution, or as of such Conversion Date, as applicable.

(D) Other Legends . A Note may bear any other legend or text, not inconsistent with this Indenture, as may be required by applicable law or by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Note is traded or quoted.

(E) Acknowledgement and Agreement by the Holders . A Holder’s acceptance of any Note bearing any legend required by this Section  2.09 will constitute such Holder’s acknowledgement of, and agreement to comply with, the restrictions set forth in such legend.

(F) Restricted Stock Legend .

 

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(i) Each Conversion Share will bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the Note upon the conversion of which such Conversion Share was issued was (or would have been had it not been converted) a Transfer-Restricted Security at the time such Conversion Share was issued; provided , however , that such Conversion Share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend if the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Conversion Share need not bear the Restricted Stock Legend.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.09(F) , a Conversion Share need not bear a Restricted Stock Legend if such Conversion Share is issued in an uncertificated form that does not permit affixing legends thereto, provided the Company takes measures (including the assignment thereto of a “restricted” CUSIP number) that it reasonably deems appropriate to enforce the transfer restrictions referred to in the Restricted Stock Legend.

Section 2.10. T RANSFERS AND E XCHANGES ; C ERTAIN T RANSFER R ESTRICTIONS .

(A) Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges .

(i) Subject to this Section  2.10 , Physical Notes and beneficial interests in Global Notes may be transferred or exchanged from time to time and the Registrar will record each such transfer or exchange in the Register.

(ii) Each Note issued upon transfer or exchange of any other Note (such other Note being referred to as the “old Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(A)(ii) ) or portion thereof in accordance with this Indenture will be the valid obligation of the Company, evidencing the same indebtedness, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as such old Note or portion thereof, as applicable.

(iii) The Company, the Trustee and the Note Agents will not impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, but the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and the Conversion Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Notes, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11 , 2.17 or 8.05 not involving any transfer.

(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, a Note may not be transferred or exchanged in part unless the portion to be so transferred or exchanged is in an Authorized Denomination.

(v) The Trustee will have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any transfer restrictions imposed under this Indenture or applicable law with respect to any Security, other than to require the delivery of such certificates or other documentation or evidence as expressly required by this Indenture and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the requirements of this Indenture.

(vi) Each Note issued upon transfer of, or in exchange for, another Note will bear each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 .

 

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(vii) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Note, the Company will cause such transfer or exchange to be effected as soon as reasonably practicable but in no event later than the third (3rd) (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by the date of such satisfaction, the second (2nd)) Business Day after the date of such satisfaction.

(viii) For the avoidance of doubt, and subject to the terms of this Indenture, as used in this Section  2.10 , an “exchange” of a Global Note or a Physical Note includes (x) an exchange effected for the sole purpose of removing any Restricted Note Legend affixed to such Global Note or Physical Note; and (y) if such Global Note or a Physical Note is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number, an exchange effected for the sole purpose of causing such Global Note or a Physical Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number.

(ix) Neither the Trustee nor any Note Agent will be responsible for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

(B) Transfers and Exchanges of Global Notes.

(i) Subject to the immediately following sentence, no Global Note may be transferred or exchanged in whole except (1) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary; (2) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary; or (3) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. No Global Note (or any portion thereof) may be transferred to, or exchanged for, a Physical Note; provided , however , that a Global Note will be exchanged, pursuant to customary procedures, for one or more Physical Notes if:

(1) (x) the Depositary notifies the Company or the Trustee that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Note or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and, in each case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within ninety (90) days of such notice or cessation;

(2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar has received a written request from the Depositary, or from a holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, to exchange such Global Note or beneficial interest, as applicable, for one or more Physical Notes; or

(3) the Company, in its sole discretion, permits the exchange of any beneficial interest in such Global Note for one or more Physical Notes at the request of the owner of such beneficial interest.

(ii) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Global Note (or any portion thereof):

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amount of such Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if such notation results in such Global Note having a principal amount of zero, the Company may (but is not required to) instruct the Trustee to cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section  2.15 );

(2) if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Trustee will reflect any resulting increase of the principal amount of any other Global Note by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such other Global Note;

(3) if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , a new Global Note bearing each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 ; and

(4) if such Global Note (or such portion thereof), or any beneficial interest therein, is to be exchanged for one or more Physical Notes, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , one or more Physical Notes that are in Authorized Denominations (not to exceed, in the aggregate, the principal amount of such Global Note to be so exchanged), are registered in such name(s) as the Depositary specifies (or as otherwise determined pursuant to customary procedures) and bear each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 .

(iii) Each transfer or exchange of a beneficial interest in any Global Note will be made in accordance with the Depositary Procedures.

(C) Transfers and Exchanges of Physical Notes.

(i) Subject to this Section  2.10 , a Holder of a Physical Note may (x) transfer such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) to one or more other Person(s); (y) exchange such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for one or more other Physical Notes in Authorized Denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Physical Note (or portion thereof) to be so exchanged; and (z) if then permitted by the Depositary Procedures, transfer such Physical Note (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) in exchange for a beneficial interest in one or more Global Notes; provided , however , that, to effect any such transfer or exchange, such Holder must:

(1) surrender such Physical Note to be transferred or exchanged to the office of the Registrar, together with any endorsements or transfer instruments reasonably required by the Company, the Trustee or the Registrar; and

(2) deliver such certificates, documentation or evidence as may be required pursuant to Section 2.10(D) .

 

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(ii) Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Indenture to effect a transfer or exchange of any Physical Note (such Physical Note being referred to as the “old Physical Note” for purposes of this Section 2.10(C)(ii) ) of a Holder (or any portion of such old Physical Note in an Authorized Denomination):

(1) such old Physical Note will be promptly cancelled pursuant to Section  2.15 ;

(2) if such old Physical Note is to be transferred or exchanged only in part, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such old Physical Note not to be transferred or exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 ;

(3) in the case of a transfer:

(a) to the Depositary or a nominee thereof that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Global Notes, the Trustee will reflect an increase of the principal amount of one or more existing Global Notes by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note(s), which increase(s) are in Authorized Denominations and aggregate to the principal amount to be so transferred, and which Global Note(s) bear each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 ; provided , however , that if such transfer cannot be so effected by notation on one or more existing Global Notes (whether because no Global Notes bearing each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 then exist, because any such increase will result in any Global Note having an aggregate principal amount exceeding the maximum aggregate principal amount permitted by the Depositary or otherwise), then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , one or more Global Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so transferred; and (y) bear each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 ; and

(b) to a transferee that will hold its interest in such old Physical Note (or such portion thereof) to be so transferred in the form of one or more Physical Notes, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so transferred; (y) are registered in the name of such transferee; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 ; and

 

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(4) in the case of an exchange, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of the Person to whom such old Physical Note was registered; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 .

(D) Requirement to Deliver Documentation and Other Evidence. If a Holder of any Note that is identified by a “restricted” CUSIP number or that bears a Restricted Note Legend or is a Transfer-Restricted Security requests to:

(i) cause such Note to be identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number;

(ii) remove such Restricted Note Legend; or

(iii) register the transfer of such Note to the name of another Person,

then the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar may refuse to effect such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, unless there is delivered to the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar such certificates or other documentation or evidence as the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar may reasonably require to determine that such identification, removal or transfer, as applicable, complies with the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws; provided , however , that no such certificates, documentation or evidence need be so delivered on and after the Free Trade Date with respect to such Note unless the Company determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such Note is not eligible to be offered, sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 or otherwise without any requirements as to volume, manner of sale, availability of current public information or notice under the Securities Act.

(E) Transfers of Notes Subject to Redemption, Repurchase or Conversion . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note that (i) has been surrendered for conversion, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to conversion; (ii) is subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice validly delivered, and not withdrawn, pursuant to Section 4.02(F) , except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to such notice or the Company fails to pay the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Price when due; or (iii) has been selected for Redemption pursuant to a Redemption Notice, except to the extent that any portion of such Note is not subject to Redemption or the Company fails to pay the applicable Redemption Price when due.

Section 2.11. E XCHANGE AND C ANCELLATION OF N OTES TO B E C ONVERTED , R EDEEMED OR R EPURCHASED .

(A) Partial Conversions, Redemptions and Repurchases of Physical Notes . If only a portion of a Physical Note of a Holder is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Physical Note is surrendered for such conversion or repurchase, the

 

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Company will cause such Physical Note to be exchanged, pursuant and subject to Section 2.10(C) , for (i) one or more Physical Notes that are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so converted or repurchased, and deliver such Physical Note(s) to such Holder; and (ii) a Physical Note having a principal amount equal to the principal amount to be so converted or repurchased, which Physical Note will be converted or repurchased, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture; provided , however , that the Physical Note referred to in this clause (ii) need not be issued at any time after which such principal amount subject to such conversion or repurchase is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section  2.18 .

(B) Cancellation of Converted, Redeemed and Repurchased Notes .

(i) Physical Notes . If a Physical Note (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore been exchanged pursuant to Section 2.11(A) ) of a Holder is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, promptly after the later of the time such Physical Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section  2.18 and the time such Physical Note is surrendered for such conversion or repurchase, as applicable, (1) such Physical Note will be cancelled pursuant to Section  2.15 ; and (2) in the case of a partial conversion or repurchase, the Company will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , one or more Physical Notes that (x) are in Authorized Denominations and have an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Physical Note that is not to be so converted or repurchased; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section  2.09 .

(ii) Global Notes . If a Global Note (or any portion thereof) is to be converted pursuant to Article 5 or repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or Redemption, then, promptly after the time such Note (or such portion) is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section  2.18 , the Trustee will reflect a decrease of the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note to be so converted or repurchased, as applicable, by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of such Global Note (and, if the principal amount of such Global Note is zero following such notation, cancel such Global Note pursuant to Section  2.15 ).

Section 2.12. R EMOVAL OF T RANSFER R ESTRICTIONS .

Without limiting the generality of any other provision of this Indenture (including Section  3.04 ), the Restricted Note Legend affixed to any Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section  2.12 and the footnote to such Restricted Note Legend, to be removed therefrom upon the Company’s delivery to the Trustee of notice to such effect. If such Note bears a “restricted” CUSIP or ISIN number at the time of such delivery, then, upon such delivery, such Note will be deemed, pursuant to this Section  2.12 and the footnotes to the CUSIP and ISIN numbers set forth on the face of the certificate representing such Note, to thereafter bear the “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers identified in such footnotes; provided , however , that if such Note is a Global Note and the Depositary thereof requires a mandatory exchange or other procedure to cause such

 

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Global Note to be identified by “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers in the facilities of such Depositary, then (i) the Company will effect such exchange or procedure as soon as reasonably practicable; and (ii) for purposes of Section  3.04 and the definition of Freely Tradable, such Global Note will not be deemed to be identified by “unrestricted” CUSIP and ISIN numbers until such time as such exchange or procedure is effected.

Section 2.13. R EPLACEMENT N OTES .

If a Holder of any Note claims that such Note has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , a replacement Note upon surrender to the Trustee of such mutilated Note, or upon delivery to the Trustee of evidence of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note, the Company and the Trustee may require the Holder thereof to provide such security or indemnity that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company and the Trustee from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced.

Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section  2.13 will be an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with all other Notes issued under this Indenture.

Section 2.14. R EGISTERED H OLDERS ; C ERTAIN R IGHTS WITH R ESPECT TO G LOBAL N OTES .

Only the Holder of a Note will have rights under this Indenture as the owner of such Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Depositary Participants will have no rights as such under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or its nominee, or by the Trustee as its custodian, and the Company, the Trustee and the Note Agents, and their respective agents, may treat the Depositary as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever; provided , however , that (A) the Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Depositary Participants and Persons that hold interests in Notes through Depositary Participants, to take any action that such Holder is entitled to take with respect to such Global Note under this Indenture or the Notes; and (B) the Company and the Trustee, and their respective agents, may give effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary.

Section 2.15. C ANCELLATION .

Without limiting the generality of Section  3.08 , the Company may at any time deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will forward to the Trustee each Note duly surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee will promptly cancel all Notes so surrendered to it accordance with its customary procedures. Without limiting the generality of Section 2.03(B) , the Company may not originally issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been cancelled upon transfer, exchange, payment or conversion.

 

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Section 2.16. N OTES H ELD BY THE C OMPANY OR ITS A FFILIATES .

Without limiting the generality of Section  3.08 , in determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates will be deemed not to be outstanding; provided , however , that, for purposes of determining whether the Trustee is protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded.

Section 2.17. T EMPORARY N OTES .

Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. The Company will promptly prepare, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until so exchanged, each temporary Note will in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

Section 2.18. O UTSTANDING N OTES .

(A) Generally . The Notes that are outstanding at any time will be deemed to be those Notes that, at such time, have been duly executed and authenticated, excluding those Notes (or portions thereof) that have theretofore been (i) cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section  2.15 ; (ii) assigned a principal amount of zero by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” forming part of any a Global Note representing such Note; (iii) paid in full in accordance with this Indenture; or (iv) deemed to cease to be outstanding to the extent provided in, and subject to, clause (B) , (C) or (D)  of this Section  2.18 .

(B) Replaced Notes . If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section  2.13 , then such Note will cease to be outstanding at the time of its replacement, unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that such Note is held by a “ bona fide purchaser” under applicable law.

(C) Maturing Notes and Notes Called for Redemption or Subject to Repurchase . If, on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date, the Paying Agent holds money sufficient to pay the aggregate Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, respectively, together, in each case, with the aggregate interest, in each case due on such date, then (unless there occurs a Default in the payment of any such amount) (i) the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or repurchased, or that mature, on such date will be deemed, as of such date, to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Sections 4.02(D) , 4.03(E) or 5.02(D) ; and (ii) the rights of the Holders of such Notes (or such portions thereof), as such, will terminate with respect to such Notes (or such portions thereof), other than the right to receive the Redemption Price, Fundamental Change Repurchase Price or principal amount, as applicable, of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, such Notes (or

 

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such portions thereof), in each case as provided in this Indenture.

(D) Notes to Be Converted . At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for any Note (or any portion thereof) to be converted, such Note (or such portion) will (unless there occurs a Default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration or interest due, pursuant to Section 5.03(B) or Section 5.02(D) , upon such conversion) be deemed to cease to be outstanding, except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D) or Section  5.08 .

(E) Cessation of Accrual of Interest . Except as provided in Sections 4.02(D) , 4.03(E) or 5.02(D) , interest will cease to accrue on each Note from, and including, the date that such Note is deemed, pursuant to this Section  2.18 , to cease to be outstanding, unless there occurs a default in the payment or delivery of any cash or other property due on such Note.

Section 2.19. R EPURCHASES BY THE C OMPANY .

Without limiting the generality of Section  2.15 , the Company or its Subsidiaries may, from time to time, directly or indirectly, repurchase Notes in open market purchases or otherwise, whether through private or public tender or exchange offers, cash-settled swaps or other derivatives without delivering prior notice to Holders.

Section 2.20. CUSIP AND ISIN N UMBERS .

Subject to Section  2.12 , the Company may use one or more CUSIP or ISIN numbers to identify any of the Notes, and, if so, the Company and the Trustee will use such CUSIP or ISIN number(s) in notices to Holders; provided , however , that (i) the Trustee makes no representation as to the correctness or accuracy of any such CUSIP or ISIN number; and (ii) the effectiveness of any such notice will not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, any such CUSIP or ISIN number. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN number(s) identifying any Notes.

Article 3. COVENANTS

Section 3.01. P AYMENT ON N OTES .

(A) Generally . The Company will pay or cause to be paid all the principal of, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and Redemption Price for, interest on, and other amounts due with respect to, the Notes on the dates and in the manner set forth in this Indenture.

(B) Deposit of Funds . Before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Interest Payment Date, and on the Maturity Date or any other date on which any cash amount is due on the Notes, the Company will deposit, or will cause there to be deposited, with the Paying Agent cash, in funds immediately available on such date, sufficient to pay the cash amount due on the applicable Notes on such date. The Paying Agent will return to the Company, as soon as practicable, any money not required for such purpose.

 

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Section 3.02. E XCHANGE A CT R EPORTS .

(A) Generally . The Company will send to the Trustee copies of all annual or quarterly reports (on Form 10-K or Form 10-Q, or any respective successor forms) that the Company is required to file with or furnish to the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within fifteen (15) calendar days after the date that the Company is required to file or furnish the same (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods under the Exchange Act); provided , however , that the Company need not send to the Trustee any material for which the Company has received, or is seeking in good faith and has not been denied, confidential treatment by the SEC. Any report that the Company files with or furnishes to the SEC through the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) will be deemed to be sent to the Holders at the time such report is so filed or furnished via the EDGAR system (or such successor).

(B) Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Trustee need not determine whether the Company has filed or furnished any material via the EDGAR system (or such successor). The sending, filing or furnishing of reports pursuant to this Section 3.02(A) will not be deemed to constitute constructive notice to the Trustee of any information contained, or determinable from information contained, therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture. The Trustee will have no liability or responsibility for the filing, timeliness or content of any such report or information.

Section 3.03. R ULE 144A I NFORMATION .

If the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act at any time when any Notes or shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes are outstanding and constitute “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act), then the Company (or its successor) will promptly provide, to the Trustee and, upon written request, to any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or shares, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or shares pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

Section 3.04. A DDITIONAL I NTEREST .

(A) Accrual of Additional Interest .

(i) If, at any time during the six (6) month period beginning on, and including, the date that is six (6) months after the Last Original Issue Date of any Note,

(1) the Company fails to timely file any report (other than Form 8-K reports) that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder); or

(2) such Note is not otherwise Freely Tradable,

then Additional Interest will accrue on such Note for each day during such period on which such failure is continuing or such Note is not Freely Tradable.

 

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(ii) In addition, Additional Interest will accrue on a Note on each day on which such Note is not Freely Tradable on or after the fifteenth (15th) calendar day following the Free Trade Date of such Note.

(B) Amount and Payment of Additional Interest . Any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to Section 3.04(A) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the Stated Interest on such Note and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount thereof for the first ninety (90) days on which Additional Interest accrues and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to one half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof; provided , however , that in no event will Additional Interest, together with any Special Interest, accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per annum that exceeds one half of one percent (0.50%), regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the accrual of Special Interest or Additional Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, in addition to any Special Interest that accrues on such Note.

(C) Notice of Accrual of Additional Interest; Trustee’s Disclaimer . The Company will send notice to the Holder of each Note, and to the Trustee, of the commencement and termination of any period in which Additional Interest accrues on such Note. In addition, if Additional Interest accrues on any Note, then, no later than five (5) Business Days before each date on which such Additional Interest is to be paid, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating (i) that the Company is obligated to pay Additional Interest on such Note on such date of payment; and (ii) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable on such date of payment. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Additional Interest is payable or the amount thereof.

Section 3.05. C OMPLIANCE AND D EFAULT C ERTIFICATES .

(A) Annual Compliance Certificate . Within one hundred twenty (120) days after December 31, 2017, and each fiscal year of the Company ending thereafter, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee stating whether, to such signatory’s knowledge, a Default or Event of Default has occurred or is continuing (and, if so, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto).

(B) Default Certificate . If a Default or Event of Default occurs, then, within thirty (30) days after its occurrence, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee describing the same and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto, except that the Company will not be required to deliver such an Officer’s Certificate if such Default or Event of Default has been cured.

Section 3.06. S TAY , E XTENSION AND U SURY L AWS .

To the extent that it may lawfully do so, the Company (A) agrees 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 or whenever enacted or in force) that may affect the

 

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covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (B) expressly waives all benefits or advantages of any such law and agrees that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to the Trustee by this Indenture, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 3.07. C ORPORATE E XISTENCE .

Subject to Article 6 , the Company will cause to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

(A) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

(B) the material rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and the Subsidiaries;

provided , however , that the Company need not preserve or keep in full force and effect any such existence, right, license or franchise if the Board of Directors determines that (x) the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (y) the loss thereof is not, individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Holders.

Section 3.08. R ESTRICTION ON A CQUISITION OF N OTES BY THE C OMPANY AND ITS A FFILIATES .

The Company will promptly deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have purchased or otherwise acquired. The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any of its Affiliates from acquiring any Note (or any beneficial interest therein).

Section 3.09. F URTHER I NSTRUMENTS AND A CTS .

At the Trustee’s request, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to more effectively carry out the purposes of this Indenture.

Article 4. REPURCHASE AND REDEMPTION

Section 4.01. N O S INKING F UND .

No sinking fund is required to be provided for the Notes.

Section 4.02. R IGHT OF H OLDERS TO R EQUIRE THE C OMPANY TO R EPURCHASE N OTES UPON A F UNDAMENTAL C HANGE .

(A) Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes Upon a Fundamental Change . Subject to the other terms of this Section  4.02 , if a Fundamental Change

 

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occurs, then each Holder will have the right (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Right ”) to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change for a cash purchase price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(B) Repurchase Prohibited in Certain Circumstances . If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including as a result of the payment of the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D) , on such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date), then (i) the Company may not repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section  4.02 ; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Repurchase upon Fundamental Change to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Notes in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).

(C) Fundamental Change Repurchase Date . The Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for any Fundamental Change will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than thirty five (35), nor less than twenty (20), Business Days after the date the Company sends the related Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E) .

(D) Fundamental Change Repurchase Price . The Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note to be repurchased upon a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change following a Fundamental Change is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change; provided , however , that if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, to receive, on or before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(C) and such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(C) , on the next Business Day to Holders at of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will include interest on Notes to be repurchased from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.

(E) Fundamental Change Notice . On or before the twentieth (20th) calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company will send to each Holder (and to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, if required by applicable law), the Trustee and the Paying

 

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Agent a notice of such Fundamental Change (a “ Fundamental Change Notice ”).

Such Fundamental Change Notice must state:

(i) briefly, the events causing such Fundamental Change;

(ii) the effective date of such Fundamental Change;

(iii) the procedures that a Holder must follow to require the Company to repurchase its Notes pursuant to this Section  4.02 , including the deadline for exercising the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right and the procedures for submitting and withdrawing a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change;

(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Fundamental Change (and, if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D) );

(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

(vii) the Conversion Rate in effect on the date of such Fundamental Change Notice and a description and quantification of any adjustments to the Conversion Rate that may result from such Fundamental Change (including pursuant to Section  5.07 );

(viii) that Notes for which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been duly tendered and not duly withdrawn must be delivered to the Paying Agent for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

(ix) that Notes (or any portion thereof) that are subject to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that has been duly tendered may be converted only if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture; and

(x) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.

Neither the failure to deliver a Fundamental Change Notice nor any defect in a Fundamental Change Notice will limit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right of any Holder or otherwise affect the validity of any proceedings relating to any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change.

(F) Procedures to Exercise the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right .

 

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(i) Delivery of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and Notes to Be Repurchased . To exercise its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right for a Note following a Fundamental Change, the Holder thereof must deliver to the Paying Agent:

(1) before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or such later time as may be required by law), a duly completed, written Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to such Note; and

(2) such Note, duly endorsed for transfer (if such Note is a Physical Note) or by book-entry transfer (if such Note is a Global Note).

The Paying Agent will promptly deliver to the Company a copy of each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice that it receives.

(ii) Contents of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notices . Each Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to a Note must state:

(1) if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;

(2) the principal amount of such Note to be repurchased, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and

(3) that such Holder is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to such principal amount of such Note;

provided , however , that if such Note is a Global Note, then such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F) ).

(iii) Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice . A Holder that has delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect to Note may withdraw such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Such withdrawal notice must state:

(1) if such Note is a Physical Note, the certificate number of such Note;

(2) the principal amount of such Note to be withdrawn, which must be an Authorized Denomination; and

(3) the principal amount of such Note, if any, that remains subject to such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which must be an Authorized Denomination;

 

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provided , however , that if such Note is a Global Note, then such withdrawal notice must comply with the Depositary Procedures (and any such withdrawal notice delivered in compliance with the Depositary Procedures will be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this Section 4.02(F) ).

Upon receipt of any such withdrawal notice with respect to a Note (or any portion thereof), the Paying Agent will (x) promptly deliver a copy of such withdrawal notice to the Company; and (y) if such Note is surrendered to the Paying Agent, cause such Note (or such portion thereof in accordance with Section  2.11 , treating such Note as having been then surrendered for partial repurchase in the amount set forth in such withdrawal notice as remaining subject to repurchase) to be returned to the Holder thereof (or, if applicable with respect to any Global Note, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interest in such Note in accordance with the Depositary Procedures).

(G) Payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price . Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price within the time proscribed by Section 3.01(B) , the Company will cause the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for a Note (or portion thereof) to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the later of (i) the applicable Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and (ii) the date (x) such Note is delivered to the Paying Agent (in the case of a Physical Note) or (y) the Depositary Procedures relating to the repurchase, and the delivery to the Paying Agent, of such Holder’s beneficial interest in such Note to be redeemed are complied with (in the case of a Global Note). For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.02(D) on any Note to be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change must be paid pursuant to such proviso regardless of whether such Note is delivered or such Depositary Procedures are complied with pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.02(G) .

(H) Third Party May Conduct Repurchase Offer In Lieu of the Company . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section  4.02 , the Company will be deemed to satisfy its obligations under this Section  4.02 if (i) one or more third parties conduct any Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change and related offer to repurchase Notes otherwise required by this Section  4.02 in a manner that would have satisfied the requirements of this Section  4.02 if conducted directly by the Company and (ii) an owner of a beneficial interest in the Notes would not receive a lesser amount (as a result of taxes, additional expenses or for any other reason) than such owner would have received had the Company repurchased the notes.

(I) No Requirement to Conduct an Offer to Repurchase Notes if the Fundamental Change Results in the Notes Becoming Convertible into an Amount of Cash Exceeding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section  4.02 , the Company will not be required to send a Fundamental Change Notice pursuant to Section 4.02(E) , or offer to repurchase or repurchase any Notes pursuant to this Section  4.02 , in connection with a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B)(ii) (or pursuant to clause (A) that also constitutes a Fundamental Change occurring pursuant to clause (B)(ii)) of the definition thereof, if (i) such Fundamental Change constitutes a Common Stock Change Event for which all or part of the Reference Property consists of cash in U.S. dollars; (ii) immediately

 

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after such Fundamental Change, the Notes become convertible, pursuant to Section 5.09(A) and, if applicable, Section  5.07 , into consideration that includes such cash in an amount per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes that equals or exceeds the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price per $1,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (calculated assuming that the same includes accrued interest to, but excluding, the latest possible Fundamental Change Repurchase Date for such Fundamental Change); and (iii) the Company timely sends the notice relating to such Fundamental Change required pursuant to Section 5.01(C)(i)(3)(b) .

(J) Compliance with Applicable Securities Laws . The Company will comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change (including complying with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and filing any required Schedule TO, to the extent applicable) so as to permit effecting such Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in the manner set forth in this Indenture. However, to the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations adopted after the date on which the Notes are first issued conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating to the Company’s obligations to effect a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change, the Company will comply with such applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under such provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

(K) Repurchase in Part . Subject to the terms of this Section  4.02 , Notes may be repurchased pursuant to a Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Section  4.02 applying to the repurchase of a Note in whole will equally apply to the repurchase of a permitted portion of a Note.

Section 4.03. R IGHT OF THE C OMPANY TO R EDEEM THE N OTES .

(A) No Right to Redeem Before May  15, 2021 . The Company may not redeem the Notes at its option at any time before May 15, 2021.

(B) Right to Redeem the Notes on or After May  15, 2021 . Subject to the terms of this Section  4.03 , the Company has the right, at its election, to redeem all, or any portion in an Authorized Denomination, of the Notes, at any time and from time to time, on a Redemption Date on or after May 15, 2021, for a cash purchase price equal to the Redemption Price, but only if the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock exceeds one hundred and thirty percent (130%) of the Conversion Price on each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption.

(C) Redemption Prohibited in Certain Circumstances . If the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated (other than as a result of a failure to make the payment of the related Redemption Price, and any related interest pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(E) , on such Redemption Date) and such acceleration has not been rescinded on or before the Redemption Date, then (i) the Company may not call for Redemption or otherwise redeem any Notes pursuant to this Section  4.03 ; and (ii) the Company will cause any Notes theretofore surrendered for such Redemption to be returned to the Holders thereof (or, if applicable with respect to Global Notes, cancel any instructions for book-entry transfer to the Company, the Trustee or the Paying Agent of the applicable beneficial interests in such Notes in accordance with the

 

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Depositary Procedures).

(D) Redemption Date . The Redemption Date for any Redemption will be a Business Day of the Company’s choosing that is no more than fifty-five (55), nor less than thirty-five (35), Scheduled Trading Days after the Redemption Notice Date for such Redemption.

(E) Redemption Price . The Redemption Price for any Note called for Redemption is an amount in cash equal to the principal amount of such Note plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, the Redemption Date for such Redemption; provided , however , that if such Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such Redemption, to receive, on or before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date, if such Redemption Date is before such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Redemption Price will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day within the meaning of Section 2.05(C) and such Redemption Date occurs on the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date, then (x) accrued and unpaid interest on Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date will be paid, in accordance with Section 2.05(C) , on the next Business Day to Holders at of the Close of Business on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) the Redemption Price will include interest on Notes to be redeemed from, and including, such Interest Payment Date.

(F) Redemption Notice . To call any Notes for Redemption, the Company must send to each Holder (and to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, if required by applicable law), the Trustee and the Paying Agent a written notice of such Redemption (a “ Redemption Notice ”).

Such Redemption Notice must state:

(i) that the Notes have been called for Redemption, briefly describing the Company’s Redemption right under this Indenture;

(ii) the Redemption Date for such Redemption;

(iii) the Redemption Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for such Redemption (and, if the Redemption Date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Interest Payment Date, the amount, manner and timing of the interest payment payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(E) );

(iv) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

(v) that Notes called for Redemption may be converted at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full);

(vi) the Conversion Rate in effect on the Redemption Notice Date for such

 

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Redemption;

(vii) the Settlement Method that will apply to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after such Redemption Notice Date and before such Redemption Date;

(viii) that Notes called for Redemption must be delivered to the Paying Agent (in the case of Physical Notes) or the Depositary Procedures must be complied with (in the case of Global Notes) for the Holder thereof to be entitled to receive the Redemption Price; and

(ix) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Notes.

On or before the Redemption Notice Date, the Company will send a copy of such Redemption Notice to the Trustee and the Paying Agent.

(G) If less than all Notes then outstanding are called for Redemption, then:

(i) the Notes to be redeemed will be selected by the Trustee as follows: (1) in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Depositary Procedures; and (2) in the case of Physical Notes, pro rata, by lot; and

(ii) if only a portion of a Note is subject to Redemption and such Note is converted in part, then the converted portion of such Note will be deemed to be from the portion of such Note that was subject to Redemption.

(H) Payment of the Redemption Price . Without limiting the Company’s obligation to deposit the Redemption Price by the time proscribed by Section 3.01(B) , the Company will cause the Redemption Price for a Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption to be paid to the Holder thereof on or before the later of (i) the applicable Redemption Date; and (ii) the date (x) such Note is delivered to the Paying Agent (in the case of a Physical Note) or (y) the Depositary Procedures relating to the Redemption, and the delivery to the Paying Agent, of such Holder’s beneficial interest in such Note to be redeemed are complied with (in the case of a Global Note). For the avoidance of doubt, interest payable pursuant to the proviso to Section 4.03(E) on any Note (or portion thereof) subject to Redemption must be paid pursuant to such proviso regardless of whether such Note is delivered or such Depositary Procedures are complied with pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.03(H) .

Article 5. CONVERSION

Section 5.01. R IGHT TO C ONVERT .

(A) Generally. Subject to the provisions of this Article 5 , each Holder may, at its option, convert such Holder’s Notes into Conversion Consideration.

(B) Conversions in Part . Subject to the terms of this Indenture, Notes may be converted in part, but only in Authorized Denominations. Provisions of this Article 5 applying to the conversion of a Note in whole will equally apply to conversions of a permitted portion of a

 

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Note.

(C) When Notes May Be Converted .

(i) Generally . Subject to Section 5.01(C)(ii) , a Note may be converted only in the following circumstances:

(1) Conversion upon Satisfaction of Common Stock Sale Price Condition . Prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding January 15, 2024, a Holder may convert its Notes during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2017 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock for each of at least twenty (20) Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter exceeds one hundred and thirty percent (130%) of the Conversion Price on the applicable Trading Day.

(2) Conversion upon Satisfaction of Note Trading Price Condition . Prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding January 15, 2024, a Holder may convert its Notes during the five (5) consecutive Business Days immediately after any ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (such ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period, the “ Measurement Period ”) if the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, as determined following a request by a Holder in accordance with the procedures set forth below, for each Trading Day of the Measurement Period was less than ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day. The condition set forth in the preceding sentence is referred to in this Indenture as the “ Trading Price Condition .”

The Trading Price will be determined by the Bid Solicitation Agent pursuant to this Section 5.01(C)(i)(2) and the definition of “Trading Price.” The Bid Solicitation Agent (if not the Company) will have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Notes unless the Company has requested such determination in writing, and the Company will have no obligation to make such request (or seek bids itself) unless a Holder of at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) aggregate principal amount of Notes (or such lesser principal amount as may be then outstanding) provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes would be less than ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock and the Conversion Rate. If such a Holder provides such evidence, then the Company will (if acting as Bid Solicitation Agent), or will instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to, determine the Trading Price of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per

 

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share of Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day. If the Trading Price Condition has been met as set forth above, then the Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of the same, and each of the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent will be entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of such notice and any calculations therein without independent verification. If, on any Trading Day after the Trading Price Condition has been met as set forth above, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to ninety eight percent (98%) of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day and the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day, then the Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of the same, and, thereafter, neither the Company nor the Bid Solicitation Agent will be required to solicit bids again until another Holder request is made as provided above.

(3) Conversion upon Specified Corporate Events .

(a) Certain Distributions . If the Company elects to:

(I) distribute, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, any rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, so long as such rights have not separated from the Common Stock and are not exercisable until the occurrence of a triggering event, except that such rights will be deemed to be distributed under this clause (I) upon their separation from the Common Stock or upon the occurrence of such triggering event) entitling them, for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the record date of such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced; or

(II) distribute, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, assets or securities of the Company or rights to purchase the Company’s securities, which distribution per share of Common Stock has a value, as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith, exceeding ten percent (10%) of the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced,

then, in either case, (x) the Company will send notice of such distribution, and of the related right to convert Notes, to Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent at least thirty-five (35) Scheduled Trading Days before the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution (or, if later in the case of any such separation of rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan or the occurrence of any such triggering event under a stockholder rights plan, as

 

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soon as reasonably practicable after the Company becomes aware of that such separation or triggering event has occurred or will occur); and (y) once the Company has sent such notice, Holders may convert their Notes at any time until the earlier of the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date and the Company’s announcement that such distribution will not take place.

(b) Certain Corporate Events . If, prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding January 15, 2024, a Fundamental Change, Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Common Stock Change Event occurs, then, in each case, Holders may convert their Notes at any time from, and including, the effective date of such transaction or event to, and including, the thirty fifth (35th) Trading Day after such effective date (or, if such transaction or event also constitutes a Fundamental Change (other than an Exempted Fundamental Change), to, but excluding, the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date). No later than the second (2nd) Business Day after the effective date of any Fundamental Change, Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Common Stock Change Event that occurs before the Maturity Date, the Company will send notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of such transaction or event, such effective date and, if applicable, the related right to convert Notes.

(4) Conversion upon Redemption . If the Company calls any Note for Redemption, then the Holder of such Note may convert such Note at any time before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date (or, if the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price due on such Redemption Date in full, at any time until such time as the Company pays such Redemption Price in full).

(5) Conversions During Free Convertibility Period . A Holder may convert its Notes at any time from, and including, January 15, 2024 until the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes may become convertible pursuant to any one or more of the preceding sub-paragraphs of this Section 5.01(C)(i) and the Notes ceasing to be convertible pursuant to a particular sub-paragraph of this Section 5.01(C)(i) will not preclude the Notes from being convertible pursuant to any other sub-paragraph of this Section 5.01(C)(i) .

(ii) Limitations and Closed Periods . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes:

(1) Notes may be surrendered for conversion only after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a Business Day;

 

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(2) in no event may any Note be surrendered for conversion after the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Maturity Date;

(3) if the Company calls any Note for Redemption pursuant to Section  4.03 , then the Holder of such Note may not surrender such Note for conversion after the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately before the applicable Redemption Date, except to the extent the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture; and

(4) if a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice is validly delivered pursuant to Section 4.02(F) with respect to any Note, then such Note may not be converted, except to the extent (a) such Note is not subject to such notice; (b) such notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 4.02(F) ; or (c) the Company fails to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for such Note in accordance with this Indenture.

Section 5.02. C ONVERSION P ROCEDURES .

(A) Generally .

(i) Global Notes . To convert a beneficial interest in a Global Note that is convertible pursuant to Section 5.01(C) , the owner of such beneficial interest must (1) comply with the Depositary Procedures for converting such beneficial interest (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable); and (2) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E) .

(ii) Physical Notes . To convert all or a portion of a Physical Note that is convertible pursuant to Section 5.01(C) , the Holder of such Note must (1) complete, manually sign and deliver to the Conversion Agent the conversion notice attached to such Physical Note or a facsimile of such conversion notice; (2) deliver such Physical Note to the Conversion Agent (at which time such conversion will become irrevocable); (3) furnish any endorsements and transfer documents that the Company or the Conversion Agent may require; and (4) pay any amounts due pursuant to Section 5.02(D) or Section 5.02(E) .

(B) Effect of Converting a Note . At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for a Note (or any portion thereof), such Note (or such portion thereof) will be deemed to cease to be outstanding (and, for the avoidance of doubt, no Person will be deemed to be a Holder of such Note (or such portion thereof) as of the Close of Business on such Conversion Date), except to the extent provided in Section 5.02(D) .

(C) Holder of Record of Conversion Shares . The Person in whose name any share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion of any Note will be deemed to become the holder of record of such share as of the Close of Business on (i) the Conversion Date for such conversion, in the case of Physical Settlement; or (ii) the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion, in the case of Combination Settlement.

 

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(D) Interest Payable upon Conversion in Certain Circumstances . If the Conversion Date of a Note is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then (i) the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such conversion (and, for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything set forth in the proviso to this sentence), to receive, on or before such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date (assuming, solely for these purposes, that such Note remained outstanding through such Interest Payment Date); and (ii) the Holder surrendering such Note for conversion must deliver to the Conversion Agent, at the time of such surrender, an amount of cash equal to the amount of such interest referred to in clause (i) above; provided , however , that the Holder surrendering such Note for conversion need not deliver such cash (w) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; (x) if such Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date; (y) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after such Regular Record Date and on or before the Business Day immediately after such Interest Payment Date; or (z) to the extent of any overdue interest or interest that has accrued on any overdue interest. For the avoidance of doubt, as a result of, and without limiting the generality of, the foregoing, if a Note is converted with a Conversion Date that is after the Regular Record Date immediately before the Maturity Date, then the Company will pay, as provided above, the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, the Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Conversion Date of a Note to be converted is on an Interest Payment Date, then the Holder of such Note at the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately before such Interest Payment Date will be entitled to receive, on such Interest Payment Date, the unpaid interest that has accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date, and such Note, when surrendered for conversion, need not be accompanied by any cash amount pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 5.02(D) .

(E) Taxes and Duties. If a Holder converts a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue of any shares of Common Stock upon such conversion; provided , however , that if any tax or duty is due because such Holder requested such shares to be issued in a name other than such Holder’s name, then such Holder will pay such tax or duty and, until having received a sum sufficient to pay such tax or duty, the Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver any such shares to be issued in a name other than that of such Holder.

(F) Conversion Agent to Notify Company of Conversions . If any Note is submitted for conversion to the Conversion Agent or the Conversion Agent receives any notice of conversion with respect to a Note, then the Conversion Agent will promptly notify the Company and the Trustee (if other than the Conversion Agent) of such occurrence, together with any other information reasonably requested by the Company, and will cooperate with the Company to determine the Conversion Date for such Note.

Section 5.03. S ETTLEMENT UPON C ONVERSION .

(A) Settlement Method . Upon the conversion of any Note, the Company will settle such conversion by paying or delivering, as applicable and as provided in this Article 5 , either (x) shares of Common Stock, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of fractional shares as

 

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provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(1) (a “ Physical Settlement ”); (y) solely cash as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(2) (a “ Cash Settlement ”); or (z) a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together, if applicable, with cash in lieu of fractional shares as provided in Section 5.03(B)(i)(3) (a “ Combination Settlement ”).

The Company will have the right to elect the Settlement Method applicable to any conversion of a Note; provided , however , that:

(i) subject to clause (iii)  below, all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after January 15, 2024 will be settled using the same Settlement Method, and the Company will send notice of such Settlement Method to Holders and the Conversion Agent no later than the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately before January 15, 2024;

(ii) subject to clause (iii)  below, if the Company elects a Settlement Method with respect to the conversion of any Note whose Conversion Date occurs before January 15, 2024, then the Company will send notice of such Settlement Method to the Holder of such Note and the Conversion Agent no later than the Close of Business on the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after such Conversion Date (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by such Conversion Date, no later than the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately after such Conversion Date);

(iii) if any Notes are called for Redemption, then (1) the Company will specify, in the related Redemption Notice sent pursuant to Section 4.03(F) , the Settlement Method that will apply to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after the related Redemption Notice Date and before the Business Day immediately before the related Redemption Date; and (2) if such Redemption Date occurs on or after January 15, 2024, then such Settlement Method must be the same Settlement Method that, pursuant to clause (i)  above, applies to all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on or after January 15, 2024;

(iv) the Company will use the same Settlement Method for all conversions of Notes with a Conversion Date that occurs on the same day (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Company will not be obligated to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions of Notes whose Conversion Dates occur on different days, except as provided in clause (i)  or (iii) above);

(v) if the Company does not timely elect a Settlement Method with respect to the conversion of a Note, then the Company will be deemed to have elected the Default Settlement Method (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely make such election will not constitute a Default or Event of Default);

(vi) if the Company timely elects Combination Settlement with respect to the conversion of a Note but does not timely notify the Holder of such Note of the applicable Specified Dollar Amount, then the Specified Dollar Amount for such conversion will be deemed to be $1,000 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the failure to timely send such notification will not constitute a Default or Event of

 

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Default); and

(vii) the Settlement Method will be subject to Section 5.09(A)(2)

(B) Conversion Consideration .

(i) Generally . Subject to Section 5.03(B)(ii) and Section 5.03(B)(iii) , the type and amount of consideration (the “ Conversion Consideration ”) due in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of a Note to be converted will be as follows:

(1) if Physical Settlement applies to such conversion, subject to Section 5.03(B)(ii) , a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such conversion;

(2) if Cash Settlement applies to such conversion, cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion; or

(3) if Combination Settlement applies to such conversion, consideration consisting, subject to Section 5.03(B)(ii) , of (a) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Daily Share Amounts for each VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion; and (b) an amount of cash equal to the sum of the Daily Cash Amounts for each VWAP Trading Day in such Observation Period.

(ii) Cash in Lieu of Fractional Shares . If Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to the conversion of any Note and the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable pursuant to Section 5.03(B)(i) upon such conversion is not a whole number, then such number will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and the Company will deliver, in addition to the other consideration due upon such conversion, cash in lieu of the related fractional share in an amount equal to the product of (1) such fraction and (2) (x) the Daily VWAP on the Conversion Date for such conversion (or, if such Conversion Date is not a VWAP Trading Day, the immediately preceding VWAP Trading Day), in the case of Physical Settlement; or (y) the Daily VWAP on the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion, in the case of Combination Settlement.

(iii) Conversion of Multiple Notes by a Single Holder. If a Holder converts more than one (1) Note on a single Conversion Date, then the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will (in the case of any Global Note, to the extent permitted by, and practicable under, the Depositary Procedures) be computed based on the total principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date by such Holder.

(iv) Notice of Calculation of Conversion Consideration . If Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to the conversion of any Note, then the Company will determine the Conversion Consideration due thereupon promptly following the last VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period and will promptly thereafter send notice to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of the same and the calculation

 

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thereof in reasonable detail. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent will have any duty to make any such determination.

(C) Delivery of the Conversion Consideration . Except as set forth in Sections 5.05(A) , 5.05(D) and 5.09 Company will pay or deliver, as applicable, the Conversion Consideration due upon the conversion of any Note to the Holder as follows: (i) if Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies to such conversion, on or before the third (3rd) (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by the last VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for such conversion, the second (2nd)) Business Day immediately after the last VWAP Trading Day of such Observation Period; and (ii) if Physical Settlement applies to such conversion, on or before the third (3rd) (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by the Conversion Date for such conversion, the second (2nd)) Business Day immediately after such Conversion Date.

(D) Deemed Payment of Principal and Interest; Settlement of Accrued Interest Notwithstanding Conversion . If a Holder converts a Note, then the Company will not adjust the Conversion Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, and, except as provided in Section 5.02(D) , the Company’s delivery of the Conversion Consideration due in respect of such conversion will be deemed to fully satisfy and discharge the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note. As a result, except as provided in Section 5.02(D) , any accrued and unpaid interest on a converted Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. In addition, subject to Section 5.02(D) , if the Conversion Consideration for a Note consists of both cash and shares of the Common Stock, then accrued and unpaid interest that is deemed to be paid therewith will be deemed to be paid first out of such cash.

Section 5.04. R ESERVE AND S TATUS OF C OMMON S TOCK I SSUED UPON C ONVERSION .

(A) Stock Reserve . At all times when any Notes are outstanding, the Company will reserve, out of its authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of Common Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to permit the conversion of all then-outstanding Notes, assuming (x) Physical Settlement will apply to such conversion; and (y) the Conversion Rate is increased by the maximum amount pursuant to which the Conversion Rate may be increased pursuant to Section  5.07 .

(B) Status of Conversion Shares; Listing . Each Conversion Share, if any, delivered upon conversion of any Note will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of the Holder of such Note or the Person to whom such Conversion Share will be delivered). If the Common Stock is then listed on any securities exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Company will cause each Conversion Share, when delivered upon conversion of any Note, to be admitted for listing on such exchange or quotation on such system.

Section 5.05. A DJUSTMENTS TO THE C ONVERSION R ATE .

(A) Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Conversion Rate . The Conversion Rate

 

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will be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(i) Stock Dividends, Splits and Combinations . If the Company issues solely shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of the Common Stock, or if the Company effects a stock split or a stock combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding an issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which the provisions set forth in Section  5.09 will apply), then the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR 1   =   CR 0   x   OS 1  
        OS 0  

 

where:     
CR 0   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately before the Open of Business on the effective date of such stock split or stock combination, as applicable;

CR 1   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or the Open of Business on such effective date, as applicable;

OS 0   =   

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, without giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination; and

OS 1   =   

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

If any dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination of the type described in this Section 5.05(A)(i) is declared or announced, but not so paid or made, then the Conversion Rate will be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such stock split or stock combination, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination not been declared or announced.

(ii) Rights, Options and Warrants . If the Company distributes, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, to which the provisions set forth in Sections 5.05(A)(iii)(1) and 5.05(F) will apply) entitling such holders, for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the record date of such distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the

 

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Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1   =   CR 0   x   OS + X  
        OS + Y  

 

where:     
CR 0   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

CR 1   =   

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

OS   =   

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

X   =   

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

Y

  =   

a number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants by (y) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced.

To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants (including as a result of such rights, options or warrants not being exercised), the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to the Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered upon exercise of such rights, option or warrants. To the extent such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution of such rights, options or warrants not occurred.

For purposes of this Section 5.05(A)(ii) and Section 5.01(C)(i)(3)(a) , in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date of the distribution of such rights, options or warrants is announced, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there will be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants

 

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and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if not cash, to be determined by the Company in good faith.

(iii) Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property .

(1) Distributions Other than Spin-Offs . If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company, or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock of the Company or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:

(v) dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C) ) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(i) or 5.05(A)(ii) ;

(w) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C) ) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iv) ;

(x) rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in Section 5.05(F) ;

(y) Spin-Offs for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate is required (or would be required without regard to Section 5.05(C) ) pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2) ; and

(z) a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which the provisions set forth in Section  5.09 will apply,

then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1   =   CR 0   x        SP  
        SP – FMV  

 

where:     
CR 0   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

CR 1   =   

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

SP   =   

the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend

 

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Date; and

FMV   =   

the fair market value (as determined by the Company in good faith), as of such Ex-Dividend Date, of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed per share of Common Stock pursuant to such distribution;

provided , however , that if FMV is equal to or greater than SP , then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the record date for such distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date.

To the extent such distribution is not so paid or made, or such rights, options or warrants are not exercised before their expiration (including as a result of being redeemed or terminated), the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the distribution, if any, actually made or paid or on the basis of the distribution of only such rights, options or warrants, if any, that were actually exercised, if at all.

(2) Spin-Offs . If the Company distributes or dividends shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which the provisions set forth in Section  5.09 will apply), and such Capital Stock or equity interest is listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “ Spin-Off ”), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1   =   CR 0   x   FMV + SP  
              SP  

 

where:     
CR 0   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off;

CR 1   =   

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

 

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FMV   =   

the product of (x) the average of the Last Reported Sale Price per share or unit of the Capital Stock or equity interests distributed in such Spin-Off over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “ Spin-Off Valuation Period ”) beginning on, and including, such Ex-Dividend Date (such average to be determined as if references to Common Stock in the definitions of Last Reported Sale Price and Trading Day were instead references such Capital Stock or equity interests); and (y) the number of shares or units of such Capital Stock or equity interests distributed per share of Common Stock in such Spin-Off; and

SP   =   

the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2) will be calculated as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period but will be given effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off, with retroactive effect. If a Note is converted and the Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or any VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period (in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement) occurs during the Spin-Off Valuation Period, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company will, if necessary, delay the settlement of such conversion until the third (3rd) (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by the last day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period, the second (2nd)) Business Day after the last day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

To the extent any dividend or distribution of the type set forth in this Section 5.05(A)(iii)(2) is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

(iv) Cash Dividends or Distributions . If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1   =   CR 0   x       SP  
        SP – D  

 

where:     
CR 0   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

CR 1   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on

 

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such Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

SP   =   

the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before such Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;

D   =   

the cash amount distributed per share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution;

provided , however , that if D is equal to or greater than SP , then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held by such Holder on the record date for such dividend or distribution, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned, on such record date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on such record date.

To the extent such dividend or distribution is declared but not made or paid, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

(v) Tender Offers or Exchange Offers . If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock that is subject to the then-applicable tender offer rules under the Exchange Act (other than an odd-lot tender offer that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13e-4(h)(5), or any successor rule), and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Company) of the cash and other consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the average (such average, the “ Reference Price ”) of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period (the “ Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period ”) beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “ Expiration Date ”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR 1   =   CR 0   x   AC +( SP OS 1 )  
               OS 0 x SP  

 

where:     
CR 0   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the time (the “ Expiration Time ”) such tender or exchange offer expires;

CR 1   =   

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Expiration Time;

 

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AC   =   

the aggregate value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Company in good faith) of all cash and other consideration 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 before the Expiration Time (before giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

OS 1   =   

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

SP   =   

the Reference Price per share of Common Stock;

provided , however , that the Conversion Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(v) , except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. The adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(v) will be calculated as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period but will be given effect immediately after the Expiration Time, with retroactive effect. If a Note is converted and the Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or any VWAP Trading Day of the applicable Observation Period (in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement) occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company will, if necessary, delay the settlement of such conversion until the third (3rd) or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by the last day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period, the second (2nd)) Business Day after the last day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period.

To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of the Company being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.

(B) No Adjustments in Certain Cases .

(i) Where Holders Participate in the Transaction or Event Without Conversion . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5.05(A) , the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of a transaction or other event otherwise requiring an adjustment pursuant to Section 5.05(A) (other than a stock split or combination of the type set forth in Section 5.05(A)(i) or a tender or exchange offer of the type set forth in Section 5.05(A)(v) ) if each Holder participates, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and solely by virtue of being a Holder of Notes, in such transaction or event without having to convert such Holder’s

 

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Notes and as if such Holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the Conversion Rate in effect on the related record date, effective date or Expiration Date, as applicable; and (ii) the aggregate principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder on such date.

(ii) Certain Events . The Company will not be required to adjust the Conversion Rate except as provided in Section  5.05 or Section  5.07 . Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will not be obligated to adjust the Conversion Rate on account of:

(1) except as otherwise provided in Section  5.05 , the sale of shares of Common Stock for a purchase price that is less than the market price per share of Common Stock or less than the Conversion Price;

(2) the issuance of any shares of 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 such plan;

(3) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of, or assumed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(4) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security of the Company outstanding as of the Issue Date;

(5) a third-party tender offer, other than a tender offer that is subject to Section 5.05(A)(v) .

(6) the repurchase of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to an open market share purchase program or other buyback transaction, including structured or derivative transactions such as accelerated share repurchase transactions or similar forward derivatives, or other buyback transaction, in each case that is not subject to Section 5.05(A)(v) ;

(7) a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

(8) accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.

(C) Adjustment Deferral . If an adjustment to the Conversion Rate otherwise required by this Article 5 would result in a change of less than one percent (1%) to the Conversion Rate, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 5 , the Company may, at its election, defer and carry forward such adjustment, except that all such deferred adjustments must be given effect immediately upon the earliest to occur of the following: (i) when all such deferred adjustments would result in an aggregate change of at least one percent (1%) to the Conversion Rate; (ii) the Conversion Date of any Note (in the case of Physical Settlement) or the

 

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first VWAP Trading Day of any Observation Period of any Note (in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement); (iii) the date a Fundamental Change or Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs; (iv) the date the Company calls any Notes for Redemption; and (iv) January 15, 2024.

(D) Adjustments Not Yet Effective. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:

(i) a Note is to be converted;

(ii) the record date or effective date for any event that requires an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(i) to (iv) , inclusive, has occurred on or before the Conversion Date for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or on or before any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion (in the case of Combination Settlement), but an adjustment to the Conversion Rate for such event has not yet become effective as of such Conversion Date or VWAP Trading Day, as applicable;

(iii) the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or due in respect of such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement) includes any whole shares of Common Stock; and

(iv) such shares are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related record date or otherwise),

then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such adjustment on such Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement), and, for the avoidance of doubt, such shares will not be entitled to participate in such event. In such case, if the date on which the Company is otherwise required to deliver the consideration due upon such conversion is before the first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined, then the Company will delay the settlement of such conversion until the third (3rd) (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by such first date, the second (2nd)) Business Day after such first date.

(E) Conversion Rate Adjustments where Converting Holders Participate in the Relevant Transaction or Event. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, if:

(i) a Conversion Rate adjustment for any dividend or distribution becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date pursuant to Section 5.05(A) ;

(ii) a Note is to be converted pursuant to Physical Settlement or Combination Settlement;

(iii) the Conversion Date for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or any VWAP Trading Day in the Observation Period for such conversion (in the case of Combination Settlement) occurs on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or before the related record date;

 

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(iv) the Conversion Consideration due upon such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or due with respect to such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement) includes any whole shares of Common Stock based on a Conversion Rate that is adjusted for such dividend or distribution; and

(v) such shares would be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution (including pursuant to Section 5.02(C) ),

then (x) such Conversion Rate adjustment will not be given effect for such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or for such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement); and (y) the shares of Common Stock, if any, issuable upon such conversion (in the case of Physical Settlement) or issuable with respect to such VWAP Trading Day (in the case of Combination Settlement) based on such unadjusted Conversion Rate will be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution.

(F) Stockholder Rights Plans . If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon conversion of any Note and, at the time of such conversion, the Company has in effect any stockholder rights plan, then the Holder of such Note will be entitled to receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the Conversion Consideration otherwise payable under this Indenture upon such conversion, the rights set forth in such stockholder rights plan, unless such rights have separated from the Common Stock at such time, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(iii)(1) on account of such separation as if, at the time of such separation, the Company had made a distribution of the type referred to in such Section to all holders of the Common Stock, subject to readjustment in accordance with such Section if such rights expire, terminate or are redeemed.

(G) Limitation on Effecting Transactions Resulting in Certain Adjustments . The Company will not engage in or be a party to any transaction or event that would require the Conversion Rate to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A) or Section  5.07 to an amount that would result in the Conversion Price per share of Common Stock being less than the par value per share of Common Stock.

(H) Equitable Adjustments to Last Reported Sale Price . Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices, or any function thereof, over a span of multiple days (including to calculate the Stock Price or an adjustment to the Conversion Rate), the Company will make proportionate adjustments, if any, to such calculations to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A)(i) that becomes effective, or any event requiring such an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date or effective date, as applicable, of such event occurs, at any time during the period over which such average is to be calculated.

(I) Calculation of Number of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock . For purposes of Section 5.05(A) , the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time will (i) include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock; and (ii) exclude shares of Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury (unless the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in its treasury).

 

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(J) Calculations . All calculations with respect to the Conversion Rate and adjustments thereto will be made to the nearest cent (with 0.5 of a cent rounded upward) or to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward), as applicable.

(K) Notice of Conversion Rate Adjustments . Upon the effectiveness of any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 5.05(A) , the Company will promptly send notice to the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent containing (i) a brief description of the transaction or other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (ii) the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such adjustment; and (iii) the effective time of such adjustment.

Section 5.06. V OLUNTARY A DJUSTMENTS .

(A) Generally . To the extent permitted by law and applicable stock exchange rules, the Company, from time to time, may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate by any amount if (i) the Board of Directors determines that such increase is either (x) in the best interest of the Company; or (y) advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax imposed on holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock as a result of any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) of Common Stock or any similar event; (ii) such increase is in effect for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days; and (iii) such increase is irrevocable during such period.

(B) Notice of Voluntary Increases . If the Board of Directors determines to increase the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section  5.06 , then, on or before the effective date of such increase, the Company will send notice to each Holder of such increase, the amount thereof and the period during which such increase will be in effect.

Section 5.07. A DJUSTMENTS TO THE C ONVERSION R ATE IN C ONNECTION WITH A M AKE -W HOLE F UNDAMENTAL C HANGE .

(A) Generally . If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and the Conversion Date for the conversion of a Note occurs during the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period, then, subject to this Section  5.07 , the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion will be increased by a number of shares (the “ Additional Shares ”) set forth in the table below corresponding (after interpolation as provided in, and subject to, the provisions below) to the effective and the Stock Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:

 

     Stock Price  

Effective Date

   $53.28      $60.00      $70.00      $75.92      $85.00      $98.70      $120.00      $150.00      $200.00      $250.00  

May 2, 2017

     5.5976        4.5205        3.3851        2.8908        2.3049        1.6870        1.0953        0.6422        0.2897        0.1270  

May 15, 2018

     5.5976        4.3757        3.2071        2.7032        2.1127        1.5013        0.9342        0.5211        0.2224        0.0948  

May 15, 2019

     5.5976        4.2292        3.0054        2.4833        1.8793        1.2700        0.7324        0.3733        0.1448        0.0593  

May 15, 2020

     5.5976        4.0988        2.7806        2.2198        1.5784        0.9538        0.4563        0.1877        0.0622        0.0249  

May 15, 2021

     5.5976        4.0532        2.6251        2.0011        1.2561        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

May 15, 2022

     5.5976        4.0132        2.5391        1.9132        1.1845        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

May 15, 2023

     5.5976        3.7977        2.2240        1.6030        0.9364        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

May 15, 2024

     5.5976        3.4957        1.1147        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

 

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If such effective date or Stock Price are not set forth in the table above, then:

(i) if such Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table above, then the number of Additional Shares will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the numbers of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices in the table and the earlier and later effective dates in the table above, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable; and

(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $250.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above are adjusted pursuant to Section 5.07(B) ), or less than $53.28 (subject to adjustment in the same manner), per share, then no Additional Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, in no event will the Conversion Rate be increased to an amount that exceeds 18.7687 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which amount is subject to adjustment in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is required to be adjusted pursuant to Section 5.05(A) .

(B) Adjustment of Stock Prices and Additional Shares . The Stock Prices in the first row ( i.e. , the column headers) of the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is adjusted as a result of the operation of Section 5.05(A) . The adjusted Stock Prices will equal the Stock Prices immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The numbers of Additional Shares in the table set forth in Section 5.07(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 5.07(A) .

(C) Notice of the Occurrence of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change . The Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent of each Make-Whole Fundamental Change in accordance with Section 5.01(C)(i)(3)(b) .

(D) Settlement of Cash Make-Whole Fundamental Changes . For the avoidance of doubt, if holders of Common Stock receive solely cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, then, pursuant to Section  5.09 , conversions of Notes will thereafter be settled no later than the third (3rd) Business Day after the relevant Conversion Date.

Section 5.08. E XCHANGE IN L IEU OF C ONVERSION .

When a Holder surrenders any Note for conversion, the Company may, at its election (an “ Exchange Election ”), direct the Conversion Agent to surrender, on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date, such Note to one or more financial institutions designated by the Company for exchange in lieu of conversion. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for conversion, the designated financial institution(s) must agree to timely pay or

 

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deliver, as the case may be, in exchange for such Note, the Conversion Consideration that would otherwise be due pursuant to this Article 5 . To make an Exchange Election with respect to any Note, the Company must, by the Close of Business on the Business Day following the relevant Conversion Date, notify in writing the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Holder of such Note and the Company must notify the designated financial institution(s) of the relevant deadline for delivery of the Conversion Consideration and the type of Conversion Consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be.

Any Notes exchanged by the designated financial institution(s) will remain outstanding, subject to the Depositary Procedures, if applicable. If any financial institution agrees to accept any Notes for exchange but does not timely pay or deliver, as the case may be, the related Conversion Consideration, or if such designated financial institution does not accept the Notes for exchange, then the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, the relevant Conversion Consideration, as, and at the time, required pursuant to this Indenture as if the Company had not made the exchange election.

The Company’s designation of any financial institution(s) to which the Notes may be submitted for exchange does not require such financial institution(s) to accept any Notes.

Section 5.09. E FFECT OF C OMMON S TOCK C HANGE E VENT .

(A) Generally . If there occurs any:

(i) recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value and (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities);

(ii) consolidation, merger, combination or binding share exchange involving the Company; or

(iii) sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person,

and, as a result which, the Common Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing (such an event, a “ Common Stock Change Event ,” and such other securities, cash or property, the “ Reference Property ,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one (1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Common Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “ Reference Property Unit ”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes,

(1) at the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, (I) the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any Note and the conditions to any such conversion, will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Article 5 (or in any related definitions) were

 

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instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; (II) for purposes of Section  4.03 , each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in such Section (or in any related definitions) will instead be deemed to be a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (III) for purposes of the definition of “Fundamental Change” and “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” (x) the terms “Common Stock” and “common equity” will be deemed to mean the common equity (which term will be deemed to include depositary receipts or shares representing common equity), if any, forming part of such Reference Property; and (y) references to the Company will be deemed to be references to the entity that is the issuer of such common equity;

(2) if such Reference Property Unit consists entirely of cash, then the Company will be deemed to elect Cash Settlement and will pay the cash due in respect of all conversions whose Conversion Date occurs on or after the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event no later than the third (3rd) (or, if the T+2 Effective Date has occurred by the relevant Conversion Date, the second (2nd)) Business Day after such Conversion Date; and

(3) for these purposes, the Daily VWAP or Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith by the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).

If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration to be determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be (x) the weighted average, per share of Common Stock, of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election; or (y) if no holders of Common Stock affirmatively make such an election, the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per share of Common Stock, by the holders of Common Stock. The Company will notify Holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

At or before the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, the Company and the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) of such Common Stock Change Event (the “ Successor Person ”) will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(F) , which supplemental indenture will give effect to the provisions of this Section 5.09(A) and contain such other provisions as the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders. If such Reference Property includes, in whole or in part, any stock or other securities, then such supplemental indenture will, to the extent applicable, provide for subsequent adjustments to the Conversion Rate in a manner consistent with Section  5.05 . In addition, if the Reference Property includes, in whole or in part, shares of stock or other securities or assets (other than cash or cash equivalents) of a Person other than the Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental indenture and such supplemental indenture will contain such additional provisions the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the

 

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Holders.

(B) Notice of Common Stock Change Events . No later than the effective date of each Common Stock Change Event, the Company will notify the Holders and the Trustee of such Common Stock Change Event, including a brief description of such Common Stock Change Event, its effective date and a brief description of the anticipated change in the conversion right of the Notes.

(C) Compliance Covenant . The Company will not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section  5.09 .

Article 6. SUCCESSORS

Section 6.01. W HEN THE C OMPANY M AY M ERGE , E TC .

(A) Generally . The Company will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (a “ Business Combination Event ”), unless:

(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person either (x) is the Company or (y) if not the Company, is a corporation (the “ Successor Corporation ”) duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia that expressly assumes (by executing and delivering to the Trustee, at or before the effective time of such Business Combination Event, a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 8.01(E) ) all of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

(ii) immediately after giving effect to such Business Combination Event, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing.

Section 6.02. S UCCESSOR C ORPORATION S UBSTITUTED .

At the effective time of any Business Combination Event that complies with Section  6.01 , the Successor Corporation (if not the Company) will succeed to, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and the Notes with the same effect as if such Successor Corporation had been named as the Company in this Indenture and the Notes, and, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Company will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

Article 7. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 7.01. E VENTS OF D EFAULT .

(A) Definition of Events of Default . “ Event of Default ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(i) a default in the payment when due (whether at maturity, upon Redemption

 

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or Repurchase Upon Fundamental Change or otherwise) of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, any Note;

(ii) a default for thirty (30) days in the payment when due of interest on any Note;

(iii) the Company’s failure to deliver, when required by this Indenture, a Fundamental Change Notice or a notice pursuant to Section 5.01(C)(i)(3)(b) ;

(iv) a default in the Company’s obligation to convert a Note in accordance with Article 5 upon the exercise of the conversion right with respect thereto and such failure continues for five (5) Business Days;

(v) a default in the Company’s obligations under Article 6 ;

(vi) a default in any of the Company’s obligations or agreements under this Indenture or the Notes (other than a default set forth in clause (i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) or (v)  of this Section 7.01(A) ) where such default is not cured or waived within sixty (60) days after notice to the Company by the Trustee, or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, which notice must specify such default, demand that it be remedied and state that the such notice is a “Notice of Default”;

(vii) a default by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any one or more mortgages, agreements or other instruments under which there is outstanding, or by which there is secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed of at least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, whether such indebtedness exists as of the Issue Date or is thereafter created, where such default:

(1) constitutes a failure to pay the principal of any of such indebtedness when due and payable (after the expiration of all applicable grace periods) at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise; or

(2) results in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable before its stated maturity (an “ Acceleration ”),

and, in either case, such Acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled or such failure to pay or default is not cured or waived, or such indebtedness is not paid or discharged in full, within sixty (60) days after written notice to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding; and

(viii) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law, either:

(1) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

 

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(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

(3) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;

(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

(5) takes any comparable action under any foreign Bankruptcy Law; or

(6) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

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

(1) is for relief against Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding;

(2) appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or for any substantial part of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries;

(3) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries; or

(4) grants any similar relief under any foreign Bankruptcy Law,

and, in each case under this Section 7.01(A)(ix) , such order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for at least sixty (60) days.

(B) Cause Irrelevant . Each of the events set forth in Section 7.01(A) will constitute an Event of Default regardless of the cause thereof or whether voluntary or involuntary or effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

Section 7.02. A CCELERATION .

(A) Automatic Acceleration in Certain Circumstances . If an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(viii) or 7.01(A)(ix) occurs with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company), then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any Person.

(B) Optional Acceleration . Subject to Section  7.03 , if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default set forth in Section 7.01(A)(viii) or 7.01(A)(ix) with respect to the Company and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the Company) occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) of

 

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the aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately.

(C) Rescission of Acceleration . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, on behalf of all Holders, rescind any acceleration of the Notes and its consequences if (i) such rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; and (ii) all existing Events of Default (except the non-payment of principal of, or interest on, the Notes that has become due solely because of such acceleration) have been cured or waived. No such rescission will affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

Section 7.03. S OLE R EMEDY FOR A F AILURE TO R EPORT .

(A) Generally . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the Company may elect that the sole remedy for any Event of Default (a “ Reporting Event of Default ”) pursuant to Section 7.01(A)(vi) arising from the Company’s failure to comply with Section  3.02 will, for each of the first three hundred and sixty (360) calendar days on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, consist exclusively of the accrual of Special Interest on the Notes. If the Company has made such an election, then (i) the Notes will be subject to acceleration pursuant to Section  7.02 on account of the relevant Reporting Event of Default from, and including, the three hundred and sixty first (361st) calendar day on which a Reporting Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if the Company fails to pay any accrued and unpaid Special Interest when due; and (ii) Special Interest will cease to accrue on any Notes from, and including, such three hundred and sixty first (361st) calendar day (it being understood that interest on any defaulted Special Interest will nonetheless accrue pursuant to Section 2.05(B) ).

(B) Amount and Payment of Special Interest . Any Special Interest that accrues on a Note pursuant to Section 7.03(A) will be payable on the same dates and in the same manner as the Stated Interest on such Note and will accrue at a rate per annum equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the principal amount thereof for the first one hundred and eighty (180) days on which Special Interest accrues and, thereafter, at a rate per annum equal to one half of one percent (0.50%) of the principal amount thereof from the one hundred eighty first (181st) day to, and including, the three hundred sixtieth (360th) day on which Special Interest accrues; provided , however , that in no event will Special Interest, together with any Additional Interest, accrue on any day on a Note at a combined rate per annum that exceeds one half of one percent (0.50%), regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the accrual of Special Interest or Additional Interest. For the avoidance of doubt, any Special Interest that accrues on a Note will be in addition to the Stated Interest that accrues on such Note and, subject to the proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, in addition to any Additional Interest that accrues on such Note.

(C) Notice of Election . To make the election set forth in Section 7.03(A) , the Company must send to the Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, before the date on which each Reporting Event of Default first occurs, a notice that (i) briefly describes of the report(s)

 

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that the Company failed to file with or furnish to the SEC; (ii) states that the Company is electing that the sole remedy for such Reporting Event of Default consist of the accrual of Special Interest; and (iii) briefly describes the periods during which and rate at which Special Interest will accrue and the circumstances under which the Notes will be subject to acceleration on account of such Reporting Event of Default.

(D) No Effect on Other Events of Default . No election pursuant to this Section  7.03 with respect to a Reporting Event of Default will affect the rights of any Holder with respect to any other Event of Default, including with respect to any other Reporting Event of Default.

Section 7.04. O THER R EMEDIES .

(A) Trustee May Pursue All Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of any amounts due with respect to the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes.

(B) Procedural Matters . The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in such proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy following an Event of Default will not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of, or acquiescence in, such Event of Default. All remedies will be cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 7.05. W AIVER OF P AST D EFAULTS .

An Event of Default pursuant to clause (i) , (ii) , (iv) or (vi)  of Section 7.01(A) (that, in the case of clause (vi)  only, results from a Default under any covenant that cannot be amended without the consent of each affected Holder), and a Default that could lead to such an Event of Default, can be waived only with the consent of each affected Holder. Each other Default or Event of Default may be waived, on behalf of all Holders, by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. If an Event of Default is so waived, then it will cease to exist. If a Default is so waived, then it will be deemed to be cured and any Event of Default arising therefrom will be deemed not to occur. However, no such waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right arising therefrom.

Section 7.06. C ONTROL BY M AJORITY .

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law, this Indenture or the Notes, or that, subject to Section  10.01 , the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or may involve the Trustee in liability, unless the Trustee is offered security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such direction.

 

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Section 7.07. L IMITATION ON S UITS .

No Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes (except to enforce (x) its rights to receive the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or interest on, any Notes; or (y) the Company’s obligations to convert any Notes pursuant to Article 5 ), unless:

(A) such Holder has previously delivered to the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

(B) Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding deliver a written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy;

(C) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s following such request;

(D) the Trustee does not comply with such request within sixty (60) calendar days after its receipt of such request and such offer of security or indemnity; and

(E) during such sixty (60) calendar day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding do not deliver to the Trustee a direction that is inconsistent with such request.

A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder. The Trustee will have no duty to determine whether any Holder’s use of this Indenture complies with the preceding sentence.

Section 7.08. A BSOLUTE R IGHT OF H OLDERS TO I NSTITUTE S UIT FOR THE E NFORCEMENT OF THE R IGHT TO R ECEIVE P AYMENT AND C ONVERSION C ONSIDERATION .

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, the right of each Holder of a Note to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment or delivery, as applicable, of the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any interest on, or the Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon conversion of, such Note on or after the respective due dates therefor provided in this Indenture and the Notes, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 7.09. C OLLECTION S UIT BY T RUSTEE .

The Trustee will have the right, upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to clause (i) , (ii) or (iv)  of Section 7.01(A) , to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the total unpaid or undelivered principal of, or Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or interest on, or Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Article 5 upon conversion of, the Notes, as applicable, and, to the extent lawful, any Default Interest on any Defaulted Amounts, and such further amounts sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including all amounts owed to it under Section  10.06 .

 

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Section 7.10. T RUSTEE M AY F ILE P ROOFS OF C LAIM .

The Trustee has the right to (A) 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 and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) or its creditors or property and (B) collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims. Each Holder authorizes any custodian in such proceeding to make such payments to the Trustee, and, if the Trustee consents to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to the Trustee for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts payable to the Trustee pursuant to Section  10.06 . To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances and other amounts out of the estate in such proceeding, is denied for any reason, payment of the same will be secured by a lien on, and will be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding (whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise). Nothing in this Indenture will be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize, consent to, accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 7.11. P RIORITIES .

The Trustee will pay or deliver in the following order any money or other property that it collects pursuant to this Article 7 :

First : to the Trustee and any Note Agent and their respective agents and attorneys for amounts due hereunder, including payment of all fees, compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second : to Holders for unpaid amounts or other property due on the Notes, including the principal of, or the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for, or any interest on, or any Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of, the Notes, ratably, and without preference or priority of any kind, according to such amounts or other property due and payable on all of the Notes; and

Third : to the Company or such other Person as a court of competent jurisdiction directs.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment or delivery to the Holders pursuant to this Section  7.11 , in which case the Trustee will instruct the Company to, and the Company will, deliver, at least fifteen (15) calendar days before such record date, to each Holder and the Trustee a notice stating such record date, such payment date and the amount of such payment or nature of such delivery, as applicable.

 

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Section 7.12. U NDERTAKING FOR C OSTS .

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Notes or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court, in its discretion, may (A) require the filing by any litigant party in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and (B) assess reasonable costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) against any litigant party in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such litigant party; provided , however , that this Section  7.12 does not apply to any suit by the Trustee, any suit by a Holder pursuant to Section  7.08 or any suit by one or more Holders of more than ten percent (10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

Article 8. AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 8.01. W ITHOUT THE C ONSENT OF H OLDERS .

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section  8.02 , the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes without the consent of any Holder to:

(A) cure any ambiguity or correct any omission, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture or the Notes;

(B) add guarantees with respect to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or the Notes;

(C) secure the Notes;

(D) add to the Company’s covenants or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred on the Company;

(E) provide for the assumption of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to, and in compliance with, Article 6 ;

(F) enter into supplemental indentures pursuant to, and in accordance with, Section  5.09 in connection with a Common Stock Change Event;

(G) irrevocably elect or eliminate any Settlement Method or Specified Dollar Amount; provided , however , that no such election or elimination will affect any settlement method theretofore elected (or deemed to be elected) with respect to any Note pursuant to Section 5.03(A) ;

(H) evidence or provide for the acceptance of the appointment, under this Indenture, of a successor Trustee;

(I) conform the provisions of this Indenture and the Notes to the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated April 25, 2017, as supplemented by the related Pricing Term Sheet, dated April 26, 2017;

 

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(J) provide for or confirm the issuance of additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.03(B) ;

(K) comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with any qualification of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect; or

(L) make any other change to this Indenture or the Notes that does not, individually or in the aggregate with all other such changes, adversely affect the rights of the Holders, as such, in any material respect.

Section 8.02. W ITH THE C ONSENT OF H OLDERS .

(A) Generally . Subject to Sections 8.01 , 7.05 and 7.08 and the immediately following sentence, the Company and the Trustee may, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing sentence, without the consent of each affected Holder, no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes, may:

(i) reduce the principal, or extend the stated maturity, of any Note;

(ii) reduce the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price for any Note or change the times at which, or the circumstances under which, the Notes may or will be redeemed or repurchased by the Company;

(iii) reduce the rate, or extend the time for the payment, of interest on any Note;

(iv) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Note;

(v) impair the absolute rights of any Holder set forth in Section  7.08 (as such section is in effect on the Issue Date);

(vi) change the ranking of the Notes;

(vii) make any note payable in money, or at a place of payment, other than that stated in this Indenture or the Note;

(viii) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification; or

(ix) make any direct or indirect change to any amendment, supplement, waiver or modification provision of this Indenture or the Notes that requires the consent of each affected Holder.

For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to clauses (i) , (ii) , (iii) and (iv)  of this Section 8.02(A) , no amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes, or waiver of any provision

 

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of this Indenture or the Notes, may change the amount or type of consideration due on any Note (whether on an Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date or upon conversion, or otherwise), or the date(s) or time(s) such consideration is payable or deliverable, as applicable, without the consent of each affected Holder.

(B) Holders Need Not Approve the Particular Form of any Amendment . A consent of any Holder pursuant to this Section  8.02 need approve only the substance, and not necessarily the particular form, of the proposed amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 8.03. N OTICE OF A MENDMENTS , S UPPLEMENTS AND W AIVERS .

Promptly after any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to Section  8.01 or 8.02 becomes effective, the Company will send to the Holders and the Trustee notice that (A) describes the substance of such amendment, supplement or waiver in reasonable detail and (B) states the effective date thereof. The failure to send, or the existence of any defect in, such notice will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 8.04. R EVOCATION , E FFECT AND S OLICITATION OF C ONSENTS ; S PECIAL R ECORD D ATES ; E TC .

(A) Revocation and Effect of Consents . The consent of a Holder of a Note to an amendment, supplement or waiver will bind (and constitute the consent of) each subsequent Holder of any Note to the extent the same evidences any portion of the same indebtedness as the consenting Holder’s Note, subject to the right of any Holder of a Note to revoke (if not prohibited pursuant to Section 8.04(B) ) any such consent with respect to such Note by delivering notice of revocation to the Trustee before the time such amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective.

(B) Special Record Dates . The Company may, but is not required to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent or take any other action in connection with any amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Article 8 . If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8.04(A) , only Persons who are Holders as of such record date (or their duly designated proxies) will be entitled to give such consent, to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, regardless of whether such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date; provided , however , that no such consent will be valid or effective for more than one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after such record date.

(C) Solicitation of Consents . For the avoidance of doubt, each reference in this Indenture or the Notes to the consent of a Holder will be deemed to include any such consent obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, any Notes.

(D) Effectiveness and Binding Effect . Each amendment, supplement or waiver pursuant to this Article 8 will become effective in accordance with its terms and, when it becomes effective with respect to any Note (or any portion thereof), will thereafter bind every Holder of such Note (or such portion).

 

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Section 8.05. N OTATIONS AND E XCHANGES .

If any amendment, supplement or waiver changes the terms of a Note, then the Trustee or the Company may, in its discretion, require the Holder of such Note to deliver such Note to the Trustee so that the Trustee may place an appropriate notation prepared by the Company on such Note and return such Note to such Holder. Alternatively, at its discretion, the Company may, in exchange for such Note, issue, execute and deliver, and the Trustee will authenticate, in each case in accordance with Section  2.02 , a new Note that reflects the changed terms. The failure to make any appropriate notation or issue a new Note pursuant to this Section  8.05 will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 8.06. T RUSTEE TO E XECUTE S UPPLEMENTAL I NDENTURES .

The Trustee will execute and deliver any amendment or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 8 ; provided , however , that the Trustee need not (but may, in its sole and absolute discretion) execute or deliver any such amendment or supplemental indenture that adversely affects the Trustee’s rights, duties, liabilities or immunities. In executing any amendment or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 10.01 and 10.02 ) will be fully protected in relying on, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the execution and delivery of such amendment or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture; and (B) in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, such amendment or supplemental indenture is valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

Article 9. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 9.01. T ERMINATION OF C OMPANY S O BLIGATIONS .

This Indenture will be discharged, and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued under this Indenture, when:

(A) all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section  2.13 ) have (A) been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (B) become due and payable (whether on a Redemption Date, a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Maturity Date, upon conversion or otherwise) for an amount of cash or Conversion Consideration, as applicable, that has been fixed;

(B) the Company has caused there to be irrevocably deposited with the Trustee, or with the Paying Agent (or, with respect to Conversion Consideration, the Conversion Agent), in each case for the benefit of the Holders, or has otherwise caused there to be delivered to the Holders, cash (or, with respect to Notes to be converted, Conversion Consideration) sufficient to satisfy all amounts or other property due on all Notes then outstanding (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section  2.13 );

(C) the Company has paid all other amounts payable by it under this Indenture; and

provided , however , that Article 10 and Section  11.01 will survive such discharge and, until no Notes remain outstanding, Section  2.15 and the obligations of the Trustee, the Paying Agent and

 

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the Conversion Agent with respect to money or other property deposited with them will survive such discharge.

At the Company’s request, upon the Company’s delivery to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the conditions precedent to the discharge of this Indenture have been satisfied, the Trustee will acknowledge the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

Section 9.02. R EPAYMENT TO C OMPANY .

Subject to applicable unclaimed property law, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will promptly notify the Company if there exists (and, at the Company’s request, promptly deliver to the Company) any cash, Conversion Consideration or other property held by any of them for payment or delivery on the Notes that remain unclaimed two (2) years after the date on which such payment or delivery was due. After such delivery to the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent will have no further liability to any Holder with respect to such cash, Conversion Consideration or other property, and Holders entitled to the payment or delivery of such cash, Conversion Consideration or other property must look to the Company for payment as a general creditor of the Company.

Section 9.03. R EINSTATEMENT .

If the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent is unable to apply any cash or other property deposited with it pursuant to Section  9.01 because of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or other governmental authority that enjoins, restrains or otherwise prohibits such application, then the discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section  9.01 will be rescinded; provided , however , that if the Company thereafter pays or delivers any cash or other property due on the Notes to the Holders thereof, then the Company will be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to receive such cash or other property from the cash or other property, if any, held by the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Conversion Agent, as applicable.

Article 10. TRUSTEE

Section 10.01. D UTIES OF THE T RUSTEE .

(A) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

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

(i) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

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(ii) in the absence of bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel that are provided to the Trustee and conform to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel that, by any provision under this Indenture, are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(C) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its negligence or willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this paragraph will not limit the effect of Section 10.01(B) ;

(ii) the Trustee will 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

(iii) the Trustee will 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  7.06 .

(D) Each provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (A) , (B) and (C)  of this Section  10.01 , regardless of whether such provision so expressly provides.

(E) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability.

(F) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on 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.

Section 10.02. R IGHTS OF THE T RUSTEE .

(A) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document that is believes to be genuine and signed or presented by the proper Person, and the Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in such document; provided , however , that the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such fact or matter, and, if the Trustee will determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it will be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, as the sole cost of the Company.

(B) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel; and the written advice of such counsel, or any Opinion of Counsel, will constitute full and complete authorization of the Trustee to take or omit to take any action in good faith in reliance thereon without liability.

 

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(C) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any such agent appointed with due care.

(D) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith and that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture.

(E) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

(F) The Trustee need not exercise any rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder unless such Holder has offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that it may incur in complying with such request or direction.

(G) In no event will the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including 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.

(H) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and will be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities under this Indenture.

(I) The Trustee will not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

Section 10.03. I NDIVIDUAL R IGHTS OF THE T RUSTEE .

The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of any Note and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its Affiliates with the same rights that it would have if it were not Trustee; provided , however , that if the Trustee acquires a “conflicting interest” (within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act), then it must eliminate such conflict within ninety (90) days or resign as Trustee. Each Note Agent will have that same rights and duties as the trustee under this Section  10.03 .

Section 10.04. T RUSTEE S D ISCLAIMER .

The Trustee will not be (A) responsible for, and makes no representation as to, the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes; (B) accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of this Indenture; (C) responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee; and (D) responsible for any statement or recital in this Indenture, the Notes or any other document relating to the sale of the Notes or this Indenture, other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

Section 10.05. N OTICE OF D EFAULTS .

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and is known to a Responsible

 

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Officer of the Trustee, then the Trustee will send Holders a notice of such Default or Event of Default within ninety (90) days after it occurs or, if it is not known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at such time, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) after it becomes known to a Responsible Officer; provided , however , that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold such notice if and for so long as it in good faith determines that withholding such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 10.06. C OMPENSATION AND I NDEMNITY .

(A) The Company will, from time to time, pay the Trustee such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services under this Indenture as agreed to with the Trustee from time to time. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. In addition to the compensation for the Trustee’s services, the Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

(B) The Company will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including this Section  10.06 ) and 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 or duties under this Indenture, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct. The Trustee will promptly notify the Company of any claim for which it may seek indemnity, but the Trustee’s failure to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Section 10.06(B) . The Company will defend such claim, and the Trustee will cooperate in such defense. If the Trustee is advised by counsel that it may have defenses available to it that are in conflict with the defenses available to the Company, or that there is an actual or potential conflict of interest, then the Trustee may retain separate counsel, and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Trustee incurred in evaluating whether such a conflict exists). The Company need not pay for any settlement of any such claim made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

(C) The obligations of the Company under this Section  10.06 will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the discharge of this Indenture.

(D) To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section  10.06 , the Trustee will have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, or interest on, particular Notes, which lien will survive the discharge of this Indenture, and for the avoidance of doubt, such lien will not be extended in a manner that would conflict with the Company’s obligations to its other creditors.

(E) If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default pursuant to clause (viii)  or (ix) of Section 7.01(A) occurs, then such expenses and the

 

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compensation for such services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

Section 10.07. R EPLACEMENT OF THE T RUSTEE .

(A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section  10.07 , a resignation or removal of the Trustee, and the appointment of a successor Trustee, will become effective only upon such successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section  10.07 .

(B) The Trustee may resign at any time and be discharged from the trust created by this Indenture by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

(i) the Trustee fails to comply with Section  10.09 ;

(ii) the Trustee is adjudged to be bankrupt or insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(iii) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(iv) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

(C) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, then (i) the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee; and (ii) at any time within one (1) year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace such successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

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

(E) If the Trustee, after written request by a Holder of at least six (6) months, fails to comply with Section  10.09 , then such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(F) A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company, upon which notice the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will send notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will, upon payment of all amounts due to it under this Indenture, promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, which property will, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to the lien provided for in Section 10.06(D) .

 

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Section 10.08. S UCCESSOR T RUSTEE BY M ERGER , E TC .

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, then such corporation will become the successor Trustee without any further act.

Section 10.09. E LIGIBILITY ; D ISQUALIFICATION .

There will at all times be a Trustee under this Indenture that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof, that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

Article 11. MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. N OTICES .

Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other will be deemed to have been duly given if in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission, electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, or to the other’s address, which initially is as follows:

If to the Company:

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

12780 El Camino Real

San Diego, California 92130

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

with a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

Cooley LLP

4401 Eastgate Mall

San Diego, California 92121

Attention: Jason L. Kent, Esq.

Facsimile: (858) 550-6420

If to the Trustee:

U.S. Bank National Association

60 Livingston Avenue

St. Paul, MN 55107

Facsimile: 651-466-7429

Attention: Administrator for Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different

 

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addresses (including facsimile numbers and electronic addresses) for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: (A) at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; (B) five (5) Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; (C) when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile, electronic transmission or other similar means of unsecured electronic communication; and (D) the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

All notices or communications required to be made to a Holder pursuant to this Indenture must be made in writing and will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing if mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to its address shown on the Register; provided , however , that a notice or communication to a Holder of a Global Note may, but need not, instead be sent pursuant to the Depositary Procedures (in which case, such notice will be deemed to be duly sent or given in writing). The failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder, or any defect in such notice or communication, will not affect its sufficiency with respect to any other Holder.

If a notice or communication is mailed or sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it will be deemed to have been duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes, whenever any provision of this Indenture requires a party to send notice to another party, no such notice need be sent if the sending party and the recipient are the same Person acting in different capacities.

Section 11.02. D ELIVERY OF O FFICER S C ERTIFICATE AND O PINION OF C OUNSEL AS TO C ONDITIONS P RECEDENT .

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (other than the initial authentication of Notes under this Indenture), the Company will furnish to the Trustee:

(A) an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with Section  11.03 and states that, in the opinion of the signatory thereto, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to such action have been satisfied; and

(B) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee that complies with Section  11.03 and states that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, have been satisfied; provided , however , that no Opinion of Counsel will be required to be delivered in connection with (x) the original issuance of Notes on the Issue Date; (y) the mandatory exchange of the restricted Notes to an unrestricted CUSIP number pursuant to the Depositary Procedures upon becoming Freely Tradable and (z) a Redemption pursuant to Section  4.03 .

 

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Section 11.03. S TATEMENTS R EQUIRED IN O FFICER S C ERTIFICATE AND O PINION OF C OUNSEL .

Each Officer’s Certificate (other than an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section  3.05 ) or Opinion of Counsel with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture will include:

(A) a statement that the signatory thereto 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 therein are based;

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

(D) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such signatory, such covenant or condition has been satisfied.

Section 11.04. R ULES BY THE T RUSTEE , THE R EGISTRAR AND THE P AYING A GENT .

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 11.05. N O P ERSONAL L IABILITY OF D IRECTORS , O FFICERS , E MPLOYEES AND S TOCKHOLDERS .

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

Section 11.06. G OVERNING L AW ; W AIVER OF J URY T RIAL .

THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.

Section 11.07. S UBMISSION TO J URISDICTION .

Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Indenture or the transactions contemplated by this Indenture may be instituted in the federal courts of the United

 

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States of America located in the City of New York or the courts of the State of New York, in each case located in the City of New York (collectively, the “ Specified Courts ”), and each party irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any such suit, action or proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail (to the extent allowed under any applicable statute or rule of court) to such party’s address set forth in Section  11.01 will be effective service of process for any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each of the Company, the Trustee and each Holder (by its acceptance of any Note) irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit, action or other proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim any such suit, action or other proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 11.08. N O A DVERSE I NTERPRETATION OF O THER A GREEMENTS .

Neither this Indenture nor the Notes may be used to interpret any other indenture, note, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person, and no such indenture, note, loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture or the Notes.

Section 11.09. S UCCESSORS .

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors.

Section 11.10. F ORCE M AJEURE .

The Trustee and each Note Agent will not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility under this Indenture or the Notes by reason of any occurrence beyond its control (including any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, act of terrorism or unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).

Section 11.11. U.S.A. P ATRIOT A CT .

The Company acknowledges that, in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, 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 Company agrees to provide the Trustee with such information as it may request to enable the Trustee to comply with the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

Section 11.12. C ALCULATIONS .

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Indenture or the Notes, including determinations of the Last Reported Sale Price, the Daily Cash Amount, the Daily Share Amount, accrued interest on the Notes and the Conversion Rate.

 

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The Company will make all calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on all Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent may rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will promptly forward a copy of each such schedule to a Holder upon its written request therefor.

Section 11.13. S EVERABILITY .

If any provision of this Indenture or the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Indenture or the Notes will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 11.14. C OUNTERPARTS .

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, and all of them together represent the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Indenture by facsimile, electronically in portable document format or in any other format will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.

Section 11.15. T ABLE OF C ONTENTS , H EADINGS , E TC .

The table of contents and the headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture.

Section 11.16. W ITHHOLDING T AXES .

Each Holder of a Note agrees, and each beneficial owner of an interest in a Global Note, by its acquisition of such interest, is deemed to agree, that if the Company or other applicable withholding agent pays withholding taxes or backup withholding on behalf of such Holder or beneficial owner as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, then the Company or such withholding agent, as applicable, may, at its option, set off such payments against payments of cash or the delivery of other Conversion Consideration on such Note, any payments on the Common Stock or sales proceeds received by, or other funds or assets of, such Holder or the beneficial owner of such Note.

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

 

N EUROCRINE B IOSCIENCES , I NC .
By:  

/s/ Kevin C. Gorman

  Name:   Kevin C. Gorman
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer


U.S. B ANK N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION
By:  

/s/ Joshua A. Hahn

  Name:   Joshua A. Hahn
  Title:   Vice President


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

[ Insert Global Note Legend, if applicable ]

[ Insert Restricted Note Legend, if applicable ]

[ Insert Non-Affiliate Legend ]

 

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NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024

 

CUSIP No.:    [        ][Insert for a “restricted” CUISP number:*]   Certificate No. [            ]
ISIN No.:    [        ][ Insert for a “restricted” ISIN number :*]     

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation, for value received, promises to pay to [Cede & Co.], or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [        ] dollars ($[        ]) [(as revised by the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note)] on 2024 and to pay interest thereon, as provided in the Indenture referred to below, until the principal and all accrued and unpaid interest are paid or duly provided for.

 

Interest Payment Dates:    May 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on November 15, 2017.
Regular Record Dates:    May 1 and November 1.

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

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

 

*

This Note will be deemed to be identified by CUSIP No. [        ] and ISIN No. [        ] from and after such time when the Company delivers, pursuant to Section 2.12 of the within-mentioned Indenture, written notice to the Trustee of the deemed removal of the Restricted Note Legend affixed to this Note.

 

Insert bracketed language for Global Notes only.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.

 

      N EUROCRINE B IOSCIENCES , I NC .
Date:  

 

    By:  

 

        Name:
        Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Date:  

 

    By:  

 

        Authorized Signatory
       
       

 

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NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), designated as its 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Notes ”), all issued or to be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of May 2, 2017 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used in this Note without definition have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture.

The Indenture sets forth the rights and obligations of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders and the terms of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note, to the extent that any provision of this Note conflicts with the provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture will control.

1. Interest . This Note will accrue interest at a rate and in the manner set forth in Section 2.05 of the Indenture. Stated Interest on this Note will begin to accrue from, and including, [ date ].

2. Maturity . This Note will mature on May 15, 2024, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

3. Method of Payment . Cash amounts due on this Note will be paid in the manner set forth in Section 2.04 of the Indenture.

4. Persons Deemed Owners . The Holder of this Note will be treated as the owner of this Note for all purposes.

5. Denominations; Transfers and Exchanges . All Notes will be in registered form, without coupons, in principal amounts equal to any Authorized Denominations. Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note may transfer or exchange this Note by presenting it to the Registrar and delivering any required documentation or other materials.

6. Right of Holders to Require the Company to Repurchase Notes upon a Fundamental Change . If a Fundamental Change occurs, then each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Holder’s Notes (or any portion thereof in an Authorized Denomination) for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.02 of the Indenture.

7. Right of the Company to Redeem the Notes . The Company will have the right to redeem the Notes for cash in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 4.03 of the Indenture.

8. Conversion . The Holder of this Note may convert this Note into Conversion Consideration in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 5 of the Indenture.

 

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9. When the Company May Merge, Etc . Article 6 of the Indenture places limited restrictions on the Company’s ability to be a party to a Business Combination Event.

10. Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default occurs, then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes then outstanding may (and, in certain circumstances, will automatically) become due and payable in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 7 of the Indenture.

11. Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture or the Notes or waive compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Article 8 of the Indenture.

12. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders . No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting any Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

13. Authentication . No Note will be valid until it is authenticated by the Trustee. A Note will be deemed to be duly authenticated only when an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or a duly appointed authenticating agent) manually signs the certificate of authentication of such Note.

14. Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or its assignee, such as TEN COM (tenants in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

15. Governing Law . THIS NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS NOTE, WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

* * *

To request a copy of the Indenture, which the Company will provide to any Holder at no charge, please send a written request to the following address:

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

12780 El Camino Real

San Diego, California 92130

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

 

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CONVERSION NOTICE

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below directs the Company to convert (check one):

 

the entire principal amount of

 

$                      * aggregate principal amount of

the Note identified by CUSIP No.                         and Certificate No.                         .

The undersigned acknowledges that if the Conversion Date of a Note to be converted is after a Regular Record Date and before the next Interest Payment Date, then such Note, when surrendered for conversion, must, in certain circumstances, be accompanied with an amount of cash equal to the interest that would have accrued on such Note to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      (Legal Name of Holder)
      By:  

 

        Name:  
        Title:  
      Signature Guaranteed:
     

 

      Participant in a Recognized Signature
      Guarantee Medallion Program
      By:  

 

        Authorized Signatory

 

* Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

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FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, by executing and delivering this Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Note identified below is exercising its Fundamental Change Repurchase Right with respect to (check one):

 

the entire principal amount of

 

$                      * aggregate principal amount of

the Note identified by CUSIP No.                         and Certificate No.                         .

The undersigned acknowledges that this Note, duly endorsed for transfer, must be delivered to the Paying Agent before the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price will be paid.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      (Legal Name of Holder)
      By:  

 

        Name:  
        Title:  
      Signature Guaranteed:
     

 

      Participant in a Recognized Signature
      Guarantee Medallion Program
      By:  

 

        Authorized Signatory

 

* Must be an Authorized Denomination.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the undersigned Holder of the within Note assigns to:

 

Name:  

 

Address:  

 

 

 

 

 

Social security or tax identification number:  

 

the within Note and all rights thereunder irrevocably appoints:

 

                                                                                                  

as agent to transfer the within Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him/her.

 

Date:  

 

   

 

      (Legal Name of Holder)
      By:  

 

        Name:  
        Title:  
      Signature Guaranteed:
     

 

      Participant in a Recognized Signature
      Guarantee Medallion Program
      By:  

 

        Authorized Signatory

 

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TRANSFEROR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

If the within Note bears a Restricted Note Legend, the undersigned further certifies that (check one):

 

1.      

Such Transfer is being made to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company.

2.      

Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act at the time of the Transfer.

3.      

Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and, accordingly, the undersigned further certifies that the within Note is being transferred to a Person that the undersigned reasonably believes is purchasing the within Note 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 under the Securities Act in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A. If this item is checked, then the transferee must complete and execute the acknowledgment contained on the next page .

4.      

Such Transfer is being made pursuant to, and in accordance with, any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act (including, if available, the exemption provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act).

 

Dated:  

 

 

(Legal Name of Holder)
By:  

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
Signature Guaranteed:

 

(Participant in a Recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program)
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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TRANSFEREE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The undersigned represents that it is purchasing the within Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the undersigned exercises sole investment discretion, and that and the undersigned and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The undersigned acknowledges that the transferor is relying, in transferring the within Note on the exemption from the registration and prospectus-delivery requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A and that the undersigned has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A.

 

Dated:  

 

 

(Name of Transferee)
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

A-10


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

INITIAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE: $[        ]

The following exchanges, transfers or cancellations of this Global Note have been made:

 

Date

   Amount of Increase
(Decrease) in
Principal Amount of
this Global Note
     Principal Amount of
this Global Note
After Such Increase
(Decrease)
     Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of Trustee
 
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        

 

* Insert for Global Notes only.

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

FORM OF RESTRICTED NOTE LEGEND

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

 

(1)

REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT; AND

 

(2)

AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT ONLY:

 

  (A)

TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF;

 

  (B)

PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

 

  (C)

TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT;

 

  (D)

PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

  (E)

PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

BEFORE THE REGISTRATION OF ANY SALE OR TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(C), (D) OR (E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND THE REGISTRAR RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION OR EVIDENCE AS THEY MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED SALE OR TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.*

 

*

This paragraph and the immediately preceding paragraph will be deemed to be removed from the face of this Note at such time when the Company delivers written notice to the Trustee of such deemed removal pursuant to Section 2.12 of the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

B1-1


EXHIBIT B-2

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE LEGEND

THIS IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS THE OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“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 HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC, OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN ARTICLE 2 OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO.

 

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EXHIBIT B-3

FORM OF NON-AFFILIATE LEGEND

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED) OF THE COMPANY MAY PURCHASE OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRE THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

 

B3-1

Exhibit 99.1

EXECUTION VERSION

$450,000,000

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC.

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024

PURCHASE AGREEMENT

April 26, 2017

JEFFERIES LLC

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.

as Representatives of the

Initial Purchasers listed in

Schedule I hereto

c/o Jefferies LLC

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

c/o Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby agrees with you as follows:

1. Issuance of Securities . Subject to the terms and conditions herein contained, the Company proposes to issue and sell to the initial purchasers listed in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “ Initial Purchasers ”), for whom Jefferies LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”), $450,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “ Initial Securities ”). The Initial Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “ Indenture ”), to be dated as of May 2, 2017, by and between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). In addition, the Company has granted to the Initial Purchasers an option to purchase up to an additional $67,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 on the terms and conditions and for the purposes set forth in Section 3 (the “ Option Securities ” and, together with the Initial Securities, the “ Securities ”). The Securities will be convertible into duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), of the Company (such shares, the “ Conversion Shares ”), cash or a combination of cash and the Conversion Shares, at the Company’s election, on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in the Indenture.


Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meanings set forth in the “Description of Notes” section of the Final Offering Memorandum (as hereinafter defined).

The Securities will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) thereunder (collectively, the “ Securities Act ”). Upon original issuance thereof, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities shall bear the legends set forth in the final offering memorandum, dated the date hereof (the “ Final Offering Memorandum ”). The Company (i) has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated April 25, 2017 (the “ Preliminary Offering Memorandum ”), and a related pricing term sheet, dated the date hereof, attached hereto as Schedule II , which includes pricing terms and other information with respect to the Securities and the Conversion Shares (the “ Pricing Supplement ”), and (ii) will prepare within two business days of the date hereof the Final Offering Memorandum, in each case, relating to the offer and sale of the Securities (the “ Offering ”). All references in this Agreement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Document (as defined below) or the Final Offering Memorandum include, unless expressly stated otherwise, (x) all amendments or supplements thereto, and (y) all documents, financial statements and schedules and other information contained, incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference therein (and references in this Agreement to such information being “contained,” “included” or “stated” (and other references of like import) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Document (as defined below) or the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to mean all such information contained, incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference therein), including the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 25, 2017. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are collectively referred to herein as the “ Time of Sale Document .”

2. Terms of Offering . The Initial Purchasers have advised the Company, and the Company understands, that the Initial Purchasers will make offers to sell (the “ Exempt Resales ”) some or all of the Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers hereunder on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Document to persons (the “ Subsequent Purchasers ”) whom the Initial Purchasers reasonably believe are “qualified institutional buyers” (“ QIBs ”) (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act). As used herein, “ Time of Sale ” means 9:30 p.m. (New York City time) on April 26, 2017.

This Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities are collectively referred to herein as the “ Documents ”, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby are collectively referred to herein as the “ Transactions .”

3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery .

 

(a) On the basis of the representations, warranties, agreements and covenants herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers, and the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company, the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule I hereto at a purchase price of 97.25% of the aggregate principal amount thereof.

 

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(b) The Company hereby grants to the Initial Purchasers an option to purchase up to $67,500,000 in aggregate principal amount of Option Securities at the same purchase price as set forth above in Section 3(a) for the Initial Securities, plus accrued interest from April 26, 2017 to the applicable Option Closing Date (as defined below). The option will expire 30 days after the date of the Final Offering Memorandum and may be exercised in whole or in part from time to time by written notice being given to the Company by the Initial Purchasers; provided that such option may be exercised only once. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities as to which the option is being exercised, the names in which the principal amount of Option Securities are to be registered, the denominations in which the Option Securities are to be issued and the date and time, as determined by the Representatives, when the Option Securities are to be delivered; provided , however , that this date and time shall not be earlier than the Initial Closing Date, and if later than the Initial Closing Date, shall not be earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the fifth business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. If any Option Securities are to be purchased, each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Company the principal amount of Option Securities that bears the same proportion to the total principal amount of Option Securities to be purchased as the total principal amount of Initial Securities.

 

(c) Delivery to the Initial Purchasers of and payment for the Initial Securities shall be made at a closing (the “ Initial Closing ”) to be held at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 2, 2017 (the “ Initial Closing Date ”) and delivery to the Initial Purchasers of and payment for the Option Securities shall be made at a closing (the “ Option Closing ” and, together with the Initial Closing, a “ Closing ”) to be held at a date and time specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Initial Purchasers’ election to purchase the Option Securities (the “ Option Closing Date ” and, together with the Initial Closing Date, a “ Closing Date ”), in each case, at the New York City offices of Latham & Watkins LLP (or such other place as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Representatives).

 

(d) The Company shall deliver to the Initial Purchasers one or more certificates representing the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, in definitive form, registered in such names and denominations as the Initial Purchasers may request, against payment by the Initial Purchasers of the purchase price therefor by immediately available federal funds bank wire transfer to such bank account or accounts as the Company shall designate to the Initial Purchasers at least two business days prior to the Closing. The certificates representing the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, as the case may be, in definitive form shall be made available to the Initial Purchasers for inspection at the New York City offices of Latham & Watkins LLP (or such other place as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Representatives) not later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time one business day immediately preceding the applicable Closing Date. Securities to be represented by one or more definitive global securities in book-entry form will be deposited on the Closing Date, by or on behalf of the Company, with The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) or its designated custodian, and registered in the name of Cede & Co.

 

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4. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Initial Purchaser that, as of the date hereof and as of the applicable Closing Date:

 

(a) Limitation on Offering Materials. The Company has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or distributed and will not, and will not cause or allow its agents or representatives to, prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or distribute any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities, or otherwise is prepared to market the Securities, other than (i) the Time of Sale Document, (ii) the Final Offering Memorandum and (iii) any marketing materials (including any roadshow or investor presentation materials) or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 5(c) hereof (each such communication by the Company or its agents or representatives described in this clause (iii), a “ Company Additional Written Communication ”).

 

(b) No Material Misstatement or Omission . (i) The Time of Sale Document, as of the Time of Sale, did not and, at the Closing Date, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) the Final Offering Memorandum, as of the date thereof, did not, and, at the Closing Date, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (iii) each such Company Additional Written Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum, and when taken together with the Time of Sale Document, did not, and, at the Closing Date, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except in each case that the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph do not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser and furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representatives expressly for use in the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum as set forth in Section 13. No injunction or order has been issued that either (i) asserts that any of the Transactions is subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or (ii) would prevent or suspend the issuance or sale of any of the Securities or the use of the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum in any jurisdiction, and no proceeding for either such purpose has commenced or, to the knowledge of the Company, is pending or is contemplated.

 

(c)

Documents Incorporated by Reference. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum, at the time such documents were or hereafter are filed with the SEC, complied and will comply, in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder (collectively, the “ Exchange Act ”) and did not or will not (in the case of documents filed with the SEC after the date hereof) contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit

 

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to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There are no contracts or other documents required pursuant to the Exchange Act to be described in such incorporated documents or to be filed as exhibits to such incorporated documents which have not been described or filed as required.

 

(d) Reporting Compliance. The Company is subject to, and is in full compliance in all material respects with, the reporting requirements of Section 13 and Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Exchange Act.

 

(e) Independent Accountants . Ernst & Young LLP, who have expressed their opinion with respect to the financial statements (which term as used in this Agreement includes the related notes thereto) filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, are (i) independent public or certified public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X and (iii) a registered public accounting firm as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board whose registration has not been suspended or revoked and, to the Company’s knowledge, who has not requested such registration to be withdrawn.

 

(f) Preparation of the Financial Statements . The financial statements filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, except as may be expressly stated in the related notes thereto. No other financial statements are required to be included in the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum. The financial data set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum fairly present the information set forth therein on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the SEC’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

 

(g)

Company s Accounting System . The Company and each of its subsidiaries make and keep accurate books and records and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for

 

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assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company is not aware of any material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and since December 31, 2016, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(h) Statistical and Market-Related Data . The statistical, demographic and market-related data contained in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum are fairly and accurately presented, are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate or represent the Company’s good faith estimates that are made on the basis of data derived from such sources.

 

(i) Disclosure Controls and Procedures; Deficiencies in or Changes to Internal Control Over Financial Reporting . The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)), which (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared; (ii) have been evaluated by management of the Company for effectiveness as of the end of the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter; and (iii) the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded to be effective at the reasonable assurance level. Based on the most recent evaluation of its internal control over financial reporting, the Company is not aware of (A) any significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information or (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company is not aware of any change in its internal control over financial reporting that has occurred during its most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(j)

No Material Adverse Change . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum: (i) there has been no material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, operations or prospects, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, of the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity (any such change is called a “ Material Adverse Change ”); (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries, considered as one entity, have not incurred any material liability or obligation, indirect, direct or contingent, not in the ordinary course of business nor entered into any material transaction or agreement not in the ordinary course of business; and (iii) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, except for dividends paid to the

 

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Company or other subsidiaries, any of its subsidiaries on any class of capital stock or repurchase or redemption by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any class of capital stock.

 

(k) Incorporation and Good Standing of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has the power and authority (corporate or other) to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum and, in the case of the Company, to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, except where the failure to be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Each of the Company and each subsidiary is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, to transact business and is in good standing in the State of California and each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity or ownership interests of each subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or adverse claim. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than (i) the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and (ii) such other entities omitted from Exhibit 21 which, when such omitted entities are considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.

(l) Capitalization and Other Capital Stock Matters . The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum (other than for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to employee benefit plans described in the Time of Sale Document, upon the vesting of outstanding restricted stock units described in the Time of Sale Document or upon the exercise of outstanding options or warrants described in the Time of Sale Document). The capital stock of the Company (including the Conversion Shares) conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Document. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. None of the outstanding capital stock of the Company was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase securities of the Company. There are no authorized or outstanding options, warrants, preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other rights to purchase, or equity or debt securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for, any capital stock of the Company or any of its subsidiaries other than those accurately described in the Time of Sale Document and the

 

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Final Offering Memorandum. The description of the Company’s equity incentive, stock bonus and other stock plans or arrangements, and the options or other rights granted thereunder, set forth in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum accurately and fairly presents the information required to be shown with respect to such plans, arrangements, options and rights. All grants of options, restricted stock units, warrants and other rights to purchase or exchange or settle into, any securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock have been duly authorized and validly issued, conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Document and were issued in compliance in all material respects with federal and state securities laws. All of the issued and outstanding capital stock or other equity or ownership interests of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or adverse claim, except for such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (i) disclosed in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum or (ii) as would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. The maximum number of shares of Conversion Shares issuable upon conversion of the Securities (assuming full physical settlement of the Securities upon conversion and the maximum conversion rate under any “make whole” adjustment applies) have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon the conversion of the Securities by all necessary corporate action and such shares, when issued upon such conversion in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Document, will be issued in compliance in all material respects with federal and state securities laws and will be free of statutory and contractual preemptive rights, rights of first refusal and similar rights. All grants of options to acquire capital stock of the Company (each, a “ Company Stock Option ”) were approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, a committee thereof or an individual with authority duly delegated by the Board of Directors of the Company or a committee thereof. Grants of Company Stock Options were, as a whole, made in material compliance with the terms of the plans under which such Company Stock Options were issued. There is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company to coordinate the grant of Company Stock Options with the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or its results of operations or prospects. Except as described in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company has not sold or issued any shares of Common Stock during the six-month period preceding the date of the Final Offering Memorandum, including any sales pursuant to Rule 144A under, or Regulations D or S of, the Securities Act other than shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified equity incentive plans or other employee compensation plans or pursuant to outstanding options, restricted stock units, rights or warrants.

 

(m) Legal Power and Authority. The Company has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under the Documents to which they are a party and to consummate the Transactions.

 

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(n) This Agreement and the Indenture . This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company. The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, at the Initial Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (whether applied by a court of law or equity) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. When executed and delivered, this Agreement and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

(o) The Securities. The Securities have each been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefit of the Indenture, and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except that the enforcement thereof may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (whether applied by a court of law or equity) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. When executed and delivered, the Securities will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum and will be in the form contemplated by the Indenture.

 

(p) Compliance with Existing Instruments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its applicable charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents), (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant, condition or other obligation contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject, or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its property or assets or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation or default would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(q)

No Conflicts. The issue and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the issuance of the

 

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Conversion Shares) and the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Time of Sale Document will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, decree, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except, with respect to clauses (i) and (iii), conflicts or violations that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(r) No Consents. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets is required for the issue and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Securities by the Company, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the issuance of the Conversion Shares), the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Time of Sale Document, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Exchange Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws, and consents, approvals and similar authorizations required for the listing of the Conversion Shares on the NASDAQ Global Select Market (“ NASDAQ ”).

 

(s) No Material Actions or Proceedings . There are no legal or governmental actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, threatened (i) against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) which have as the subject thereof any officer or director of, or property owned or leased by, the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) relating to environmental or discrimination matters, where in any such case (A) to the Company’s knowledge, there is a substantial likelihood that such action, suit or proceeding will be determined adversely to the Company, such subsidiary or such officer or director, (B) any such action, suit or proceeding, if so determined adversely, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) any such action, suit or proceeding is or would be material in the context of the sale of the Securities. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or to the Company’s knowledge, with the employees of any principal supplier, manufacturer, customer or contractor of the Company, exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent.

 

(t)

All Necessary Permits . The Company and each subsidiary possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate state, federal or foreign

 

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regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any subsidiary has received, or has any reason to believe that it will receive, any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or non-compliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(u) Title to Properties . The Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all of the real and personal property and other assets reflected as owned in the financial statements referred to in Section 1(f) above, in each case free and clear of any security interests, mortgages, liens, encumbrances, equities, adverse claims and other defects, except such as do not materially and adversely affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such property by the Company or such subsidiary. To the Company’s knowledge, the real property, improvements, equipment and personal property held under lease by the Company or any subsidiary are held under valid and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such real property, improvements, equipment or personal property by the Company or such subsidiary.

 

(v) Tax Law Compliance . The Company and its consolidated subsidiaries have filed all necessary federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns or have properly requested extensions thereof and have paid all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 1(f) above in respect of all federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries has not been finally determined.

 

(w)

Intellectual Property Rights . The Company and its subsidiaries own, possess or can acquire or license on reasonable terms sufficient trademarks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, domain names, licenses, approvals, trade secrets and other similar rights (collectively, “ Intellectual Property Rights ”) reasonably necessary to conduct their businesses as now conducted; except to the extent failure to own, possess, license or acquire such Intellectual Property Rights would not result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received, or has any reason to believe that it will receive, any notice of infringement or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others. Except as would not be reasonably likely to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any of the Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company; (ii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the Company and its subsidiaries in or to any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim, that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 1(w) result in a Material Adverse Change; (iii) the

 

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Intellectual Property Rights owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries have not been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 1(w) result in a Material Adverse Change; (iv) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or its subsidiaries infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property Rights or other proprietary rights of others, the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any written notice of such claim and the Company is unaware of any other facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, together with any other claims in this Section 1(w) to result in a Material Adverse Change; and (v) to the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company is in or has ever been in violation in any material respect of any term of any employment contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment agreement, non-competition agreement, non-solicitation agreement, nondisclosure agreement or any restrictive covenant to or with a former employer where the basis of such violation relates to such employee’s employment with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, or actions undertaken by the employee while employed with the Company or a subsidiary of the Company and would reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Change. To the Company’s knowledge, all material technical information developed by and belonging to the Company and its subsidiaries for which they have not sought, and do not intend to seek, to patent or otherwise protect pursuant to applicable intellectual property laws has been kept confidential or disclosed only under obligations of confidentiality. The Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or agreements with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity that are required to be set forth or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum and are not described therein. None of the technology employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries has been obtained or is being used by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its or its subsidiaries’ officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons, except in each case for such violations that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(x)

ERISA Compliance . The Company and its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ ERISA ”)) established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or their “ERISA Affiliates” (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ ERISA Affiliate ” means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary, any member of any group of organizations described in Sections 414(b),(c),(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the

 

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Code ”) of which the Company or such subsidiary is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates. No “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, if such “employee benefit plan” were terminated, would have any “amount of unfunded benefit liabilities” (as defined under ERISA). Neither the Company, its subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would reasonably be expected to result in the loss of such qualification.

 

(y) Labor Matters . No labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any subsidiary is in violation of or has received notice of any violation with respect to any federal or state law relating to discrimination in the hiring, promotion or pay of employees, nor any applicable federal or state wage and hour laws, nor any state law precluding the denial of credit due to the neighborhood in which a property is situated, in each case the violation of any of which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(z) Compliance with Environmental Laws . Except as described in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum and except as would not reasonably be expected to, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Change, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum or petroleum products (collectively, “ Hazardous Materials ”) or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “ Environmental Laws ”), (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, and (iii) there are no pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

 

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(aa) Insurance . Each of the Company and its subsidiaries are insured by recognized, financially sound and reputable institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed adequate and customary for their businesses including, but not limited to, policies covering real and personal property owned or leased by the Company and its subsidiaries against theft, damage, destruction and acts of vandalism and policies covering the Company and its subsidiaries for product liability claims and clinical trial liability claims. The Company has no reason to believe that it or any subsidiary will not be able (i) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Change.

 

(bb) Use of Proceeds; Solvency; Going Concern . All indebtedness represented by the Securities is being incurred for proper purposes and in good faith. On the applicable Closing Date, after giving pro forma effect to the Offering and the use of proceeds therefrom described under the caption “Use of Proceeds” in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company (i) will be Solvent (as hereinafter defined), (ii) will have sufficient capital for carrying on its business and (iii) will be able to pay its debts as they mature. As used in this paragraph, the term “ Solvent ” means, with respect to a particular date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Company is not less than the total amount required to pay the liabilities of the Company on its total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) the Company is able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the normal course of business; and (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and the Time of Sale Document and Final Offering Memorandum, the Company is not incurring debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature.

 

(cc) No Price Stabilization or Manipulation; Compliance with Regulation M . The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the shares of Common Stock or any other “reference security” (as defined in Rule 100 of Regulation M under the 1934 Act (“ Regulation M ”)) whether to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities or otherwise, and has taken no action which would directly or indirectly violate Regulation M.

 

(dd) No Registration Required Under the Securities Act or Qualification Under the TIA . Without limiting any provision herein, no registration under the Securities Act and no qualification of the Indenture under the TIA is required for the offer or sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers as contemplated hereby or for the Exempt Resales, assuming (i) that all of the purchasers in the Exempt Resales are QIBs and (ii) the accuracy of the Initial Purchasers’ representations contained herein regarding the absence of general solicitation in connection with the sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and in the Exempt Resales.

 

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(ee) Rule 144A; No Integration. The Securities will be, upon issuance, eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and no other securities of the Company are of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) as the Securities and 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. No securities of the Company have been offered, issued or sold by the Company or any of its affiliates within the six-month period immediately prior to the date hereof that would be integrated with the offering of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act. As used in this paragraph, the terms “offer” and “sale” have the meanings specified in Section 2(a)(3) of the Securities Act.

 

(ff) Margin Requirements . None of the Transactions or the application of the proceeds of the Securities will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act (including, without limitation, Regulation T (12 C.F.R. Part 220), Regulation U (12 C.F.R. Part 221) or Regulation X (12 C.F.R. Part 224) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).

 

(gg) Investment Company Act . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is, and as of the applicable Closing Date and, after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, none of them will be, (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, or (ii) a “business development company” (as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act).

 

(hh) No Brokers . Except as contemplated by this Agreement, and as described in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, there is no broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive from the Company any brokerage or finder’s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any Transactions.

 

(ii) Parties to Lock-Up Agreements . Each of the Company’s directors and executive officers listed in Exhibit B has executed and delivered to Jefferies and Barclays a lock-up agreement in the form of Exhibit A hereto. Exhibit B hereto contains a true, complete and correct list of all directors and executive officers of the Company. If any additional persons shall become directors or executive officers of the Company prior to the end of the Company Lock-up Period (as defined below), the Company shall cause each such person, prior to or contemporaneously with their appointment or election as a director or executive officer of the Company, to execute and deliver to Jefferies and Barclays an agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

(jj)

No Outstanding Loans or Other Extensions of Credit . Since the adoption of Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed any extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan, to or for any director or executive

 

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officer (or equivalent thereof) of the Company and/or such subsidiary except for such extensions of credit as are expressly permitted by Section 13(k) of the Exchange Act.

 

(kk) No Restrictions on Payments of Dividends . As of the applicable Closing Date, except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, there will be no encumbrances or restrictions on the ability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (x) to pay dividends or make other distributions on such subsidiary’s capital stock or to pay any indebtedness to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, or (y) to make loans or advances or pay any indebtedness to, or investments in, the Company or any other subsidiary.

 

(ll) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has (i) taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, or (ii) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit; and the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Company’s affiliates have conducted their respective businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

 

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

 

(nn)

Compliance with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other employee, agent or

 

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affiliate or other person authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “ Sanctions ”), nor is the Company, any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or the target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria and Crimea (each, a “ Sanctioned Country ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or the target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

 

(oo) Stamp Taxes. There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or duties or other similar fees or charges required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance or sale of the Securities.

 

(pp) Listing. The shares of Common Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed on the NASDAQ, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the shares of Common Stock under the Exchange Act or delisting the shares of Common Stock from NASDAQ. Except as described in the Company’s periodic filings under the Exchange Act incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company has not received any notification that the SEC or NASDAQ is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

 

(qq)

Health Care Laws. The Company, its subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees, and, to the Company’s knowledge, agents (while acting in such capacity) are, and at all times since January 1, 2014 have been, in material compliance with, all health care laws applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries or any of its products or activities, including, but not limited to, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)), the Civil Monetary Penalties Laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a), the civil False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.), the Criminal False Statements Law (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(a)), the Physician Payments Sunshine Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320-7h), all criminal laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. §§ 286 and 287, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. §§ 1320d et seq.) as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 17921 et seq.), the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-

 

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7), the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.), the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 801 et seq.), Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act), Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act), the collection and reporting requirements, and the processing of any applicable rebate, chargeback or adjustment, under applicable rules and regulations relating to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (42 U.S.C. § 1396r-8) and any state supplemental rebate program, Medicare average sales price reporting (42 U.S.C. § 1395w-3a), the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the VA Federal Supply Schedule (38 U.S.C. § 8126) or under any state pharmaceutical assistance program or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs agreement, and any successor government programs, each as amended, the regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws, and any other state or federal law, accreditation standards, regulation, memorandum, opinion letter, or other issuance which imposes requirements on the manufacturing, development, testing, labeling, marketing or distribution of pharmaceutical products, kickbacks, patient or program charges, recordkeeping, documentation requirements, referrals, the hiring of employees or acquisition of services or supplies from those who have been excluded from government health care programs, quality, safety, privacy, security, licensure, accreditation or any other aspect of providing health care or pharmaceutical services (collectively, the “ Health Care Laws ”). The Company has not received any notification, correspondence or any other written or oral communication, including notification of any pending or threatened claim, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action (“ Action ”) from any court, arbitrator, third-party or governmental or regulatory authority, including, without limitation, the United States Food and Drug Administration (“ FDA ”), the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the U.S. Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, of potential or actual non-compliance by, or liability of, the Company or its subsidiaries under any Health Care Laws, and to the knowledge of the Company, no such Action is threatened. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability of the Company under any Health Care Laws. The Company is not a party to any corporate integrity agreements, monitoring agreements, deferred prosecution agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar agreements with or imposed by any governmental or regulatory authority.

 

(rr)

Manufacturing of Products. The manufacture of Company products by or on behalf of the Company is being conducted in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Health Care Laws, including, without limitation, the FDA’s current good manufacturing practice regulations at 21 C.F.R. Parts 210-211 for products sold in the United States, and the respective counterparts thereof promulgated by governmental authorities in countries outside the United States. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum or as would not reasonably be expected to result a Material Adverse Change, during the three (3) year period ending on December 31, 2016, the Company has not had any product or manufacturing site (whether Company-owned or that of a contract manufacturer for Company products) subject to a governmental authority (including FDA) shutdown or import or export prohibition, nor received any FDA Form 483 or other governmental authority notice of inspectional observations, “warning letters,” “untitled letters,” requests to make changes to the Company products,

 

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processes or operations, or similar correspondence or notice from the FDA or other governmental authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any applicable Health Care Laws. To the Company’s knowledge, neither the FDA nor any other governmental authority is considering such action.

 

(ss) Clinical Trials. The studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries were and, if still pending, are being conducted in compliance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to accepted professional scientific standards and all applicable laws and authorizations, including, without limitation, the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, except where the failure to be in compliance has not resulted and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change; the descriptions of the results of such studies, tests and trials contained in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum are accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present the data derived from such studies, tests and trials; except to the extent disclosed in the Time of Sale Document, the Company is not aware of any studies, tests or trials, the results of which the Company believes reasonably call into question the study, test, or trial results described or referred to in the Time of Sale Document when viewed in the context in which such results are described and the clinical state of development; and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notices or correspondence from any applicable governmental authority requiring the termination, suspension or material modification of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company or its subsidiaries.

 

(tt) Settlement Orders. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company is not a party to any corporate integrity agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders, or similar agreements with or imposed by any governmental authority.

 

(uu) Health Care Proceedings. Neither the Company, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its directors, officers, employees and agents, is debarred or excluded, or has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct that could result in a debarment or exclusion, from any federal or state government health care program under 21 U.S.C. § 335a or any similar state law, rule or regulation. As of the Time of Sale, no claims, actions, proceedings or investigations that would reasonably be expected to result in such a debarment or exclusion are pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against the Company, or the directors, officers, employees or agents of the Company.

5. Covenants of the Company . The Company agrees:

 

(a)

Securities Law Compliance. To (i) advise the Initial Purchasers promptly after obtaining knowledge (and, if requested by the Representatives, confirm such advice in writing) of (A) the issuance by any U.S. or non-U.S. federal or state securities commission of any stop order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Securities for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose by any U.S. or non-U.S. federal or state securities commission or other regulatory authority, or (B) the happening of any event at any time prior to the

 

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completion of the offering of the Securities that makes any statement of a material fact made in the Time of Sale Document, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum, untrue or that requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Time of Sale Document, any Company Additional Written Communication, or the Final Offering Memorandum, to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Securities under any securities or “Blue Sky” laws of U.S. state or non-U.S. jurisdictions and (iii) if, at any time, any U.S. or non-U.S. federal or state securities commission or other regulatory authority shall issue an order suspending the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of the Securities under any such laws, use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal or lifting of such order at the earliest possible time.

 

(b) Offering Documents. To (i) furnish the Representatives, without charge, as many copies of the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, and any amendments or supplements thereto, as the Representatives may reasonably request, and (ii) promptly prepare, upon the Representatives’ reasonable request, any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Document or Final Offering Memorandum that the Representatives, upon advice of legal counsel, determines may be necessary in connection with Exempt Resales (and the Company hereby consents to the use of the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, and any amendments and supplements thereto, by the Initial Purchasers in connection with Exempt Resales).

 

(c) Consent to Amendments and Supplements. Not to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum prior to the applicable Closing Date, or at any time prior to the completion of the resale by the Initial Purchasers of all the Securities purchased by the Initial Purchasers, unless the Initial Purchasers shall previously have been advised thereof and shall have provided its written consent thereto. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Company Additional Written Communications, the Company will furnish to the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representatives reasonably object. The Company consents to the use by the Initial Purchasers of a Company Additional Written Communication that contains (A) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or their offering or (B) information that describes the final terms of the Securities or their offering and that is included in or is subsequently included in the Final Offering Memorandum, including by means of the Pricing Supplement.

 

(d)

Preparation of Amendments and Supplements to Offering Documents. So long as the Initial Purchasers shall hold any of the Securities, (i) if any event shall occur as a result of which it becomes necessary or advisable to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum to correct any untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, to prepare, at the expense of the Company, an appropriate amendment or supplement to the

 

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Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives) so that as so amended or supplemented, the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum will not include an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (ii) if in the reasonable judgment of the Company it becomes necessary or advisable to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum so that the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum will contain all of the information specified in, and meet the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act, to prepare an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives) so that the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum, as so amended or supplemented, will contain the information specified in, and meet the requirements of, such rule.

 

(e) “Blue Sky” Law Compliance. To cooperate with the Initial Purchasers and the Initial Purchasers’ counsel in connection with the qualification of the Securities under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of U.S. state or non-U.S. jurisdictions as the Representatives may request and continue such qualification in effect so long as reasonably required for Exempt Resales; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be subject. The Company will advise the Initial Purchasers promptly of the suspension of any such exemption relating to the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such exemption, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.

 

(f)

Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder and in connection with the offering of the Securities hereunder, including without limitation (i) all expenses incident to the issuance and delivery of the Securities (including all printing and engraving costs), (ii) all fees and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of the Trustee and the Company’s transfer agent, (iii) all necessary issue, transfer and other stamp taxes in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, (iv) all fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel, independent public or certified public accountants and other advisors, (v) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing, filing, shipping and distribution of the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum (including financial statements, exhibits, schedules, consents and certificates of experts), and all amendments and supplements thereto, and this Agreement, (vi) all filing fees, attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the state securities or blue sky laws, and, if requested by the Representatives, preparing and printing a “blue sky survey”, and any

 

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supplements thereto, advising the Initial Purchasers of such qualifications, registrations, determinations and exemptions, (vii) all fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) of the Company in connection with approval of the Securities by DTC for “book-entry” transfer, (viii) all fees charged by rating agencies in connection with the rating of the Securities, (ix) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the preparation or dissemination of any electronic road show, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations with the prior approval of the Company, and travel and lodging expenses of the representatives, employees and officers of the Company and of the Representatives and any such consultants, and (viii) the fees and expenses associated with listing the Conversion Shares on the NASDAQ and/or any other exchange. Except as provided in this Section 5, Section 8, and Section 9 hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.

 

(g) Use of Proceeds. To use the proceeds of the Offering in the manner described in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”

 

(h) Integration. Not to, and to ensure that no affiliate of the Company will, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any “security” (as defined in the Securities Act) that would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale to the Initial Purchasers or to the purchasers of the Securities in the Exempt Resales.

 

(i) Stabilization or Manipulation. Not to take, and to ensure that no affiliate of the Company will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities or any other reference security (in violation of Regulation M or other applicable laws), in order to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities in the Offering.

 

(j) DTC . To use commercially reasonable efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

 

(k) Rule 144(A) Information. For so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, during any period in which the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to make available, upon request, to any owner of the Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of the Securities in an Exempt Resale from such owner, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

(l)

Additional Offering Materials. Not to, and not to authorize or permit any person acting on its behalf to, (i) distribute any offering material in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities other than the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering

 

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Memorandum and any amendments and supplements to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Final Offering Memorandum prepared in compliance with this Agreement or (ii) solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (including, without limitation, as such terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

(m) Sale of Restricted Securities. During the one year period after the applicable Closing Date (or such shorter period as may be provided for in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, as the same may be in effect from time to time), to not, and to not permit any current or future subsidiaries of either the Company or any other affiliates controlled by the Company to, resell any of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by the Company, any current or future subsidiaries or any other affiliates controlled by the Company, except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Securities no longer being “restricted securities” (as such term is defined under Rule 144(a)(3)).

 

(n) Listing . The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Conversion Shares to be listed, and to maintain the listing of the Conversion Shares, on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 

(o)

Company Lock-Up. During the period commencing on and including the date hereof and continuing through and including the 90 th day following the date of the Final Offering Memorandum (the “ Lock-up Period ”), the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives), directly or indirectly: (i) sell, offer to sell, contract to sell or lend any Common Stock or Related Securities (as defined below); (ii) effect any short sale, or establish or increase any “put equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) or liquidate or decrease any “call equivalent position” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(b) under the Exchange Act) of any Common Stock or Related Securities; (iii) pledge, hypothecate or grant any security interest in any Common Stock or Related Securities; (iv) in any other way transfer or dispose of any Common Stock or Related Securities; (v) enter into any swap, hedge or similar arrangement or agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic risk of ownership of any Common Stock or Related Securities, regardless of whether any such transaction is to be settled in securities, in cash or otherwise; (vi) announce the offering of any Common Stock or Related Securities; (vii) file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of any Common Stock or Related Securities (other than as contemplated by this Agreement or a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the Company’s equity incentive plans); or (viii) publicly announce the intention to do any of the foregoing; provided, however , that the Company may issue Common Stock (i) pursuant to transactions relating to any director or employee equity incentive plan, stock ownership plan or dividend reinvestment plan of the Company in effect at the date of the Time of Sale Document and described in the Time of Sale Document (including the issuance of securities thereunder, the issuance of Common Stock upon the exercise of options issued

 

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pursuant thereto, and the issuance of Common Stock upon the vesting of restricted stock units issued pursuant thereto), (ii) pursuant to the conversion of securities or the exercise of warrants outstanding at the date of the Time of Sale Document and described in the Time of Sale Document, (iii) to one or more counterparties in connection with the consummation a strategic partnership, joint venture, collaboration or the acquisition or license of any business products or technology; provided that, with respect to this subsection (iii), (1) the sum of the aggregate number of Common Stock so issued shall not exceed 5% of the total outstanding shares of Common Stock immediately following the completion of this offering of Securities and (2) prior to the issuance of such shares of Common Stock each recipient of Common Stock agrees in writing not to sell, offer, dispose of or otherwise transfer any such shares of Common Stock during such Lock-up Period without the prior written consent of the Representatives (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of the Representatives). For purposes of the foregoing, “ Related Securities ” shall mean any options or warrants or other rights to acquire Shares or any securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares, or to acquire other securities or rights ultimately exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, Shares.

 

(p) Investment Company . For so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Company and its subsidiaries will conduct their businesses in a manner so as to not be required to register under the Investment Company Act.

6. Representations and Warranties of the Initial Purchasers . Each of the Initial Purchasers, severally and not jointly, represent and warrant that:

 

(a) Initial Purchasers Status, Resale Terms. It is a QIB and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act.

 

(b) Sale of Restricted Securities. It will sell the Securities as part of the initial offering only to persons reasonably believed by the Initial Purchasers to be QIBs; provided , however , that in purchasing such Securities, such persons are deemed to have represented and agreed as provided under the caption “Transfer Restrictions” contained in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

(c) General Solicitation and Directed Selling Efforts. (i) It has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and (ii) none of the Initial Purchases, nor any of their affiliates nor any person acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts (within the meaning of Regulation S) with respect to the Securities.

7. Conditions . The respective obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on each Closing Date of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:

 

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(a) Closing Deliverables. The Initial Purchasers shall have received on the applicable Closing Date:

 

  (i) Officers’ Certificate. A certificate dated the applicable Closing Date, signed by (1) the Chief Executive Officer and (2) the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company, to the effect that (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the applicable Closing Date, (b) the Company has performed and complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the applicable Closing Date, (c) at the applicable Closing Date, since the date hereof or since the date of the most recent financial statements in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto after the date hereof), no event or events have occurred, no information has become known nor does any condition exist that, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a Material Adverse Change, and (d) the sale of the Securities has not been enjoined (temporarily or permanently).

 

  (ii) Secretary’s Certificate. A certificate, dated the applicable Closing Date, executed by the Secretary of the Company, certifying such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request.

 

  (iii) Good Standing Certificates. A certificate evidencing qualification by such entity as a foreign corporation in good standing issued by the Secretary of State of California as of a date within five business days prior to the applicable Closing Date.

 

  (iv) Company Counsel Opinion. The opinion and negative assurance letter of Cooley LLP, counsel to the Company, dated the applicable Closing Date, in the form satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

  (v) Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company. The opinion of Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC, intellectual property counsel for the Company, dated the applicable Closing Date, with respect to certain intellectual property matters, in the form satisfactory to the Representatives.

 

  (vi) Initial Purchasers’ Counsel Opinion. An opinion letter and negative assurance letter, each dated the applicable Closing Date, of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Initial Purchasers, in form satisfactory to the Representatives covering such matters as are customarily covered in such letters.

 

  (vii)

Comfort Letter. The Representatives shall have received from Ernst & Young LLP, the registered public or certified public accountants of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2016 and subsequent periods, (A) a customary initial comfort letter delivered according to Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72 (or any successor bulletin), dated the date hereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and its counsel, with respect to the financial

 

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statements and certain financial information contained in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, and (B) a customary “bring-down” comfort letter, dated the applicable Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and its counsel, to the effect that Ernst & Young LLP which includes, among other things, a reaffirmation of the statements made in its initial letter furnished pursuant to clause (A) with respect to such financial statements and financial information contained in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

(b) No Material Adverse Change. Except as described in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, or (ii) since such date there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is, individually or in the aggregate, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered on such Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Final Offering Memorandum.

 

(c) No Hostilities. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States, including acts of terrorism, or other national or international calamity or crisis, or material adverse change or disruption in economic conditions in, or in the financial markets of, the United States (it being understood that any such change or disruption shall be relative to such conditions and markets as in effect on the date hereof), if the effect of such outbreak, escalation, calamity, crisis, act or material adverse change in the economic conditions in, or in the financial markets of, the United States as to make it, in the Representatives’ sole judgment, impracticable or inadvisable to market or proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Document and the Final Offering Memorandum or to enforce contracts for the sale of any of the Securities.

 

(d)

No Suspension in Trading; Banking Moratorium. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in the Company’s common stock shall have been suspended by the SEC or the NASDAQ or a suspension or limitation of trading generally in securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Global Market, or the NASDAQ Capital Market, or any setting of limitations on prices for securities occurs on any such exchange or market, (ii) the declaration of a banking moratorium by any governmental authority has occurred or the taking of any action by any governmental authority after the date

 

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hereof in respect of its monetary or fiscal affairs, (iii) a suspension or limitation of trading in securities of the Company or (iv) a material disruption in settlement or clearing services that, in the case of clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph, in the Representatives’ sole judgment, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial markets in the United States or elsewhere.

 

(e) Listing. The Conversion Shares shall be listed on the NASDAQ.

 

(f) Lock-Up . The Representatives shall have received an executed Lock-Up Agreement from each of the directors and executive officers set forth on Exhibit B .

 

(g) Corporate Proceedings. All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of the Documents and the Transactions and all other legal matters relating of the offering, issuance and sale of the Securities and the Transactions shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel to the Initial Purchasers; and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

8. Indemnification and Contribution.

 

(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents, and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities of any kind to which any Initial Purchaser, affiliate, director, officer, employee, agent or such controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:

 

  (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Document, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto; or

 

  (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state, in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Document, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum, or any amendment or supplement thereto, a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,

and, subject to the provisions hereof, will reimburse, as incurred, any Initial Purchaser and its affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and each such controlling persons for any legal or other expenses incurred by such person in connection with investigating, defending against, settling, compromising, paying or appearing as a third-party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action in respect

 

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thereof; provided , however , that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent (but only to the extent) that a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final, unappealable judgment that such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arising out of, or was based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Document, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company by the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Representatives to the Company consists of the information set forth in Section 13. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section shall be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have to the indemnified parties.

 

(b) Indemnification by the Initial Purchasers . Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses to which the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as a court of competent jurisdiction shall have determined by a final, unappealable judgment that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of, or was based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Document or the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto or (ii) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent (but only to the extent) that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company by the Representatives specifically for use therein as set forth in Section 13; and, subject to the limitation set forth immediately preceding this clause, will reimburse, as incurred, any legal or other expenses incurred by the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action in respect thereof. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section shall be in addition to any liability that the Initial Purchasers may otherwise have to the indemnified parties.

 

(c)

Notifications and Other Indemnification Procedures . As promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action for which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification under this Section, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof in writing; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability under Section 8(a) or (b) above unless and only to the extent it is materially prejudiced as a proximate result thereof and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the

 

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indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in Section 8(a) and (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may elect, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified by written notice delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided , however , that if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party, and the indemnified party shall have concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after receipt by the indemnifying party of notice of the institution of such action, then, in each such case, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties at the expense of the indemnifying party. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in connection with such action the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, designated by the Initial Purchasers in the case of Section 8(a) or the Company in the case of Section 8(b), representing the indemnified parties under such Section 8(a) or (b), as the case may be, who are parties to such action or actions), (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing, in advance, the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of counsel shall be at the expense of the indemnifying party and shall be paid as they are incurred. After such notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), unless such

 

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indemnifying party waived in writing its rights under this Section, in which case the indemnified party may effect such a settlement without such consent.

 

(d) Settlements . No indemnifying party shall be liable under this Section for any settlement of any claim or action (or threatened claim or action) effected without its written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if a claim or action settled with its written consent, or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff with respect to any such claim or action, each indemnifying party jointly and severally agrees, subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth above, to indemnify and hold harmless each indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities (and legal and other expenses as set forth above) incurred by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which the indemnified party is or could have been a party, or indemnity could have been sought hereunder by the indemnified party, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written release of the indemnified party, in form and substance satisfactory to the indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for legal or other expenses as contemplated by Section 8(c) hereof, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of such judgment.

 

(e)

Contribution . In circumstances in which the indemnity agreements provided for in this Section is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof), each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contributions, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties, on the one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Offering or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties, on the one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof). The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the Offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers. The relative fault

 

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of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 8(b) above, on the other hand, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or alleged statement or omissions, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances.

 

(f) Equitable Consideration. The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution determined pursuant to Section 8(e) were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in Section 8(e). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, the Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to make contributions hereunder that in the aggregate exceed the total discounts, commissions and other compensation received by such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement, less the aggregate amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of the untrue or alleged untrue statements or the omissions or alleged omissions to state a material fact. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Each Initial Purchaser’s obligation to contribute hereunder shall be several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint. For purposes of Section 8(e), each director, officer, employee and affiliate of any Initial Purchaser, and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as any Initial Purchaser, and each director, officer, and employee of the Company and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company.

9. Termination . The Representatives may terminate this Agreement (i) at any time prior to the applicable Closing Date by written notice to the Company if any of the events described in Sections 7(b) (No Material Adverse Change), 7(c) (No Hostilities) or 7(d) (No Suspension in Trading; Banking Moratorium) shall have occurred or if the Initial Purchasers shall decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted by this Agreement or (ii) on the applicable Closing Date if any condition described in Section 7 is not fulfilled or waived in writing by the Representatives on or prior to the applicable Closing Date. Any termination pursuant to this Section shall be without liability on the part of (a) the Company to the Initial Purchasers, except that the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all reasonable out of pocket expenses (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Initial Purchasers) incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the proposed purchase of the Securities, and upon demand the Company shall pay the full amount thereof to the Representatives or (b) the Initial Purchasers to the Company, except, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), that the provisions of Sections 9 and 10 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 11 by reason of the default of one or more of the Initial Purchasers, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Initial Purchaser on account of those

 

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expenses. In the event any such termination is effected after the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities and the reimbursement of any fees and expenses of the Initial Purchasers as otherwise provided in this Agreement but prior to any closing with respect to the purchase and sale of any Option Securities, the Company shall only be obligated to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for their out out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel), incurred after the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities and in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of any Option Securities.

10. Survival . The representations and warranties, covenants, indemnities and contribution and expense reimbursement provisions and other agreements of the Company set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, and will survive, regardless of (i) any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, (ii) the acceptance of the Securities, and payment for them hereunder, and (iii) any termination of this Agreement.

11. Defaulting Initial Purchaser . If, on the applicable Closing Date, any one of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date. If, on the applicable Closing Date any Initial Purchaser shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or of the Company (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Option Securities after the Initial Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Initial Securities purchased prior to such termination). Any action taken under this Section shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.

12. No Fiduciary Relationship. The Company hereby acknowledges that each Initial Purchaser is acting solely as initial purchaser in connection with the purchase and sale of the Securities. The Company further acknowledges that each Initial Purchaser is acting pursuant to a contractual relationship created solely by this Agreement entered into on an arm’s length basis, and in no event do the parties intend that the Initial Purchasers act or be responsible as a fiduciary to the Company or their management, stockholders or creditors or any other person in connection with any activity that the Initial Purchasers may undertake or have undertaken in furtherance of the purchase and sale of the Securities, either before or after the date hereof. The Initial Purchasers hereby expressly disclaims any fiduciary or similar obligations to the Company, either in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any matters leading up to such transactions, and the Company hereby confirms its understanding and

 

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agreement to that effect. The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that they are each responsible for making their own independent judgments with respect to any such transactions and that any opinions or views expressed by the Initial Purchasers to the Company regarding such transactions, including, but not limited to, any opinions or views with respect to the price or market for the Securities, do not constitute advice or recommendations to the Company. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of any fiduciary duty to the Company in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

13. Information Supplied by the Representatives. The Company hereby acknowledges that, for purposes of Section 4(c) and Section 8, the only information that the Representatives have furnished to the Company specifically for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Final Offering Memorandum are the statements set forth in (a) the fourth paragraph, (b) the fifth sentence of the seventh paragraph and (c) the paragraph relating to stabilization by the Initial Purchasers, in each case, appearing under the caption “Plan of Distribution” in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum.

14. Miscellaneous.

(a) Notices . Notices given pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the address as follows: (i) if to the Company, to: 12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, California 92130, Attention: Chief Legal Officer (Fax: (858) 777-3488), with a copy to: Cooley LLP, 4401 Eastgate Mall, San Diego, California 92121, Attention: Jason L. Kent, Esq. (fax: (858) 550-6420); and (ii) if to the Initial Purchasers, to: Jefferies LLC, 520 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022 (fax: (646) 619-4437), Attention: General Counsel; and to Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York, 10019, (fax: (646) 834-8133), Attention: Syndicate Registration; with a copy to: Latham & Watkins LLP, 885 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Gregory P. Rodgers, Esq. (Fax: (212) 751-4864) (or in any case to such other address as the person to be notified may have requested in writing).

 

(b) Beneficiaries. This Agreement has been and is made solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Company, the Initial Purchasers and to the extent provided in Section 8 hereof, the controlling persons, affiliates, officers, directors, partners, employees, representatives and agents referred to in Section 8 hereof and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, all as and to the extent provided in this Agreement, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. The term “successors and assigns” shall not include a purchaser of any of the Securities from the Initial Purchasers merely because of such purchase.

 

(c)

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial; Venue . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Company hereby expressly and irrevocably (i) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the

 

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Transactions, and (ii) waives (a) its right to a trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, the Transactions or any course of conduct, course of dealing, statements (whether verbal or written) or actions of the Initial Purchasers and for any counterclaim related to any of the foregoing and (b) any obligation which it may have or hereafter may have to the laying of venue of any such litigation brought in any such court referred to above and any claim that any such litigation has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

(d) Entire Agreement; Counterparts . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

(e) Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(f) Separability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

(g) Amendment . This Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may be given, provided that the same are in writing and signed by all of the signatories hereto.

 

(h) USA Patriot Act. The parties acknowledge that in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2011)), the Initial Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly identify their clients.

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement among the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

 

Very truly yours,
NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES, INC., a Delaware corporation
By:  

/s/ Kevin Gorman

  Name:   Kevin Gorman
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer


Accepted and Agreed to:
For themselves and as Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I hereto
By:   JEFFERIES LLC
By:  

/s/ Dustin Tyner

Name:   Dustin Tyner
Title:   Managing Director
By:   BARCLAY CAPITAL INC.
By:  

/s/ Michael Sherman

Name:   Michael Sherman
Title:   Managing Director


SCHEDULE I

INITIAL PURCHASERS

 

Initial Purchasers

   Principal Amount  

Jefferies LLC

   $ 162,000,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 162,000,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 51,750,000  

Leerink Partners LLC

   $ 51,750,000  

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated

   $ 11,250,000  

H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC

   $ 11,250,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 450,000,000  


SCHEDULE II

PRICING SUPPLEMENT

 

PRICING TERM SHEET    CONFIDENTIAL
April 26, 2017   

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

Offering of

$450,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2024

The information in this pricing term sheet (this “Pricing Term Sheet”) supplements Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.’s preliminary offering memorandum, dated April 25, 2017 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”), and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. Terms used, but not defined, in this Pricing Term Sheet have the respective meanings set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. As used in this Pricing Term Sheet, “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. and not to its subsidiaries.

 

Issuer    Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Ticker / Exchange for Common Stock    NBIX / NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”).
Trade Date    April 27, 2017.
Settlement Date    May 2, 2017.
Notes    2.25% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the “Notes”).
Principal Amount    $450,000,000 (or, if the initial purchasers fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes, solely to cover over-allotments, $517,500,000) aggregate principal amount of Notes.
Offering Price    100% of the principal amount of the Notes.
Maturity    May 15, 2024, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.
Stated Interest Rate    2.25% per annum.
Interest Payment Dates    May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2017.


Record Dates    May 1 and November 1.
Last Reported Sale Price per Share of Common Stock on NASDAQ on April 26, 2017    $53.28.
Conversion Premium    Approximately 42.50% above the Last Reported Sale Price per Share of Common Stock on NASDAQ on April 26, 2017.
Initial Conversion Price    Approximately $75.92 per share of our common stock.
Initial Conversion Rate    13.1711 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.
Use of Proceeds    We estimate that the net proceeds to us from this offering will be approximately $436.6 million (or approximately $502.2 million if the initial purchasers fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes), after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and our estimated offering expenses. We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering for general corporate purposes, which may include commercialization expenses, clinical trial and other research and development expenses, capital expenditures, working capital and general and administrative expenses, and potential acquisitions of or investments in businesses, products and technologies that complement our business, although we have no present commitments or agreements to make any such acquisitions or investments.
Book-Running Managers    Jefferies LLC
   Barclays Capital Inc.
   J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
   Leerink Partners LLC
Co-Managers    Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated
   H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC
CUSIP / ISIN Numbers    64125C AC3 / US64125CAC38.
Increase to Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change    If a make-whole fundamental change occurs and the conversion date for the conversion of a Note occurs during the related make-whole fundamental change conversion period,


   then, subject to the provisions described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Increase in Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” the conversion rate applicable to such conversion will be increased by a number of shares set forth in the table below corresponding (after interpolation as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum under such caption) to the effective date and the stock price of such make-whole fundamental change:

 

     Stock Price  

Effective Date

   $53.28      $60.00      $70.00      $75.92      $85.00      $98.70      $120.00      $150.00      $200.00      $250.00  

May 2, 2017

     5.5976        4.5205        3.3851        2.8908        2.3049        1.6870        1.0953        0.6422        0.2897        0.1270  

May 15, 2018

     5.5976        4.3757        3.2071        2.7032        2.1127        1.5013        0.9342        0.5211        0.2224        0.0948  

May 15, 2019

     5.5976        4.2292        3.0054        2.4833        1.8793        1.2700        0.7324        0.3733        0.1448        0.0593  

May 15, 2020

     5.5976        4.0988        2.7806        2.2198        1.5784        0.9538        0.4563        0.1877        0.0622        0.0249  

May 15, 2021

     5.5976        4.0532        2.6251        2.0011        1.2561        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

May 15, 2022

     5.5976        4.0132        2.5391        1.9132        1.1845        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

May 15, 2023

     5.5976        3.7977        2.2240        1.6030        0.9364        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

May 15, 2024

     5.5976        3.4957        1.1147        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

If such effective date or stock price are not set forth in the table above, then:

 

   

if such stock price is between two stock prices in the table above or the effective date is between two effective dates in the table above, then the number of additional shares will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the numbers of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock prices in the table and the earlier and later effective dates in the table above, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable; and

 

   

if the stock price is greater than $250.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above are adjusted, as described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Increase in Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change—Adjustment of Stock Prices and Number of Additional Shares”), or less than $53.28 (subject to adjustment in the same manner), per share, then no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will the conversion rate be increased to an amount that exceeds 18.7687 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which amount is subject to adjustment in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the conversion rate is required to be adjusted pursuant to the provisions described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Notes—Conversion Rights—Conversion Rate Adjustments—Generally.”

* * *


This communication is confidential and is intended for the sole use of the person to whom it is provided by the sender. The information in this Pricing Term Sheet does not purport to be a complete description of the Notes or the offering.

The offer and sale of the Notes and the shares of common stock, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any other securities laws, and the Notes and any such shares cannot be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any other applicable securities laws. The initial purchasers are initially offering the Notes only to qualified institutional buyers as defined in, and in reliance on, Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Notes and any shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes are not transferable except in accordance with the restrictions described in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum under the caption “Transfer Restrictions.”

You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented by this Pricing Term Sheet, in making an investment decision with respect to the Notes.

Neither this Pricing Term Sheet nor the Preliminary Offering Memorandum constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any Notes in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful to do so, where the person making the offer is not qualified to do so or to any person who cannot legally be offered the Notes.

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


EXHIBIT A

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

                    , 2017

JEFFERIES LLC

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.

as Representatives of the

Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule I

of the Purchase Agreement

c/o Jefferies LLC

520 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

c/o Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

 

RE: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Ladies & Gentlemen:

The undersigned is an owner of record or beneficially of certain shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (“ Shares ”) or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares. The Company proposes to carry out an offering (the “ Offering ”), pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of Convertible Senior Notes (the “ Notes ”) for which Jefferies LLC (“ Jefferies ”) and Barclays Capital Inc. (“ Barclays ”) will act as the representatives of the several initial purchasers (the “ Initial Purchasers ”). The undersigned recognizes that the Offering will be of benefit to the undersigned and will benefit the Company by, among other things, raising additional capital for its operations. The undersigned acknowledges that you and any other Initial Purchasers are relying on the representations and agreements of the undersigned contained in this letter agreement in carrying out the Offering and in entering into a purchase agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) with the Company with respect to the Offering.

In consideration of the foregoing, the undersigned hereby agrees that the undersigned will not (and will cause any spouse or immediate family member of the spouse or the undersigned living in the undersigned’s household not to), without the prior written consent of Jefferies and Barclays (which consent may be withheld in their sole discretion), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell (including without limitation any short sale), pledge, transfer, establish an open “put equivalent position” within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(h) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “ Exchange Act ”) or otherwise dispose of any Shares, options or warrants to acquire Shares, or securities exchangeable or exercisable for or convertible into Shares currently or hereafter owned either of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by the undersigned (or such spouse or family member), or publicly announce an intention to do any of the foregoing, for a period commencing on the date hereof and continuing through the close of trading on the date 90 days after the date of the final offering memorandum used to sell the Notes (the “ Lock-up Period ”); provided , that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (1) the transfer of any or all of the Shares owned by the undersigned, either during the undersigned’s lifetime or on death, by gift, will or intestate succession to any immediate family member of the undersigned or to a trust the beneficiaries of which are exclusively the undersigned and/or a member or members of his or her immediate family and (2) the transfer or sale of any Shares or other securities solely to satisfy tax obligations related to the

 

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delivery of Shares pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock units granted to the undersigned; provided, however , that in the case of a transfer under subsection (1) above, it shall be a condition to such transfer that (y) the transferee executes and delivers to Jefferies and Barclays an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding the Shares subject to the provisions of this letter agreement, and there shall be no further transfer of such Shares, except in accordance with this letter agreement and (z) no filing by any party under the Exchange Act or other public announcement reporting a reduction in the beneficial ownership of Shares held by the undersigned shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or disposition, and provided , further , that in the case of any transfer pursuant to subsection (2) above, any filing made under the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall indicate (in the notes thereto or otherwise) that the filing or announcement relates to the circumstances described in subsection (2). For the purposes of this paragraph, “immediate family” shall mean the spouse, domestic partner, lineal descendant (including adopted children), father, mother, brother or sister of the transferor. In addition, notwithstanding the lock-up restrictions described herein, the undersigned may at any time after the date hereof (A) exercise any options or warrants to purchase Shares (including by cashless exercise to the extent permitted by the instruments representing such options or warrants); provided , however , that in any such case the Shares issued upon exercise shall remain subject to the provisions of this letter agreement, (B) enter into a trading plan (a “ New Plan ”) meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, relating to the sale of Shares, if then permitted by the Company and applicable law; provided that the Shares subject to such New Plan may not be sold during the Lock-Up Period and that no filing with the Commission or other public announcement shall be required or voluntarily made by the undersigned or any other person in connection therewith or (C) sell Shares pursuant to a written plan, existing as of the date hereof, meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act, if then permitted by the Company and applicable law; provided that any filing made under the Exchange Act in connection therewith shall state that such sales were made pursuant to a written plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c) under the Exchange Act.

The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Shares held by the undersigned except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

With respect to the Offering only, the undersigned waives any registration rights relating to registration under the Securities Act of any Shares owned either of record or beneficially by the undersigned, including any rights to receive notice of the Offering.

It is understood that, if (i) the Company notifies Jefferies and Barclays in writing that it does not intend to proceed with the Offering, (ii) if the Purchase Agreement is not executed by May 31, 2017, or (iii) if the Purchase Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated for any reason prior to payment for and delivery of the Notes to be sold thereunder, this letter agreement shall immediately be terminated and the undersigned shall automatically be released from all of his or her obligations under this letter agreement. This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this letter agreement. This letter agreement is irrevocable and all authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

 

Very truly yours,
Signature:  

 

Printed Name:  

 

Capacity:  

 

(and indicate capacity of person signing if signing as custodian, trustee, or on behalf of an entity)

 

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EXHIBIT B

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

Kevin C. Gorman, Ph.D.

David-Alexandre Gros, M.D.

Christopher F. O’Brien, M.D.

Haig P. Bozigian, Ph.D.

Dimitri E. Grigoriadis, Ph.D.

Kyle Gano, Ph.D.

Malcolm Lloyd Smith

Darin Lippoldt

Eric Benevich

Joseph A. Mollica, Ph.D.

George J. Morrow

Gary A. Lyons

Corinne H. Nevinny

Richard F. Pops

Alfred W. Sandrock, Jr.

Stephen A. Sherwin, M.D.

William H. Rastetter, Ph.D.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

Neurocrine Announces Proposed Convertible Senior Notes Offering

San Diego, CA— (PRNewswire)—April 25, 2017—Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2024 (the “notes”) in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Neurocrine also expects to grant the initial purchasers of the notes a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $67.5 million aggregate principal amount of notes.

The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of Neurocrine and will accrue interest payable semiannually in arrears. The notes will be convertible in certain circumstances into cash, shares of Neurocrine’s common stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Neurocrine’s common stock, at Neurocrine’s election. The interest rate, initial conversion rate and other terms of the notes will be determined at the time of the pricing of the offering.

Neurocrine intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include commercialization expenses, clinical trial and other research and development expenses, capital expenditures, working capital and general and administrative expenses.

The offer and sale of the notes and the shares, if any, issuable upon conversion of the notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, and the notes and such shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes or any shares issuable upon conversion of the notes, nor shall there be any sale of the notes or such shares, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Neurocrine Biosciences

Neurocrine Biosciences is a San Diego based biotechnology company focused on neurologic, psychiatric and endocrine related disorders. In April of 2017 the FDA approved INGREZZA TM (valbenazine) capsules for the treatment of adults with tardive dyskinesia (TD). INGREZZA is a novel, selective vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor, and is the first and only FDA-approved product indicated for the treatment of adults with TD. The Company markets INGREZZA in the United States. The Company’s three late-stage clinical programs are: elagolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist for women’s health that is partnered with AbbVie Inc.; opicapone, a novel, once-daily, peripherally-acting, highly-selective catechol-o-methyltransferase inhibitor under investigation as adjunct therapy to levodopa in Parkinson’s patients; and INGREZZA™ (valbenazine), a novel, once-daily, selective VMAT2 inhibitor under investigation for the treatment of Tourette Syndrome.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties such as those, among others, relating to Neurocrine’s


expectations regarding the completion, timing and size of its proposed offering. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions, whether Neurocrine will offer the notes or be able to consummate the proposed offering at the anticipated size or on the anticipated terms, or at all, the satisfaction of closing conditions related to the proposed offering, as well as risks and uncertainties associated with Neurocrine’s business and finances in general, and the other risks described in Neurocrine’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. Neurocrine undertakes no obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.

Contact Information

For further information contact:

Investor Relations

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

858-617-7600

ir@neurocrine.com

Exhibit 99.3

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. Prices $450.0 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

San Diego, CA —April 26, 2017—Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBIX) announced today the pricing of its offering of $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.25% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the “notes”). The notes will be sold in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The sale of the notes is expected to close on May 2, 2017, subject to customary closing conditions. Neurocrine also granted the initial purchasers of the notes a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $67.5 million aggregate principal amount of notes.

The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of Neurocrine and will accrue interest payable in cash semi-annually in arrears at a rate of 2.25% per annum. The notes will mature on May 15, 2024, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding January 15, 2024, the notes will be convertible at the option of the holders only upon the satisfaction of certain circumstances. Thereafter, the notes will be convertible at the option of the holders at any time until the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. Upon conversion, Neurocrine will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at its election. The initial conversion rate will be 13.1711 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $75.92 per share), subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of specified events.

Neurocrine may not redeem the notes prior to May 15, 2021. On or after May 15, 2021, Neurocrine may redeem all, or any portion, of the notes for cash if the last reported sale price per share of Neurocrine’s common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price on each of at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before Neurocrine sends the related redemption notice, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Neurocrine estimates that the net proceeds from the offering will be approximately $436.6 million (or approximately $502.2 million if the initial purchasers exercise in full their option to purchase additional notes), after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by Neurocrine. Neurocrine intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may include commercialization expenses, clinical trial and other research and development expenses, capital expenditures, working capital and general and administrative expenses.

The offer and sale of the notes and the shares, if any, issuable upon conversion of the notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws, and the notes and such shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes or any shares issuable upon conversion of the notes, nor shall there be any sale of the notes or such shares, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

About Neurocrine Biosciences

Neurocrine Biosciences is a San Diego based biotechnology company focused on neurologic, psychiatric and endocrine related disorders. In April of 2017 the FDA approved INGREZZA TM (valbenazine) capsules for the treatment of adults with tardive dyskinesia (TD). INGREZZA is a novel, selective


vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor, and is the first and only FDA-approved product indicated for the treatment of adults with TD. The Company markets INGREZZA in the United States. The Company’s three late-stage clinical programs are: elagolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist for women’s health that is partnered with AbbVie Inc.; opicapone, a novel, once-daily, peripherally-acting, highly-selective catechol-o-methyltransferase inhibitor under investigation as adjunct therapy to levodopa in Parkinson’s patients; and INGREZZA™ (valbenazine), a novel, once-daily, selective VMAT2 inhibitor under investigation for the treatment of Tourette Syndrome.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties such as those, among others, relating to Neurocrine’s expectations regarding the completion of its proposed offering and the expected net proceeds therefrom. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties associated with market conditions, the satisfaction of closing conditions related to the offering, and risks related to the application of the net proceeds, if any, from the offering, as well as risks and uncertainties associated with Neurocrine’s business and finances in general, and the other risks described in Neurocrine’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. Neurocrine undertakes no obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.

Contact Information

For further information contact:

Investor Relations

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

858-617-7600

ir@neurocrine.com