UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): April 16, 2018

 

 

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-35347   90-0475355

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

5500 Flatiron Parkway, Suite 100

Boulder, Colorado

    80301
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (303) 625-5000

Not Applicable

(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.

Public Offering of Common Stock

On April 16, 2018, Clovis Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Common Stock Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as underwriters (the “Underwriters”), relating to the issuance and sale of 1,837,898 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Shares”). Under the terms of the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional 275,684 Shares.

The offering price of the Shares to the public was $54.41 per Share, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase the Shares from the Company pursuant to the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement at a price of $51.281425 per Share.

Public Offering of Convertible Notes

On April 16, 2018, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Convertible Notes Underwriting Agreement” and, together with the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement, the “Underwriting Agreements”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as Underwriters, relating to the issuance and sale of $300 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”). Under the terms of the Convertible Notes Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days, to purchase up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of Notes.

The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of April 19, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by that first supplemental indenture, dated as of April 19, 2018, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”). The Notes will mature on May 1, 2025. Interest on the Notes will be payable on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2018.

The Notes were priced to investors in the offering at 100% of their principal amount, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase the Notes from the Company pursuant to the Convertible Notes Underwriting Agreement at a price of 97.25% of their principal amount. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company, ranking senior in right of payment to any of the Company’s indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes.

The Notes are convertible at an initial conversion rate of 13.1278 shares of the Company’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $76.17 per share of common stock). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in some events as described in the Indenture. Holders may convert their Notes at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date. In addition, following certain corporate events that occur prior to the maturity date or upon the Company’s issuance of a notice of redemption, the Company will increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its Notes in connection with such corporate event or during the related redemption period in certain circumstances by a specified number of shares of common stock as described in the Indenture.

The Company will not have the right to redeem the Notes prior to May 1, 2022. On or after May 1, 2022, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, if the last reported sale price of the Company’s common stock has been at least 150% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending not more than two trading days preceding the date on which the Company provides written notice of redemption. In the case of any optional redemption, the Company will redeem the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date.

If the Company undergoes a fundamental change described in the Indenture prior to the maturity date of the Notes, holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or part of their Notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The Indenture provides for customary terms and covenants, including that upon certain events of default, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may declare the unpaid principal amount of the Notes and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon immediately due and payable. In the case of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal amount of the Notes together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon will automatically become and be immediately due and payable.

These descriptions of the Indenture and the Notes are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Base Indenture and Supplemental Indenture, including the Form of Note, which are filed as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Closing of the Offerings

The offerings of the Shares and the Notes closed on April 19, 2018. The net proceeds to the Company from the offerings were approximately $385.0 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company. The net proceeds from the offerings will be used for general corporate purposes, including sales and marketing expenses associated with Rubraca in the United States and, if approved by the European Commission, in Europe, funding of the Company’s development programs, general and administrative expenses, acquisition or licensing of additional product candidates or businesses and working capital.

The offerings were made pursuant to the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-215400), initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2017, as amended by that certain Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2018, and the prospectus supplements thereunder.

The Underwriting Agreements contain customary representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements by the Company, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, including for liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The representations, warranties, and covenants contained in the Underwriting Agreements were made only for purposes of such agreements and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreements, and may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties. The Underwriting Agreements are filed as Exhibit 1.1 and Exhibit 1.2 to this report, and the description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreements is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibits.

A copy of the opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP relating to the legality of the issuance and sale of the Shares and Notes is attached as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.

 

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

The information required by this Item 2.03 relating to the Notes and the Indenture is contained in Item 1.01 above and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On April 16, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the commencement of the offerings. On April 16, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the offerings. The press releases are attached as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Description

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated April 16, 2018
  1.2    Underwriting Agreement, dated April 16, 2018
  4.1    Indenture, dated April 19, 2018
  4.2    First Supplemental Indenture, dated April 19, 2018
  4.3    Form of Global Note representing 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (included as part of Exhibit 4.2)
  5.1    Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
23.1    Consent of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
99.1    Press Release, dated April 16, 2018
99.2    Press Release, dated April 16, 2018

 

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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.

 

    CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.
April 19, 2018     By:   /s/ Paul Gross
    Name:   Paul Gross
    Title:   Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.

1,837,898 Shares of Common Stock

(par value $0.001 per share)

Underwriting Agreement

April 16, 2018

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                    INCORPORATED

c/o

J. P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                    Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Clovis Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to you, the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), an aggregate of 1,837,898 shares (the “Underwritten Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 275,684 shares of common stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares.” The shares of Common Stock of the Company to be issued and outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares are referred to herein as the “Stock.”

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:

1. Registration Statement . The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-215400), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement;” and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration


Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”) to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Annex B, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated April 16, 2018 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex B hereto.

“Applicable Time” means 5:30 p.m., New York City time, on April 16, 2018.

2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters .

(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per share of $51.281425 (the “Purchase Price”).

In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Shares at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares.

If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares as the Underwriters in their sole discretion shall make.

The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Underwriters to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Except with respect to Option Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date, if any, any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.

 

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(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Underwriters is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Shares purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Underwriters in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 12670 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on April 19, 2018, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Underwriters and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Underwriters in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the “Closing Date,” and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date.”

Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Underwriters for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Underwriters shall otherwise instruct.

(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, the Underwriters are not advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package has been issued by the Commission, and the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and such Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made

 

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in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(b)     Pricing Disclosure Package . The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package and no statement of material fact included in the Pricing Disclosure Package that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.

(c)     Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex B hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Underwriters. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Shares or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriters as described in Section 4(d), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

 

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(d)     Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Shares has been initiated or to the knowledge of the Company threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(e)     Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the Commission (after giving effect to any amendment or supplement filed with the Commission prior to the Applicable Time), conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and 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.

(f)     Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except in the case of unaudited financial statements, which do not contain certain footnotes as permitted by the rules of the Commission, and any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be

 

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stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown thereby.

(g)     No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), or long-term debt or any material change in short-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(h)     Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing (where such concept is recognized) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. None of the subsidiaries of the Company have any assets, liabilities or operations that are material to the business and operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(i)     Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the headings “Capitalization,” “Description of Common Stock,” “Description of Other Capital Stock and Governing Documents” and “Description of Debt Securities;” all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no

 

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outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

(j)     Stock Options. With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualified as of the applicable Grant Date (as defined below), (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, and all applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company. Each Company Stock Plan is accurately described in all material respects in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(k)     Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.

(l)     Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(m)     The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(n)     Listing . The Shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (“Nasdaq Market”), subject to notice of issuance.

(o)     Descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(p)     No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) 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 or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement 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; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q)     No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement 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, right 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 the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to the Company, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, termination, modification, acceleration, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(r)     No Consents Required. No consent, filing, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and such filings, consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (i) which have been obtained or made or (ii) as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), the Nasdaq Market and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.

(s)     No Integration . Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of any securities that would be integrated with the offer and sale of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.

(t)     Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, no such Actions are threatened or

 

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contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others that do not arise out of the same underlying facts and allegations contained in the Actions disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (i) there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement (in the case of contracts or other documents) or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement (in the case of contracts or other documents) or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(u)     Independent Accountants . Ernst & Young LLP, who have audited certain consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

(v)     Title to Real and Personal Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property, if any) to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and tangible personal property and assets that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w)     Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own, or have obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), trade names, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned or licensed by them, used in, or necessary for the conduct of, their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or its subsidiaries infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property rights of others, the Company has not received any written notice of such claim, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for a successful claim of such infringement, misappropriation or violation, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the Company or its subsidiaries in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which it believes would form a reasonable basis for a successful challenge to the rights in such Intellectual Property, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries have not been adjudged 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, and the Company is unaware of any facts which it believes would form a

 

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reasonable basis for a successful challenge to the validity, enforceability or scope of such Intellectual Property, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in material violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, upon any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons; (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no third parties who have or will be able to establish rights to any Intellectual Property described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as owned or exclusively licensed by the Company or its subsidiaries that would have a Material Adverse Effect except for licenses granted in writing by the Company or its subsidiaries to any third parties; (vii) the Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or other agreements, with respect to the Company’s or a third party’s Intellectual Property, that are required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and that are not described in all material respects therein; (viii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no patent or patent application that contains claims that interfere (as such term is described in 35 U.S.C. §135 and 37 C.F.R. 41.100 to 41.208) with the issued or pending claims of any of the Intellectual Property that would a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; and (ix) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no prior art material to any patent or patent application owned or exclusively licensed by the Company that has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x)     Healthcare Compliance . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company: (i) is and at all times during the past three years has been in material compliance with all applicable laws, rules or regulations, including, without limitation, 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 administrative False Claims 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-7), the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.) (the “FFDCA”), 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, any other similar local, state or federal law, and all applicable laws, rules or regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and other comparable regulatory authorities (“Governmental Authority”) relating to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, storage, import, export or disposal of any product under clinical development or manufactured by or on behalf of the Company (collectively, the “Applicable Laws”); (ii) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any Governmental Authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, exemptions, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (iii) possesses all required material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full

 

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force and effect and the Company is not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (iv) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the FDA or any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product, operation or activity is in material violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations; (v) has not received notice that the FDA or any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations; (vi) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); and (vii) is not a party to or has any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement order, plan of correction or similar agreement imposed by any governmental authority. To the knowledge of the Company, all third parties that are collaborating with the Company with respect to the clinical development or manufacture of companion diagnostics are in material compliance with all Applicable Laws and possess all required material Authorizations relating to such companion diagnostics being developed in collaboration with the Company. Additionally, neither the Company, nor any of its officers or directors, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees, has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. state or federal healthcare program or human clinical research or, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other any other similar action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion of such person.

(y)     Clinical Studies . The studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or, to the Company’s knowledge, on behalf of the Company or by third parties, were and, if still ongoing, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to all Authorizations and Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, the FFDCA; the descriptions of the results of such studies, tests and trials contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are, to the Company’s knowledge, accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present in all material respects the data derived from such studies, tests and trials; except to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any studies, tests or trials, the results of which the Company believes would have an adverse effect on the development of the Company’s product candidates in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and, except to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, the Company has not received any written notices or correspondence from the FDA or any Governmental Authority requiring the termination or suspension of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company.

(z)     No Undisclosed Relationships . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package.

 

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(aa)     Investment Company Act . The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

(bb)     Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes required to be paid and filed all tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except where failure to pay or file, or where such deficiency, would in any case not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc)     Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (collectively, “Licenses”), except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such License or has any reason to believe that any such License will not be renewed in the ordinary course. To the Company’s knowledge, no party granting any such Licenses has taken any action to limit, suspend or revoke the same in any material respect.

(dd)     No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party.

(ee)     Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (a) are, and at all times during the past three years were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees and orders relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any

 

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location, and (e) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known by the Company to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (b) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (c) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.

(ff)     Hazardous Materials . There has been no storage, generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials by, relating to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or would reasonably be expected to be liable) at, on, under or from any property or facility now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or at, on, under or from any other property or facility, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or amount or to a location that would reasonably be expected to result in any liability under any Environmental Law, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Materials” means any material, chemical, substance, waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud, regulated by a governmental agency or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into from or through any building or structure.

(gg)     Compliance with ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (iv) no “reportable event”

 

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(within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that either has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (v) neither the Company nor any member of the “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code) has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”)) in respect of a Plan; and (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the PBGC or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan. None of the following events has occurred: (x) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans subject to Title IV of ERISA by the Company or its subsidiaries in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (y) a material increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year.

(hh)     Disclosure Controls . The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(ii)     Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company and its subsidiaries 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 authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls

 

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over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

(jj)     eXtensible Business Reporting Language. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(kk)     Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are reasonably adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

(ll)     No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) 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, in each case, prohibited by applicable law. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

(mm)     Compliance with Anti-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, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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(nn) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employees, agents, affiliates or other person associated with or acting 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 (“OFAC”) 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 (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of comprehensive (rather than list-based) 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 Shares 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 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 (5) years, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries (other than Clovis Italy and its subsidiaries) have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any transactions with any person that at the time of the transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions, (ii) Clovis Italy and its subsidiaries since the date of their acquisition by the Company 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 transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country and (iii) prior to the date of their acquisition by the Company, to the knowledge of the Company, neither Clovis Italy nor its subsidiaries knowingly engaged in any 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) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries . Subject to any restrictions under applicable law, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.

(pp) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.

(qq) No Registration Rights . Except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, no person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company, which such right has not been waived.

 

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(rr) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.

(ss) Margin Rules . The application of the proceeds received by the Company from the issuance, sale and delivery of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

(tt) Forward-Looking Statements . No forward looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(uu) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(vv) Sarbanes-Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(ww) Status under the Securities Act . At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” and was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer,” in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

(xx) Accurate Disclosure . The statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as applicable, under the headings “Risk Factors – Reimbursement may be limited or unavailable in certain market segments for our product candidates, which could make it difficult for us to sell our products profitably,” “Risk Factors – The patent protection and patent prosecution for some of our product candidates is dependent on third parties,” “Business – License Agreements,” “Business – Government Regulation,” “Business – Patents and Proprietary Rights,” “Description of Capital Stock,” “Material U.S. Federal Income and Estate Tax Considerations” and “Underwriting” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries in all material respects of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.

(yy) No Ratings. There are (and prior to the Closing Date, will be) no debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) in the Exchange Act.

 

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4. Further Agreements of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:

(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; will file within the applicable time period required by the Exchange Act all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, as soon as practicable but in no event later than the second business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fee for this offering of the Shares within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, (i) two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (ii) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Underwriters may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.

(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Exchange Act Documents. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, before using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriters reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters notice of its intention to make any filings pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Regulations from the Applicable Time to the Closing Date and will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of any such document a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and work in good faith with the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters to determine the requirement, form and content of any such document and accept all reasonable comments thereto from the Underwriters.

 

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(d) Notice to the Underwriters. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will advise the Underwriters promptly, and confirm such advice in writing (which advice may be delivered via electronic mail), (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and promptly prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Underwriters may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and promptly prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Underwriters may designate such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.

 

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(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Underwriters as soon as practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement, provided, however, that (1) such requirements to the Company’s security holders shall be deemed met by the Company’s compliance with its reporting requirements pursuant to the Exchange Act if such compliance satisfies the conditions of Rule 158 and (2) such requirements to the Underwriters shall be deemed met by the Company if the related reports are available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System or any successor system.

(h) Clear Market. For a period of 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, other than (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2025 (the “Notes”) to be sold pursuant to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Underwriters, or the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes, (C) options to purchase Common Stock or other equity awards granted under the Company Stock Plans, provided that such options to purchase Common Stock or other equity awards (other than with respect to annual grants to directors) do not vest during the 60-day restricted period and do not exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock following the consummation of the offering of the Shares, or any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options or other equity awards granted under Company Stock Plans, (D) the filing by the Company of any registration statement on Form S-8 or a successor form thereto relating to any shares of Common Stock granted under any Company Stock Plan, (E) the issuance of securities in connection with the acquisition by the Company of the securities, business, property or other assets (other than the in-license of a single product candidate, which shall be subject to clause (F) below) of another person or entity, or pursuant to any employee benefit plans assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition or (F) the issuance of securities in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions, provided that in the case of (F), prior to any issuance the Company shall cause each recipient of such securities to execute and deliver to the Underwriters a Lock-up Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A and provided further that any issuances pursuant to clauses (E) and (F) above shall not, in the aggregate, exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on the date hereof.

 

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(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”

(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Stock.

(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list for quotation the Shares on the Nasdaq Market.

(l) Reports. During the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (1) when the Shares cease to be outstanding or (2) the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished by the Company to holders of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed by the Company with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Underwriters to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system or any successor system.

(m) Record Retention . The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter hereby represents to the Company and agrees with the Company that:

(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex B or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use the term sheet substantially in the form of Annex C hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.

 

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(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriters.

(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made on behalf of the Company in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(c) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Underwriters makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate on behalf of the Company of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters (provided that the chief executive officer of the Company shall be deemed satisfactory) (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above.

 

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(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(f) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Company. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriters, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in the form set forth in Annex A-1 hereto.

(g) [Intentionally omitted].

(h) Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company. Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C., intellectual property counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriters, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in the form set forth in Annex A-2 hereto.

(i) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and negative assurance letter of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares.

(k) Good Standing . The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing (where such concept is recognized) of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in the jurisdictions set forth on Annex C hereto, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

(l) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Market, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

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(m) Lock-up Agreements . The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and the executive officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(n) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters such further certificates and documents as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

All letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

7. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors and officers, those of its affiliates that have assisted in the distribution of the Shares hereunder and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such reasonable fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement 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 to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession figure appearing in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the information contained in the seventh, twelfth and thirteenth paragraphs, the last two sentences of the fourteenth paragraph, and the fifteenth paragraph under the caption “Underwriting.”

 

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(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) in the opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Person there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Person that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Underwriters and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or would have been a party and indemnification would have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

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

(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses, in each case, reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in paragraphs (a) through (e) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8. Effectiveness of Agreement . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

9. Termination . This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Underwriters, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional Closing Date: (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall

 

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have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Underwriters, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. In the event this Agreement is terminated, the Underwriters shall contemporaneously terminate or waive in their entirety the lock-up agreements referred to in Section 6(m).

10. Defaulting Underwriter .

(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company and the Underwriters will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

 

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(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

11. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (v) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vi) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (vii) all reasonable expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters; provided , that such fees and expenses shall not exceed $10,000 in the aggregate); (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors (other than as set forth in the next sentence); and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the Nasdaq Market. The Underwriters shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including fees of their counsel, travel and lodging expenses of their representatives and 50% of the costs of any aircraft chartered in connection with any “road show.”

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters (other than because of the Underwriters’ failure to pay for the Shares) or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters (other than defaulting underwriters under Section 10) for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

13. Survival . The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.

 

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14. Certain Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

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

16. Miscellaneous .

(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to c/o J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 622-8358), Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Syndicate Department (facsimile: (646) 855-3073), with a copy to ECM Legal (facsimile: (212) 230-8730), with a copy to Latham & Watkins LLP, 12670 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130, Attention: Cheston J. Larson and Michael E. Sullivan. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 5500 Flatiron Parkway, Suite 100, Boulder, Colorado 80301 (fax: (303) 245-0360); Attention: Paul Gross, with a copy to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019 (fax: (212) 728-8111); Attention: Thomas Mark.

(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.

(c) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(d) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(e) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.
By:    /s/ Patrick Mahaffy
  Name: Patrick Mahaffy
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Accepted: As of the date first written above
For themselves and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:   /s/ Sudheer Tegulapalle
  Authorized Signatory

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH                     INCORPORATED
By:   /s/ Charles Newton
  Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page - Underwriting Agreement]


Schedule 1

 

Underwriter

  Number of Underwritten Shares  

J. P. Morgan Securities LLC

    1,001,654  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

    836,244  

Total

    1,837,898  
 

 

 

 


Annex A-1

Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company

[Attached]


Annex A-2

Form of Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company

[Attached]


Annex B

 

a. Free Writing Prospectus

Press release announcing the offering, issued by the Company on April 16, 2018.

Press release announcing the pricing of the offering, issued by the Company on April 16, 2018.

Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex C.


Annex C

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

Pricing Term Sheet

[Attached]


Free Writing Prospectus

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-215400

Dated April 16, 2018

Supplementing the

Preliminary Prospectus Supplements dated April 16, 2018

(To Prospectus dated April 16, 2018)

PRICING TERM SHEET

April 16, 2018

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

Offerings of

$300,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of

1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025

and

1,837,898 Shares of Common Stock

The information in this pricing term sheet relates to the offering by Clovis Oncology, Inc. of its 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes Offering”) and the offering by Clovis Oncology, Inc. of shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock Offering”), and should be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated April 16, 2018, relating to the Notes Offering (the “Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), or the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated April 16, 2018, relating to the Common Stock Offering (the “Common Stock Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectus Supplements”). The information in this pricing term sheet supersedes the information in the applicable Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent inconsistent with the information in such Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Terms used, but not defined, in this pricing term sheet have the respective meanings set forth in the applicable Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. As used in this pricing term sheet, “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Clovis Oncology, Inc. and not to its subsidiaries.

The Notes Offering and the Common Stock Offering are separate offerings that are being made pursuant to separate prospectus supplements. The closing of the Notes Offering is not conditioned upon the closing of the Common Stock Offering, and the closing of the Common Stock Offering is not conditioned upon the closing of the Notes Offering.

Common Stock Offering

 

Shares Offered

1,837,898 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (or, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional shares, 2,113,582 shares of Common Stock).

 

Public Offering Price

$54.41 per share of Common Stock.

 

Ticker / Exchange

CLVS / NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”).


Underwriting Discount

$3.128575 per share of Common Stock, and $5,750,001.74 in the aggregate (or $6,612,499.81 in the aggregate, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock).

 

Closing Date

April 19, 2018.

 

Use of Proceeds

The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Common Stock Offering will be approximately $94.0 million (or approximately $108.1 million if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional shares) after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Issuer. The Issuer anticipates that it will use the net proceeds of the Common Stock Offering, together with the proceeds of the concurrent Notes Offering, for general corporate purposes, including sales and marketing expenses associated with Rubraca in the United States and, if approved by the European Commission, in Europe, funding of its development programs, general and administrative expenses, acquisition or licensing of additional product candidates or businesses and working capital. See “Use of Proceeds” in the Common Stock Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement for a more complete description of the intended use of proceeds.

 

Book-Running Managers

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Notes Offering

 

Issuer

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

 

Ticker / Exchange forCommon Stock

CLVS / NASDAQ.

 

Trade Date

April 17, 2018.

 

Settlement Date

April 19, 2018.

 

Notes Offered

1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”).

 

Aggregate Principal Amount Offered

$300,000,000 (or, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes, $345,000,000) aggregate principal amount of Notes.

 

Public Offering Price

100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest, if any, from the Settlement Date.


Maturity

May 1, 2025, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

 

Stated Interest Rate

1.25% per annum.

 

Interest Payment Dates

May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2018.

 

Record Dates

April 15 and October 15.

 

Last Reported Sale Price per Share of Common Stock on NASDAQ on April 16, 2018

$54.41.

 

Conversion Premium

Approximately 40% above the Public Offering Price per share in the Common Stock Offering.

 

Initial Conversion Price

Approximately $76.17 per share of our Common Stock.

 

Initial Conversion Rate

13.1278 shares of our Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.

 

Underwriting Discount

2.75% of the principal amount of the Notes, or $8,250,000 in the aggregate (or $9,487,500 in the aggregate, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes).

 

Use of Proceeds

The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Notes Offering will be approximately $291.0 million (or approximately $334.8 million if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes) after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Issuer. The Issuer anticipates that it will use the net proceeds of the Notes Offering, together with the proceeds of the concurrent Common Stock Offering, for general corporate purposes, including sales and marketing expenses associated with Rubraca in the United States and, if approved by the European Commission, in Europe, funding of its development programs, general and administrative expenses, acquisition or licensing of additional product candidates or businesses and working capital. See “Use of Proceeds” in the Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement for a more complete description of the intended use of proceeds.

 

Book-Running Managers

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated


CUSIP / ISIN Numbers

189464 AC4 / US189464AC48.

 

Increase to Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or During a Redemption Period

If the effective date of a make-whole fundamental change occurs prior to the maturity date, and a holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change, or if the Issuer issues a notice of redemption with respect to the Notes, and a holder elects to convert its Notes during the related redemption period, the Issuer will, subject to the provisions described in the Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Description of notes—Conversion rights—Increase in conversion rate upon conversion upon a make-whole fundamental change or during a redemption period,” increase the conversion rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by the number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “additional shares”) set forth in the table below corresponding (after interpolation, as described below) to the applicable effective date/redemption notice date and stock price:

 

Effective

Date/Redemption

Notice Date

   Stock Price  
   $54.41      $61.00      $68.00      $76.17      $85.00      $100.00      $115.00      $130.00      $150.00      $175.00      $200.00      $250.00      $300.00  

April 19, 2018

     5.2511        4.2933        3.5259        2.8534        2.3113        1.6717        1.2493        0.9565        0.6885        0.4693        0.3244        0.1498        0.0515  

May 1, 2019

     5.2511        4.2703        3.4754        2.7836        2.2312        1.5873        1.1690        0.8837        0.6269        0.4213        0.2882        0.1314        0.0454  

May 1, 2020

     5.2511        4.2462        3.4159        2.6998        2.1340        1.4852        1.0725        0.7969        0.5545        0.3658        0.2468        0.1108        0.0380  

May 1, 2021

     5.2511        4.1943        3.3212        2.5770        1.9976        1.3475        0.9460        0.6858        0.4643        0.2983        0.1976        0.0870        0.0297  

May 1, 2022

     5.2511        4.0893        3.1640        2.3879        1.7968        1.1549        0.7763        0.5420        0.3524        0.2183        0.1414        0.0610        0.0209  

May 1, 2023

     5.2511        3.9023        2.9043        2.0894        1.4915        0.8803        0.5491        0.3608        0.2211        0.1313        0.0836        0.0366        0.0132  

May 1, 2024

     5.2511        3.5867        2.4526        1.5756        0.9908        0.4814        0.2592        0.1546        0.0889        0.0523        0.0343        0.0165        0.0070  

May 1, 2025

     5.2511        3.2656        1.5781        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

The exact stock prices and effective dates or redemption notice dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

 

    if the stock price is between two stock prices in the table or the effective date or redemption notice date, as the case may be, is between two effective dates or redemption notice dates, as applicable, in the table, the number of additional shares by which the conversion rate will be increased will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock prices and the earlier and later effective dates or redemption notice dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;

 

    if the stock price is greater than $300.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate; and

 

    if the stock price is less than $54.41 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes exceed 18.3789 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth in the Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Description of notes—Conversion rights—Conversion rate adjustments.”

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The Issuer has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement and a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for each offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the applicable preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and these offerings. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, any underwriter or any dealer participating in these offerings will arrange to send you the applicable preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus upon request to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or (866) 803-9204; or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, at (800) 294-1322.

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.


Annex D

Foreign Qualifications

Colorado

California


Exhibit A

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

April 16, 2018

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                    INCORPORATED

c/o

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                    Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

 

  Re: Clovis Oncology, Inc. — Public Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you propose to enter into an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Clovis Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), providing for the public offering (the “ Public Offering ”) by us (the “ Underwriters ”) of common stock of the Company (the “ Securities ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period beginning on the date of this letter agreement (this “ Letter Agreement ”) and ending 60 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “ Prospectus ” and such period, the “ Lock-Up Period ”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock, $0.001 per share par value, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including, without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned (as a result of the power to dispose) by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose


the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, in each case other than (A) transfers as a bona fide gift or gifts, (B) if the undersigned is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, distributions to partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned, (C) transfers to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned, (D) transfers to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the undersigned, (E) transfers by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned, (F) transfers to any affiliate of the undersigned or any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned, (G) the establishment of any contract, instruction or plan that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 (a “ Rule 10b5-1 Plan ”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”); provided , however , that no sales of Common Stock or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Common Stock, shall be made pursuant to such Rule 10b5-1 Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to above, (H) transfers or sales of Common Stock pursuant to any contract, instruction or plan, including a Rule 10b5-1 Plan that has been entered into by the undersigned prior to the date of this Letter Agreement or any amendment or replacement of any such contract, instruction or plan, so long as the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such contract, instruction or plan is not increased or (I) transfers or sales of Common Stock to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting event of restricted stock units; provided that the remaining shares of Common Stock received upon settlement of such restricted stock units shall be subject to the restrictions on transfers set forth in this Letter Agreement; provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F), each donee, transferee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Underwriters prior to such transfer a lock-up letter in the form of this Letter Agreement; provided , further , that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F), no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and other than, in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (A), the filing of a Form 5); and provided further , that any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F) shall not involve a disposition for value.

Furthermore, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by this Letter Agreement, the undersigned may, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, exercise an option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under any stock incentive plan or stock purchase plan of the Company, so long as the shares issued upon such exercise are subject to the requirements of this Letter Agreement. For purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.


In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective by April 26, 2018, or if prior to such date the Underwriters, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, informs the other(s) in writing that they have determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to 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.


Very truly yours,
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

Exhibit 1.2

Execution Version

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.

1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025

Underwriting Agreement

April 16, 2018

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                    INCORPORATED

c/o

J. P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                    Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Clovis Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to you, the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), $300,000,000 principal amount of its 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Underwritten Securities”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional $45,000,000 principal amount of its 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Option Securities”) if and to the extent that the Underwriters shall have determined to exercise the option to purchase such 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 granted to the Underwriters in Section 2 hereof. The Underwritten Securities and the Option Securities are herein referred to as the “Securities”. The Securities will be convertible into shares (the “Underlying Securities”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below) (the “ Base Indenture”), between the Company and Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) as supplemented by that certain First Supplemental Indenture to such Base Indenture between the Company and the Trustee (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

1. Registration Statement . The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-215400), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto, including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement;” and as used herein, the term


“Preliminary Prospectus” means any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”) to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to the Time of Sale (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Annex B, the “Time of Sale Information”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated April 16, 2018 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.

“Time of Sale” means 8:15 am, New York City time, on April 17, 2018.

2. Purchase of the Securities by the Underwriters .

(a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 97.25% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”) plus accrued interest, if any, from April 19, 2018 to the Closing Date (as defined below).

In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Securities at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any, from April 19, 2018 to the Additional Closing Date (as defined below).

If any Option Securities are to be purchased, the principal amount of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the principal amount of Option Securities which bears the same ratio to the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities being purchased as the principal amount of Underwritten Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such amount increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate principal amount of Underwritten Securities being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate Securities in denominations other than $1,000 as the Underwriters in their sole discretion shall make.

 

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The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase the Option Securities at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Underwriters to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities plus accrued interest as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Securities are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Except with respect to Option Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, if any, any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.

(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Underwriters is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Underwriter.

(c) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Underwriters in the case of the Underwritten Securities, at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 12670 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on April 19, 2018, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Underwriters and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Securities, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Underwriters in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option Securities. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Securities is referred to herein as the “Closing Date,” and the time and date for such payment for the Option Securities, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date.”

Payment for the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the nominee of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Securities to be purchased on such date of one or more global notes representing the securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Underwriters at the office of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC set forth above not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, the Underwriters are not advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

 

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3. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information has been issued by the Commission, and the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and such Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(b) Time of Sale Information . The Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and as of the Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. No statement of material fact included in the Prospectus has been omitted from the Time of Sale Information and no statement of material fact included in the Time of Sale Information that is required to be included in the Prospectus has been omitted therefrom.

(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Underwriters. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or

 

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Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Underwriters as described in Section 4(d), did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus.

(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Company. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or to the knowledge of the Company threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (i) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information, when they were filed with the Commission (after giving effect to any amendment or supplement filed with the Commission prior to the Time of Sale), conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and 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.

 

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(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, except in the case of unaudited financial statements, which do not contain certain footnotes as permitted by the rules of the Commission, and any supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly, in all material respects, the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown thereby.

(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus), or long-term debt or any material change in short-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing (where such concept is recognized) under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the

 

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subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. None of the subsidiaries of the Company have any assets, liabilities or operations that are material to the business and operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

(i) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the headings “Capitalization,” “Description of Common Stock,” “Description of Other Capital Stock and Governing Documents” and “Description of Debt Securities;” all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

(j) Stock Options. With respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and its subsidiaries (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each Stock Option intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Code so qualified as of the applicable Grant Date (as defined below), (ii) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (iii) each such grant was made in all material respects in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, and all applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, and (iv) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States in the financial statements (including the related notes) of the Company. Each Company Stock Plan is accurately described in all material respects in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(k) Due Authorization. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

 

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(l) The Indenture . The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and on the Closing Date and on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will have been duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”) and the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

(m) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(n) The Securities. The Securities to be issued and sold hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(o) The Underlying Securities . Upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into shares of the Underlying Securities in accordance the terms of the Securities and the Indenture; the Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, will be validly issued, fully paid and non assessable, and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(p) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(q) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) 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 or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement 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; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(r) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, result in the termination, modification or acceleration of, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property, right or asset of the Company or any of its

 

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subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement 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, right 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 the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority applicable to the Company, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, termination, modification, acceleration, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) No Consents Required. No consent, filing, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion thereof) and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act, the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act and such filings, consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (i) which have been obtained or made or (ii) as may be required by the Nasdaq Market and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.

(t) No Integration . Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has, prior to the date hereof, made any offer or sale of any securities that would be integrated with the offer and sale of the Securities contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to the Securities Act or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.

(u) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, demands, claims, suits, arbitrations, inquiries or proceedings (“Actions”) pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, no such Actions are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others that do not arise out of the same underlying facts and allegations contained in the Actions disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and (i) there are no current or pending Actions that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement (in the case of contracts or other documents) or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement (in the case of contracts or other documents) or described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(v) Independent Accountants . Ernst & Young LLP, who have audited certain consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

 

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(w) Title to Real and Personal Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property, if any) to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and tangible personal property and assets that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own, or have obtained valid and enforceable licenses for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks (both registered and unregistered), trade names, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”) described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as being owned or licensed by them, used in, or necessary for the conduct of, their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (i) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement, misappropriation or violation by third parties of any such Intellectual Property that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no pending or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or its subsidiaries infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any Intellectual Property rights of others, the Company has not received any written notice of such claim, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for a successful claim of such infringement, misappropriation or violation, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the rights of the Company or its subsidiaries in or to any such Intellectual Property, and the Company is unaware of any facts which it believes would form a reasonable basis for a successful challenge to the rights in such Intellectual Property, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) the Intellectual Property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Intellectual Property licensed to the Company and its subsidiaries have not been adjudged 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, and the Company is unaware of any facts which it believes would form a reasonable basis for a successful challenge to the validity, enforceability or scope of such Intellectual Property, in each case that would have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) none of the technology employed by the Company has been obtained or is being used by the Company in material violation of any contractual obligation binding on the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, upon any of its officers, directors or employees or otherwise in violation of the rights of any persons; (vi) to the Company’s knowledge, there are no third parties who have or will be able to establish rights to any Intellectual Property described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus as owned or exclusively licensed by the Company or its subsidiaries that would have a Material Adverse Effect except for licenses granted in writing by the Company or its subsidiaries to any third parties; (vii) the Company is not a party to or bound by any options, licenses or other agreements, with respect to the Company’s or a third party’s Intellectual Property, that are required to be set forth in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and that are not described in all material respects therein; (viii) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no patent or patent application that contains claims that interfere (as such term is described in 35 U.S.C. §135 and 37 C.F.R. 41.100 to 41.208) with the issued or pending claims of any of the Intellectual

 

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Property that would a Material Adverse Effect on the Company; and (ix) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no prior art material to any patent or patent application owned or exclusively licensed by the Company that has not been disclosed to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) Healthcare Compliance . Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company: (i) is and at all times during the past three years has been in material compliance with all applicable laws, rules or regulations, including, without limitation, 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 administrative False Claims 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-7), the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq.) (the “FFDCA”), 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, any other similar local, state or federal law, and all applicable laws, rules or regulations of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and other comparable regulatory authorities (“Governmental Authority”) relating to the ownership, testing, development, manufacture, packaging, use, distribution, marketing, labeling, storage, import, export or disposal of any product under clinical development or manufactured by or on behalf of the Company (collectively, the “Applicable Laws”); (ii) has not received any FDA Form 483, notice of adverse finding, warning letter, untitled letter or other correspondence or notice from the FDA or any Governmental Authority alleging or asserting material noncompliance with any Applicable Laws or any licenses, certificates, approvals, clearances, exemptions, authorizations, permits and supplements or amendments thereto required by any such Applicable Laws (“Authorizations”); (iii) possesses all required material Authorizations and such Authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and the Company is not in material violation of any term of any such Authorizations; (iv) has not received notice of any claim, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, enforcement, investigation, arbitration or other action from the FDA or any Governmental Authority or third party alleging that any product, operation or activity is in material violation of any Applicable Laws or Authorizations; (v) has not received notice that the FDA or any Governmental Authority has taken, is taking or intends to take action to limit, suspend, modify or revoke any material Authorizations; (vi) has filed, obtained, maintained or submitted all material reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments as required by any Applicable Laws or Authorizations and that all such reports, documents, forms, notices, applications, records, claims, submissions and supplements or amendments were materially complete and correct on the date filed (or were corrected or supplemented by a subsequent submission); and (vii) is not a party to or has any ongoing reporting obligations pursuant to any corporate integrity agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, monitoring agreement, consent decree, settlement order, plan of correction or similar agreement imposed by any governmental authority. To the knowledge of the Company, all third

 

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parties that are collaborating with the Company with respect to the clinical development or manufacture of companion diagnostics are in material compliance with all Applicable Laws and possess all required material Authorizations relating to such companion diagnostics being developed in collaboration with the Company. Additionally, neither the Company, nor any of its officers or directors, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its employees, has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any U.S. state or federal healthcare program or human clinical research or, except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other any other similar action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion of such person.

(z) Clinical Studies . The studies, tests and preclinical and clinical trials conducted by or, to the Company’s knowledge, on behalf of the Company or by third parties, were and, if still ongoing, are being conducted in all material respects in accordance with experimental protocols, procedures and controls pursuant to all Authorizations and Applicable Laws, including, without limitation, the FFDCA; the descriptions of the results of such studies, tests and trials contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus are, to the Company’s knowledge, accurate and complete in all material respects and fairly present in all material respects the data derived from such studies, tests and trials; except to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Company is not aware of any studies, tests or trials, the results of which the Company believes would have an adverse effect on the development of the Company’s product candidates in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and, except to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, the Company has not received any written notices or correspondence from the FDA or any Governmental Authority requiring the termination or suspension of any studies, tests or preclinical or clinical trials conducted by or on behalf of the Company.

(aa) No Undisclosed Relationships . No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information.

(bb) Investment Company Act . The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

(cc) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes required to be paid and filed all tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, except where failure to pay or file, or where such deficiency, would in any case not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(dd) Licenses and Permits. The Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, sub-licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (collectively, “Licenses”), except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such License or has any reason to believe that any such License will not be renewed in the ordinary course. To the Company’s knowledge, no party granting any such Licenses has taken any action to limit, suspend or revoke the same in any material respect.

(ee) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any notice of cancellation or termination with respect to any collective bargaining agreement to which it is a party.

(ff) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (a) are, and at all times during the past three years were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees and orders relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (e) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (a) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known by the Company to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (b) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any facts or issues regarding the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that would reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and its subsidiaries, and (c) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.

 

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(gg) Hazardous Materials . There has been no storage, generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials by, relating to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company and its subsidiaries, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or would reasonably be expected to be liable) at, on, under or from any property or facility now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or at, on, under or from any other property or facility, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or amount or to a location that would reasonably be expected to result in any liability under any Environmental Law, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Materials” means any material, chemical, substance, waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud, regulated by a governmental agency or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into from or through any building or structure.

(hh) Compliance with ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) to the Company’s knowledge, no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, as applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (iv) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that either has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in liability to the Company or its subsidiaries; (v) neither the Company nor any member of the “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code) has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”)) in respect of a Plan; and (vi) to the knowledge of the Company, there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the PBGC or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan. None of the following events has occurred: (x) a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans subject to Title IV of ERISA by the Company or its subsidiaries in the current fiscal year of the Company and its subsidiaries compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year; or (y) a material increase in the Company and its subsidiaries’ “accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations” (within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company and its subsidiaries’ most recently completed fiscal year.

 

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(ii) Disclosure Controls . The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(jj) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The Company and its subsidiaries 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 authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Time of Sale Information fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. The Company’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.

(kk) eXtensible Business Reporting Language. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(ll) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are reasonably adequate to protect the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or

 

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other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

(mm) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) 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, in each case, prohibited by applicable law. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

(nn) Compliance with Anti-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, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental or regulatory agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental or regulatory agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(oo) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any employees, agents, affiliates or other person associated with or acting 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 (“OFAC”) 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 (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of comprehensive (rather than list-based) 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

 

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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 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 (5) years, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries (other than Clovis Italy and its subsidiaries) have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any transactions with any person that at the time of the transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions, (ii) Clovis Italy and its subsidiaries since the date of their acquisition by the Company 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 transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country and (iii) prior to the date of their acquisition by the Company, to the knowledge of the Company, neither Clovis Italy nor its subsidiaries knowingly engaged in any 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.

(pp) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries . Subject to any restrictions under applicable law, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.

(qq) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

(rr) No Registration Rights . Except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, no person has the right to require the Company or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities by the Company, which such right has not been waived.

(ss) No Stabilization. The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(tt) Margin Rules . The application of the proceeds received by the Company from the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus will not violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

(uu) Forward-Looking Statements . No forward looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

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(vv) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(ww) Sarbanes-Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(xx) Status under the Securities Act . At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” and was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer,” in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

(yy) Accurate Disclosure . The statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, as applicable, under the headings “Risk Factors – Reimbursement may be limited or unavailable in certain market segments for our product candidates, which could make it difficult for us to sell our products profitably,” “Risk Factors – The patent protection and patent prosecution for some of our product candidates is dependent on third parties,” “Business – License Agreements,” “Business – Government Regulation,” “Business – Patents and Proprietary Rights,” “Description of Capital Stock,” “Material U.S. Federal Income and Estate Tax Considerations” and “Underwriting” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries in all material respects of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.

(zz) No Ratings. There are (and prior to the Closing Date, will be) no debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) in the Exchange Act.

4. Further Agreements of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:

(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; will file within the applicable time period required by the Exchange Act all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Company will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, as soon as practicable but in no event

 

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later than the second business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement, in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Company will pay the registration fee for this offering of the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

(b) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver to the Underwriters, without charge, (i) two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (ii) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Underwriters may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.

(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and Exchange Act Documents. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, before using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Underwriters reasonably object. The Company will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters notice of its intention to make any filings pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Regulations from the Time of Sale to the Closing Date and will furnish to the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of any such document a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and work in good faith with the Underwriters and counsel for the Underwriters to determine the requirement, form and content of any such document and accept all reasonable comments thereto from the Underwriters.

(d) Notice to the Underwriters. During the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Company will advise the Underwriters promptly, and confirm such advice in writing (which advice may be delivered via electronic mail), (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information, any of the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or the initiation or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of

 

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objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use its reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and promptly prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Underwriters may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Time of Sale Information is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Underwriters thereof and promptly prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Underwriters may designate such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Time of Sale Information is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.

(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; provided that the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Underwriters as soon as practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement, provided, however, that (1) such requirements to the Company’s security holders shall be deemed met by the Company’s compliance with its reporting requirements pursuant to the

 

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Exchange Act if such compliance satisfies the conditions of Rule 158 and (2) such requirements to the Underwriters shall be deemed met by the Company if the related reports are available on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System or any successor system.

(h) Clear Market. For a period of 60 days after the date of the Prospectus, the Company will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, other than (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder or the issuance of the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities, (B) the shares of Common Stock to be sold pursuant to that certain Underwriting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Underwriters, (C) options to purchase Common Stock or other equity awards granted under the Company Stock Plans, provided that such options to purchase Common Stock or other equity awards (other than with respect to annual grants to directors) do not vest during the 60-day restricted period and do not exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock following the consummation of the offering of the Securities, or any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options or other equity awards granted under Company Stock Plans, (D) the filing by the Company of any registration statement on Form S-8 or a successor form thereto relating to any shares of Common Stock granted under any Company Stock Plan, (E) the issuance of securities in connection with the acquisition by the Company of the securities, business, property or other assets (other than the in-license of a single product candidate, which shall be subject to clause (F) below) of another person or entity, or pursuant to any employee benefit plans assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition or (F) the issuance of securities in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions, provided that in the case of (F), prior to any issuance the Company shall cause each recipient of such securities to execute and deliver to the Underwriters a Lock-up Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A and provided further that any issuances pursuant to clauses (E) and (F) above shall not, in the aggregate, exceed 5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on the date hereof.

(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”

(j) No Stabilization. The Company will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(k) Underlying Securities . The Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of pre-emptive rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy all obligations to issue the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Underlying Securities to be listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the “Exchange”).

 

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(l) Reports. During the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (1) when the Securities cease to be outstanding or (2) the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the Company will furnish to the Underwriters, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished by the Company to holders of the Securities, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed by the Company with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Underwriters to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system or any successor system.

(m) Record Retention . The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

(n) DTC . The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter hereby represents to the Company and agrees with the Company that:

(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus included in the Time of Sale Information or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Securities unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission; provided that Underwriters may use a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto without the consent of the Company; provided further that any Underwriter using such term sheet shall notify the Company, and provide a copy of such term sheet to the Company, prior to, or substantially concurrently with, the first use of such term sheet.

(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Securities on the Closing Date or the Option Securities on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

 

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(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Underwriters.

(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made on behalf of the Company in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(c) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Underwriters makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate on behalf of the Company of the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters (provided that the chief executive officer of the Company shall be deemed satisfactory) (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above.

(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Underwriters, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; provided, that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

 

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(f) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Company. Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriters, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in the form set forth in Annex C-1 hereto.

(g) [Intentionally omitted].

(h) Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company. Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C., intellectual property counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Underwriters, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in the form set forth in Annex C-2 hereto.

(i) Opinion and Negative Assurance Letter of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and negative assurance letter of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(j) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.

(k) Good Standing . The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing (where such concept is recognized) of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in the jurisdictions set forth on Annex D hereto, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

(l) Exchange Listing. An application for the listing of the Underlying Securities shall have been submitted to the Exchange.

(m) Lock-up Agreements . The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and the executive officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the Closing Date or Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(n) DTC . The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(o) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Underwriters such further certificates and documents as the Underwriters may reasonably request.

All letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

 

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7. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors and officers, those of its affiliates that have assisted in the distribution of the Securities hereunder and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such reasonable fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act or any Time of Sale Information (including any Time of Sale Information that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

(b) Indemnification of the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement 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 to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information, it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the information contained in the first and second sentences of the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting” and the information contained in the third and fourth sentences of the tenth paragraph and the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting.”

(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such

 

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proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) in the opinion of counsel to the Indemnified Person there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Person that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such reasonable fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by the Underwriters and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or would have been a party and indemnification would have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on

 

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the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses but after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (d) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses, in each case, reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in paragraphs (a) through (e) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8. Effectiveness of Agreement . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

9. Termination . This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Underwriters, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Securities, prior to the Additional Closing Date: (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange or the Exchange; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; (iv) there shall have occurred any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed or (v) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Underwriters, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus. In the event this Agreement is terminated, the Underwriters shall contemporaneously terminate or waive in their entirety the lock-up agreements referred to in Section 6(m).

 

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10. Defaulting Underwriter .

(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Securities to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Securities that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Securities on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company and the Underwriters will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

11. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the

 

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authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the fees and expenses of the Company’s counsel and independent accountants; (iv) the reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters); (v) any fees charged by rating agencies for the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and the paying agent (including related reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (vii) all reasonable expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book entry transfer by DTC and any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters; provided , that such fees and expenses shall not exceed $10,000 in the aggregate); (viii) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors (other than as set forth in the next sentence); and (ix) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Underlying Securities on the Exchange. The Underwriters shall pay all of their own costs and expenses, including fees of their counsel, travel and lodging expenses of their representatives and 50% of the costs of any aircraft chartered in connection with any “road show.”

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters (other than because of the Underwriters’ failure to pay for the Securities) or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company agrees to reimburse the Underwriters (other than defaulting underwriters under Section 10) for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

13. Survival . The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or the Underwriters.

14. Certain Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

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

16. Miscellaneous .

(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to c/o J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 622-8358), Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Syndicate Department (facsimile: (646) 855-3073), with a copy to ECM Legal (facsimile: (212) 230-8730), with a copy to Latham & Watkins LLP, 12670 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, CA 92130, Attention: Cheston J. Larson and Michael E. Sullivan. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 5500 Flatiron Parkway, Suite 100, Boulder, Colorado 80301 (fax: (303) 245-0360); Attention: Paul Gross, with a copy to Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10019 (fax: (212) 728-8111); Attention: Thomas Mark.

(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.

(c) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(d) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(e) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.
By:   /s/ Patrick Mahaffy
  Name: Patrick Mahaffy
  Title: President and Chief Executive
            Officer

Accepted: As of the date first written above

For themselves and on behalf of the

several Underwriters listed

in Schedule 1 hereto.

 

J. P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
By:   /s/ Sudheer Tegulapalle
  Authorized Signatory

 

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
By:   /s/ Charles Newton
  Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page - Underwriting Agreement]


Schedule 1

 

Underwriter

   Principal Amount  

J. P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 163,500,000  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

   $ 136,500,000  

Total

   $ 300,000,000  
  

 

 

 


Annex A

a. Time of Sale Information

Press release announcing the offering, issued by the Company on April 16, 2018.

Press release announcing the pricing of the offering, issued by the Company on April 16, 2018.

Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex B.


Annex B

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

Pricing Term Sheet

[Attached]


Free Writing Prospectus

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-215400

Dated April 16, 2018

Supplementing the

Preliminary Prospectus Supplements dated April 16, 2018

(To Prospectus dated April 16, 2018)

PRICING TERM SHEET

April 16, 2018

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

Offerings of

$300,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of

1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025

and

1,837,898 Shares of Common Stock

The information in this pricing term sheet relates to the offering by Clovis Oncology, Inc. of its 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes Offering”) and the offering by Clovis Oncology, Inc. of shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock Offering”), and should be read together with the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated April 16, 2018, relating to the Notes Offering (the “Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), or the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated April 16, 2018, relating to the Common Stock Offering (the “Common Stock Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement” and, together with the Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, the “Prospectus Supplements”). The information in this pricing term sheet supersedes the information in the applicable Preliminary Prospectus Supplement to the extent inconsistent with the information in such Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. Terms used, but not defined, in this pricing term sheet have the respective meanings set forth in the applicable Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. As used in this pricing term sheet, “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Clovis Oncology, Inc. and not to its subsidiaries.

The Notes Offering and the Common Stock Offering are separate offerings that are being made pursuant to separate prospectus supplements. The closing of the Notes Offering is not conditioned upon the closing of the Common Stock Offering, and the closing of the Common Stock Offering is not conditioned upon the closing of the Notes Offering.

Common Stock Offering

 

Shares Offered

1,837,898 shares of our common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (or, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional shares, 2,113,582 shares of Common Stock).

 

Public Offering Price

$54.41 per share of Common Stock.

 

Ticker / Exchange

CLVS / NASDAQ Global Select Market (“NASDAQ”).


Underwriting Discount

$3.128575 per share of Common Stock, and $5,750,001.74 in the aggregate (or $6,612,499.81 in the aggregate, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock).

 

Closing Date

April 19, 2018.

 

Use of Proceeds

The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Common Stock Offering will be approximately $94.0 million (or approximately $108.1 million if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional shares) after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Issuer. The Issuer anticipates that it will use the net proceeds of the Common Stock Offering, together with the proceeds of the concurrent Notes Offering, for general corporate purposes, including sales and marketing expenses associated with Rubraca in the United States and, if approved by the European Commission, in Europe, funding of its development programs, general and administrative expenses, acquisition or licensing of additional product candidates or businesses and working capital. See “Use of Proceeds” in the Common Stock Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement for a more complete description of the intended use of proceeds.

 

Book-Running Managers

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Notes Offering

 

Issuer

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

 

Ticker / Exchange forCommon Stock

CLVS / NASDAQ.

 

Trade Date

April 17, 2018.

 

Settlement Date

April 19, 2018.

 

Notes Offered

1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”).

 

Aggregate Principal Amount Offered

$300,000,000 (or, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes, $345,000,000) aggregate principal amount of Notes.

 

Public Offering Price

100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued interest, if any, from the Settlement Date.


Maturity

May 1, 2025, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

 

Stated Interest Rate

1.25% per annum.

 

Interest Payment Dates

May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2018.

 

Record Dates

April 15 and October 15.

 

Last Reported Sale Price per Share of Common Stock on NASDAQ on April 16, 2018

$54.41.

 

Conversion Premium

Approximately 40% above the Public Offering Price per share in the Common Stock Offering.

 

Initial Conversion Price

Approximately $76.17 per share of our Common Stock.

 

Initial Conversion Rate

13.1278 shares of our Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.

 

Underwriting Discount

2.75% of the principal amount of the Notes, or $8,250,000 in the aggregate (or $9,487,500 in the aggregate, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes).

 

Use of Proceeds

The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Notes Offering will be approximately $291.0 million (or approximately $334.8 million if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional Notes) after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Issuer. The Issuer anticipates that it will use the net proceeds of the Notes Offering, together with the proceeds of the concurrent Common Stock Offering, for general corporate purposes, including sales and marketing expenses associated with Rubraca in the United States and, if approved by the European Commission, in Europe, funding of its development programs, general and administrative expenses, acquisition or licensing of additional product candidates or businesses and working capital. See “Use of Proceeds” in the Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement for a more complete description of the intended use of proceeds.

 

Book-Running Managers

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated


CUSIP / ISIN Numbers

189464 AC4 / US189464AC48.

 

Increase to Conversion Rate in Connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or During a Redemption Period

If the effective date of a make-whole fundamental change occurs prior to the maturity date, and a holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with such make-whole fundamental change, or if the Issuer issues a notice of redemption with respect to the Notes, and a holder elects to convert its Notes during the related redemption period, the Issuer will, subject to the provisions described in the Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Description of notes—Conversion rights—Increase in conversion rate upon conversion upon a make-whole fundamental change or during a redemption period,” increase the conversion rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by the number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “additional shares”) set forth in the table below corresponding (after interpolation, as described below) to the applicable effective date/redemption notice date and stock price:

 

Effective

Date/Redemption

Notice Date

   Stock Price  
   $54.41      $61.00      $68.00      $76.17      $85.00      $100.00      $115.00      $130.00      $150.00      $175.00      $200.00      $250.00      $300.00  

April 19, 2018

     5.2511        4.2933        3.5259        2.8534        2.3113        1.6717        1.2493        0.9565        0.6885        0.4693        0.3244        0.1498        0.0515  

May 1, 2019

     5.2511        4.2703        3.4754        2.7836        2.2312        1.5873        1.1690        0.8837        0.6269        0.4213        0.2882        0.1314        0.0454  

May 1, 2020

     5.2511        4.2462        3.4159        2.6998        2.1340        1.4852        1.0725        0.7969        0.5545        0.3658        0.2468        0.1108        0.0380  

May 1, 2021

     5.2511        4.1943        3.3212        2.5770        1.9976        1.3475        0.9460        0.6858        0.4643        0.2983        0.1976        0.0870        0.0297  

May 1, 2022

     5.2511        4.0893        3.1640        2.3879        1.7968        1.1549        0.7763        0.5420        0.3524        0.2183        0.1414        0.0610        0.0209  

May 1, 2023

     5.2511        3.9023        2.9043        2.0894        1.4915        0.8803        0.5491        0.3608        0.2211        0.1313        0.0836        0.0366        0.0132  

May 1, 2024

     5.2511        3.5867        2.4526        1.5756        0.9908        0.4814        0.2592        0.1546        0.0889        0.0523        0.0343        0.0165        0.0070  

May 1, 2025

     5.2511        3.2656        1.5781        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

The exact stock prices and effective dates or redemption notice dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

 

    if the stock price is between two stock prices in the table or the effective date or redemption notice date, as the case may be, is between two effective dates or redemption notice dates, as applicable, in the table, the number of additional shares by which the conversion rate will be increased will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of additional shares set forth for the higher and lower stock prices and the earlier and later effective dates or redemption notice dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;

 

    if the stock price is greater than $300.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate; and

 

    if the stock price is less than $54.41 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the stock prices set forth in the column headings of the table above), no additional shares will be added to the conversion rate.


Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes exceed 18.3789 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth in the Notes Offering Preliminary Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Description of notes—Conversion rights—Conversion rate adjustments.”

* * *

The Issuer has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement and a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for each offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the applicable preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and these offerings. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov . Alternatively, any underwriter or any dealer participating in these offerings will arrange to send you the applicable preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus upon request to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or (866) 803-9204; or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, at (800) 294-1322.

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.


Annex C-1

Form of Opinion of Counsel for the Company

[Attached]


Annex C-2

Form of Opinion of Intellectual Property Counsel for the Company

[Attached]


Annex D

Foreign Qualifications

Colorado

California

 

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Exhibit A

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

March    , 2018

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                INCORPORATED

c/o

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Re:    Clovis Oncology, Inc. — Public Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you propose to enter into an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Clovis Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), providing for the public offering (the “ Public Offering ”) by us (the “ Underwriters ”) of Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Securities ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period beginning on the date of this letter agreement (this “ Letter Agreement ”) and ending 60 days after the date of the final prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “ Prospectus ” and such period, the “ Lock-Up Period ”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock, $0.001 per share par value, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”) or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including, without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned (as a result of the power to dispose) by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose

 

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the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, in each case other than (A) transfers as a bona fide gift or gifts, (B) if the undersigned is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, distributions to partners, members or stockholders of the undersigned, (C) transfers to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned, (D) transfers to any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity all of the beneficial ownership interests of which are held by the undersigned, (E) transfers by will, other testamentary document or intestate succession to the legal representative, heir, beneficiary or a member of the immediate family of the undersigned, (F) transfers to any affiliate of the undersigned or any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned, (G) the establishment of any contract, instruction or plan that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 (a “ Rule 10b5-1 Plan ”) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”); provided , however , that no sales of Common Stock or securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, Common Stock, shall be made pursuant to such Rule 10b5-1 Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to above, (H) transfers or sales of Common Stock pursuant to any contract, instruction or plan, including a Rule 10b5-1 Plan that has been entered into by the undersigned prior to the date of this Letter Agreement or any amendment or replacement of any such contract, instruction or plan, so long as the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such contract, instruction or plan is not increased or (I) transfers or sales of Common Stock to cover tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting event of restricted stock units; provided that the remaining shares of Common Stock received upon settlement of such restricted stock units shall be subject to the restrictions on transfers set forth in this Letter Agreement; provided that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F), each donee, transferee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Underwriters prior to such transfer a lock-up letter in the form of this Letter Agreement; provided , further , that, in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F), no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and other than, in the case of a transfer pursuant to clause (A), the filing of a Form 5); and provided further , that any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (F) shall not involve a disposition for value.

Furthermore, notwithstanding the restrictions imposed by this Letter Agreement, the undersigned may, without the prior written consent of the Underwriters, exercise an option to purchase shares of Common Stock granted under any stock incentive plan or stock purchase plan of the Company, so long as the shares issued upon such exercise are subject to the requirements of this Letter Agreement. For purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin.

 

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In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

The undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective by April 26, 2018, or if prior to such date the Underwriters, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, informs the other(s) in writing that they have determined not to proceed with the Public Offering, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Securities to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to 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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Very truly yours,
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

Exhibit 4.1

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of April 19, 2018


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     1  

SECTION 1.01. Definitions

     1  

SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

     3  

SECTION 1.03. Rules of Construction

     4  

ARTICLE II THE SECURITIES

     4  

SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating

     4  

SECTION 2.02. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series

     5  

SECTION 2.03. Denominations

     6  

SECTION 2.04. Execution and Authentication

     6  

SECTION 2.05. Registrar and Paying Agent

     6  

SECTION 2.06. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

     7  

SECTION 2.07. Securityholder Lists

     7  

SECTION 2.08. Transfer and Exchange

     7  

SECTION 2.09. Replacement Securities

     8  

SECTION 2.10. Outstanding Securities

     8  

SECTION 2.11. Temporary Securities

     8  

SECTION 2.12. Cancellation

     8  

SECTION 2.13. Defaulted Interest

     9  

SECTION 2.14. CUSIP Numbers

     9  

ARTICLE III REDEMPTION

     9  

SECTION 3.01. Company’s Option to Redeem

     9  

SECTION 3.02. Notices to Trustee

     9  

SECTION 3.03. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed

     10  

SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption at the Company’s Option

     10  

SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption

     10  

SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price

     11  

SECTION 3.07. Holder’s Right to Require Redemption

     11  

SECTION 3.08. Procedure for Requiring Redemption

     11  

SECTION 3.09. Securities Redeemed in Part

     11  

ARTICLE IV COVENANTS

     12  

SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities

     12  

SECTION 4.02. Reporting

     12  

SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence

     12  

SECTION 4.04. Compliance Certificate

     12  

SECTION 4.05. Further Instruments and Acts

     12  

ARTICLE V SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

     13  

SECTION 5.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms

     13  

SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted

     13  

ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     13  

SECTION 6.01. Events of Default

     13  

 

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SECTION 6.02. Acceleration

     15  

SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies

     15  

SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults

     15  

SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority

     16  

SECTION 6.06. Payments of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor

     16  

SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Suits

     16  

SECTION 6.08. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Demand Conversion

     17  

SECTION 6.09. Collection Suit by Trustee

     17  

SECTION 6.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

     17  

SECTION 6.11. Restoration of Positions

     17  

SECTION 6.12. Priorities

     17  

SECTION 6.13. Undertaking for Costs

     18  

SECTION 6.14. Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

     18  

SECTION 6.15. Liability of Stockholders, Officers, Directors and Incorporators

     19  

ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE

     19  

SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee

     19  

SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee

     20  

SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee

     22  

SECTION 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer

     22  

SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults

     22  

SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee

     22  

SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity

     23  

SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee

     24  

SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc

     25  

SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification

     25  

SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims

     25  

ARTICLE VIII DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

     25  

SECTION 8.01. Termination of the Company’s Obligations

     25  

SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Money

     26  

SECTION 8.03. Repayment to the Company

     26  

SECTION 8.04. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust

     26  

ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

     27  

SECTION 9.01. Without Consent of Holders

     27  

SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders

     27  

SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

     28  

SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents

     28  

SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities

     29  

SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc

     29  

ARTICLE X CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

     29  

SECTION 10.01. Provisions Relating to Conversion or Exchange of Securities

     29  

 

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ARTICLE XI SINKING OR PURCHASE FUNDS

     29  

SECTION 11.01. Provisions Relating to Sinking or Purchase Funds

     29  

ARTICLE XII CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

     30  

SECTION 12.01. Action by Holders

     30  

SECTION 12.02. Proof of Execution by Holders

     30  

SECTION 12.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners

     30  

SECTION 12.04. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound

     31  

ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS

     31  

SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls

     31  

SECTION 13.02. Supplemental Indentures Contract

     31  

SECTION 13.03. Notices

     31  

SECTION 13.04. Communication by Holders with Other Holders

     33  

SECTION 13.05. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

     33  

SECTION 13.06. When Treasury Securities Disregarded

     34  

SECTION 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar

     34  

SECTION 13.08. Legal Holidays

     34  

SECTION 13.09. Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction

     34  

SECTION 13.10. Actions by the Company

     34  

SECTION 13.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

     35  

SECTION 13.12. Successors

     35  

SECTION 13.13. Duplicate Originals

     35  

SECTION 13.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc

     35  

SECTION 13.15. Authenticating Agent

     35  

SECTION 13.16. Execution in Counterparts

     36  

SECTION 13.17. Severability

     36  

SECTION 13.18. Waiver of Jury Trial

     36  

SECTION 13.19. Force Majeure

     36  

SECTION 13.20. FATCA

     37  

 

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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Section    Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.10

(a)(2)

   7.10

(a)(3)

   N.A.

(a)(4)

   N.A.

(a)(5)

   N.A.

(b)

   7.08; 7.10

311(a)

   7.11

(b)

   7.11

312(a)

   2.07

(b)

   13.04

(c)

   13.04

313(a)

   7.06

(b)(1)

   7.06

(b)(2)

   7.06

(c)

   7.06

(d)

   7.06

314(a)(1)

   4.02

(a)(2)

   4.02

(a)(4)

   4.04

(b)

   N.A.

(c)

   2.04; 7.02(b); 8.01

(c)(1)

   13.05

(c)(2)

   13.05

(c)(3)

   13.05

(d)

   N.A.

(e)

   4.04; 13.05

(f)

   13.05

315(a)(1)

   6.05; 7.01(b)(i)

(a)(2)

   7.01(b)(ii)

(b)

   7.05; 13.03

(c)

   7.01(a)

(d)(1)

   7.01(b)

(d)(2)

   7.01(c)

(d)(3)

   6.05; 7.01(d)

(e)

   6.13

316(a)(last sentence)

   13.06

(a)(1)(A)

   6.05

(a)(1)(B)

   6.04

(a)(2)

   N.A.

(b)

   6.08

(c)

   9.02; 13.03

317(a)(1)

   6.09

(a)(2)

   6.10

(b)

   2.06

318(a)

   1.02; 13.01

N.A. means Not Applicable.

Note: This cross-reference table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of April 19, 2018 between Clovis Oncology, Inc. (the “ Company ”), a Delaware corporation having its principal office at 5500 Flatiron Parkway, Suite 100, Boulder, Colorado 80301, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. with its principal office at 400 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071 (the “ Trustee ”). Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s debentures, notes or other evidences of unsecured indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (“ Securities ”):

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.01. Definitions .

Bankruptcy Law ” has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

Board Resolution ” means a resolution by the Board of Directors of the Company certified by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary as being duly adopted and in full force and effect.

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

Capital Stock ” means, for any entity, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that entity.

Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company, as that stock may be reconstituted from time to time.

Company ” means the Person named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and after that means the successor.

Company Order ” means a written order of the Company, signed by (a) the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President or any Executive Vice President and (b) any such other Officer designated in clause (a) of this definition or the Company’s Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business is principally administered (which at the date of this Indenture is at the location set forth in the first paragraph of this Indenture), Attention: Corporate Trust, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

Corporation ” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.

Custodian ” has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

 

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Default ” means any event that, upon the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors and assigns.

$ ” means the lawful currency of the United States.

Event of Default ” has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

Global Security ” has the meaning provided in Section 12.03.

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

Indenture ” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and will include the form and terms of the Securities of each series established as contemplated by Section 2.01.

Interest Payment Date ” means the date on which an installment of interest on the Securities is due and payable.

Maturity Date ” means the date the principal of Securities is due and payable.

Officer ” means, with respect to the Company, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Executive Vice President.

Officer’s Certificate ” when used with respect to the Company means a certificate signed by an Officer, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate will comply with Section 314 of the TIA and include the statements described in Section 13.05.

Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, that is delivered to the Trustee, which opinion may contain customary exceptions and qualifications as to the matters set forth therein. Each such opinion will include the statements described in Section 13.05 if and to the extent required by that Section.

Paying Agent ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.05.

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

Registrar ” has the meaning provided in Section 2.05.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities ” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Indenture.

 

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

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

State ” means any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

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

Supplemental Indenture ” means an indenture between the Company and the Trustee which supplements this Indenture.

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act or any amendment thereto expressly provides for application of the Trust Indenture Act as in effect on another date.

Trustee ” means the Person named as such in this Indenture and, subject to the provisions of Article VII, any successor to that person.

Trust Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer assigned to the corporate trust department of the Trustee, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for the purposes of Section 7.01(c) and Section 7.05 shall also include any other officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

United States ” means the United States of America.

U.S. Government Obligations ” means:

 

  (1) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

 

  (2) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States.

SECTION 1.02. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. In addition, the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the TIA that impose duties on any person are incorporated by reference in, and form a part of, this Indenture. The following TIA terms mean the following when used in this Indenture:

 

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Commission ” means the SEC;

indenture securities ” means the Securities;

indenture securityholder ” means a Holder or Securityholder;

indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture;

indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee; and

obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them.

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

 

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

 

  (2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States;

 

  (3) “or” is not exclusive;

 

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

 

  (5) words importing any gender include the other genders;

 

  (6) references to “writing” include printing, typing, lithography and other means of reproducing words in a visible form;

 

  (7) the words “including,” “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; and

 

  (8) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular.

ARTICLE II

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 2.01. Form and Dating . (a) The Securities of each series will be substantially in the form established by a Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities of that series. The Securities may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. The Company will approve the form of the Securities and any notation, legend or endorsement on them. Each Security will be dated the date of its authentication.

(b) The Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

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SECTION 2.02. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . The aggregate principal amount of the Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of Securities of a series, the Company and the Trustee will execute a Supplemental Indenture that will set forth as to the Securities of that series, to the extent applicable:

 

  (1) the title of the Securities;

 

  (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be issued;

 

  (3) the date or dates on which the Securities will mature and the amounts to be paid upon maturity of the Securities;

 

  (4) the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which the Securities will bear interest, if any, or contingent interest, if any, the dates from which interest will accrue, the dates on which interest will be payable and the record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;

 

  (5) the currency or currencies in which principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be payable;

 

  (6) the place or places where principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities will be payable;

 

  (7) any provisions regarding the right of the Company to redeem or repurchase Securities or of holders to require the Company to redeem or repurchase Securities;

 

  (8) whether the Securities are senior or subordinated debt securities, and if subordinated debt securities, the terms of such subordination;

 

  (9) the right, if any, of holders of the Securities to convert them into common stock or other securities of the Company, including any contingent conversion provisions and any provisions intended to prevent dilution of those conversion rights;

 

  (10) any provisions by which the Company will be required or permitted to make payments to a sinking fund which will be used to redeem Securities or a purchase fund which will be used to purchase Securities;

 

  (11) any index or formula used to determine the required payments of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any;

 

  (12) the percentage of the principal amount of the Securities that is payable if maturity of the Securities is accelerated because of a default;

 

  (13) any special or modified events of default or covenants with respect to the Securities;

 

  (14) any other terms of the Securities, which may be different from the terms set forth in this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 2.03. Denominations . Unless otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to a series of Securities, the Securities of each series will be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and multiples of $1,000.

SECTION 2.04. Execution and Authentication . The Securities of each series shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary or any of its Executive Vice Presidents.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. A Security will not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Security. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

In case any Officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Officer before the Securities so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Securities nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Securities had not ceased to be such Officer of the Company; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the Officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such Person was not such an Officer.

SECTION 2.05. Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company will maintain an office or agency where Securities of each series may be presented for conversion, registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Securities of each series may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Securities of each series and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.

The Company will enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture that will incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement will implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to that agent. The Company will notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee will act as such. The Company or any Subsidiary may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or transfer agent.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as Registrar and Paying Agent in connection with the Securities of each series, except in instances in which the Supplemental Indenture relating to a series of Securities appoints a different Registrar or Paying Agent.

 

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SECTION 2.06. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust . Prior to each due date of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Security, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay that principal, premium or interest when due. The Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of a series, and if the Paying Agent is not the Trustee, in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, all sums held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or interest on the Securities of that series and, in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Paying Agent will give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section, the Paying Agent will have no further liability for the money.

SECTION 2.07. Securityholder Lists . The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Securities of each series. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, in accordance with Section 312(a) of the TIA, the Company will furnish to the Trustee in writing at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request all information in the possession or control of the Company or its Paying Agent as to the names and addresses of Holders of the Securities of a series.

SECTION 2.08. Transfer and Exchange . Unless otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to Securities of a series, Securities which are issued in registered form will be transferred only upon the surrender of the Securities for registration of transfer. When a Security is presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer, the Registrar will register the transfer as requested if the requirements of Article 8 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code are met. When Securities are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same series of other denominations, the Registrar will make the exchange as requested if the same requirements are met. To permit registration of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s or co-registrar’s request. The Company will not charge a fee for transfers or exchanges, but the Company may require payment from the applicable Securityholder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge and any other expenses (including fees and expenses of the Trustee) that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of the Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.09 and 9.05 not involving any transfer.

The Company will not be required to make, and the Registrar need not register, transfers or exchanges of (i) Securities selected for redemption (except, in the case of Securities to be redeemed in part, transfers or exchanges of the portion of the Securities not to be redeemed) or (ii) any Securities of a series for a period of 15 days before the first mailing of a notice of the Securities of that series which are to be redeemed.

Prior to the due presentation for registration or transfer of any Security which was issued in registered form, the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, any authenticating agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name the Security is registered as the absolute owner of the Security for all purposes, and none of the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar will be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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SECTION 2.09. Replacement Securities . If a mutilated Security which had been issued in registered form is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder presents evidence to the satisfaction of the Company and the Trustee that a Security which had been issued in registered form has been lost or destroyed, the Company will issue and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee will authenticate a replacement Security of the same series if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code are met and the Holder satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, the replacement Security will not be issued until the Holder furnishes an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, and if applicable, the authenticating agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar or any co-registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if the Security is replaced. The Company may charge the Holder for its expenses in replacing a Security.

Every replacement Security will be an obligation of the Company, even if the replaced Security is subsequently found.

SECTION 2.10. Outstanding Securities . The Securities outstanding at any time will be all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee, except those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or its affiliate holds the Security.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.09, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a protected purchaser (in which case the replaced Security will be treated as outstanding to the extent permitted by Section 8-210 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code).

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company or a Subsidiary) segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a redemption date or Maturity Date money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, payable on that date with respect to the Securities to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, then on that date those Securities will cease to be outstanding and interest on them will cease to accrue.

SECTION 2.11. Temporary Securities . Until definitive Securities of a series are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee will authenticate temporary Securities of that series. Temporary Securities will be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee will authenticate definitive Securities and deliver them in exchange for temporary Securities.

SECTION 2.12. Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Securities of a series to the Trustee for cancellation and the Trustee will reduce accordingly the aggregate amount of the Securities of that series which are outstanding. The Registrar and the Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, or conversion. The Trustee and no one else will cancel and dispose of all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange,

 

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payment, conversion or cancellation in accordance with its procedures for the disposition of cancelled securities and deliver certificates of such disposition to the Company unless the Company directs the Trustee to deliver the cancelled Securities to the Company. Subject to Section 2.09, the Company may not issue new Securities of a series to replace Securities of the series it has redeemed, paid, converted or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

SECTION 2.13. Defaulted Interest . If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Securities of a series, it will pay defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest to the extent lawful) to the persons who are Holders of the Securities of that series on a subsequent special record date, which date will be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date. The Company will fix the special record date and payment date, and, at least 15 days before the special record date, the Company will mail to each Holder of Securities of that series a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest and any interest on that defaulted interest which is to be paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

SECTION 2.14. CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other similar numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other similar numbers, as the case may be, in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP,” “ISIN” or other similar numbers.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

SECTION 3.01. Company s Option to Redeem . The Company will have the option to redeem Securities of a series only to the extent, if any, and only on the terms, set forth in the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities of that series. If the Company has the option to redeem Securities of a series, unless otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to the series, the terms of the redemption will include those set forth in Sections 3.02 through 3.06 and 3.08.

SECTION 3.02. Notices to Trustee . If the Company elects to redeem Securities of a series, it will notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount and series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company will give each notice provided for in this Section not less than 35 days before the redemption date (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee). If fewer than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the record date for determining which Securities of the series are to be redeemed will be selected by the Company, which will give notice of the record date to the Trustee at least 15 days before the record date.

 

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SECTION 3.03. Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed . If fewer than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed at the Company’s option, such Securities or portions thereof shall be selected in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary in the case of global Securities, and in the case of Securities in definitive form the Trustee will select the Securities of that series to be redeemed by lot. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities called for redemption. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of the Securities or portions of Securities to be redeemed.

SECTION 3.04. Notice of Redemption at the Company s Option . At least 30 days and not more than 60 days before a date set for redemption at the Company’s option, the Company will deliver a notice of redemption to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed in whole or in part. The notice will identify the principal amount and series of each Security to be redeemed and will state:

 

  (1) the redemption date;

 

  (2) the redemption price plus accrued interest, if any;

 

  (3) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

  (4) that Securities called for redemption in whole or in part must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price plus accrued interest, if any;

 

  (5) that, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Securities (or portions of Securities) called for redemption will cease to accrue on the redemption date and, if applicable, that those Securities (or the portions of then called for redemption) will cease on the redemption date (or such other date as is provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities) to be convertible into, or exchangeable for, other securities or assets;

 

  (6) if applicable, the current conversion or exchange price; and

 

  (7) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Securities.

At the Company’s request delivered at least five (5) days prior to the date such notice of redemption is to be given (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense. In such event, the Company will provide the Trustee with the information required by clauses (1) through (3), (6) and (7).

SECTION 3.05. Effect of Notice of Redemption . Once notice of redemption is sent, Securities, or portions of Securities called for redemption will become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, those Securities will be paid at the redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. On and after the date fixed for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, together with interest accrued to the redemption date) interest on the Securities, or portions of them, which are redeemed will cease to accrue and any right to convert those Securities into, or exchange them for, other securities or assets will terminate and those Securities will cease to be convertible or exchangeable. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder will not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

 

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SECTION 3.06. Deposit of Redemption Price . No later than the Business Day prior to the redemption date specified in a notice of redemption, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities called for redemption on that redemption date at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the redemption date, other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption which have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation or Securities which have been surrendered for conversion or exchange. If any Securities called for redemption are converted or exchanged, any money deposited with the Paying Agent for redemption of those Securities will be paid to the Company upon its request, or, if the money is held in trust by the Company or a Subsidiary as Paying Agent, the money will be discharged from the trust.

SECTION 3.07. Holder s Right to Require Redemption . Holders of Securities of a series will have the right to require the Company to redeem those Securities only to the extent, and only on the terms, set forth in the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities of that series. If Holders of Securities of a series have the right to require the Company to redeem those Securities, unless otherwise provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Securities of that series, the terms of the redemption will include those set forth in Section 3.08.

SECTION 3.08. Procedure for Requiring Redemption . If a Holder has the right to require the Company to redeem Securities, to exercise that right, the Holder must deliver the Securities to the Paying Agent, endorsed for transfer and with the form on the reverse side entitled “Option to Require Redemption” completed. Delivery of Securities to the Paying Agent as provided in this Section will constitute an irrevocable election to cause the specified principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. When Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent as provided in this Section, unless the Company fails to make the payments due as a result of the redemption within 20 days after the Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent as provided in this Section interest on the Securities will cease to accrue and, if the Securities are convertible or exchangeable, the Holder’s right to convert or exchange the Securities will terminate.

The Company’s determination of all questions regarding the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt of Securities delivered by the Holders) and acceptance of any Security for redemption will be final and binding.

SECTION 3.09. Securities Redeemed in Part . Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Holder (at the Company’s expense) a new Security equal of the same series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security which was surrendered.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01. Payment of Securities . The Company will promptly pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each of the Securities of a series at the places and time and in the manner provided in the Securities and in the Supplemental Indenture relating to the series. An installment of principal, premium or interest will be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on that date in accordance with this Indenture or the applicable Supplemental Indenture money designated for and sufficient to pay the installment then due.

The Company will pay or cause to be paid interest on overdue principal at the rate specified in the Securities; it will also pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate (or such other rate as is provided in the applicable Supplemental Indenture), to the extent lawful.

SECTION 4.02. Reporting . The Company will file with the Trustee within 15 days after filing with the SEC, copies of its annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) that the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ Exchange Act ”). Any such document or report that the Company files with the Commission via the Commission’s EDGAR system shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 4.02 at the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system.

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

SECTION 4.03. Corporate Existence . Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

SECTION 4.04. Compliance Certificate . The Company will deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each year an Officer’s Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any default by the Company and whether or not the signers know of any default that occurred during such year. If they do, the certificate will describe the default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also will comply with TIA Section 314(a)(4).

SECTION 4.05. Further Instruments and Acts . Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE V

SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

SECTION 5.01. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms . The Company will not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person, unless:

 

  (1) the corporation formed by the consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety will be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, a State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes, by one or more supplemental indentures, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on all the Securities of each series and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture and of all Supplemental Indentures to be performed or observed by the Company;

 

  (2) with regard to each series of Securities, immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default with respect to that series of Securities, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default with respect to that series of Securities, will have occurred and be continuing; and

 

  (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and the supplemental indenture (or the supplemental indentures together) comply with this Article and that all the conditions precedent relating to the transaction set forth in this Section have been fulfilled.

SECTION 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted . Upon any event described in Section 5.01, the successor corporation will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture and all the Supplemental Indentures relating to outstanding series of Securities, and the predecessor corporation will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and each of those Supplemental Indentures.

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

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

 

  (1) The Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of any series when it becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days (or such other period, which may be no period as is specified in the Supplemental Indenture relating to the series);

 

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  (2) The Company defaults in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Security of any series as and when it becomes due and payable at its stated maturity or upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise and, if provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to a series, the default continues for a period specified in the Supplemental Indenture;

 

  (3) The Company fails to comply with any of its other covenants or agreements with regard to Securities of a series or this Indenture (other than a covenant or agreement, a default in whose performance or whose breach is dealt with specifically elsewhere in this Section) and that failure continues for a period of 90 days after the date of the notice specified below;

 

  (4) the Company, pursuant to any Bankruptcy Law applicable to the Company:

(A) commences a voluntary case;

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

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

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

 

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

(A) for relief in an involuntary case;

(B) appointing a Custodian of the Company or for any substantial part of its property; or

(C) ordering its winding up or liquidation; and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days.

Each of the occurrences described in clauses (1) through (5) will constitute an Event of Default whatever the reason for the occurrence and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.

The term “ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11 of the United States Code or any similar United States Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term “ Custodian ” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

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A Default under clause (3) of this Section is not an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of a series with regard to which the Company has failed to comply with a covenant or agreement notify the Company and the Trustee, of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 90 days after the giving of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a “Notice of Default.”

A Default under clause (1), (2) or (3) with regard to Securities of a series will not constitute a Default with regard to Securities of any other series except to the extent, if any, provided in the Supplemental Indenture relating to the other series.

SECTION 6.02. Acceleration . If an Event of Default as to the Securities of a series occurs and is continuing, unless the principal of all of the Securities of the series has already become due and payable, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of and accrued interest, if any, on all the Securities of the series to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, that principal and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(4) or (5) occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, on all the Securities will automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Securityholders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of a series then outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of the series, by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if all existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, that has become due solely because of acceleration, and if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree. No such rescission will affect any subsequent default or impair any consequent right.

SECTION 6.03. Other Remedies . If an Event of Default as to a series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of the series or to enforce the performance of any provision under this Indenture or any applicable Supplemental Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Securityholder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default will not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.

SECTION 6.04. Waiver of Existing Defaults . The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a series then outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of that series, by notice to the Trustee may consent to the waiver of any past Default with regard to Securities of the series and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, Securities of the series, or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of all Securities of the series then outstanding. The defaults described in clauses (i) and (ii) in the previous sentence may be waived with the consent of the Holders of all Securities of the series then outstanding. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is deemed cured and not continuing, but no waiver will extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any consequent right.

 

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SECTION 6.05. Control by Majority . The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of a series then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee with regard to the Securities of that series or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with regard to the Securities of that series. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Securityholders or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action as a result of a direction given under this Section, the Trustee will be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking that action.

SECTION 6.06. Payments of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor . The Company covenants that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in Section 6.01(1) or (2), then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities in all series, the whole amount that will then have become due and payable on all such Securities for principal, premium, if any, and interest, with interest on the overdue principal and premium, if any, and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on the overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities in all series; and, in addition, such further amount as will be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including a reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses or liabilities incurred by the Trustee hereunder other than through its gross negligence or willful misconduct. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Company may pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of all series to the registered Holders, whether or not the Securities in that series are overdue.

SECTION 6.07. Limitation on Suits . A Securityholder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture, unless:

 

  (1) the Holder gives to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default as to a series is continuing;

 

  (2) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of the series then outstanding make a written request to the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

  (3) such Holder or Holders offer to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

  (4) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity, and the Event of Default has not been waived; and

 

  (5) the Trustee has received no contrary direction from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of the series then outstanding during such 60-day period.

 

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A Securityholder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of the same series of Securities or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of the same series of Securities.

SECTION 6.08. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment and to Demand Conversion . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Security of any series to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Security (and interest on overdue principal and interest on overdue installments of interest, if any, as provided in Section 4.01), on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Security or, in the case of redemption, on or after the redemption date, or in the case of conversion or exchange, to receive the security issuable upon conversion or exchange or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, conversion or exchange on or after the applicable due date, redemption date or conversion or exchange date, as the case may be, against the Company, will not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder.

SECTION 6.09. Collection Suit by Trustee . If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid (together with interest on that unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.

SECTION 6.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of any or all series allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its creditors or its property and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make 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 it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07.

SECTION 6.11. Restoration of Positions . If a judicial proceeding by the Trustee or a Securityholder to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture is dismissed or decided favorably to the Company, except as otherwise provided in the judicial proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Securityholders will be restored to the positions they would have been in if the judicial proceeding had not been instituted.

SECTION 6.12. Priorities . If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article VI with respect to Securities of a series, subject to Article XI, or, after an Event of Default set forth in Section 6.01(4) or (5), any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture, it will pay out the money or property in the following order:

 

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  FIRST:   to the Trustee (including any predecessor trustee) for amounts due under Section 7.07;
  SECOND:   to Securityholders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities of the series for principal and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities of the series for principal and interest, respectively; and
  THIRD:   to the Company.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities of a series pursuant to this Section. At least 15 days before the record date, the Company will mail to each Holder of Securities of the series and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid.

SECTION 6.13. Undertaking for Costs . In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses (whether incurred before trial, at trial or on appeal or in any bankruptcy, arbitration or other administrative proceeding), against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.13 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by Holders of in aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Securities of a series then outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Security held by that Holder on or after the due date provided in the Security or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert or exchange any Security in accordance with the provisions of a Supplemental Indenture applicable to that Security.

SECTION 6.14. Stay, Extension or Usury Laws . The Company agrees (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other law, wherever enacted, now or at any subsequent time in force, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest on any of the Securities as contemplated in this Indenture or a Supplemental Indenture, or which may affect the covenants or performance of this Indenture, and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and agrees that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted to the Trustee in this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, but (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) will suffer and permit the execution of any such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

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SECTION 6.15. Liability of Stockholders, Officers, Directors and Incorporators . No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the Company, or any of its successor corporations, will have any personal liability in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture or any Securities by reason of his or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator; provided, however, that nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities will prevent recourse to and enforcement of the liability of any stockholder or subscriber to Capital Stock which have not been fully paid up.

ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee .

(a) The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In the event an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(b) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred:

(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

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

 

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

(d) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the written direction of the Holders of not less than a majority (or in the case of Section 6.02, not less than 25%) of the aggregate principal amount of the series of Securities then outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

(e) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee is subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01 and to the provisions of the TIA;

(f) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any Registrar with respect to the Securities;

(g) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred, unless a Trust Officer had actual knowledge of such event;

(h) in the absence of written investment direction from the Company, all cash received by the Trustee shall be placed in a non-interest bearing trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of investments or for investment losses incurred thereon or for losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investments prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investment to provide timely written investment direction, and the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of such written investment direction from the Company; and

(i) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Registrar, Paying Agent, or transfer agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article VII shall also be afforded to such Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent, or transfer agent.

None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

SECTION 7.02. Rights of Trustee . Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

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(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate which conforms to Section 13.05. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such an Officer’s Certificate.

(c) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, except conduct which constitutes willful misconduct or gross negligence.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and any advice of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or opinion of counsel.

(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company for any reasonable expenses incurred and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

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

(h) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.

(i) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. In no event shall the Trustee be required to risk or expend its own funds in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture.

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

 

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(k) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default except any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01 if, at the time of the occurrence of such Default or Event of Default, the Trustee is the Paying Agent, unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default and which shall have been given to a Trust Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

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

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

SECTION 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee . The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or any of its affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

SECTION 7.04. Trustee s Disclaimer . The Trustee (i) is not responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, sufficiency or adequacy of this Indenture or any Securities, (ii) will not be responsible for and will not make any representation as to the validity, sufficiency or adequacy of any Supplemental Indenture, (iii) will not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities of any series, and (iv) will not be responsible for any recital or statement of the Company in this Indenture any Supplemental Indenture or any Securities, other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, or in any prospectus used in the sale of any of the Securities, other than statements, if any, provided in writing or approved by the Trustee for use in such a prospectus. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture.

SECTION 7.05. Notice of Defaults . The Trustee will give to the Holders of the Securities of a series notice of any Default with regard to the Securities of that series known to the Trustee (upon receipt in writing by a Trust Officer), within 90 days after it occurs; provided, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security, the Trustee will be protected in withholding notice of the Default if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that the withholding of the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities of the series.

SECTION 7.06. Reports by Trustee . Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, the Trustee will deliver to the Depositary (in the case of global Securities) or to each Securityholder (in the case of definitive Securities), at the name and address which appears on the registration books of the Company, and to each

 

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Securityholder who has, within the two years preceding the mailing, filed that person’s name and address with the Trustee for that purpose and each Securityholder whose name and address have been furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.07, a brief report dated as of that May 15 which complies with TIA Section 313(a). The Trustee also will comply with TIA Section 313(b).

A copy of each report will at the time of its delivery to the Depositary or the Securityholders be filed with each stock exchange on which Securities are listed and also with the SEC. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities of any series are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting of Securities of any series.

SECTION 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity . The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Those expenses will include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company will indemnify the Trustee and its officers, directors, employees and agents against any and all loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it in connection with the administration of the trust created by this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture and the performance of its duties under this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company of its obligations under this Section. The Company will defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, expense or liability incurred by the Trustee to the extent it is due to the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence.

To secure the Company’s obligation to make payments to the Trustee under this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, other than money or property held in trust to pay principal or interest on particular Securities. Those obligations of the Company will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the termination for any reason of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in clause (4) or (5) of Section 6.01 occurs, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services of the Trustee are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

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For purposes of this Section 7.07, “ Trustee ” will include any predecessor Trustee, but the willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith of any Trustee will not affect the rights of any other Trustee under this Section 7.07.

SECTION 7.08. Replacement of Trustee . The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then outstanding may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

  (1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

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

 

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

 

  (4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series then outstanding may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

No removal or appointment of a Trustee will be valid if that removal or appointment would conflict with any law applicable to the Company.

A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee will, provided all sums owing to the retiring Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07, transfer all property held by it as a Trustee to the successor Trustee, 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 and all Supplemental Indentures. A successor Trustee will mail notice of its succession to each Securityholder.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, at the Company’s expense, the Company or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series then outstanding may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

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SECTION 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger, etc . Any corporation or other entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture), shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that in the case of any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee such corporation or other entity shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.10.

If at the time a successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee succeeds to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Securities have been authenticated but not delivered, the successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of the predecessor Trustee, and deliver the Securities which were authenticated by the predecessor Trustee; and if at that time any of the Securities have not been authenticated, the successor to the Trustee may authenticate those Securities either in the name of the predecessor or in its own name as the successor to the Trustee; and in either case the certificates of authentication will have the full force provided in this Indenture for certificates of authentication.

SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification . The Trustee will at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA Section 310(a). The Trustee will at all times have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recently published annual report of condition, which will be deemed for this paragraph to be its combined capital and surplus. The Trustee will comply with TIA Section 310(b), including the optional provision permitted by the second sentence of TIA Section 310(b)(9); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met, other than the fact that such indentures are not described herein.

SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims . The Trustee will comply with TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed will be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

ARTICLE VIII

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

SECTION 8.01. Termination of the Company s Obligations . When (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee all outstanding Securities of all series (other than Securities replaced pursuant to Section 2.09) for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding Securities of all series have become due and payable, or are due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year, under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for giving the notice of redemption, and the Company irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee (subject to Article XI) money or U.S. Government Obligations without reinvestment sufficient to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of all series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and if, in the case of either (i) or (ii) above the Company also pays or causes to be paid all other sums payable by the Company under this Indenture, then this Indenture will cease to be of further effect.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligations to pay principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities and the Company’s obligations in Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.09, 7.07, 7.08 and in Article X will survive until all the Securities of all series are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, the Company’s obligations in Section 7.07 will survive.

Before or after a deposit the Company may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Securities of a series at a future date to the extent the Securities are redeemable in accordance with Article III and the applicable Supplemental Indenture.

After a deposit pursuant to this Section 8.01 or after all outstanding Securities of all series have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, the Trustee upon request from the Company, accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel which complies with Section 13.05, and at the cost of the Company, will acknowledge in writing the satisfaction and discharge of the Company’s obligations under the Securities of all series and this Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified above.

In order to have money available on payment dates to pay principal, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on the Securities of a series, the U.S. Government Obligations will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, or interest on or before those payment dates in amounts sufficient to provide the necessary money. U.S. Government Obligations used for this purpose may not be callable at the issuer’s option.

SECTION 8.02. Application of Trust Money . Subject to Article XI and Section 8.03, the Trustee will hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.01. It will apply the deposited money and the money from the U.S. Government Obligations through the Paying Agent and in accordance with this Indenture and any applicable Supplemental Indentures to the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities with regard to which the money or U.S. Government Obligations were deposited.

SECTION 8.03. Repayment to the Company . The Trustee and the Paying Agent will promptly pay to the Company upon request any excess money or securities held by them at any time. The Trustee and the Paying Agent will pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal, premium or interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After such payment, all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to that money will cease.

SECTION 8.04. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust . The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.01 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of outstanding Securities.

 

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ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

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

 

  (1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect, error or inconsistency;

 

  (2) to comply with Article V;

 

  (3) to establish the form and terms of the Securities of any series as contemplated in Article II of this Indenture;

 

  (4) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; or

 

  (5) to amend, modify or supplement any of the provisions contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder, and provided further that any amendment, modification or supplement that conforms this Indenture or any supplemental indenture, as applied to a series of Securities, to the terms described in the prospectus (including any prospectus supplement) pursuant to which such Securities were initially sold shall be deemed not to adversely affect the rights of Securityholders.

After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Securityholders a notice briefly describing the amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect in a notice, will not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.

SECTION 9.02. With Consent of Holders . The Company and the Trustee may (i) amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Securityholder but with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then outstanding or (ii) supplement this Indenture with regard to a series of Securities, amend or supplement a Supplemental Indenture relating to a series of Securities, or amend the Securities of a series, without notice to any Securityholder but with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series then outstanding. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of all series then outstanding may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Securityholder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any series then outstanding may waive compliance with any provision of this Indenture, any Supplemental Indenture or the Securities of that series with regard to the Securities of that series without notice to any Securityholder. However, without the consent of the Holder so affected, no amendment, supplement or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 6.04, may:

 

  (1) extend the fixed maturity of any Security, reduce the rate or extend the time for payment of interest on any Security, reduce the principal amount of any Security or premium, if any, on any Security;

 

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  (2) impair or affect the right of a Holder to institute suit for the payment of interest, if any, principal or premium, if any, on the Securities;

 

  (3) change the currency in which the Securities are payable from that specified in the Securities or in a Supplemental Indenture applicable to the Securities;

 

  (4) impair the right, if any, to convert the Securities into, or exchange the Securities for, other securities or assets;

 

  (5) reduce the percentage of Securities required to consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

  (6) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Security or change the time at which any Security may or will be redeemed;

 

  (7) modify the provisions of any Supplemental Indenture with respect to subordination of the Securities of a series in a manner adverse to the Securityholders; or

 

  (8) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.08 or the fifth sentence of this Section.

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

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.

After an amendment under this Section becomes effective, the Company will mail to the Securityholders a notice briefly describing the amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Securityholders, or any defect in a notice, will not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section.

SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act . Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture, any Supplemental Indenture or the Securities will comply with the TIA as then in effect.

SECTION 9.04. Revocation and Effect of Consents . A consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver by a Holder of a Security will bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to the Holder’s Security or portion of a Security. For a revocation to be effective, the Trustee must receive notice of the revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms, it will bind every Holder of every Security of every series to which it applies.

 

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SECTION 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of Securities . If an amendment changes the terms of a series of Securities, the Trustee may require the Holder of a Security of the series to deliver the Holder’s Security to the Trustee, who will place an appropriate notation about the amendment, supplement or waiver on the Security and will return it to the Holder. Alternatively, the Company may, in exchange for the Security, issue, and the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 13.15) will authenticate, a new Security that reflects the amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc . In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by Article II or this Article IX or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee will sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to Article II or this Article IX if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does adversely affect those rights, duties, liabilities or immunities, the Trustee may but need not sign it. The Company may not sign an amendment or supplement until the amendment or supplement is approved by an appropriate Board Resolution.

ARTICLE X

CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES

SECTION 10.01. Provisions Relating to Conversion or Exchange of Securities . Any rights which Holders of Securities of a series will have to convert those Securities into other securities of the Company or to exchange those Securities for securities of other Persons or other assets, including but not limited to the terms of the conversion or exchange and the circumstances, if any, under which those terms will be adjusted to prevent dilution or otherwise, will be set forth in a Supplemental Indenture relating to the series of Securities. In the absence of provisions in a Supplemental Indenture relating to a series of Securities setting forth rights to convert or exchange the Securities of that series into or for other securities or assets, Holders of the Securities of that series will not have any such rights.

ARTICLE XI

SINKING OR PURCHASE FUNDS

SECTION 11.01. Provisions Relating to Sinking or Purchase Funds . Any requirements that the Company make, or rights of the Company to make at its option, payments prior to maturity of the Securities of a series which will be used as a fund with which to redeem or to purchase Securities of that series, including but not limited to provisions regarding the amount of the payments, when the Company will be required, or will have the option, to make the payments and when the payments will be applied, will be set forth in a Supplemental Indenture relating to

 

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the series of Securities. In the absence of provisions in a Supplemental Indenture relating to a series of Securities setting forth requirements that the Company make, or rights of the Company to make at its option, payments to be used as a fund with which to redeem or purchase Securities of the series, the Company will not be subject to any such requirements and will not have any such rights. However, unless otherwise specifically provided in a Supplemental Indenture relating to a series of Securities, the Company will at all times have the right to purchase Securities from Holders in market transactions or otherwise.

ARTICLE XII

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

SECTION 12.01. Action by Holders . Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders, the Company or the Trustee may fix, but shall not be required to, in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected shall be not more than 15 days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

SECTION 12.02. Proof of Execution by Holders . Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and Section 7.02, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be proved by the Registrar’s books or by a certificate of the Registrar’s books. The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner determined by the Trustee in accordance with Section 13.07.

SECTION 12.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners . The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Security shall be registered upon the Registrar’s books to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person other than the Company or any Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on such Security, for conversion of such Security and for all other purposes under this Indenture; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent nor any Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. The sole registered holder of a Security in global form (a “ Global Security ”) shall be the Depositary or its nominee. All such payments or deliveries so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums or shares of Common Stock so paid or delivered, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable or shares

 

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deliverable upon any such Security. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Securities, following an Event of Default, any owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Security may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depositary or any other Person, such owner’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Security in certificated form in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

SECTION 12.04. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound . At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 12.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 12.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Security or any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 13.01. Trust Indenture Act Controls . If any provision of this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 through 317 of the TIA, the imposed duties will control.

SECTION 13.02. Supplemental Indentures Contract . If any provision of a Supplemental Indenture relating to a series of Securities is inconsistent with any provision of this Indenture, the provision of the Supplemental Indenture will control with regard to the Securities of the series to which it relates.

SECTION 13.03. Notices . Any notice or communication under or relating to this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture will be sufficiently given if made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with the applicable party, in writing and delivered by facsimile transmission, in person or mailed by first-class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, addressed as follows:

if to the Company: Clovis Oncology, Inc.

5500 Flatiron Parkway, Suite 100

Boulder, Colorado 80301

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (303) 245-0361

 

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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice and shall not be required to be delivered in satisfaction of any requirement hereof) to:

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Thomas Mark

Facsimile: (212) 728-9667

if to the Trustee: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

400 South Hope Street

Mellon Bank Center

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Attn: Corporate Trust

Either the Company or the Trustee by a notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication sent to a Securityholder will be sent to the Securityholder at the Securityholder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and will be sufficiently given to the Securityholder if so sent within the time prescribed.

Failure to send a notice or communication to a Securityholder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it is impossible to send any notice as required by this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, then any method of notification which is approved by the Trustee will constitute a sufficient sending of the notice.

The Company may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Securityholders entitled to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted by Sections 6.04 and 6.05. The record date will be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of consents or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.07 prior to the solicitation.

The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and comply with notices, instructions, directions or other communications sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Company. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a person authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Company; and the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such notices, instructions, directions or other communications. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit notices, instructions, directions or other communications to the Trustee,

 

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including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. The Company shall use all reasonable endeavors to ensure that any such notices, instructions, directions or other communications transmitted to the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture are complete and correct. Any such notices, instructions, directions or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to be valid instructions from the Company to the Trustee for the purposes of this Indenture.

SECTION 13.04. Communication by Holders with Other Holders . Securityholders may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. Each of the Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else will have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

SECTION 13.05. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent . Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, the Company will furnish to the Trustee:

 

  (1) an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signer, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with;

 

  (2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all those conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

  (3) such other opinions and certificates as may be required by applicable provisions of this Indenture or the Supplemental Indenture.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture or a Supplemental Indenture will include:

(i) a statement that each person signing the certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of the person giving the certificate or opinion, that person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable that person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of that person, the condition or covenant has been complied with.

Nothing in this Section 13.05 will be construed as requiring that the Company furnish to the Trustee any evidence of compliance with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture other than the evidence specified in this Section 13.05 except as may be required by any other provision of this Indenture.

 

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SECTION 13.06. When Treasury Securities Disregarded . In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company, or anyone under direct or indirect control or under direct or indirect common control with the Company will be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith will not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to the Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or a person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under common control with, the Company. Nothing in this Section 13.06 will be construed as requiring that the Company furnish to the Trustee any evidence of compliance with the conditions and covenants provided for in the Indenture other than the evidence specified in this Section 13.06.

SECTION 13.07. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar . The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Securityholders. The Paying Agent or Registrar may make reasonable rules for its functions.

SECTION 13.08. Legal Holidays . If a payment date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest shall accrue in respect of any payment that would otherwise need to be made on such date on account of the delay.

SECTION 13.09. Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction . The laws of the State of New York will govern this Indenture, each Supplemental Indenture and the Securities, and any dispute, case or controversy arising thereunder or relating thereto. The Company submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in any action or proceeding to enforce any of its obligations under this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture or with regard to the Securities, and agrees not to seek a transfer of any such action or proceeding on the basis of inconvenience of the forum or otherwise (but the Company will not be prevented from removing any such action or proceeding from a state court to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York). The Company agrees that process in any such action or proceeding may be served upon it by registered mail or in any other manner permitted by the rules of the court in which the action or proceeding is brought.

SECTION 13.10. Actions by the Company . Any action or proceeding brought by the Company to enforce any right, assert any claim or obtain any relief in connection with this Indenture, any Supplemental Indenture or the Securities will be brought by the Company exclusively in the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

 

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SECTION 13.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements . Neither this Indenture nor any Supplemental Indenture may be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary. No such indenture, loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 13.12. Successors . All agreements of the Company in this Indenture, any Supplemental Indentures and the Securities will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture and any Supplemental Indentures will bind its successors.

SECTION 13.13. Duplicate Originals . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together will represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

SECTION 13.14. Table of Contents, Headings, etc . The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only. They 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 13.15. Authenticating Agent . The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Securities in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Securities hereunder, including under Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.09, Section 2.11 and Section 9.05 as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Securities. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Securities by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Securities “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Securities for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.10.

Any corporation or other entity into which any authenticating agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation or other entity is otherwise eligible under this Section 13.15, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation or other entity.

 

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Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor authenticating agent (which may be the Trustee), shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall mail or transmit notice of such appointment to all Holders as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Note Register.

The Company agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services although the Company may terminate the authenticating agent, if it determines such agent’s fees to be unreasonable.

The provisions of Section 2.08, Section 7.02, Section 7.03 and Section 7.04 and this Section 13.15 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

If an authenticating agent is appointed pursuant to this Section 13.15, the Securities may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

                              , as Authenticating Agent, certifies that this is one of the Securities described in the within-named Indenture.

 

By:                                                                   
Authorized Officer

SECTION 13.16. Execution in Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

SECTION 13.17. Severability . In the event any provision of this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

SECTION 13.18. Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE HOLDERS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

SECTION 13.19. Force Majeure . In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable best efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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SECTION 13.20. FATCA . In order to comply with Sections 1471 through 1474 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and the rules and regulations thereunder (as in effect from time to time, collectively, the “ Applicable Law ”), a foreign financial institution, issuer, collateral agent, paying agent, holder or other institution is or has agreed to be subject to related to this Indenture, the Company and the Securityholders agree (i) to provide to the Trustee upon its request information in the Company’s possession about holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so the Trustee can determine whether it has tax related obligations under the Applicable Law and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with the Applicable Law for which the Trustee shall not have any liability for its withholding or deduction from payment under this Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law. The terms of this section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

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

 

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Daniel W. Muehl

  Name:   Daniel W. Muehl
  Title:   Senior Vice President of Finance, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Karen Yu

  Name:   Karen Yu
  Title:   Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

(Form of Face of Security)

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

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF AND OF THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.]*

 

* Insert in Global Security only.

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.

% [SENIOR/SUBORDINATED] NOTE DUE

 

 

CUSIP:

ISIN:
Common Code:

Clovis Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]* [    ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of Dollars on

Interest Payment Dates: and

Record Dates: and

Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the reverse hereof.

 

  * Insert in Global Security only.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.

 

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee,

certifies that this is one of the

Notes described in the

within-named Indenture.

 

By:                                                                   Date:                                                               

Authorized Signature

  

 

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(Form of Reverse of Security)

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.

%[SENIOR/SUBORDINATED] NOTE DUE

1. Interest . Clovis Oncology, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture referred to below, being herein called the “ Company ”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the interest rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semiannually on and of each year. Interest on the Securities of this series will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly provided for, from . Interest will be computed [on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months] [as set forth in the Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture delivered pursuant to the Indenture].

2. Method of Payment . The Company will pay interest on the Securities of this series (except defaulted interest) to the persons who are registered Holders of Securities of this series at the close of business on the record date next preceding the interest payment date even though such Securities are canceled after the record date and on or before the interest payment date. Holders must surrender Securities to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. However, the Company may pay principal and interest by check payable in such money. It may mail an interest check to a Holder’s registered address.

3. Paying Agent, Registrar . Initially, [ ] (the “ Trustee ”), will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without notice. The Company may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar.

4. Indenture . The Company issued the Securities of this series under an Indenture dated as of [     ] (the “ Indenture ”) between the Company and the Trustee. The Securities are unsecured general obligations of the Company issued and to be issued in one or more series under the Indenture and may be issued in an unlimited principal amount. The terms of the Securities include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “ TIA ”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture. The Securities are subject to all such terms, and Securityholders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms.

5. Redemption . [Set forth redemption provision, if any.]

6. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange . The Securities of this series are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof [or as otherwise set forth in the Security]. The transfer of Securities may be registered and Securities may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company shall not be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of a series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such

 

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Securities selected for redemption under Section 3.03 of the Indenture and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

7. Defeasance . Subject to certain conditions and unless otherwise provided in the terms of the Securities of this series, the Company at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Securities and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money for the payment of principal and interest on the Securities to maturity.

8. Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of a Security may be treated as its owner for all purposes, except that interest (other than defaulted interest) will be paid to the person that was the registered Holder on the relevant record date for such payment of interest.

9. Amendments and Waivers . Subject to certain exceptions, (i) the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series affected; and (ii) any existing default with respect to the Securities of this series may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of such series. Without the consent of any Securityholder, the Indenture or the Securities may be amended or supplemented to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, omission, defect, error or inconsistency, to provide for assumption of Company obligations by a successor to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, to provide for guarantees with respect to, or security for, the Securities, or to comply with the TIA or to add additional covenants or surrender Company rights.

10. Remedies . If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series may declare all the Securities of this series to be due and payable immediately. Securityholders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities of this series except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require an indemnity before it enforces the Indenture or the Securities. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of a series may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power with respect to such series. The Trustee may withhold from Securityholders notice of any continuing default (except a Default in payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interests. The Company must furnish an annual compliance certificate to the Trustee.

11. Subordination . [Set forth subordination provision, if any.]

12. Trustee Dealings with Company . Subject to the provisions of the TIA, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its affiliates, as if it were not Trustee. The Trustee will initially be [    ].

13. No Recourse Against Others . A director, officer, incorporator, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

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14. Authentication . This Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

15. Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Securityholder or an 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 Gifts to Minors Act).

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers (or as to the accuracy of ISIN numbers, Common Code numbers or similar numbers) as printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

THE COMPANY WILL FURNISH TO ANY SECURITYHOLDER UPON WRITTEN REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE A COPY OF THE INDENTURE, WHICH HAS IN IT THE TEXT OF THIS SECURITY, IN TWELVE-POINT TYPE. REQUESTS MAY BE MADE TO: INVESTOR RELATIONS, CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC., 5500 FLATIRON PARKWAY, SUITE 100, BOULDER, COLORADO 80301, TELEPHONE: (303) 625-5000.

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to

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

 

 

 

 

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

and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Dated:                                                                               Signed:                                                                                            
  

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

Signature Guarantee:

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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Exhibit 4.2

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

Dated as of April 19, 2018

1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS    1  

Section 1.01

 

Definitions

     1  

Section 1.02

 

Conflicts With Base Indenture

     8  

Section 1.03

 

References to Interest

     8  
ARTICLE II ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES    8  

Section 2.01

 

Designation and Amount

     8  

Section 2.02

 

Form of Notes

     8  

Section 2.03

 

Matters Relating to Global Securities and Physical Notes

     9  

Section 2.04

 

Additional Notes; Repurchases

     10  
ARTICLE III SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE    10  

Section 3.01

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

     10  
ARTICLE IV PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY    11  

Section 4.01

 

Payment of Principal and Interest

     11  

Section 4.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     11  

Section 4.03

 

Statements as to Defaults

     11  
ARTICLE V DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES    11  

Section 5.01

 

Events of Default

     11  

Section 5.02

 

Acceleration: Rescission and Annulment

     13  

Section 5.03

 

Additional Interest

     14  

Section 5.04

 

Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor

     14  

Section 5.05

 

Application of Monies Collected by Trustee

     16  

Section 5.06

 

Proceedings by Holders

     17  

Section 5.07

 

Proceedings by Trustee

     18  

Section 5.08

 

Remedies Cumulative and Continuing

     18  

Section 5.09

 

Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Holders of a Majority of the Notes

     18  

Section 5.10

 

Notice of Defaults

     18  

Section 5.11

 

Undertaking to Pay Costs

     19  
ARTICLE VI SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES    19  

Section 6.01

 

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

     19  

Section 6.02

 

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

     20  

 

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ARTICLE VII CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE    21  

Section 7.01

 

Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms

     21  

Section 7.02

 

Successor Corporation to Be Substituted

     22  

Section 7.03

 

Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee

     23  
ARTICLE VIII IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS    23  

Section 8.01

 

Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations

     23  
ARTICLE IX CONVERSION OF NOTES    23  

Section 9.01

 

Conversion Privilege

     23  

Section 9.02

 

Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion

     24  

Section 9.03

 

Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes or during a Redemption Period

     26  

Section 9.04

 

Adjustment of Conversion Rate

     28  

Section 9.05

 

Adjustments of Prices

     36  

Section 9.06

 

Shares to Be Fully Paid

     36  

Section 9.07

 

Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock

     36  

Section 9.08

 

Certain Covenants

     37  

Section 9.09

 

Responsibility of Trustee

     38  

Section 9.10

 

Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions

     38  

Section 9.11

 

Stockholder Rights Plans

     39  

Section 9.12

 

Exchange in Lieu of Conversion

     39  
ARTICLE X REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS    40  

Section 10.01

 

Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change

     40  

Section 10.02

 

Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

     42  

Section 10.03

 

Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price

     43  

Section 10.04

 

Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes

     43  

Section 10.05

 

Repurchase of Notes by Third Party

     44  
ARTICLE XI OPTIONAL REDEMPTION    44  

Section 11.01

 

Optional Redemption

     44  

Section 11.02

 

Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes.

     44  

Section 11.03

 

Payment of Notes Called for Redemption

     46  

Section 11.04

 

Restrictions on Redemption

     46  
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS    46  

Section 12.01

 

Governing Law; Jurisdiction

     46  

 

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Section 12.02

 

Calculations

     47  

Section 12.03

 

Withholding Tax.

     47  

EXHIBIT A – FORM OF NOTE

 

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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 19, 2018 (“ Supplemental Indenture ”), by and between CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “ Company ”, as more fully set forth in Section 1.01), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), that supplements the Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”, and as amended, modified and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture authorizes the Company to execute a supplemental indenture thereto to set forth the terms and other provisions of any new series of Securities;

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be titled the “1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025” (the “ Notes ”) and has duly authorized the issuance of Notes initially in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000 (or, up to $345,000,000, if the Underwriters exercise their Shoe Option), subject to Section 2.04;

WHEREAS, in order to provide the terms and conditions of the Notes, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent, as in the Indenture provided, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company, and the Indenture a valid agreement according to its terms, have been done and performed, and the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and the issuance under the Indenture of the Notes have in all respects been duly authorized.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes by the Holders, the Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time (except as otherwise provided below) as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01 Definitions . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, capitalized terms used in this Supplemental Indenture and not otherwise defined in this Supplemental Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of the Indenture as it relates to the Notes, and of any indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes, shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 will be deemed, for purposes of the Notes, to supersede the definitions of the same terms in the Base Indenture, if applicable. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular.

 

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Additional Interest ” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 5.03.

Additional Shares ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.03(a).

Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

Base Indenture ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or a committee of such board duly authorized to act for it hereunder.

The term “ close of business ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

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

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

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, at the date of this Supplemental Indenture, subject to Section 9.07.

Common Stock Change Event ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.07(a).

Company ” notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Supplemental Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article VII, shall include its successors and assigns.

Conversion Agent ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.

Conversion Consideration ” means the consideration due upon conversion of any Note, as provided in Article IX.

Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.02(c).

Conversion Obligation ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01.

 

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

Conversion Rate ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01.

Defaulted Amounts ” means any amounts on any Note (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, principal and interest) that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.

Deferral Exception ” means the provisions set forth in Section 9.04(j).

Depositary ” means, with respect to each Global Note, The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

Distributed Property ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.04(c).

Effective Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.03(c), except that, as used in Section 9.04, “Effective Date” means the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

Event of Default ” notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.01 in this Supplemental Indenture.

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

Form of Note ” shall mean the “Form of Note” attached to this Supplemental Indenture as Exhibit A.

Form of Notice of Conversion ” shall mean the “Form of Notice of Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note attached to this Supplemental Indenture as Exhibit A.

Fundamental Change ” shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the following occurs:

 

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(a) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, other than the Company or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 disclosing that such person or group, has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, of the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Company’s Common Equity;

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

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

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

provided , however , that any transaction that constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to both clause (a) and clause (b) above shall be deemed a Fundamental Change solely under clause (b) above; provided , further that a transaction or transactions described in clauses (a) or (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the common stockholders of the Company, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to stockholders’ statutory appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and such transaction constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists of such consideration.

Fundamental Change Company Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(c).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(b)(i).

 

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Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a).

Global Note ” means any Note registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof.

Holder ” shall mean any Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Indenture ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Interest Payment Date ” notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, means each May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning on November 1, 2018 (or such other date as may be set forth in the certificate representing the applicable Note).

Last Reported Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for The Nasdaq Global Select Market or, if the Common Stock is not listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market, then such other principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “ Last Reported Sale Price ” shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “ Last Reported Sale Price ” shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change ” means any transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change (as defined above and determined after giving effect to any exceptions to or exclusions from such definition, but without regard to the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof).

Maturity Date ” means, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 1.01 of the Base Indenture, May 1, 2025.

Note ” or “ Notes ” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Notice of Conversion ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b).

The term “ open of business ” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).

Optional Redemption ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01.

 

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The term “ outstanding ,” when used with reference to Notes, shall mean, as of any particular time, subject to the provisions of Section 13.06 of the Base Indenture, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under the Indenture, except:

(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for cancellation;

(b) Notes, or portions thereof, that have become due and payable and in respect of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent);

(c) Notes that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture or Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course;

(d) Notes converted pursuant to Article IX and required to be canceled pursuant to Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture; and

(e) Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.04.

Physical Notes ” means any Note that is not a Global Note.

Prospectus Supplement ” means the preliminary prospectus supplement of the Company, dated April 16, 2018, and the related pricing term sheet, dated April 16, 2018, relating to the initial issuance of Notes under this Supplemental Indenture.

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

Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.02.

Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.02.

Redemption Notice Date ” means the date the Company calls any or all of the Notes for redemption pursuant to Article XI.

Redemption Period ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.01.

 

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Redemption Price ” means, for any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 11.01, 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date will be paid to Holders of record of such Notes on such Regular Record Date, and the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes).

Reference Property ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.07(a).

Reference Property Unit ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.07(a).

Regular Record Date ,” with respect to any Interest Payment Date, shall mean the April 15 or October 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable May 1 or November 1 Interest Payment Date, respectively.

Shoe Option ” means the option, granted to the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated April 16, 2018, between the Company and the Underwriters, to purchase up to an additional $45,000,000 principal amount of Notes.

Significant Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Company that meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Spin-Off ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.04(c).

Spin-Off Valuation Period ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.04(c).

Stock Price ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.03(c).

Successor Company ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.01(a).

Successor Person ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.07(a).

Supplemental Indenture ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of this Supplemental Indenture.

Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.04(e).

Transfer Agent ” means the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

Underwriters ” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.

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

 

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Section 1.02 Conflicts With Base Indenture . If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Base Indenture, such provision of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

Section 1.03 References to Interest . Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note in the Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to Section 5.03. Unless the context otherwise requires, any express mention of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

ARTICLE II

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01 Designation and Amount . There is created and designated a series of Securities under the Base Indenture that shall be designated as the “1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025” of the Company. The changes, modifications and supplements to the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental Indenture shall be applicable only with respect to, and govern the terms of, the Notes and shall not apply to any other series of Securities that may be issued under the Base Indenture unless a supplemental indenture with respect to such other series of Securities specifically incorporates such changes, modifications and supplements.

The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to $300,000,000 (or, up to $345,000,000, if the Underwriters exercise their Shoe Option), subject to Section 2.04 and except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Section 9.02 and Section 10.03 in this Supplemental Indenture and Section 2.09, Section 2.11 and Section 9.05 of the Base Indenture.

Section 2.02 Form of Notes . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of the Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of the Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form contemplated by the Indenture, executed manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate of the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

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Section 2.03 Matters Relating to Global Securities and Physical Notes . So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, all Notes shall be represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Physical Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with the Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth in the Base Indenture) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Indenture (other than the provisions set forth in this Section 2.03, a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole or in part except (i) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary and (ii) for transfers of portions of a Global Note in certificated form made upon request of a member of, or a participant in, the Depositary (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures of the Depositary and in compliance with this Section 2.03.

The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to each Global Note. Initially, each Global Note shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for Cede & Co.

If (i) the Depositary notifies the Company at any time that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing and a beneficial owner of any Note requests that its beneficial interest therein be issued as a Physical Note, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel, and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver (x) in the case of clause (iii), a Physical Note to such beneficial owner in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Note corresponding to such beneficial owner’s beneficial interest and (y) in the case of clause (i) or (ii), Physical Notes to each beneficial owner of the related Global Notes (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes, and upon delivery of the Global Notes to the Trustee such Global Notes shall be canceled.

Physical Notes issued in exchange for all or a part of the Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such Physical Notes to the Persons in whose names such Physical Notes are so registered.

At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been converted, canceled, repurchased, redeemed or transferred, such Global Note shall be, upon receipt thereof, canceled by the Trustee in accordance with its standing procedures and the procedures of the Depositary. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Physical Notes, converted, canceled, repurchased, redeemed or transferred to a transferee who receives Physical

 

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Notes therefor or any Physical Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with its standing procedures and the procedures of the Depositary, be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee to reflect such reduction or increase.

None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

Section 2.04 Additional Notes; Repurchases . The Company may, without the consent of the Holders and notwithstanding Section 2.01, reopen this Supplemental Indenture and issue additional Notes hereunder with the same terms as the Notes initially issued hereunder (other than differences in the issue date, issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date of such additional Notes) in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional Notes shall have one or more separate CUSIP numbers. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such matters required by Section 13.05 of the Base Indenture. The Company shall cause any Notes repurchased in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements (other than Notes effectively repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or cash-settled derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture.

ARTICLE III

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

This Article III will apply to the Notes in lieu of Article Eight of the Base Indenture, which will be deemed to be replaced with this Article III, mutatis mutandis .

Section 3.01 Satisfaction and Discharge . The Indenture shall, upon request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate cease to be of further effect solely with respect to the Notes (and not with respect to any other series of Securities as may be then outstanding), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Notes, when (a) (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) the Company has deposited with the Trustee or delivered to Holders, as applicable, after the Notes have become due and payable, whether on the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon conversion or otherwise, cash or cash and shares of Common Stock (or other Reference Property, if applicable), if any (solely to satisfy the Company’s Conversion Obligation, if applicable), sufficient to pay all of the outstanding Notes and all other sums due and payable under the Indenture by the Company; and (b) the Company has delivered to the

 

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Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Notes have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Notes, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Article Seven of the Base Indenture shall survive.

ARTICLE IV

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

Subject to Section 1.02 and except as provided in this Article IV, the provisions of Article IV of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes.

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal and Interest . The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided in this Supplemental Indenture and in the Notes.

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Company will maintain in the Continental United States an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for conversion (“ Conversion Agent ”). The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such an office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency of the Trustee in Los Angeles, CA, as a place where Notes may be presented for conversion.

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Registrar and Conversion Agent and the Corporate Trust Office as the office or agency in the United States of America where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or repurchase or for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served.

Section 4.03 Statements as to Defaults . The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible, and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its status and the action that the Company is taking or proposing to take in respect thereof.

ARTICLE V

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

This Article V will apply to the Notes in lieu of Article Six of the Base Indenture, which will be deemed to be replaced with this Article V, mutatis mutandis .

Section 5.01 Events of Default . Each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:

 

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(a) default in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable, and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) default in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon Optional Redemption, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(c) failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes in accordance with the Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for a period of three Business Days;

(d) failure by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice in accordance with Section 10.01(c) or notice of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change in accordance with Section 9.03(c), in each case when due;

(e) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article VII;

(f) failure by the Company for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes or the Indenture;

(g) default by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $25,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Significant Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise and such default continues for a period of 30 days without such default having been cured or waived, such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled (if applicable) and such indebtedness not having been paid or discharged, as the case may be;

(h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or

(i) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive days.

 

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Section 5.02 Acceleration: Rescission and Annulment . If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be 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), then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(h) or Section 5.01(i) with respect to the Company), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such acceleration the same shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything in the Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. However, if an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(h) or Section 5.01(i) with respect to the Company (and not solely involving one or more Significant Subsidiaries) occurs and is continuing, 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all Notes shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable.

At any time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as provided in the Indenture, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay installments of accrued and unpaid interest upon all Notes and the principal of any and all Notes that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, and on such principal at the rate borne by the Notes at such time) and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.07 of the Base Indenture, and if (1) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) any and all existing Events of Default under the Indenture, other than the nonpayment of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on Notes that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 5.09, then and in every such case (except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all past Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes and rescind and annul any such acceleration and its consequences, and such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of the Indenture (but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any Default or Event of Default resulting from (i) the nonpayment of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, any Notes, (ii) a failure to repurchase or redeem any Notes when required (including any Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) or (iii) a failure to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes.

 

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Section 5.03 Additional Interest . Notwithstanding anything in the Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.02 of the Base Indenture, shall, for the first 180 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default (and, for the avoidance of doubt, giving effect to the 60-day period set forth in Section 5.01(f)), consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Notes at a rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the first 90 calendar days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default during which such Event of Default is continuing (or, if earlier, the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived as provided for in the Indenture) and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day from, and including, the 91st calendar day to, and including, the 180th calendar day after the occurrence of such an Event of Default during which such Event of Default is continuing (or, if earlier, the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived as provided for in the Indenture). Subject to the last sentence of this Section 5.03. If the Company so elects, such Additional Interest shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes. On the 181st day after such Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.02 of the Base Indenture is not cured or waived prior to such 181st day), the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 5.02. In the event the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 5.03 or the Company elected to make such payment but does not pay the Additional Interest when due, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 5.02.

In order to elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 180 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default described in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company must notify all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such election prior to the occurrence of such Event of Default. Upon the failure to timely give such notice, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 5.02.

In no event shall Additional Interest accrue under the terms of the Indenture at a rate per year in excess of 0.50%, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest.

Section 5.04 Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor . If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 5.01 shall have occurred, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on any overdue principal and interest, if any, at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07 of the Base Indenture. If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.

 

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In the event there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.04, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such other actions as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07 of the Base Indenture; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including agents and counsel fees, and including any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07 of the Base Indenture, incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

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

All rights of action and of asserting claims under the Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders.

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

 

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In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under the Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant to Section 5.09 or any rescission and annulment pursuant to Section 5.02 or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights under the Indenture, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 5.05 Application of Monies Collected by Trustee . Any monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article V with respect to the Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

First , to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 of the Base Indenture;

Second , in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on, and any cash for any fractional shares due upon conversion of, the Notes in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest and cash for any fractional shares due upon conversion, as the case may be, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon such overdue payments at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

Third , in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount (including, if applicable, the payment of the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any cash for any fractional shares due upon conversion) then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and the cash for any fractional shares due upon conversion) and interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any cash due for any fractional shares upon conversion) and accrued and unpaid interest; and

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Section 5.06 Proceedings by Holders . Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) or interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, no Holder shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of the Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to the Indenture or the Notes, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy with respect to the Indenture or the Notes, unless:

(a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as provided in the Indenture;

(b) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee under the Indenture;

(c) such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense to be incurred therein or thereby;

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, written request and offer of security or indemnity shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and

(e) no direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding within such 60-day period pursuant to Section 5.09, it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of the Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under the Indenture, except in the manner provided in the Indenture and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders (except as otherwise provided in the Indenture). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 5.06, each and every Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture and any provision of any Note, the right of any Holder to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, (y) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and (z) the consideration due upon conversion of, such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Note or in the Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery, as the case may be, on or after such respective dates against the Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

 

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Section 5.07 Proceedings by Trustee . In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by the Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in the Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by the Indenture or by law.

Section 5.08 Remedies Cumulative and Continuing . Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture, all powers and remedies given by this Article V to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in the Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 5.06, every power and remedy given by this Article V or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

Section 5.09 Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Holders of a Majority of the Notes . The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee under the Indenture; provided , however , that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with the Indenture, and (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of all of the Holders waive any past Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or the principal (including any Redemption Price and any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) of, the Notes when due that has not been cured, (ii) a failure by the Company to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes or (iii) a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article VI cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights under the Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default under the Indenture shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 5.09, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and the Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 5.10 Notice of Defaults . The Trustee shall, within 90 days after it receives written notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Default, send to all Holders as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the books of the Registrar, or including by electronic means to the Depositary in the case of Global Notes, notice of all such Defaults, unless such

 

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Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), or accrued and unpaid interest on, any of the Notes or a Default in the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. This Section 5.10 will apply to the Notes in lieu of Section 7.05 of the Base Indenture, which will be deemed to be replaced with this Section 5.10, mutatis mutandis .

Section 5.11 Undertaking to Pay Costs . All parties to the Indenture agree, and each Holder by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under the Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 5.11 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Note (including, but not limited to, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable, with respect to the Notes being repurchased or redeemed as provided in the Indenture) on or after the due date expressed or provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note in accordance with the provisions of Article IX.

ARTICLE VI

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 6.01 and Section 6.02 will apply to the Notes in lieu of Section 9.01 and Section 9.02, respectively, of the Base Indenture, which will be deemed to be replaced with Section 6.01 and Section 6.02, respectively, mutatis mutandis .

Section 6.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders . The Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency that is not materially adverse to Holders;

(b) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Company under the Indenture pursuant to Article VII;

(c) to add guarantees with respect to the Notes;

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

(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect;

(g) to increase the Conversion Rate as provided in the Indenture;

(h) to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee pursuant to Section 7.08 of the Base Indenture or to facilitate the administration of the trusts under the Indenture by more than one trustee;

(i) in connection with any Common Stock Change Event, provide that the Notes are convertible into Reference Property, subject to the provisions of Section 9.02, and make such related changes to the terms of the Notes to the extent expressly required or permitted by Article IX;

(j) comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with any qualification of the Indenture or any supplemental indenture under the TIA;

(k) to conform the provisions of the Indenture or the Notes to the “Description of Notes” section of the Prospectus Supplement; or

(l) provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with Section 2.04.

Upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee is hereby authorized to, and shall join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, except that the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise, and, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(f), an Officer’s Certificate shall be delivered to the Trustee which shall certify that the Company has made such determination in good faith.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 6.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 6.02.

Section 6.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders . With the consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (determined in accordance with Article VIII and including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Notes), the Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided , however , that, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no such supplemental indenture shall:

 

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(a) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

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

(c) reduce the principal of or extend the Maturity Date of any Note;

(d) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Notes;

(e) reduce the Redemption Price or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders the Company’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;

(f) make any Note payable in a currency or at a place of payment other than that stated in the Note;

(g) change the ranking of the Notes;

(h) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Note; or

(i) make any change in this Article VI that requires each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions in Section 5.02 or Section 5.09.

Upon the written request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid and subject to Section 13.05 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

Holders do not need under this Section 6.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture. It shall be sufficient if such Holders approve the substance thereof. After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE VII

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

This Article VII will apply to the Notes in lieu of Article Five of the Base Indenture, which will be deemed to be replaced with this Article VII, mutatis mutandis .

Section 7.01 Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms . Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02, the Company shall not consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole to another Person, unless:

 

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(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “ Successor Company ”), if not the Company, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture; and

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Indenture.

For purposes of this Section 7.01, the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to another Person.

Section 7.02 Successor Corporation to Be Substituted . In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Company, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Notes, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon conversion of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Company, such Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to and, except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company, be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named in the Indenture as the party of the first part. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Notes issuable under the Indenture which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in the Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of any such lease), upon compliance with this Article VII, the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of the Indenture (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article VII) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of any such lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and discharged from its obligations under the Indenture and the Notes.

 

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

Section 7.03 Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee . No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be effective unless the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this Article VII.

ARTICLE VIII

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 8.01 Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations . No recourse for the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest on any Note, nor the delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Note, nor for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, nor because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, Officer or director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issue of the Notes.

ARTICLE IX

CONVERSION OF NOTES

Section 9.01 Conversion Privilege . Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article IX, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of such Note at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date at an initial conversion rate of 13.1278 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in this Article IX, the “ Conversion Rate ”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to, and in accordance with, the settlement provisions of Section 9.02, the “ Conversion Obligation ”). If the Company calls any or all of the Notes for redemption pursuant to Article XI, then Holders may surrender Notes that have been so called for redemption at any time from, and including, the date of the related Redemption Notice until the close of business on the Business Trading Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (any such period, a “ Redemption Period ”). After that time, the right to convert such Notes shall expire, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case a Holder may convert its Notes until the Redemption Price has been paid or duly provided for.

 

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Section 9.02 Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion .

(a) Upon conversion of any Note, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being converted, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Conversion Date for such conversion, together with a cash payment, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with subsection (j) of this Section 9.02, on the second Business Day immediately following such Conversion Date.

(b) Subject to Section 9.02(e), before any Holder shall be entitled to convert a Note as set forth above, such Holder shall (i) in the case of a Global Note, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time and, if required, pay funds equal to the interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date and (ii) in the case of a Physical Note (1) complete, manually sign and deliver an irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent as set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (or a facsimile thereof) (a “ Notice of Conversion ”) at the office of the Conversion Agent and state in writing therein the principal amount of Notes to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or certificates for the shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon settlement of the Conversion Obligation to be registered, (2) surrender such Notes, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), at the office of the Conversion Agent, (3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and (4) if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date. The Trustee (and, if different, the Conversion Agent) shall notify the Company of receipt of any Notice of Conversion, receipt of any Notes from Holders and receipt of any payment of interest from a Holder pursuant to this Article IX on the Conversion Date for such conversion. No Notice of Conversion with respect to any Notes may be surrendered by a Holder thereof if such Holder has also delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to the Company in respect of such Notes and has not validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 10.02.

If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Notes shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.

(c) A Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “ Conversion Date ”) that the Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in subsection (a) above. The Company shall issue or cause to be issued, and deliver to the Transfer Agent or to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary for the full number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Company’s Conversion Obligation.

(d) In case any Note shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Note so surrendered a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Note, without payment of

 

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any service charge by the converting Holder but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or similar governmental charge required by law or that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such conversion being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such conversion.

(e) If a Holder submits a Note for conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any shares of Common Stock upon conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests such shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder shall pay that tax. The Transfer Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax that is due by such Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

(f) Except as provided in Section 9.04, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of any Note as provided in this Article IX.

(g) Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee shall make a notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversion of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.

(h) Upon conversion, a Holder shall not receive any separate cash payment for accrued and unpaid interest, if any, except as set forth below. The Company’s settlement of the full Conversion Obligation shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the principal amount of the Note and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date. As a result, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than canceled, extinguished or forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes are converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date, Holders of such Notes as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date will receive the full amount of interest payable on such Notes on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the Notes so converted; provided that no such payment shall be required (1) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (2) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately after the corresponding Interest Payment Date; (3) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately after the corresponding Interest Payment Date or (4) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note. Therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, all Holders of record as of the close of business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date, or immediately preceding any Redemption Date or Fundamental Change Repurchase Date as described in the immediately preceding sentence, shall receive the full interest payment due on the Maturity Date or other applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether their Notes have been converted following such Regular Record Date.

 

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(i) The Person in whose name the certificate for the shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion is registered shall be treated as a stockholder of record as of the close of business on the relevant Conversion Date. Upon a conversion of Notes, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Notes surrendered for conversion.

(j) The Company shall not issue any fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and shall instead pay cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion based on the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the relevant Conversion Date.

Section 9.03 Increased Conversion Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes or during a Redemption Period . (a) If (x) the Effective Date of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Maturity Date and a Holder elects to convert its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change or (y) the Company issues a Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 11.02 and a Holder elects to convert its Notes during the related Redemption Period, the Company shall, under the circumstances described below, increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes so surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “ Additional Shares ”), as described below. A conversion of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the Conversion Date of such conversion occurs during the period from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (or, in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in clause (b) of the definition thereof, to, and including, the 35th Trading Day immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change).

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, upon conversion of Notes in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to this Section 9.03 or during a Redemption Period pursuant to Section 9.01, the Company shall deliver shares of Common Stock, including the Additional Shares, in accordance with Section 9.02, subject to the provisions set forth in Section 9.07. If the consideration for Common Stock in any Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, then, for any conversion of Notes with a Conversion Date on or after the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of converted Notes equal to the Conversion Rate (including any adjustment for Additional Shares), multiplied by such Stock Price. The Company shall notify the Holders of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.

 

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(c) The number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “ Effective Date ”) or the Redemption Notice Date, as the case may be, and the “ Stock Price ” for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change or the related Redemption, as applicable. If the holders of the Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share. Otherwise, the Stock Price shall be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or the Redemption Notice Date, as the case may be. The Board of Directors shall make appropriate adjustments to the Stock Price, in its good faith determination, to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Record Date of the event occurs, during such five consecutive Trading Day period. In the event that a conversion during a Redemption Period would also be deemed to be in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, a Holder of the Notes to be converted will be entitled to a single increase to the Conversion Rate with respect to the first to occur of the applicable Redemption Notice Date or the Effective Date of the applicable Make-Whole Fundamental Change, and the later event shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of this Section 9.03.

(d) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Notes is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 9.04.

(e) The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased per $1,000 principal amount of Notes pursuant to this Section 9.03 for each Stock Price and Effective Date or Redemption Notice Date set forth below:

 

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Date/Redemption

Notice Date

   Stock Price  
   $54.41      $61.00      $68.00      $76.17      $85.00      $100.00      $115.00      $130.00      $150.00      $175.00      $200.00      $250.00      $300.00  

April 19, 2018

     5.2511        4.2933        3.5259        2.8534        2.3113        1.6717        1.2493        0.9565        0.6885        0.4693        0.3244        0.1498        0.0515  

May 1, 2019

     5.2511        4.2703        3.4754        2.7836        2.2312        1.5873        1.1690        0.8837        0.6269        0.4213        0.2882        0.1314        0.0454  

May 1, 2020

     5.2511        4.2462        3.4159        2.6998        2.1340        1.4852        1.0725        0.7969        0.5545        0.3658        0.2468        0.1108        0.0380  

May 1, 2021

     5.2511        4.1943        3.3212        2.5770        1.9976        1.3475        0.9460        0.6858        0.4643        0.2983        0.1976        0.0870        0.0297  

May 1, 2022

     5.2511        4.0893        3.1640        2.3879        1.7968        1.1549        0.7763        0.5420        0.3524        0.2183        0.1414        0.0610        0.0209  

May 1, 2023

     5.2511        3.9023        2.9043        2.0894        1.4915        0.8803        0.5491        0.3608        0.2211        0.1313        0.0836        0.0366        0.0132  

May 1, 2024

     5.2511        3.5867        2.4526        1.5756        0.9908        0.4814        0.2592        0.1546        0.0889        0.0523        0.0343        0.0165        0.0070  

May 1, 2025

     5.2511        3.2656        1.5781        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

The exact Stock Prices and Effective Dates or Redemption Notice Dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

(i) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the Effective Date or Redemption Notice Date, as the case may be, is between two Effective Dates or Redemption Notice Dates, as applicable, in the table above, the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates or Redemption Notice Dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;

 

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(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $300.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate; and

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $54.41 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate per $1,000 principal amount of Notes exceed 18.3789 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 9.04.

(f) Nothing in this Section 9.03 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 9.04 in respect of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

Section 9.04 Adjustment of Conversion Rate . The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as set forth below, except that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders participate (other than in the case of (x) a share split or share combination or (y) a tender or exchange offer), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described in this Section 9.04, without having to convert their Notes, as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.

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

 

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where,

 

CR 0  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;
CR 1  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as applicable;
OS 0  =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date, as applicable; and

 

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

Any adjustment made under this Section 9.04(a) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 9.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, or any share split or combination of the type described in this Section 9.04(a) is announced but the outstanding shares of Common Stock are not split or combined, as the case may be, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, or not to split or combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or such share split or combination had not been announced.

(b) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than pursuant to a stockholder rights plan) entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR 0  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;
CR 1  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;
OS 0  =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to 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 =    the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.

 

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Any increase made under this Section 9.04(b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that shares of the Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Record Date for such issuance had not occurred.

For purposes of this Section 9.04(b), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the applicable 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

(c) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding (i) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment is required (or would be required, disregarding the Deferral Exception) pursuant to Section 9.04(a) or Section 9.04(b), (ii) rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, except as set forth in Section 9.11, (iii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment is required (or would be required, disregarding the Deferral Exception) pursuant to Section 9.04(d), (iv) distributions of Reference Property in a Common Stock Change Event, as to which the provisions set forth in Section 9.07(a) shall apply, and (v) Spin-Offs, as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 9.04(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities, the “ Distributed Property ”), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR 0  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to 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 the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

 

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SP 0  =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
FMV =    the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors), as of the Record Date for such distribution, of the Distributed Property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of the Common Stock.

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 9.04(c) above shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), then, in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of Distributed Property such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date for the distribution. If the Board of Directors determines the “FMV” (as defined above) of any distribution for purposes of this Section 9.04(c) by reference to the actual or when-issued trading market for any securities, it shall in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 9.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “ Spin-Off ”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR 0  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period;
CR 1  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period;
FMV 0  =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references therein to Common Stock were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “ Spin-Off Valuation Period ”); and

 

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MP 0  =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall occur on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period; provided that in respect of any conversion of Notes with a Conversion Date occurring during the Spin-Off Valuation Period, references in the portion of this Section 9.04(c) related to Spin-Offs with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off to, and including, such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion.

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

 

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CR 0  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to 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 the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution;
SP 0  =    the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and
C =    the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock.

Any increase pursuant to this Section 9.04(d) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined above), then, in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of the Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

 

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(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period (such period, the “ Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period ”) commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

CR 0  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period;
CR 1  =    the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period;
AC =    the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
OS 0  =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the time such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase or exchange 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 time such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase or exchange of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
SP 1  =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period.

provided, however , that the Conversion Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to the provisions described in this Section 9.04(e) except to the extent provided in the second immediately following paragraph.

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section 9.04(e) shall occur on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period; provided that in respect of any conversion of Notes with a conversion date occurring during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period, references in this Section 9.04(e) with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed to be replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the trading day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer to, and including, such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate applicable to such conversion.

 

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To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of 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.

(f) Notwithstanding this Section 9.04 or any other provision of the Indenture or the Notes, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Record Date, and a Holder that has converted its Notes with a Conversion Date occurring on such Record Date would be treated as the record holder of the shares of Common Stock as of such Record Date as described under Section 9.02(i) based on such adjusted Conversion Rate, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 9.04, for purposes of such conversion, such Conversion Rate adjustment shall not be made. Instead, such Holder shall be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the shares of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

(g) Except as set forth in the Indenture, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of the Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of the Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.

(h) In addition to those adjustments required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 9.04, and to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to applicable stock exchange rules, the Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest. In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to applicable stock exchange rules, the Company may (but is not required to) increase the Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or rights to acquire shares of Common Stock) or similar event. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to either of the preceding two sentences, the Company shall mail or transmit to each Holder a notice of the increase at least 15 days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article IX, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:

(i) upon 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 plan;

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

 

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

(iv) upon the repurchase of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an open-market share repurchase program, including pursuant to structured or derivative transactions such as accelerated share repurchase transactions or similar forward derivatives, or other buyback transaction, in each case, that is not a tender offer or exchange offer of the nature described in Section 9.04(e);

(v) solely for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

(vi) for accrued and unpaid interest, if any.

(j) The Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 9.04 unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least 1% of the then effective Conversion Rate. However, the Company shall carry forward any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that the Company would otherwise have to make and take that adjustment into account in any subsequent adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all such carried-forward adjustments shall be made with respect to the Notes (i) in connection with any subsequent adjustment to the Conversion Rate of at least 1% of the Conversion Rate (when such carried-forward adjustments are taken into account) when taken together with all prior deferred adjustments that have not yet been given effect; (ii) (x) on the Conversion Date for any Notes, (y) upon the occurrence of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change pursuant to Section 10.03 and (z) upon the issuance of any Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 11.02(b).

(k) All calculations and other determinations under this Article IX shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of a share.

(l) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as provided in the Indenture, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not the Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail or transmit such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each Holder. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

 

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(m) For purposes of this Section 9.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

Section 9.05 Adjustments of Prices . Whenever any provision of the Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices over a span of multiple days (including to calculate the Stock Price), the Company shall make appropriate adjustments, if any, to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Record Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the Last Reported Sale Prices or Stock Prices are to be calculated.

Section 9.06 Shares to Be Fully Paid . The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient shares of Common Stock to provide for conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for conversion (assuming that at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Notes would be converted by a single Holder).

Section 9.07 Effect of Recapitalizations , Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock . (a) In the case of:

(i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value or changes resulting from a subdivision or combination),

(ii) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company,

(iii) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third-party of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety, or

(iv) any statutory share exchange,

in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets, including cash or any combination thereof (such transaction, a “ Common Stock Change Event ,” and such stock, securities, property, asset or cash, “ Reference Property ,” and the amount and kind of reference property that a holder of one 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 fractional shares of securities or other property), a “ Reference Property Unit ”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture or the Notes, from and after the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, (x) 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 IX (or in any related definitions) were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; (y) for purposes of Section 11.01, 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 (z) for purposes of the definition of “Fundamental Change” and “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” the term “Common Stock” and “common equity” will be deemed to mean the common equity, if any, forming part of such Reference Property. For these purposes,

 

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the 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 Common Stock Change Event causes Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then the Reference Property will be deemed to be (x) the weighted average 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 by the holders of Common Stock. The Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such 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 6.01(i), which supplemental indenture will (x) provide for subsequent conversions of Notes in the manner set forth in this Section 9.07; (y) provide for subsequent adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 9.04 in a manner consistent with this Section 9.07 (including giving effect, in the reasonable discretion of the Company, to the Dividend Threshold in a manner that reflects the nature and value of the Reference Property Unit to preserve; and (z) contain such other provisions as the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders and to give effect to the provisions of this Section 9.07. If the Reference Property in respect of any Common Stock Change Event includes shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets of a Person other than the Company or the Successor Person, as the case may be, in such Common Stock Change Event, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental indenture, and such supplemental indenture will contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders, including the right of Holders to require the Company to repurchase their Notes upon a Fundamental Change, as the Board of Directors reasonably considers necessary by reason of the foregoing. The Company shall not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with the foregoing.

(b) Notice of Common Stock Change Events . The Company will provide notice of each Common Stock Change Event to Holders no later than the effective date of such Common Stock Change Event.

(c) Compliance Covenant . The Company will not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 9.07.

Section 9.08 Certain Covenants .

(a) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.

 

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(b) The Company further covenants that if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system the Company will list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

Section 9.09 Responsibility of Trustee . The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment (including any increase) of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities, property or cash that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and the Trustee and any other Conversion Agent make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to (a) determine whether a supplemental indenture needs to be entered into or (b) determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 9.07 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 9.07 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 of the Base Indenture, may accept (without any independent investigation) as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in conclusively relying upon, the Officer’s Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to file with the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto.

The Trustee shall not be accountable for and makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Notes. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article IX. Each Conversion Agent (other than the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) shall have the same protection under this Section 9.09 as the Trustee.

Section 9.10 Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions . In case of any:

(a) action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 9.04 or Section 9.11;

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(c) voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,

then, in each case (unless notice of such event is otherwise required pursuant to another provision of the Indenture), the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and to be mailed or transmitted to each Holder, as promptly as possible but in any event at least 20 days prior to the applicable date specified in the Indenture, a notice stating (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record are to be determined for the purposes of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) the date on which such Common Stock Change Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is expected to become effective or occur, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such Common Stock Change, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, Common Stock Change Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

Section 9.11 Stockholder Rights Plans . If the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes, each converting Holder will receive, in addition to any shares of Common Stock received in connection with the conversion of such Holder’s Notes, the rights under the stockholder rights plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. However, if, prior to any conversion of Notes, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable stockholder rights plan, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock Distributed Property as provided in Section 9.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

Section 9.12 Exchange in Lieu of Conversion .

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX, when a Holder surrenders Notes for conversion, the Company may, at its election, direct the Conversion Agent to surrender, on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, such Notes to a financial institution designated by the Company for exchange in lieu of conversion. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for conversion, the designated financial institution must agree to pay and/or deliver, as applicable, in exchange for such Notes, all of the shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) due upon conversion, all in accordance with Section 9.02. By the close of business on the Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, the Company shall notify the Holder surrendering Notes for conversion that the Company has directed the designated financial institution to make an exchange in lieu of conversion.

(b) If the designated financial institution accepts any such Notes, it will deliver the shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) due upon conversion to the Transfer Agent, and the Transfer Agent shall deliver such shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares ) to such Holder on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date). Any Notes exchanged by the designated financial institution will remain outstanding. If the designated financial institution agrees to accept any Notes for exchange but does not timely deliver the related shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of

 

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fractional shares) or if such designated financial institution does not accept the Notes for exchange, the Company shall convert the Notes and deliver shares or Common Stock (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) due upon conversion on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date as set forth in Section 9.02(c). The Company’s designation of a financial institution to which the Notes may be submitted for exchange does not require the financial institution to accept any Notes (unless the financial institution has separately made an agreement with the Company to do so). The Company may, but will not be obligated to, enter into a separate agreement with any designated financial institution that would compensate it for any such transaction.

ARTICLE X

REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

Section 10.01 Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change . (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion of the principal amount thereof that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000, on the date (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 Business Days or more than 35 Business Days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Price ”), unless the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, in which case the Company shall instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest to Holders of record as of such Regular Record Date, and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this Article X.

(b) Repurchases of Notes under this Section 10.01 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:

(i) delivery to the Paying Agent by a Holder of a duly completed notice (the “ Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice ”) in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, if the Notes are Physical Notes, or compliance with the Depositary’s procedures for surrendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in each case, on or before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (subject to postponement to comply with changes in applicable law after the date hereof) and

(ii) delivery of the Notes to be repurchased, if the Notes are Physical Notes, to the Paying Agent at any time after delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor.

 

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The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:

(iii) the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for repurchase;

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

(v) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture;

provided , however , that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Holder must instead comply with the applicable Depositary procedures to exercise the Fundamental Change repurchase right.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 10.01 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 10.02.

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

(c) On or before the 20th calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders and the Trustee and the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a written notice (the “ Fundamental Change Company Notice ”) of the occurrence of the Fundamental Change and of the repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. In the case of Physical Notes, such notice shall be by first class mail or, in the case of Global Notes, such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;

(ii) the effective date of the Fundamental Change;

(iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Article X;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

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(vii) if applicable, the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate as a result of the Fundamental Change;

(viii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

(ix) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes.

No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 10.01.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give such notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided , however , that, in all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company on any date at the option of the Holders upon a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been canceled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

Section 10.02 Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice . A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Trustee and the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 10.02 at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, specifying:

(a) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and if Physical Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the Notes in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and

(b) the principal amount, if any, of such Notes that remain subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000;

provided, however , that if the Notes are Global Notes, such Holder must instead comply with the applicable procedures of the Depositary to withdraw an exercise of the Fundamental Change repurchase right.

 

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Section 10.03 Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price . (a) The Company will deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company, or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 3.06 of the Base Indenture) on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date an amount of money sufficient to repurchase all of the Notes to be repurchased at the appropriate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to receipt of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), payment for Notes that have been validly tendered for repurchase and not withdrawn prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, subject to postponement to comply with changes in applicable law after the date hereof, will be made on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date ( provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions in Section 10.01) and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of the Notes to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 10.01 by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the books of the Registrar; provided , however , that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(b) If by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then, with respect to the Notes that have been properly surrendered for repurchase and have not been validly withdrawn in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, (i) such Notes will cease to be outstanding, (ii) interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent) and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price), in each case, subject to the right of any Holder as of the close of business on any regular Record Date to receive the related interest payment on the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

(c) Upon surrender of a Note that is to be repurchased in part pursuant to Section 10.01, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased portion of the Note surrendered.

Section 10.04 Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes . In connection with any repurchase offer pursuant to a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, the Company will, if required:

(a) comply with the provisions of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that may then be applicable;

 

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(b) file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Notes;

in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under this Article X to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in this Article X.

Section 10.05 Repurchase of Notes by Third Party . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article X, the Company shall not be required to repurchase, or to make an offer to repurchase, the Notes upon a Fundamental Change if (i) a third party makes such an offer in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company as set forth in this Article X; and (ii) such third party repurchases all Notes properly surrendered and not validly withdrawn under its offer in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company as set forth in this Article X.

ARTICLE XI

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

This Article XI will apply to the Notes in lieu of Article Three of the Base Indenture, which will be deemed to be replaced with this Article XI, mutatis mutandis .

Section 11.01 Optional Redemption . The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to May 1, 2022. On or after May 1, 2022, the Company may redeem (an “ Optional Redemption ”) for cash all or part of the Notes if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock has been at least 150% of the Conversion Price for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive Trading Day period ending not more than two Trading Days preceding the Redemption Notice Date, upon notice as set forth in Section 11.02, at the Redemption Price.

Section 11.02 Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes .

(a) In case the Company exercises its Optional Redemption right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 11.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (each, a “ Redemption Date ”) and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not less than 35 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall deliver a notice of such Optional Redemption (a “ Redemption Notice ”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed as a whole or in part; provided , however , that if the Company shall give such notice, it shall also give such notice to the Trustee, Conversion Agent and Paying Agent.

(b) The Redemption Notice, if sent in the manner provided in the Indenture, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to deliver such Redemption Notice or any defect in the Redemption Notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

 

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(c) Each Redemption Notice shall specify:

(i) the Redemption Date (which must be a Business Day);

(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after said date;

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

(v) that Holders may surrender their Notes for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Redemption Date;

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

(vii) the Conversion Rate and, if applicable, the number of Additional Shares added to the Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 9.03;

(viii) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Notes; and

(ix) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued.

A Redemption Notice once sent by the Company to the Holder (or sent by the Trustee on behalf of the Company to the Holder) shall be irrevocable.

(d) If fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes will be selected (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) (x) in the case of certificated Notes, by lot or (y) to the extent the Notes to be redeemed in part are represented by a Global Note, according to the applicable procedures of the Depositary. If any Note selected for partial redemption is submitted for conversion in part after such selection, the portion of the Note submitted for conversion shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be the portion selected for redemption. In the event of any redemption in part, the Company shall not be required to (i) issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the open of business 15 calendar days before the Redemption Notice Date and ending at the close of business on such Redemption Notice Date or (ii) register the transfer of or exchange any Notes so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Notes being redeemed in part.

 

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Section 11.03 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption .

(a) If any Redemption Notice has been given in respect of the Notes in accordance with Section 11.02, the Notes shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice and at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation and surrender of the Notes at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice, the Notes shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price.

(b) On or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 8.04 of the Base Indenture an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date), sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on such Redemption Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for the Notes to be redeemed shall be made promptly after the later of:

(i) the Redemption Date for such Notes; and

(ii) the time of presentation of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by this Section 11.03.

The Paying Agent shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Redemption Price.

Section 11.04 Restrictions on Redemption . The Company may not redeem any Notes on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Redemption Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to such Notes).

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 12.01 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Section 12.01 shall, with respect to the Notes, supersede Section 13.09 of the Base Indenture in its entirety. THE INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THE INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Any legal action, suit or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the Indenture or the Notes shall be brought exclusively in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Southern District in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York, and, by execution and delivery of this Indenture, each party hereto hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of each such

 

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court. The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with the Indenture brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Southern District in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 12.02 Calculations . Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the stock price, the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Conversion Rate of the Notes. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders. Upon written request, the Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder upon the request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company.

None of the Trustee, Conversion Agent, Registrar or Paying Agent (in each case, if different from the Company) shall have any responsibility for making any calculations, for determining amounts to be paid or for monitoring stock price, or be charged with any knowledge of or have any duties to monitor any measurement period. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, and the Conversion Rate of the Notes.

Section  12.03 Withholding Tax . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, if the Company or other applicable withholding agent pays withholding taxes or backup withholding on behalf of the Holder or beneficial owner as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate, the Company or other applicable withholding agent may, at its option, set off such payments against payments of cash and shares of Common Stock on the Note (or any payments on the Company’s Common Stock) or sales proceeds received by or other funds or assets of the Holder or beneficial owner.

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

 

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Daniel W. Muehl

  Name:   Daniel W. Muehl
  Title:   Senior Vice President of Finance, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Karen Yu

  Name:   Karen Yu
  Title:   Vice President

[ Signature Page to Indenture ]


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

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

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF AND OF THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED BELOW), THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

1.25% Convertible Senior Note due 2025

 

No.    [    ]    Initially $[    ]
CUSIP No.    [    ]   
ISIN No.    [    ]   

Clovis Oncology, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum as set forth in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Notes” attached hereto, which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all other outstanding Notes, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed $300,000,000 (or, up to $345,000,000, if the Underwriters exercise their Shoe Option) in aggregate at any time, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary, on May 1, 2025, and interest thereon as set forth below.

 

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This Note shall bear interest at the rate of 1.25% per year from [    ], or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date until, and including, May 1, 2025, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. Accrued interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of actual days elapsed over a 30-day month. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each May 1 and November 1, commencing on [__], to Holders of record at the close of business on the preceding April 15 and October 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), respectively. Additional Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 5.03 of the within-mentioned Indenture, and any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note therein shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of such Section 5.03, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Interest in any provision therein shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

Any Defaulted Amounts shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes, from, and including, the relevant payment date to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election, in accordance with Section 2.13 of the Base Indenture.

The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on this Note, if and so long as such Note is a Global Note, in immediately available funds in lawful money of the United States at the time to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Note. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall pay the principal of any Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes) at the office or agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Registrar in respect of the Notes.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Note the right to convert this Note into shares of Common Stock on the terms and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Note, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Note, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of New York.

In the case of any conflict between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and govern.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been manually or by facsimile signed by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

CLOVIS ONCOLOGY, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

Dated: [    ]

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST  

COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

    
By:  

 

    Dated:   

 

  
  Authorized Signatory          

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

1.25% Convertible Senior Note due 2025

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company, designated as its 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “ Notes ”) issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of April 19, 2018 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Trustee ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders. Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture. Capitalized terms used in this Note and not defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture.

In case certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and interest on, all Notes may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments and deliveries in respect of the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture as described therein. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of all of the Holders waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest on, and the consideration due upon conversion of, this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money herein prescribed.

 

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The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such exchange of Notes being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such exchange.

No sinking fund is provided for the Notes. The Notes shall be redeemable at the Company’s option in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.

Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert any Notes or portion thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, into shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.

Terms used in this Note and defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein defined.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM = as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

CUST = Custodian

TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN = joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

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SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025

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

 

Date of

exchange

  

Amount of

decrease in

principal amount

of this Global

Note

  

Amount of

increase in

principal amount

of this Global

Note

  

Principal amount

of this Global

Note following

such decrease or

increase

  

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

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ATTACHMENT 1

[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]

 

To: Clovis Oncology, Inc.

 

To: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

400 S. Hope Street, Suite 500

Los Angeles, CA 90071

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby exercises the option to convert this Note, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that the shares of Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, together with any cash for any fractional share, and any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any shares of Common Stock or any portion of this Note not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes, if any in accordance with Section 9.02(d) and Section 9.02(e) of the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.

 

Dated:  

 

   

 

 
     

 

 
      Signature(s)    

 

Signature Guarantee

       
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if shares of Common Stock are to be issued, or Notes are to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder.    

 

 

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Fill in for registration of shares if to be issued, and Notes if to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder:

 

(Name)

 

 

(Street Address)

 

 

(City, State and Zip Code)

 

Please print name and address

 

 

Principal amount to be converted (if less than all):

$                         ,000

NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

 

Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number

 

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ATTACHMENT 2

[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]

 

To: Clovis Oncology, Inc.

 

To: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

400 S. Hope Street, Suite 500

Los Angeles, CA 90071

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Clovis Oncology, Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

In the case of Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth below:

Dated:                                                            

 

 

Signature(s)

 

 

Social Security or Other Taxpayer Identification Number

Principal amount to be repurchased (if less than all):

$                         ,000

NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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ATTACHMENT 3

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

as Trustee and Registrar

400 S. Hope Street, Suite 500

Los Angeles, CA 90071

For value received hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:  

 

   

 

 

     

Signature(s)

     

 

Signature Guarantee

     
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if Notes are to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder.    

 

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NOTICE: The signature on the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO   

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019-6099

Tel: 212 728 8000

Fax: 212 728 8111

April 19, 2018

Clovis Oncology, Inc.

5500 Flatiron Parkway, Suite 100

Boulder, Colorado 80301

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Clovis Oncology, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), in connection with the Company’s (i) offer and sale of 1,837,898 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), and up to an additional 275,684 shares of Common Stock in connection with the underwriters’ option to purchase such additional shares (collectively, the “Shares”) pursuant to that certain underwriting agreement, dated April 16, 2018, by and among the Company, J. P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the “Shares Underwriting Agreement”), (ii) offer and sale of $300,000,000 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025, and up to an additional $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of such notes in connection with the underwriters’ option to purchase such additional notes (collectively, the “Notes” and together with the Shares, the “Securities”), pursuant to that certain underwriting agreement, dated April 16, 2018 by and among the Company, J. P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (the “Notes Underwriting Agreement”) and (iii) the issuance of such indeterminable number of shares of Common Stock, as may be required for issuance upon conversion of the Notes (the “Conversion Shares”). The Securities are being offered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on January 3, 2017 (File No. 333-215400), as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission under the Securities Act on April 16, 2018 (as so filed and amended, the “Registration Statement”) and the related prospectus contained in the Registration Statement, as supplemented by the applicable final prospectus supplement, dated April 16, 2018 and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act (each as so supplemented relating to the Shares and the Notes, as applicable, the “Shares Prospectus” and the “Notes Prospectus”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any other matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement, the Shares Prospectus or the Notes Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issuance of the Securities.

 

N EW Y ORK     W ASHINGTON     H OUSTON     P ARIS     L ONDON     F RANKFURT      B RUSSELS     M ILAN     R OME

in alliance with Dickson Minto W.S., London and Edinburgh


Clovis Oncology, Inc.

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The Notes have been issued in the form set forth in the Base Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”) and the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 19, 2018 (together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and the Trustee. The Notes are convertible into shares of Common Stock.

We have examined copies of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, the Registration Statement, the Shares Prospectus, the Notes Prospectus, the Shares Underwriting Agreement, the Notes Underwriting Agreement, all relevant resolutions adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (and the Pricing Committee thereof), and other records, certificates and documents that we have deemed necessary for the purpose of this opinion. We have also examined and are familiar with originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such other documents, corporate records, papers, statutes and authorities as we have deemed necessary to form a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed.

As to questions of fact material to the opinion expressed below, we have relied without independent check or verification upon certificates and comparable documents of public officials and officers and representatives of the Company and statements of fact contained in the documents we have examined. In our examination and in rendering our opinion contained herein, we have assumed (i) the accuracy of all documents and information furnished to us, (ii) the genuineness of all signatures of all parties; (iii) the authenticity of all corporate records, documents, agreements, instruments and certificates submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents and agreements of all documents and agreements submitted to us as conformed, certified or photostatic copies; and (iv) the capacity of natural persons.

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

  1. The Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued, sold and paid for in accordance with the terms set forth in the Shares Prospectus and the Shares Underwriting Agreement and duly registered on the books of the transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the purchasers, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

  2. The Notes have been duly authorized and, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture and sold and paid for in accordance with the terms set forth in the Notes Prospectus and the Notes Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

  3.

The Conversion Shares have been duly authorized and reserved, and when the applicable conversion right has been duly exercised in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, and the Conversion Shares have been issued and delivered upon such exercise in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture and duly registered on the books of the


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  transfer agent and registrar therefor in the name or on behalf of the converting holder, the Conversion Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal securities laws of the United States of America and to the specific legal matters expressly provided herein, and no opinion is expressed or implied with respect to the laws of other jurisdictions or any other laws of the State of Delaware or any legal matters not expressly addressed herein.

The opinions expressed in paragraph 2 above are qualified in that the legality and enforceability of the documents referred to therein may be (i) subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) limited insofar as the remedies of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and the discretion of the court before which any enforcement thereof may be brought and (iii) subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity), including principles of commercial reasonableness or conscionability and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Insofar as provisions provide for indemnification or contribution, the enforcement thereof may be limited by public policy considerations.

We express no opinion as to provisions of Notes insofar as such provisions relate to (i) the subject matter jurisdiction of a United States federal court to adjudicate any controversy relating to the Transaction Documents, (ii) the waiver of inconvenient forum with respect to proceedings in any such United States federal court, (iii) the waiver of right to a jury trial, (iv) the validity or enforceability under certain circumstances of provisions of the Notes with respect to severability or any right of setoff, or (v) limitations on the effectiveness of oral amendments, modifications, consents and waivers.

The opinions expressed herein are given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinions after the date hereof.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, and to the reference to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Shares Prospectus and the Notes Prospectus. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

Clovis Oncology Announces Proposed Offerings of Convertible Senior Notes and Common Stock

BOULDER, Colo., April  16, 2018 Clovis Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLVS) announced today that it has commenced two separate underwritten public offerings of convertible senior notes and common stock.

Clovis intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $200 million aggregate principal amount of its convertible senior notes due 2025 in an underwritten registered public offering. In connection with this offering, Clovis intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $30 million aggregate principal amount of the convertible senior notes on the same terms and conditions. The holders of the notes may convert their notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date, May 1, 2025. The interest rate, conversion rate and other terms of the notes will be determined at the time of pricing of the offering of the notes.

Clovis also intends to offer concurrently, subject to market and other conditions, $100 million of shares of its common stock in an underwritten registered public offering. In connection with this offering, Clovis intends to grant to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $15 million of shares of its common stock on the same terms and conditions. All shares of the common stock to be sold in the offering will be offered by Clovis Oncology.

Clovis Oncology intends to use the combined net proceeds of the offerings for general corporate purposes, including sales and marketing expenses associated with Rubraca ® (rucaparib) in the United States and, if approved by the European Commission, in Europe, funding of its development programs, general and administrative expenses, acquisition or licensing of additional product candidates or businesses and working capital.

J. P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Merrill Lynch are acting as joint book-running managers for each of the offerings.

The offerings are subject to market and other conditions, and there can be no assurance as to whether or when the offerings may be completed, or as to the actual size or terms of the offerings. The closing of each offering is not contingent on the closing of the other offering.

The common stock and the convertible notes are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that Clovis has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and


other documents Clovis has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Clovis and these offerings. Each offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the related prospectus relating to such offering. Copies of the applicable prospectus supplement and related prospectus relating to each offering may be obtained from J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by calling toll-free (866) 803-9204, or from BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by calling 1-800-294-1322 or by email to dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com. You may also obtain these documents free of charge when they are available by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Clovis Oncology

Clovis Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing innovative anti-cancer agents in the U.S., Europe and additional international markets. Clovis Oncology targets development programs at specific subsets of cancer populations, and simultaneously develops, with partners, diagnostic tools intended to direct a compound in development to the population that is most likely to benefit from its use. Clovis Oncology is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado and has additional offices in San Francisco, California and Cambridge, United Kingdom.

To the extent that statements contained in this press release are not descriptions of historical facts regarding Clovis Oncology, they are forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the timing and size of the offerings, the conditions affecting the capital markets, general economic, industry, or political conditions, and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the proposed public offerings. Clovis Oncology undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of the company in general, see the prospectus supplement and related prospectus for these offerings as well as Clovis Oncology’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Contacts:   

Anna Sussman

     Breanna Burkart  

303.625.5022

     303.625.5023  

asussman@clovisoncology.com

     bburkart@clovisoncology.com  

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Exhibit 99.2

 

LOGO

Clovis Oncology Announces Pricing of Public Offerings of Convertible Senior Notes and Common Stock

BOULDER, Colo., April  16, 2018 – Clovis Oncology, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLVS) announced today the upsizing and pricing of an underwritten public offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2025 at a price to the public of 100% of the principal amount of the notes, before underwriting discounts and commissions. Clovis also granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of the notes on the same terms and conditions. The notes will bear interest at a rate of 1.25% per annum, payable semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year. The notes will mature on May 1, 2025 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The holders of the notes may convert their notes at their option at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the maturity date at an initial conversion rate of 13.1278 shares of Clovis Oncology’s common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, which is equivalent to the initial conversion price of approximately $76.17 per share of common stock.

Clovis also announced today the pricing of 1,837,898 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering at a price to the public of $54.41 per share for gross proceeds of approximately $100 million, before underwriting discounts and commissions. Clovis also granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 275,685 shares of its common stock on the same terms and conditions.

The offerings are expected to close on April 19, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions. The closing of each offering is not contingent on the closing of the other offering.

J. P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Merrill Lynch are acting as joint book-running managers for each of these offerings.

Clovis Oncology intends to use the combined net proceeds of the offerings for general corporate purposes, including sales and marketing expenses associated with Rubraca ® (rucaparib) in the United States and, if approved by the European Commission, in Europe, funding of its development programs, general and administrative expenses, acquisition or licensing of additional product candidates or businesses and working capital.


The common stock and the convertible notes are being offered pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement that Clovis has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents Clovis has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Clovis and these offerings. Each offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the related prospectus relating to such offering. Copies of the applicable prospectus supplement and related prospectus relating to each offering may be obtained from J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by calling toll-free (866) 803-9204, or from BofA Merrill Lynch, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, or by calling 1-800-294-1322 or by email to dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com . You may also obtain these documents free of charge when they are available by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor will there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Clovis Oncology

Clovis Oncology, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing innovative anti-cancer agents in the U.S., Europe and additional international markets. Clovis Oncology targets development programs at specific subsets of cancer populations, and simultaneously develops, with partners, diagnostic tools intended to direct a compound in development to the population that is most likely to benefit from its use. Clovis Oncology is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado and has additional offices in San Francisco, California and Cambridge, United Kingdom.

To the extent that statements contained in this press release are not descriptions of historical facts regarding Clovis Oncology, they are forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of management made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the timing and size of the offerings, the conditions affecting the capital markets, general economic, industry, or political conditions, and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the proposed public offerings. Clovis Oncology undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. For a further description of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed in these forward-looking statements, as well as risks relating to the business of the company in general, see the prospectus supplement and related prospectus for these offerings as well as Clovis Oncology’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Contacts:

Anna Sussman

303.625.5022

asussman@clovisoncology.com

 

 

Breanna Burkart

303.625.5023

bburkart@clovisoncology.com

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