UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report: January 17, 2019

Commission File Number 1-32591

 

 

SEASPAN CORPORATION

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Unit 2, 2nd Floor, Bupa Centre,

141 Connaught Road West,

Hong Kong

China

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  ☒            Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1).

Yes  ☐            No  ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7).

Yes  ☐            No  ☒

 

 

 


THIS REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER ON FORM 6-K IS HEREBY INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO THE FOLLOWING REGISTRATION STATEMENTS OF THE REGISTRANT:

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3D (FILE NO. 333-151329) FILED WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “SEC”) ON MAY 30, 2008;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-173207) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MARCH 31, 2011;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-180895) FILED WITH THE SEC ON APRIL 24, 2012, AS AMENDED ON MARCH 22, 2013;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-189493) FILED WITH THE SEC ON JUNE 20, 2013;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-195571) FILED WITH THE SEC ON APRIL 29, 2014, AS AMENDED ON MARCH 3, 2017 AND APRIL 19, 2017;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-200639) FILED WITH THE SEC ON NOVEMBER 28, 2014, AS AMENDED ON MARCH 3, 2017 AND APRIL 19, 2017;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-200640) FILED WITH THE SEC ON NOVEMBER 28, 2014;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3D (FILE NO. 333-202698) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MARCH 12, 2015;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-211545) FILED WITH THE SEC ON MAY 23, 2016, AS AMENDED ON MARCH 3, 2017, MARCH 7, 2017 AND APRIL 19, 2017;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-212230) FILED WITH THE SEC ON JUNE 24, 2016;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-220176) FILED WITH THE SEC ON AUGUST 25, 2017;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 (FILE NO. 333-222216) FILED WITH THE SEC ON DECEMBER 21, 2017;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-224288) FILED WITH THE SEC ON APRIL 13, 2018, AS AMENDED ON MAY 3, 2018 AND MAY 7, 2018;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3D (FILE NO. 333-224291) FILED WITH THE SEC ON APRIL 13, 2018;

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-4 (FILE NO. 333-225681) FILED WITH THE SEC ON JUNE 15, 2018; and

 

   

REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-3 (FILE NO. 333-227597) FILED WITH THE SEC ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2018;

Item 1 — Information Contained in this Form 6-K Report

Fairfax Investment

As previously announced, on March 14, 2018, Seaspan Corporation (the “Company”) and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, through certain of its affiliates (such affiliates being referred to as the “Fairfax Investors”), entered into a subscription agreement (the “Subscription Agreement”) pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, and the Fairfax Investors agreed to purchase, $250 million aggregate principal amount of 5.50% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase 38,461,539 Class A common shares (the “Common Shares”) of the Company. In addition, as previously announced on May 31, 2018, the Company and the Fairfax Investors entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which, among other things, the Fairfax Investors agreed to immediately exercise the Warrants upon issuance. The aggregate purchase price of the 2026 Notes and Warrants was $250 million and the aggregate exercise price of the Warrants was an additional $250 million (collectively, the “Fairfax Investment”).


On January 15, 2019, the Fairfax Investment was consummated. The 2026 Notes, which are senior obligations of the Company, were issued under an Indenture, dated October 10, 2017 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as amended and supplemented by a ninth supplemental indenture (the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “2026 Indenture”), dated January 15, 2019, by and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors of the Company specified therein (the “Guarantors”) and the Trustee, which establishes the terms and provides for the issuance of the 2026 Notes. In connection with the transaction, on January 15, 2019, the Company also entered into a warrant agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) with the Fairfax Investors to, among other things, establish the terms of the Warrants. The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Fairfax Investment to fund future growth initiatives, repay debt and for general corporate purposes.

The 2026 Notes and the Warrants were offered and sold by the Company to the Fairfax Investors in transactions exempt from registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) and Regulation S thereunder.

Subscription Agreement

The Subscription Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and the Guarantors, customary obligations of the parties and termination provisions. In addition, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to indemnify the Fairfax Investors against certain liabilities, including liabilities with respect to any misrepresentation or any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant agreement or obligation of the Company or any Guarantor.

On January 15, 2019, the Guarantors were added as parties to the Subscription Agreement pursuant to a joinder agreement among the Guarantors and the Fairfax Investors.

2026 Notes, 2026 Guarantees and 2026 Indenture

Interest

The 2026 Notes will bear interest at 5.50% per annum. Interest on the 2026 Notes will be payable quarterly in arrears on January 30, April 30, July 30 and October 30 of each year, commencing on April 30, 2019. The 2026 Notes will mature on January 15, 2026 unless earlier repurchased or redeemed. The interest rate on the 2026 Notes will be increased during the continuation of certain registration defaults under the 2019 Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below).

Optional Redemption

On or after January 15, 2024, the Company may, at its option, at any time redeem all or any portion of the 2026 Notes. The redemption price will equal 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date and any additional amounts described under “—Additional Amounts.”

If the Company becomes obligated to pay additional amounts under the 2026 Notes as a result of changes affecting certain withholding taxes, the Company may, at its option, redeem all, but not less than all, of the 2026 Notes at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date and any such additional amounts.

Change of Control Put Option

If a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture and which includes, among other things, certain major corporate events) occurs at any time, holders of the 2026 Notes will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash any or all of their 2026 Notes. The price for any such repurchase will be 101% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to the repurchase date, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, that is equal to $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000.

Annual Put Right

Once a year, each holder of the 2026 Notes may, at its option, require the Company to purchase for cash any and all of the 2026 Notes held by such holder for a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2026 Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amounts that shall become payable in respect of the 2026 Notes pursuant to the 2019 Registration Rights Agreement as a result of a registration default under the 2019 Registration Rights Agreement, if any, to but excluding the Annual Put Right Purchase Date (as defined in the 2026 Indenture).


Additional Amounts

Subject to certain exceptions and limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Company will pay additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that every net payment on a 2026 Note to a holder, after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the relevant jurisdiction, will not be less than the amount provided in such 2026 Note to be then due and payable.

Guarantees

The 2026 Notes are jointly and severally guaranteed, on a full and unconditional basis, by each of the Guarantors, which are subsidiaries of the Company. The 2026 Notes and the related guarantees (the “2026 Guarantees”) are senior obligations of the Company and the Guarantors.

Board Representation

The Indenture provides that, subject to certain limitations, (a) the Fairfax Investors will have the right, together with their rights under the 2025 Indenture (as defined below), to designate (i) two members of the Company’s board of directors if at least $125 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes and 2025 Notes (as defined below) remains outstanding or (ii) one member of the board of directors if at least $50 million but less than $125 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes and 2025 Notes remains outstanding, and (b) the Company will cause such designees to be duly appointed or elected to the Company’s board of directors; provided that in no event shall the rights under the 2025 Indenture or the 2026 Indenture allow the Fairfax Investors to designate more than two members to the Company’s board of directors if the threshold described in clause (i) above is reached, or to designate more than one member to the Company’s board of directors if the threshold described in clause (ii) above is reached. The Fairfax Investors have previously designated two members to the Company’s board of directors, which the Company has caused to be appointed, pursuant to the Fairfax Investors’ rights under the 2025 Indenture in connection with the Company’s issuance of its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) in a private placement in February 2018. For additional information about the Company’s private placement with affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and their right to designate members to the Company’s board of directors, please read “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—B. Related Party Transactions” in the Company’s 2017 Annual Report on Form 20-F.

Financial Covenants and Restrictions

The terms of the Indenture also include, among other things, certain (a) financial covenants and (b) restrictions on, among other things, the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to create certain liens on Company assets, pay certain dividends, make certain distributions or undertake certain repurchases relating to the Common Shares or other capital stock or ownership interests exceeding specified thresholds (which may be limited, in the case of dividends and under certain circumstances, to the existing rate of annual dividends paid on the Common Shares) and effect or permit certain fundamental changes. These covenants are subject to a number of limitations and exceptions described in the Indenture.

Events of Default

The Indenture also provides for customary events of default. In the case of an event of default arising from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization involving the Company, certain Guarantors or any subsidiary of the Company that is a significant subsidiary, all outstanding 2026 Notes will automatically become due and payable without further action or notice. If any other event of default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding 2026 Notes may declare all 2026 Notes to be due and payable.

The Base Indenture and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture are filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.9 to this Report on Form 6-K and are incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Indenture in this Report on Form 6-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Base Indenture and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

Warrant Agreement

The Warrant Agreement establishes the terms of the Warrants to purchase 38,461,539 Common Shares issued by the Company to the Fairfax Investors. The Warrant Agreement provides that each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $6.50 (subject to adjustments provided in the Warrant Agreement), which Warrant is exercisable at any time prior to January 15, 2026.

On January 15, 2019, concurrently with the execution of the Warrant Agreement and pursuant to the terms of the Warrant Agreement and the May 31, 2018 definitive agreement described above, the Fairfax Investors immediately exercised the Warrants and purchased 38,461,539 Common Shares.


The Warrant Agreement is filed as Exhibit 4.11 to this Report on Form 6-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Warrant Agreement in this Report on Form 6-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Warrant Agreement.

2019 Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Fairfax Investment, on January 15, 2019, the Company, the Guarantors and the Fairfax Investors entered into a registration rights agreement (the “2019 Registration Rights Agreement”). Under the 2019 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to complete an offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to the holders of the 2026 Notes to exchange any and all of the 2026 Notes and the 2026 Guarantees for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors, which debt securities (the “Exchange Notes”) and guarantees (the “Exchange Guarantees” and, together with the Exchange Notes, the “Exchange Securities”) are to be substantially identical to the 2026 Notes and the 2026 Guarantees, except that they will be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. The Company and the Guarantors have agreed to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 with respect to the Exchange Offer, Exchange Notes and Exchange Guarantees and to use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable after filing, but in no event later than 180 days after January 15, 2019 (the “Issue Date”).

The 2019 Registration Rights Agreement also requires the Company and the Guarantors to file certain additional registration statements on Form F-3 with the SEC under the Securities Act to register the resale of the Exchange Securities.

Under the 2019 Registration Rights Agreement, the Company has also agreed, on or prior to 60 days after the Issue Date, to file a registration statement covering the resale of the 38,461,539 Common Shares issued upon the exercise of the Warrants (the “Registrable Shares” and, together with the 2026 Notes and the 2026 Guarantees, the “Registrable Securities”). The Company has agreed to use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable after filing, but in no event later than 120 days after the Issue Date.

The 2019 Registration Rights Agreement further provides the Fairfax Investors the right to demand that the Company register the Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering, as well as the right to include the Registrable Shares in any underwritten offering of the Common Shares initiated by the Company or any other shareholder, subject to customary exceptions and limitations.

The Company and the Guarantors will be obligated to pay additional interest on the 2026 Notes or the Exchange Notes, and/or cash payments to the holders of the Common Shares issued upon the exercise of the Warrants, as applicable, if, among other things, (a) they fail to comply with their obligations to register the Exchange Securities, consummate the Exchange Offer or register the Registrable Shares, in each case within the time periods specified in the 2019 Registration Rights Agreement, or (b) the applicable registration statements cease to be effective or the Company suspends use of such registration statements by the holders of the Exchange Securities or the Common Shares under certain circumstances and beyond permitted time periods. The 2019 Registration Rights Agreement provides that all registration expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any counsel on behalf of the holders of the Registrable Securities, will be borne by the Company.

The 2019 Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 4.12 to this Report on Form 6-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the 2019 Registration Rights Agreement in this Report on Form 6-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the 2019 Registration Rights Agreement.

Seaspan Capital Ltd. as New Guarantor of the 2025 Notes

Tenth Supplemental Indenture Relating to the 2025 Notes

The 2025 Notes, which are senior obligations of the Company, were issued under the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by (i) a second supplemental indenture (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), dated February 14, 2018, by and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors of the Company specified therein and the Trustee, (ii) a third supplemental indenture (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of February 22, 2018, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors of the Company specified therein and the Trustee, (iii) a fourth supplemental indenture (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of March 22, 2018, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors of the Company specified therein and the Trustee, (iv) a fifth supplemental indenture (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of March 26, 2018, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors of the Company specified therein and the Trustee, (v) a sixth supplemental indenture (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of March 26, 2018, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors of the Company specified therein and the Trustee, (vi) a seventh supplemental indenture (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of


June 8, 2018 among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors of the Company specified therein and the Trustee and (vii) an eighth supplemental indenture (the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture and the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the “2025 Indenture”), dated as of July 16, 2018, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors of the Company specified therein and the Trustee.

Section 5.08(a) of the Second Supplemental Indenture provides, among other things, that if the Company creates a subsidiary, the Company shall cause such subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which it will become a “Guarantor” (as defined therein) of the 2025 Notes.

In connection with its obligation under Section 5.08(a) to become a “Guarantor” of the 2025 Notes, Seaspan Capital Ltd., a newly incorporated subsidiary of the Company under the Business Corporations Act of the Province of British Columbia, Canada, entered into a tenth supplemental indenture (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”), dated January 15, 2019, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein (including Seaspan Capital Ltd.) and the Trustee, pursuant to which Seaspan Capital Ltd. became a “Guarantor” with respect to the 2025 Notes and guaranteed the 2025 Notes.

The Tenth Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.10 to this Report on Form 6-K and is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture in this Report on Form 6-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Tenth Supplemental Indenture.


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

4.1    Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2017, between Seaspan Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Seaspan Corporation’s Form 6-K (File No. 001-32591), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 12, 2017).
4.2    Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2018, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Seaspan Corporation’s Form 6-K (File No. 001-32591), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2018).
4.3    Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 22, 2018, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Seaspan Corporation’s Form 6-K (File No. 001-32591), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2018).
4.4    Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 22, 2018, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Seaspan Corporation’s Form 6-K (File No. 001-32591), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018).
4.5    Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Seaspan Corporation’s Form 6-K (File No. 001-32591), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018).
4.6    Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Seaspan Corporation’s Form 6-K (File No. 001-32591), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2018).
4.7    Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 8, 2018, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Seaspan Corporation’s Form 6-K (File No. 001-32591), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2018).
4.8    Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 16, 2018, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Seaspan Corporation’s Form 6-K (File No. 001-32591), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2018).
4.9    Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 15, 2019, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
4.10    Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 15, 2019, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the subsidiary guarantors specified therein and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.
4.11    Warrant Agreement, dated January 15, 2019, by and between Seaspan Corporation and the investors specified therein.
4.12    Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 15, 2019, by and among Seaspan Corporation, the guarantors specified therein and the investors specified therein.
99.1    Press Release dated January 15, 2019 and titled “Seaspan Announces Closing of Second $500 Million Investment by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited.”


SIGNATURE

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    SEASPAN CORPORATION
Date: January 17, 2019     By:  

/s/ Bing Chen

      Bing Chen
      President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 4.9

EXECUTION VERSION

This NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Ninth Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of January 15, 2019, among SEASPAN CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of October 10, 2017 (the “Base Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities to be issued in one or more series;

WHEREAS, Sections 2.1, 3.1 and 9.1 of the Base Indenture provide, among other things, that the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of Holders, enter into indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture to provide for specific terms applicable to any series of Securities;

WHEREAS, the Company intends by this Ninth Supplemental Indenture to create and provide for the issuance of a new series of Securities to be designated as its “5.50% Senior Notes due 2026”, in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, to be guaranteed as provided herein by the Guarantors;

WHEREAS, the Guarantors have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, and the making of the Guarantees pursuant to this Ninth Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1(4) of the Base Indenture, the Trustee and the Company are authorized to execute and deliver this Ninth Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Securities; and

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Notes (as defined below), when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, issued upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth hereinafter and in the Base Indenture and delivered as provided in the Base Indenture against payment therefor, valid, binding and legal obligations of the Company according to their terms, and all actions required to be taken by the Company and each of the Guarantors under the Indenture to make this Ninth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors, have been done.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions.

(a) The Base Indenture together with this Ninth Supplemental Indenture is hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Indenture .”

(b) All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.

(c) The following are definitions used in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, and to the extent that a term is defined both herein and in the Base Indenture, the definition in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall govern with respect to the Notes.

144A Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depository or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for, redemption of, or notice with respect to beneficial interests in any Global Note or the redemption or repurchase of any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depository, Euroclear and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer, exchange, redemption or repurchase.

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereinafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Bankruptcy Law ” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law.

Capital Distribution Amount ” means 75% of the cumulative Net Profit for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the Issue Date occurs to the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available, less the aggregate amount of Permitted Payments made, over the period beginning on the Issue Date and ending immediately before such payment, under clauses (b), (c), (e) and (f) of the definition of Permitted Payments, other than those payments under clause (e) that are funded entirely from the net cash proceeds of the issuance and sale by the Company of Common Stock of the Company and/or another series of Preferred Stock of the Company that is comparable to the Preferred Stock of the Company being retired, repurchased or redeemed.

Cash and Cash Equivalents ” means, as of a given date, the Company’s cash and cash equivalents as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking SA or any successor securities clearing agency.

Collateral ” means 100% of the LLC Interests, directly held and owned by Seaspan Investment, as the sole member, and all proceeds and products of the foregoing, all books and records at any time evidencing or relating to the foregoing, all supporting obligations related thereto, and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and profits and products of, the foregoing, and any and all proceeds of any indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to Seaspan Investment from time to time with respect to the foregoing.


Continuing Director ” means a director who either was a member of the Board of Directors on the issue date of the Notes or who becomes a member of the Board of Directors subsequent to that date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the continuing directors on the Board of Directors at the time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the entire Board of Directors in which such individual is named as nominee for director.

Credit Facility ” means, with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, any debt or commercial paper facilities with banks or other lenders providing for revolving credit or term loans or any agreement treated as a finance or capital lease in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Cross Default ” means, a default by the Company under any Credit Facility if such default:

(a) is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on outstanding indebtedness under such Credit Facility (other than Non-Recourse Liabilities of any Subsidiary of the Company) prior to the expiration of the grace period for payment of such indebtedness set forth in such Credit Facility (“payment default”); or

(b) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its maturity;

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such indebtedness under which there has been a payment default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25 million or more.

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

Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.05 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

DTC ” mean The Depository Trust Company.

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV or any successor clearing agency.

Exchange Notes ” means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer.

Exchange Offer ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Financial Indebtedness ” means any indebtedness for or in respect of:

(a) moneys borrowed and debt balances at banks or other financial institutions;

(b) any amount raised under any Credit Facility;

(c) any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;

(d) the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease;

(e) receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold on a non-recourse basis);


(f) any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value shall be taken into account);

(g) any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a borrowing, excluding for the avoidance of doubt, any operating lease; and

(h) without double counting, the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or financial support for any of the items referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above.

GCI ” means Greater China Intermodal Investments LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands.

GCI Subsidiary ” means any of (a) GC Intermodal Holding Company XXII Ltd., (b) GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XXII Ltd., (c) GC Intermodal XXII Ltd., (d) GC Intermodal Holding Company XXIII Ltd., (e) GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XXIII Ltd. or (f) GC Intermodal XXIII Ltd.

Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.05(f)(ii) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under the Indenture.

Global Notes ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Sections 2.03, 2.04(d), 2.05(a) or 2.05(c) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

Guarantee ” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Company’s Indenture Obligations.

Guarantor ” means each Subsidiary of the Company that provides a Guarantee as a party hereto on the Issue Date or hereafter executes and delivers to the Trustee, a supplemental indenture to the Indenture.

Immaterial Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Significant Subsidiary.

Indenture Obligations ” means the obligations of the Company and any other obligor under the Indenture or under the Notes, including any Guarantor, to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with the Indenture and the Notes and the performance of all other obligations to the Trustee and the Holders under the Indenture and the Notes, according to the respective terms hereof and thereof.

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

Initial Beneficial Owners ” means Allied World Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Allied World Assurance Company (U.S.) Inc., Odyssey Reinsurance Company, Greystone Insurance Company, Hudson Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, TIG Insurance Company, Brit Reinsurance (Bermuda) Limited, Allied World Assurance Company (Europe) dac, Allied World Assurance Company, AG, Newline Corporate Name Limited and Newline Insurance Company Limited.

Intangible Assets ” means, in respect of the Company as of a given date, the intangible assets of the Company of the types, if any, presented in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

Issue Date ” means January 15, 2019.


Letter of Transmittal ” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company (in form reasonably satisfactory to the Security Registrar) and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

LLC Interests ” means the limited liability company interests of GCI.

Net Profit ” means, for any period, the consolidated net profit (or loss) of the Company calculated on a consolidated basis and in accordance with U.S. GAAP after deducting any dividends paid on Preferred Stock, but excluding without duplication

(a) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset (including any equity interest of any person) in the period that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

(b) any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items of income, gain, loss or expense for such period;

(c) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;

(d) unrealized gains or losses in respect of derivative instruments or any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings related to qualifying hedging transactions or the fair value or changes therein recognized in consolidated net income (loss) for derivatives that do not qualify as hedge transactions;

(e) payments or receipts on early termination of any derivative instrument;

(f) any non-cash impairment charges and asset (including intangible assets and goodwill) write-ups, write-downs and write-offs, in each case pursuant to GAAP;

(g) amortization of intangible assets arising pursuant to GAAP;

(h) any non-cash gains, losses, expenses or charges attributable to the movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Indebtedness;

(i) any fees or expenses (or losses from the extinguishment of Indebtedness) incurred during such period, or any amortization or write-off thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, recapitalization, asset sale, issuance, repurchase or repayment of indebtedness, issuance of capital stock, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument and any non-recurring merger costs or charges incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction; and

(j) any non-cash compensation expenses recorded from grants of stock, stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights or any other equity based awards to officers, directors or employees; provided , however , that such amounts or charges shall be, where applicable, net of any tax or tax benefit (less all fees and expenses relating to such transaction) resulting therefrom.

Net Worth ” means, as of a given date, the result of, without duplication:

(a) Total Assets, less

(b) Intangible Assets, less

(c) Total Borrowings (without giving effect to any fair value adjustments pursuant to FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification 820).


Non-Recourse Liabilities ” means, in respect of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof as of a given date, the non-recourse liabilities as described in clauses (a) through (h) of the definition of Total Borrowings that neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary thereof provides any credit support of any kind to or is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, other than a pledge of the equity interests in the Non-Recourse Subsidiary.

Non-Recourse Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that has only Non-Recourse Liabilities or other liabilities as to which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary thereof provides any credit support of any kind to or is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, other than a pledge of the equity interests in the Non-Recourse Subsidiary.

Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

Notes ” means the 5.50% Senior Notes due 2026 of the Company issued on the date hereof, including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor.

Participant ” means, with respect to the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depository, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Permitted Holders ” means any of (a) Kyle Washington, Kevin Washington, Dennis Washington or any of their estates, spouses, and/or descendants; (b) any trust for the benefit of the persons listed in clause (a); (c) an Affiliate of any of the persons listed in (a) or (b) above and (d) the Initial Beneficial Owners and their respective Affiliates.

Permitted Payment ” means:

(a) any cash dividend paid on shares of Preferred Stock of the Company that does not exceed the dividend stipulated in the statement of designation (including all accumulated but as yet unpaid dividends) for such shares of Preferred Stock;

(b) any cash dividend paid on Common Stock of the Company that does not exceed the greater of (i) $0.50 per share, when aggregated with all other such cash dividends paid on a share of Common Stock of the Company in the preceding 360 days, and (ii) the Capital Distribution Amount at the time of payment;

(c) any cash paid on the retirement, repurchase or redemption of shares of Common Stock of the Company that is not greater than the Capital Distribution Amount the time of payment;

(d) any cash paid on the redemption of shares of Series F Preferred Stock of the Company that does not exceed the redemption amount of $25.00 per share of Series F Preferred Stock plus any accrued but unpaid dividends that do not exceed the dividend stipulated in the statement of designation;

(e) any cash paid on an retirement, repurchase or redemption of shares of Preferred Stock of the Company (other than Series F Preferred Stock of the Company) that is (i) not greater than the Capital Distribution Amount at the time of payment or (ii) funded entirely from the net cash proceeds of the issuance and sale by the Company of Common Stock of the Company and or another series of Preferred Stock of the Company that is comparable to the Preferred Stock of the Company being retired, repurchased or redeemed; and

(f) any other Restricted Payment made in cash with the prior written consent of Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes.


Permitted Security ” means:

(a) liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Guarantees) or any Additional Secured Obligations (as that term is defined in the Amended and Restated Seaspan Investment Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement, dated as of June 8, 2018 (as amended or supplemented, the “ A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement ”), among Seaspan Investment I Ltd., as grantor, pledgor, assignor and debtor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (as defined therein), the Company and the Trustee, as a representative) or any guarantee thereof;

(b) liens existing on the Issue Date;

(c) liens of any Subsidiary of the Company that exists at the time that Person first becomes a Subsidiary of the Company and not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company;

(d) liens granted in relation to any Non-Recourse Liabilities;

(e) liens granted in relation to existing and future first priority secured Financial Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of financing vessels or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired;

(f) liens granted in relation to existing and future lease or hire purchase contract which would, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(g) liens granted in relation to Financial Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes;

(h) liens granted in relation to existing and future bid-, payment- and performance bonds, guarantees and letters of credit incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with borrowed money;

(i) liens granted in relation to obligations incurred under any interest rate and currency hedging agreements relating to any Financial Indebtedness, such interest rate and currency hedging agreements incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(j) any lien arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business;

(k) any netting or set-off arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of its banking arrangements for the purpose of netting debit and credit balances (if applicable);

(l) any security arising under any retention of title, hire purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar effect in respect of goods supplied in the ordinary course of trading and on the supplier’s standard or usual terms and not arising as a result of any default or omission of the Company;

(m) any lien in relation to the refinancing of any liability or obligation which is the subject of a lien permitted in clauses (a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) or (i) above; provided that any such lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets that secured the liability or obligation being refinanced; and

(n) any security not otherwise permitted in clauses (a) through (m) above in an aggregate amount which does not at any time exceed $100 million.


Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.05(f)(i) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture to be placed on all Notes issued under the Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of the Indenture.

QIB ” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2019, among the Company and the other parties thereto.

Regulation S ” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depository or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903

Restricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing, or that is required to bear, the Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Global Note ” means a Global Note bearing, or that is required to bear, the Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any shares of any class of capital stock of or other ownership interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such shares of capital stock of or other ownership interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such shares of capital stock of or other ownership interests in the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Seaspan Investment ” means Seaspan Investment I Ltd., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands.

Significant Subsidiaries ” or “ Significant Subsidiary ” means the “significant subsidiaries” or any “significant subsidiary” of the Company, as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Total Assets ” means, in respect of the Company on a consolidated basis, as of a given date the aggregate of the following, without duplication:

(a) all of the assets of the Company of the types presented on its consolidated balance sheet; less

(b) Cash and Cash Equivalents; less

(c) Non-Recourse Liabilities; and less


(d) assets under any vessel construction or ship purchase agreement (including novation and assignment and assumption agreements) that the Company is required to record on its books under U.S. GAAP even though the Company is no longer the legal owner of the vessel or legally obligated to take delivery of the vessel.

Total Borrowings ” means, in respect of the Company on a consolidated basis, as of a given date the aggregate of the following, without duplication:

(a) the outstanding principal amount of any moneys borrowed; plus

(b) the outstanding principal amount of any acceptance under any acceptance credit; plus

(c) the outstanding principal amount of any bond, note, debenture or other similar instrument; plus

(d) the book values of indebtedness under a lease, charter, hire purchase agreement or other similar arrangement which would, in accordance with U.S. GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital lease; plus

(e) the outstanding principal amount of all moneys owing in connection with the sale or discounting of receivables (otherwise than on a non-recourse basis or which otherwise meet any requirements for de-recognition under U.S. GAAP); plus

(f) the outstanding principal amount of any indebtedness arising from any deferred payment agreements arranged primarily as a method of raising finance or financing the acquisition of an asset (except trade payables); plus

(g) any fixed or minimum premium payable on the repayment or redemption of any instrument referred to in clause (c) above; plus

(h) the outstanding principal amount of any indebtedness of any person of a type referred to in the above clauses of this definition which is the subject of a guarantee given by the Company to the extent that such guaranteed indebtedness is determined and given a value in respect of the Company on a consolidated basis in accordance with US GAAP; less

(i) Cash and Cash Equivalents; less

(j) Non-Recourse Liabilities.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Total Borrowings” shall not include any of the following:

(k) indebtedness or obligations arising from derivative transactions, such as protecting against interest rate or currency fluctuations, incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; and

(l) indebtedness under any vessel construction or ship purchase agreement (including novation and assignment and assumption agreements) that the Company is required to record on its books under U.S. GAAP even though the Company is no longer the legal owner of the vessel or legally obligated to take delivery of the vessel.

U.S. GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.


Unrestricted Global Note ” means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depository, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

Voting Stock ” of any specified Person as of any date means the capital stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

For purposes of the foregoing definitions and the covenants set forth in Article V of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, any accounting term, phrase, calculation, determination or treatment used, required or referred to is to be construed in accordance with U.S. GAAP in effect as of December 31, 2017.


Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

Term

  

Defined in Section            

“Additional Amounts”

   8.01(a)

“Additional Interest”

   2.04(c)

“Annual Put Right”

   4.02(a)

“Annual Put Right Election Deadline”

   4.02(b)

“Annual Put Right Purchase Date”

   4.02(a)

“Annual Put Right Purchase Price”

   4.02(a)

“Change of Control”

   4.01(a)

“Change of Control Purchase Date”

   4.01(a)

“Change of Control Purchase Price”

   4.01(a)

“Existing Obligation”

   5.08(d)

“Interest Payment Date”

   2.04(c)

“Judgment Currency

   10.05

“Maturity Date”

   2.04(b)

“New York Banking Day”

   10.05

“Noteholder Director”

   5.09

“Regular Record Date”

   2.04(c)

“Required Currency”

   10.05

“Specified Covenants”

   5.08(d)

“Specified Entity”

   5.08(d)

“Specified Tax Jurisdiction”

   8.01(a)

“Taxes”

   8.01(a)

Section  1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act . This Ninth Supplemental Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture. The following Trust Indenture Act terms have the following meanings:

Commission ” means the SEC.

indenture securities ” means the Notes.

indenture security holder ” means a Holder.


indenture to be qualified ” means this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

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

obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

All other Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by Commission rules promulgated under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

ARTICLE II

APPLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

AND CREATION, FORMS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF NOTES

Section  2.01 Application of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, including the covenants set forth herein, are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Securities issued under the Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes. The Notes constitute a separate series of Securities as provided in Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture.

Section  2.02 Creation of the Notes . In accordance with Section 3.1 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby creates the Notes as a separate series of its Securities issued pursuant to the Base Indenture. The Notes shall be issued initially in an aggregate principal amount of up to $250,000,000.

Section  2.03 Global Notes . The Notes shall each be issued in the form of a global Note, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee, which shall be deposited with the Trustee as custodian for the Depository and registered in the name of “Cede & Co.,” as the nominee of the Depository. DTC initially shall serve as Depository for the Notes. So long as the Depository, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a global Note, the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, shall be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Notes represented by such global Note for all purposes under the Indenture and under such Notes. Ownership of beneficial interests in such global Note shall be shown on, and transfers thereof will be effective only through, records maintained by the Depository or its nominee (with respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or Persons that hold interests through participants (with respect to beneficial interests of beneficial owners).

Section  2.04 Terms and Conditions of the Notes . The Notes shall be governed by all the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Ninth Supplemental Indenture. In particular, the following provisions shall be terms of the Notes:

(a) Title and Conditions of the Notes . The title of the Notes shall be as specified in the Recitals; and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall be unlimited.

(b) Stated Maturity . The Notes shall mature, and the principal of the Notes shall be due and payable in Dollars to the Holders thereof, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, on January 15, 2026 (the “Maturity Date”).


(c) Payment of Principal and Interest; Additional Interest; Additional Amounts . The Notes shall bear interest at 5.50% per annum, from and including January 15, 2019, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined hereafter) on which interest has been paid or provided for until the principal thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Interest on the Notes shall be payable quarterly in arrears in Dollars on January 30, April 30, July 30 and October 30 of each year, commencing on April 30, 2019 (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date” for the purposes of the Notes issued under this Ninth Supplemental Indenture). Payments of interest shall be made to the Person in whose name a Note (or predecessor Note) is registered at the close of business on January 15, April 15, July 15 or October 15 (whether or not that date is a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each such date, a “Regular Record Date” for the purposes of the Notes issued under this Ninth Supplemental Indenture). All payments in respect of the Notes shall include (i) any additional amounts of interest (“Additional Interest”) that shall become payable in respect of the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement as a result of a registration default under the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) Additional Amounts as and to the extent set forth in Article VIII of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

(d) Registration and Form; Denomination . The Notes shall be issuable as registered securities as provided in Section 2.03 of this Article II. The form of the Notes shall be as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference. The Notes shall be issued and may be transferred only in minimum denomination of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(e) Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance . The provisions for legal defeasance in Section 4.2(2) of the Base Indenture, and the provisions for covenant defeasance in Section 4.2(3) of the Base Indenture, shall be applicable to the Notes. If the Company shall effect a covenant defeasance of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.2(3) of the Base Indenture, (1) the Company shall cease to have any obligation to comply with the covenants and agreements set forth in Articles IV and V of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and Section 7.4 of the Base Indenture and (2) the Events of Default set forth in Sections 6.01(a) and 6.01(b) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture (but only with respect to Significant Subsidiaries), the Event of Default set forth in Section 6.02(c) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and the Event of Default set forth in Section 5.1(8) of the Base Indenture and Section 6.02(a) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, shall no longer constitute Events of Default for purposes of the Notes.

(f) Further Issuance . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Base Indenture, the Company may, from time to time, with the prior written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, create and issue further securities having the same interest rate, maturity and other terms (except for the issue date, the public offering price and the first Interest Payment Date) as, ranking equally and ratably with, the Notes. Additional Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding Notes and shall be fungible with the Notes for United States federal income tax purposes. No such additional securities may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes.

(g) Redemption . The Notes shall be redeemable by the Company at its option prior to the Maturity Date as set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

(h) Sinking Fund . The Notes are not entitled to any sinking fund.

(i) Other Terms and Conditions . The Notes shall have such other terms and conditions as provided in the form thereof attached as Exhibit A hereto.


Section 2.05 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.05, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to the Depository, another nominee of the Depository or to a successor thereto or a nominee of such successor thereto. Except as otherwise provided in or pursuant to the Indenture, any Global Note shall be exchangeable for a Definitive Note only if (i) the Depository notifies the Company that it is no longer willing or able to act as a Depository for such Global Note or ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and the Company has not appointed a successor Depository within 90 days of that notice or becoming aware that the Depository is no longer so registered; (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Depository requests the issuance of Definitive Notes; or (iii) the Company determines not to have the Notes represented by a Global Note. If the beneficial owners of interests in a Global Note are entitled to exchange such interests for Definitive Notes as the result of an event described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee Definitive Notes in such form and denominations as are required by or pursuant to the Indenture, containing identical terms and in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Notes, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such Global Notes shall be surrendered from time to time by the Depository as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto, and in accordance with instructions given to the Trustee and Depository (which instructions shall be in writing but need not be contained in or accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for Definitive Notes as described above without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered Global Note, a like aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such Global Note to be exchanged, which shall be in the form of Definitive Securities; provided , however , that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Notes to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date. Promptly following any such exchange in part, such Global Note shall be returned by the Trustee to the Depository in accordance with the instructions of the Company referred to above.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depository in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.05(b)(i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.05(b)(i) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depository in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a


written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depository in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depository to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depository to the Security Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.05(h) hereof, the requirements of this Section 2.05(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the instructions contained in the duly completed and executed Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in the Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.05(i) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.05(b)(ii) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and the Security Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.05(b)(ii) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(B) such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or

(C) the Security Registrar receives the following:

1. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

2. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (C), if the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an


Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with the Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B) or (C) above.

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

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events described in clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 2.05(a) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.05(i) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial


interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depository and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(i) (except for transfers pursuant to clause (F) above) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the occurrence of any of the events described in clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 2.05(a) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(B) such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or

(C) The Security Registrar receives the following:

1. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

2. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subclause (C), if the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(ii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events described in clauses (i) through (iii) of Section 2.05(a) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.05(b)(ii) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.05(i) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, and the Company shall execute and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(iii) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from or through the Depository and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.05(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.


(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes . If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the applicable Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the applicable 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the applicable Regulation S Global Note.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(B) such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or


(C) the Security Registrar receives the following:

1. if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

2. if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subclause (C), if the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.05(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with the Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.05(e), the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Security Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer or exchange in form satisfactory to the Security Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In the event that the requesting Holder does not transfer the entire principal amount of Notes represented by any such Definitive Note, the Security Registrar shall cancel or cause to be canceled such Definitive Note and the Company (who will have been informed of such cancelation) shall execute and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the requesting Holder and any transferee Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amounts to reflect such transfer. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.05(e):

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transfer will be made to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;


(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(B) such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or

(C) the Security Registrar receives the following:

3. if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

4. if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subclause (C), if the Security Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Security Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(f) Legends . The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under the Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of the Indenture:

(i) Private Placement Legend .


(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.

THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF SEASPAN CORPORATION (THE “COMPANY”) THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, (II) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (IV) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), OR (V) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (V) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE U.S. STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND IN CASE (IV) SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM, AND (B) THE HOLDER SHALL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.

Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and Definitive Note issued in a transaction exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation S shall also bear the legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.05 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.


(ii) Global Note Legend . Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (with appropriate changes in the last sentence if DTC is not the Depository):

“THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR NOTES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITORY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND, UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY.

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS 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.”

(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or cancelled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 3.9 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depository to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depository to reflect such increase.

(h) Exchange Offer . Upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee will authenticate:

(1) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer; and

(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of any Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer.

Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will, upon receipt of a Company Order, cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate upon receipt of a Company Order and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of the applicable Restricted Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.


(i) Additional Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with the Indenture or at the Security Registrar’s request.

(ii) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(iii) At the option of the Holder, subject to Section 2.05(a) of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and, upon receipt of a Company Order, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.

(iv) Neither the Trustee nor the Security Registrar shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any note (including any transfers between or among Participants or Indirect Participants in any global note or any transfers related to the Exchange Offer) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

ARTICLE III

REDEMPTION

Section  3.01 Optional Redemption for Changes in Withholding Taxes . The Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, at any time in whole but not in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice (which notice will be irrevocable), at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount of Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) to, but not including, the applicable Redemption Date and all Additional Interest and Additional Amounts (if any) then due and which will become due on the applicable Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date and Additional Interest and Additional Amounts (if any) in respect thereof), in the event that the Company determines in good faith that the Company has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Notes, Additional Amounts and such obligation cannot be avoided by taking reasonable measures available to the Company (including making payment through a paying agent located in another jurisdiction), as a result of:

1. a change in or an amendment to the laws (including any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the Republic of Marshall Islands or any political subdivision, or any other jurisdiction in which the Company (including any successor entity) is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes, affecting taxation, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the date of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture; or


2. any change in or amendment to any official position of a taxing authority in the Republic of Marshall Islands or any political subdivision, or any other jurisdiction in which the Company (including any successor entity) is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after the date of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due. Before the Company publishes, mails or delivers notice of redemption of the Notes as described above, the Company will deliver to the Trustee and Paying Agent (a) an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Company is entitled to effect such redemption and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the conditions precedent to the right of the Company to so redeem have occurred and (b) an opinion of a nationally recognized independent legal counsel that the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts as a result of the circumstances referred to in clause (1) or (2) of the preceding paragraph.

The Trustee and Paying Agent will accept and will be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Officer’s Certificate and opinion as sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above, in which case they will be conclusive and binding on the Holders.

Except to the extent inconsistent with the foregoing, all provisions of Article 11 of the Base Indenture shall apply to any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.01.

Section  3.02 Optional Redemption . The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after January 15, 2024, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any) and Additional Interest (if any) to, but not including, the Redemption Date. Article 11 of the Base Indenture shall apply to any such redemption of the Notes.

Section  3.03 Open Market Repurchases . Notwithstanding any provision hereunder or in the Base Indenture to the contrary, the Company and its Affiliates may purchase Notes from investors who are willing to sell from time to time, either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. Notes that the Company or any of its Affiliates purchase shall be cancelled.

ARTICLE IV

CHANGE OF CONTROL

Section 4.01 Change of Control.

(a) If a Change of Control occurs at any time, Holders will have the right, at their option, to require the Company to purchase for cash any or all of the Notes, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000. The price the Company is required to pay (the “Change of Control Purchase Price”) is equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest (if any) to but excluding the Change of Control Purchase Date (unless the Change of Control Purchase Date is after a record date and on or prior to the interest payment date to which such record date relates, in which case the Company will instead pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest (if any) to the Holder on such record date and the Change of Control Purchase Price will be equal to 101% of the


principal amount of the Notes to be purchased). The “Change of Control Purchase Date” will be a date specified by the Company that is not less than 35 or more than 60 calendar days following the date of the Change of Control notice as described below. Any Notes purchased by the Company will be paid for in cash. A “Change of Control” will be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if:

1. any “Person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “Beneficial Owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause (1) such Person shall be deemed to have “Beneficial Ownership” of all shares that any such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

2. the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person other than (i) a transaction in which the survivor or transferee is a Person that is controlled by the Permitted Holders or (ii) a transaction following which, in the case of a merger or consolidation transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own directly or indirectly at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as before the transaction; or

3. Continuing Directors and the directors nominated by the Holders pursuant to Section 5.09 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors.

(b) On or before the 20th day after the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company will provide to all Holders and the Trustee and Paying Agent a notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control and of the resulting purchase right. Such notice shall state, among other things: (i) the events causing a Change of Control; (ii) the date of the Change of Control; (iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right; (iv) the Change of Control Purchase Price; (v) the Change of Control Purchase Date; (vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent; and (vii) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to purchase their Notes.

(c) To exercise the Change of Control purchase right, Holders must deliver, on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date, the Notes to be purchased, duly endorsed for transfer, together with a written purchase notice and the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse side of the Notes duly completed, to the Paying Agent. The purchase notice must state: (i) if certificated, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for purchase or if not certificated, the notice must comply with appropriate Depository procedures; (ii) the portion of the principal amount of Notes to be purchased, which must be $1,000 or a multiple thereof; and (iii) that the Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture.


(d) Holders may withdraw any purchase notice (in whole or in part) by a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date. The notice of withdrawal shall state: (i) the principal amount of the withdrawn Notes; (ii) if certificated Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn Notes, or if not certificated, the notice must comply with appropriate Depository procedures; and (iii) the principal amount, if any, which remains subject to the purchase notice.

(e) On each Change of Control Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control offer made by the Company, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent at least one Business Day prior to the Change of Control Purchase Date an amount equal to the Change of Control Purchase Price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the applicable Change of Control offer made by the Company and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased. If the Paying Agent holds money or securities sufficient to pay the Change of Control Purchase Price of the Notes on the Change of Control Purchase Date, then: (i) the Notes will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes is made or whether or not the Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent); and (ii) all other rights of the Holder will terminate (other than the right to receive the Change of Control Purchase Price).

(f) In connection with any purchase offer pursuant to a Change of Control purchase notice, the Company will, if required, comply with the provisions of the tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable and file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control provisions of the Notes, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Change of Control provisions of the Notes by virtue of such conflicts.

(g) No Notes may be purchased at the option of Holders upon a Change of Control if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date.

Section 4.02 Annual Put Right.

(a) Once a year, each Holder will have the right (the “ Annual Put Right ”), at its option, to require the Company to purchase for cash any or all of the Notes held by such Holder, or any portion of the principal amount thereof, that is equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 pursuant to this Section 4.02. The price the Company is required to pay (the “ Annual Put Right Purchase Price ”) is equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest (if any) to but excluding the Annual Put Right Purchase Date. The “ Annual Put Right Purchase Date ” will be on the anniversary of the Issue Date that immediately follows the Annual Put Right Election Deadline (unless the Annual Put Right Purchase Date is not a Business Day, in which case the Annual Put Right Purchase Date shall be the immediately succeeding Business Day of such anniversary of the Issue Date). Any Notes purchased by the Company will be paid for in cash.

(b) To exercise the Annual Put Right, Holders must irrevocably (i) deliver to the Company on or after August 18 of any year (commencing with August 18, 2019) and on or prior to September 17 (the “ Annual Put Right Election Deadline ”) of such year, a written election notice specifying the aggregate principal amount of Notes held by such Holder that it will submit for purchase by the Company pursuant to the Annual Put Right, and (ii) on or before the fifth Business Day prior to the Annual Put Right Purchase Date, (x) (i) if the Notes are certificated, deliver to the Trustee the Notes to be purchased, duly endorsed for transfer, together with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and (ii) if the Notes are not certificated, take the


appropriate steps as required by the Depository in order to effect the election to exercise the Annual Put Right and (y) to the Paying Agent, the Company and the Trustee, a written purchase notice. The purchase notice must state: (i) if certificated, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for purchase or if not certificated, the notice must comply with appropriate Depository procedures; (ii) the portion of the principal amount of Notes to be purchased, which must be $1,000 or a multiple thereof; and (iii) that the Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and the Indenture which provisions shall be specifically referenced. If the Notes are not certificated, any exercise of the Annual Put Right by the Holders shall be effectuated in accordance with the applicable policies and procedures of the Depository.

(c) Holders may not withdraw or revoke any purchase notice (in whole or in part) or withdraw any Notes or any portion thereof so delivered pursuant to the immediately preceding Section 4.02(b).

(d) On each Annual Put Right Purchase Date, the Company will (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly delivered pursuant to the related Annual Put Right, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent at least one Business Day prior to such Annual Put Right Purchase Date an amount equal to the Annual Put Right Purchase Price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly delivered together with a direction to the Paying Agent to distribute such amount to the relevant Holders in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.02, (iii) if the Notes are certificated, deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted or if the Notes are not certificated, comply with the appropriate Depository procedures applicable to the exercise of the Annual Put Right and (iv) deliver to the Paying Agent and the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being repurchased. If the Paying Agent holds money or securities sufficient to pay the Annual Put Right Purchase Price of the Notes on such Annual Put Right Purchase Date, then: (i) the Notes will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes is made or whether or not the Notes are delivered to the Paying Agent); and (ii) all other rights of the Holder will terminate (other than the right to receive the Annual Put Right Purchase Price).

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02, (i) no Notes may be purchased at the option of Holders pursuant to the exercise of the Annual Put Right in any year if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Annual Put Right Election Deadline occurring during such year; and (ii) if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated at any time following the delivery of any Notes or portion thereof pursuant to Section 4.02(b) and on or prior to the applicable Annual Put Right Purchase Date, any Notes or portions thereof so delivered shall be returned to the Holder thereof that delivered the same to the Paying Agent and no such Notes or portions thereof shall be purchased pursuant to the Annual Put Right.

ARTICLE V

COVENANTS

The covenants set forth in this Article V shall be applicable to the Company in addition to the covenants in Article 10 of the Base Indenture, which shall in all respects be applicable in respect of the Notes.

Section  5.01 Limitation on Borrowings . The Company shall not permit Total Borrowings to equal or exceed 65% of Total Assets.

Section  5.02 Limitation on Minimum Net Worth . The Company shall ensure that its Net Worth always exceeds $450.0 million.


Section  5.03 Negative Pledge . The Company shall not, directly or indirectly, create, assume or permit to exist any security or lien of any nature whatsoever on any of its assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Permitted Security.

Section  5.04 Financial Reports . During the period that any Cross Default exists, at the request of any Holder, the Company shall provide, to the extent that it is not prevented or restricted from doing so by the provisions of any relevant Credit Facility, to such Holder any report or other information that is provided to any lender or other financier under the Credit Facility giving rise to the Cross Default. As a condition to the receipt of such report or other information, such Holder must agree not to disclose such report or information to any third party or to purchase or sell any of the Company’s securities on the basis of any material, nonpublic information included in such report or other information.

The Company shall provide unaudited financial statements to the Holders for the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and audited annual financial statements for each fiscal year, all on a timely basis and in no case later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters and 90 days after the end of the fiscal year, respectively. The Company shall also provide other financial information the Holders may reasonably request from time to time.

Section  5.05 Restricted Payments . The Company will not, nor will the Company permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except (a) the Company may make Restricted Payments payable solely in equity interests issued by the Company and not in cash (which shall include dividends paid in equity interests through the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan), (b) a Subsidiary of the Company may make Restricted Payments in cash to the Company or another Subsidiary of the Company and in each case to other owners of the equity of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis and (c) the Company may make any other Restricted Payments in cash in accordance with applicable law so long as (i) after giving effect thereto no Default has occurred and is continuing and no Default will result therefrom and (ii) such payment is a Permitted Payment.

Section  5.06 Line of Business . The primary business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall be the direct or indirect ownership, management, operation, leasing or chartering of container vessels and containers and any business incidental thereto.

Section  5.07 Fundamental Changes . The Company will not, nor will the Company permit any of its Subsidiaries (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary) to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with the Company or its Subsidiaries, or sell, transfer, lease (other than leases and charters in the ordinary course of business) or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of the Company, or all or any substantial part of the stock of any of the Subsidiaries of the Company (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

 

  (1)

any Subsidiary may merge into the Company in a transaction in which the Company is the surviving corporation;

 

  (2)

any Subsidiary may merge into any other Subsidiary in a transaction in which the consolidated ownership interest percentage in the surviving Subsidiary is no less than the consolidated ownership interest percentage in either predecessor entity;

 

  (3)

any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Company or to another Subsidiary;

 

  (4)

any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the Board of Directors determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interest of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders;


  (5)

the Company and any Subsidiary may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries’ assets (in the ordinary course of business or otherwise) in any transaction or series of transactions so long as (A) the aggregate market value of all assets so sold, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of under this clause (5) during any fiscal year does not exceed 25% of the aggregate market value of all of the Company and its Subsidiaries’ assets on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (B) the Company receives, or the relevant Subsidiary receives, consideration at the time of such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition at least equal to the fair market value (including as to the value of all non-cash consideration), as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of the assets subject to such sale, transfer, lease or other disposition;

 

  (6)

the Company and any of its Subsidiaries may enter into any sale, transfer or disposition that is followed by the leasing back of the asset sold, transferred or disposed of, provided those transactions are carried out in the ordinary course of business; and

 

  (7)

so long as no Default or Change of Control would result therefrom, the Company and any of its Subsidiaries may acquire the assets or interests of any Person, by way of merger or consolidation, so long as, after taking into account such acquisition, container vessels and any assets used in any business incidental thereto (which may include the ownership, management and leasing of containers) constitute at least 75% of the Company’s consolidated total assets.

Section  5.08 Subsidiary Guarantee .

(a) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Subsidiary after the date of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, then the Company shall cause that newly acquired or created Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which it shall become a Guarantor and execute a joinder to the Registration Rights Agreement. Each future Guarantee by a Subsidiary shall be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Subsidiary without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to such Subsidiary, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

(b) [Reserved]

(c) [Reserved]

(d) For so long as an entity listed in Schedule I attached hereto (each a “ Specified Entity ” and, collectively, the “ Specified Entities ”) is unable to provide a Guarantee due to a contractual obligation applicable to such Specified Entity as in effect as of March 13, 2018 (such contractual obligation an “ Existing Obligation ”), any requirement that such Specified Entity execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such entity would become a Guarantor and execute a joinder to the Registration Rights Agreement, is hereby irrevocably waived (the “ Specified Covenants ”).

(e) If at any time a Specified Entity is able to provide a Guarantee without breaching an Existing Obligation, then the Company shall cause such Specified Entity to promptly (but in any event not later than 10 Business Days following the date on which such Existing Obligation ceases to be in effect) execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Specified Entity shall become a Guarantor and execute a joinder to the Registration Rights Agreement. The future Guarantee by such Specified Entity shall be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by that Specified Entity without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to such Specified Entity, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.


Section  5.09 Board Representation . The Initial Beneficial Owners shall have the right to designate (a) two members of the Board of Directors if at least $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes remain outstanding and (b) one member of the Board of Directors if less than $125.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes remain outstanding but greater than $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes remain outstanding (each, a “ Noteholder Director ”), in each case to be appointed to the Board of Directors promptly following such designation, and the Company shall cause such Noteholder Directors to be duly appointed or elected to the Board; provided, however, that in no event shall the rights under the indenture governing the Company’s 5.50% Senior Notes due 2025 or this Ninth Supplemental Indenture allow the Initial Beneficial Owners to designate more than two members to the Board of Directors if the threshold described in clause (a) above is reached, or to designate more than one member to the Board of Directors if the threshold described in clause (b) above is reached; provided, further, that such directors (x) must be reasonably qualified to serve as a member of the Board of Directors and (y) are not prohibited from acting as a member of the Board of Directors by any applicable law or regulation (including but not limited to U.S. securities laws and New York Stock Exchange regulations). In the event that any Noteholder Director resigns or is removed from office, the Company agrees to take all necessary actions to install, in lieu of such person, such new person on the Board of Directors as may be designated by the Initial Beneficial Owners, in accordance with this Section 5.09.

Section  5.10 Compliance Measurement . Compliance with the financial covenants in Sections 5.01 and 5.02 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be measured on the last day of each of the Company’s fiscal quarters, commencing March 31, 2019. Within 60 days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year and within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate confirming compliance with each of the covenants in this Article V. Each such Officer’s Certificate will be made available to the Holders of the Notes upon request to the Trustee. The Company shall mail, within 10 Business Days of the discovery thereof, to all Holders of the Notes and Trustee, notice of any Default in compliance with the covenants in this Article V.

ARTICLE VI

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section  6.01 Modifications of Certain Events of Default . The Events of Default in Article 5 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes, except that the following Events of Default in this Section 6.01 supersede in their entirety the Events Default set forth in Sections 5.1(5), 5.1(6) and 5.1(7) of the Base Indenture:

(a) the entry by a court having competent jurisdiction of:

(i) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(ii) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to be insolvent, or approving a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or


(iii) a final and non-appealable order appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

(b) the commencement by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of a voluntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of a voluntary proceeding seeking to be adjudicated insolvent or the consent by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to the entry of a decree or order for relief in an involuntary proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or relief under any applicable law, or the consent by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or similar official of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or the making by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in furtherance of any such action; and

(c) any Indebtedness of the Company (other than the Notes) or any Significant Subsidiary with an aggregate principal amount outstanding, individually or in the aggregate, of at least $25,000,000 shall not have been paid when due and upon the demand of its holders and within any applicable grace period after final maturity (or when otherwise due by acceleration or otherwise).

Section  6.02 Additional Events of Default . In addition to the Events of Default in Article 5 of the Base Indenture, as amended by Section 6.01 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the following shall be Events of Default with respect to the Notes:

(a) failure by the Company to perform or comply with the provisions of Article 8 of the Base Indenture relating to mergers and similar events;

(b) failure by the Company to provide notice of a Change of Control or to repurchase Notes tendered for repurchase following the occurrence of a Change of Control in conformity with the covenant set forth in Article IV of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture; and

(c) any Guarantee of a Guarantor that is also a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Guarantors that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or, except as permitted by the Indenture, shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Guarantee.

(d) failure by the Company to repurchase Notes tendered in accordance with the Annual Put Right in conformity with the covenant set forth in Article IV of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

(e) the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement or any security interest or lien purported to be created by the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement ceases for any reason to be enforceable or Seaspan Investment, or any Person acting on behalf of Seaspan Investment, denies or disaffirms, in writing, any obligation of Seaspan Investment set forth in or arising under the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement.


ARTICLE VII

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section  7.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders . Solely for the purposes of the Notes (and not in relation to any other series of Securities), Section 9.1 of the Base Indenture shall be deemed to be replaced in its entirety by this Section 7.01.

Without the consent of any Holders of the Notes, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution), each Guarantor and the Trustee (upon Company Order), at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, for any of the following purposes:

1. to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or a Guarantor, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or such Guarantor, contained in the Indenture and in the Notes; or

2. to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor; or

3. to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.10 of the Base Indenture; or

4. to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any material respect; or

5. to add any additional Events of Default with respect to the Notes; or

6. to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of the Notes pursuant to Article 4, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of any Holder of the Notes in any material respect; or

7. to secure the Notes; or

8. to make provisions with respect to conversion or exchange rights of Holders of the Notes; or

9. to amend or supplement any provision contained in the Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, provided that no such amendment or supplement shall materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes, or

10. only if the Company is required to register the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or


11. to make such provisions as necessary (as determined in good faith by the Company) for the issuance of exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture in exchange for, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to, the Notes, in compliance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement, or

12. to add a Guarantor under the Indenture.

Section  7.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders . Solely for the purposes of the Notes (and not in relation to any other series of Securities), Section 9.2 of the Base Indenture shall be deemed to be replaced in its entirety by this Section 7.02.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Company’s Board Resolution), the Guarantors and the Trustee (upon Company Order) may 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 of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note, shall

1. change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any premium or installment of interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate (or modify the calculation of such rate) of interest thereon or any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or otherwise, or change the obligation of the Company and the Guarantors to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, or change the redemption provisions or change the Place of Payment, Currency in which the principal of, any premium or interest on, or any Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or

2. reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or certain defaults thereunder and their consequences) provided for in the Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 15.4 of the Base Indenture for quorum or voting, or

3. modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 of the Base Indenture or Section 10.8 of the Base Indenture, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of the Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note, or

4. change the ranking of the Outstanding Notes or the Guarantees, or

5. make any change that adversely affects the right to convert or exchange any Note into or for securities of the Company or other securities (whether or not issued by the Company), cash or property in accordance with its terms, or


6. modify any Guarantee or release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or the Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, or

7. modify the provisions of Section 4.02 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of the Indenture which shall have been included expressly and solely for the benefit of the Notes, or which modifies the rights of the Holders Notes with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under the Base Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Notes under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

ARTICLE VIII

ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS

Section  8.01 Additional Amounts .

(a) All payments made by or on behalf of the Company under or with respect to the Notes (or by any Guarantor with respect to any Guarantee) shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto) (hereinafter “ Taxes ”) unless the withholding or deduction of such Taxes is then required by law. If any deduction or withholding for, or on account of, any Taxes imposed or levied by or on behalf of the government of the Republic of Marshall Islands or any political subdivision or any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax, or any other jurisdiction in which the Company (including any successor entity) or such Guarantor is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes, or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made (including, without limitation, the jurisdiction of each paying agent) (each a “ Specified Tax Jurisdiction ”), will at any time be required to be made from any payments made under or with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees. The Company and the Guarantors shall pay such additional amounts (the “ Additional Amounts ”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received in respect of such payments by a Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction shall not be less than the amount such Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided , however , that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to:

1. any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes having any present or former connection with the Specified Tax Jurisdiction (other than the mere acquisition, ownership, holding, enforcement or receipt of payment in respect of the Notes);

2. any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;

3. any Taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, the Notes;


4. any Taxes imposed as a result of the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of the Notes to complete, execute and deliver to the Company any form or document to the extent applicable to such Holder or beneficial owner that may be required by law or by reason of administration of such law and which is reasonably requested in writing to be delivered to the Company in order to enable the Company to make payments on the Notes without deduction or withholding for Taxes, or with deduction or withholding of a lesser amount, which form or document will be delivered within 60 days of a written request therefor by the Company;

5. any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the beneficiary of the payment having presented a Note for payment (in cases in which presentation is required) more than 30 days after the date on which such payment or such Note became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later (except to the extent that the Holder would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of such 30-day period);

6. any Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by the Company to the Holder if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment would not have been entitled to Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such Note;

7. any Taxes that are required to be deducted or withheld on a payment pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any law implementing, or introduced in order to conform to, such directive; or

8. any combination of clauses (1) through (7) above.

(b) If the Company or any Guarantor becomes aware that it will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees, the Company will deliver to the Trustee and Paying Agent at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Company will notify the Trustee and Paying Agent promptly thereafter but in no event later than two Business Days prior to the date of payment) an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount so payable. The Officer’s Certificate shall also set forth any other information necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay Additional Amounts to Holders on the relevant payment date. The Trustee and Paying Agent will be entitled to rely solely on such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive proof that such payments are necessary. The Company will provide the Trustee and Paying Agent with documentation evidencing the payment of Additional Amounts.

(c) The Company will make all withholdings and deductions required by law and will remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant governmental authority on a timely basis in accordance with applicable law. As soon as practicable, the Company will provide the Trustee and Paying Agent with an official receipt or, if official receipts are not obtainable, other documentation evidencing the payment of the Taxes so withheld or deducted. Upon request, copies of those receipts or other documentation, as the case may be, will be made available by the Trustee and Paying Agent to the Holders of the Notes.


(d) Whenever in the Base Indenture or this Ninth Supplemental Indenture there is referenced, in any context, the payment of amounts based upon the principal amount of the Notes or of principal, interest or any other amount payable under, or with respect to, the Notes or the Guarantees, such reference shall be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts as described under this Section 8.01 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

(e) The Company will indemnify a Holder, within 10 Business Days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Taxes paid by such Holder to a governmental authority of a Specified Tax Jurisdiction, on or with respect to any payment by on or account of any obligation of the Company to withhold or deduct an amount on account of Taxes for which the Company would have been obliged to pay Additional Amounts hereunder and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant governmental authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Company by a Holder will be conclusive absent manifest error.

(f) The Company will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise in any Specified Tax Jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the Notes, the Indenture or any other document or instrument in relation thereof, or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes, and the Company will indemnify the Holders for any such taxes paid by such Holders.

Section  8.02 Obligations to Survive . The obligations described in Section 8.01 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of the Indenture and will apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor person to the Company is organized or any political subdivision or authority or agency thereof or therein.

ARTICLE IX

GUARANTEES

Section  9.01 Guarantee . Subject to this Article IX, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, interest, Additional Interest and premium on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture.


Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 9.01.

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 5 of the Base Indenture hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 5 of the Base Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantees.

Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective in any insolvency proceeding affecting the Company, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or Guarantees thereof, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

Section  9.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability . Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal, state or foreign law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article IX, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under the Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP.


Section  9.03 Execution and Delivery . To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 9.01 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its President, one of its Vice Presidents or one of its Assistant Vice Presidents.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 9.01 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

If an Officer whose signature is on this Ninth Supplemental Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

If required by Section 5.08 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall cause any newly created or acquired Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 5.08 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and this Article IX, to the extent applicable.

Section  9.04 Subrogation . Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.01 of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Company under the Indenture or the Notes shall have been paid in full.

Section  9.05 Benefits Acknowledged . Each Guarantor acknowledges that it shall receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 9.06 Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

(a) A Guarantor shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, or sell, assign, convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person, and such Guarantor shall not permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge into such Guarantor or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to such Guarantor; unless:

(i) the other Person is the Company or a Guarantor;

(ii) (ii) (A) either (x) such Guarantor is the continuing Person or (y) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed by the successor Person and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee of the Notes; and (B) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; or

(iii) the transaction constitutes the sale, exchange or transfer (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, wind-up liquidation, dissolution or otherwise) of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), other than to a Subsidiary of the Company, and such sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the Indenture;


(b) In the event of any sale, consolidation, merger, transfer, assignment, conveyance, lease or other transaction pursuant to this Section 9.06, either such Guarantor or the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such transaction and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Section 9.06 and that all conditions precedent in the Indenture provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(c) Upon any consolidation by a Guarantor with or merger of a Guarantor into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of a Guarantor substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with this Section 9.06, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which such Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, such Guarantor under the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as a Guarantor in the Indenture.

Section  9.07 Release of Guarantees . A Guarantee of the Notes by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Guarantee, upon:

1. any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, wind-up liquidation, dissolution or otherwise) of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), other than to a Subsidiary of the Company, after which the applicable Guarantor is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, if such sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the Indenture;

2. the Company exercising its legal defeasance option in accordance with Section 4.2(2) of the Base Indenture or covenant defeasance option in accordance with Section 4.2(3) of the Base Indenture or the Company’s obligations under the Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

3. the merger or consolidation of any Guarantor with and into the Company or another Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor following the transfer of all or substantially all of its assets to the Company or another Guarantor; and

4. such Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Section  9.08 India Guarantee Regulatory Approval . The Company shall, and shall cause Seaspan Crew Management India Private Ltd. (“ Seaspan India ”) to, use its commercially best efforts to cause Seaspan India to provide a valid Guarantee, which will include taking all commercially best efforts to apply for and obtain Indian regulatory approval to permit Seaspan India to provide a Guarantee. If such regulatory approval is obtained, the Company shall cause Seaspan India to promptly (but in any event not later than 10 Business Days following the date on which such regulatory approval is obtained) execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which Seaspan India shall become a Guarantor and execute a joinder to the Registration Rights Agreement. Any future Guarantee by Seaspan India shall be limited to an amount not to exceed the lesser of (x) the maximum amount that it can guarantee without rendering its Guarantee voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and (y) any limitation provided in, or pursuant to, such regulatory approval. For the avoidance of doubt, if such commercially best efforts shall have been made and such regulatory approval shall not have been obtained, then Seaspan India shall neither be required to become a Guarantor or provide a Guarantee.


ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

Section  10.01 Ratification of Indenture . This Ninth Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be constructed as an indenture supplement to the Base Indenture, and as supplemented and modified hereby, the Base Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and the Base Indenture and this Ninth Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and constructed as one and the same instrument.

Section  10.02 Trust Indenture Act Controls . If any provision of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision that is required or deemed to be included in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture by the Trust Indenture Act, the required or deemed provision shall control.

Section  10.03 Notices . All notices and other communications shall be given as provided in the Indenture.

Section  10.04 Governing Law . THIS NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE OR INSTRUMENTS ENTERED INTO AND, IN EACH CASE, PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. Any dispute, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees or the rights of any party under the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees shall be exclusively maintained in the U.S. federal or New York State Court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York. Each of the parties hereto: (i) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law, and (ii) irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. Each party to this Indenture irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, all right of trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim based on, or arising out of, under or in connection with the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees or any matter arising hereunder or thereunder.

Section  10.05 Judgment Currency . The Company and each of the Guarantors agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (i) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, or Additional Interest or Additional Amounts on the Notes or any indemnities due hereunder from the Company or any Guarantor (the “ Required Currency ”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “ Judgment Currency ”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the requisite amount of the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (ii) its obligations under the Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (a) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with clause (i)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (b) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (c)


shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under the Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “ New York Banking Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed.

Section  10.06 Successors . All covenants and agreements in this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and the Notes by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section  10.07 Counterparts . This Ninth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed either in original, facsimile or electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) form and the parties hereto adopt any signatures received by facsimile or electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) transmission as the original signature of such party.

Section  10.08 Headings . The Article and Section headings of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section  10.09 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals . The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantors and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture or of the Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof.

ARTICLE XI

A&R PLEDGE AND COLLATERAL AGENT AGREEMENT AND COLLATERAL

Section  11.01 Collateral . Seaspan Investment hereby represents and warrants that as of the date of this Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the only outstanding LLC Interests are the LLC Interests directly held by Seaspan Investment. Seaspan Investment shall not permit GCI to issue any additional LLC Interests unless such additional LLC Interests are issued to Seaspan Investment, the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company and a lien on and security interest in all of the right, title and interest of Seaspan Investment, the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable, over such additional LLC Interests is pledged, assigned and granted to the Trustee for the ratable benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes.

Section  11.02 Amendments, Supplements and Waivers to the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement . (a) With the consent of the Holders of each Note, including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer, by Act of said Holders of the Notes delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company (when authorized by or pursuant to a Company’s Board Resolution) and the Trustee (upon Company Order) may or may cause Seaspan Investment to enter into an amendment, supplement or waiver to the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement or the provisions in the Indenture dealing with the Collateral or the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement, as applicable.


Section  11.03 Execution of Amendments, Supplements and Waivers . (a) As a condition to executing any supplement, amendment or waiver permitted by this Article XI, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate each stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture, amendment or waiver is authorized or permitted by the Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the execution of such supplement, amendment or waiver have been fulfilled. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplement, amendment or waiver which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Indenture, the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement or otherwise.

Section  11.04 Pledge Agreement Authorization . The Holders hereby authorize and direct the Trustee to execute and deliver the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement and to take such actions on its behalf under the provisions of the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are delegated to the Trustee by the terms of the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

Section  11.05 Extension of Rights and Protections. All rights and protections of the Trustee set forth in the Indenture, including without limitation its right to indemnification and reimbursement, shall extend to the Trustee in connection with its actions or omissions under the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement.

Section  11.06 Additional Rights of the Trustee. In addition to the rights and protections of the Trustee under the Indenture, the Trustee shall have the following additional rights and protections under this Ninth Supplemental Indenture and the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement:

(a) the Trustee shall not be responsible for, nor incur any liability with respect to, (i) the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the security interest in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part under this Ninth Supplemental Indenture or the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement, or for the filing, form, content or renewal of any UCC financing statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust or such other documents or instruments related to the Collateral, (ii) the validity, sufficiency or condition of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment related thereto, (iii) the validity of the title of Seaspan Investment to the Collateral, (iv) insuring the Collateral or (v) the payment of taxes, charges or assessments upon the Collateral;

(b) the Trustee shall have no duty to the Holders as to any Collateral in its possession or in the possession of someone under its control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Trustee or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto, except the duty to accord such of the Collateral as may be in its possession substantially the same care as it accords similar assets held for the benefit of third parties;

(c) the Trustee shall be under no obligation independently to request or examine insurance coverage with respect to any Collateral; and

(d) the Trustee shall be under no obligation or duty to take any action under the Indenture or the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement if taking such action would subject the Trustee to a tax in any jurisdiction where it is not then subject to a tax or would require the Trustee to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified.

Section 11.07 Release of Collateral.

(a) Each of the Holders of Notes irrevocably authorizes the Trustee to release any lien on the Collateral and/or to terminate the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement (i) upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture Obligations or (ii) if consented to by the Holders of each Outstanding Note.


(b) In no event shall the Trustee be obligated to execute or deliver any document evidencing any release or re-conveyance of Collateral without receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture and the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement relating to such release or re-conveyance have been complied with and that such release or re-conveyance of the Collateral is authorized or permitted by the terms of the Indenture and the A&R Pledge and Collateral Agent Agreement.


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

 

COMPANY
SEASPAN CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Bing Chen
  Name: Bing Chen
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

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GUARANTORS:
Seaspan Holding 140 Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan 140 Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan (Asia) Corporation
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan Containership 2180 Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan Containership 2181 Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan Holdco I Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan Holdco II Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

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Seaspan Holdco III Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan Holdco IV Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan Ship Management Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan Crew Management Ltd.
By:   /s/ Peter Curtis
  Name: Peter Curtis
  Title:   President & Chief Executive Officer

 

Seaspan Investment I Ltd.
By:   /s/ Ryan Courson
  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

Seaspan Management Services Limited
By:   /s/ Peter Curtis
  Name: Peter Curtis
  Title:   Vice-President

 

Seaspan Advisory Services Limited
By:   /s/ Peter Curtis
  Name: Peter Curtis
  Title:   Vice-President

 

Seaspan Capital Ltd.
By:   /s/ Bing Chen
  Name: Bing Chen
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

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TRUSTEE:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:   /s/ Teresa H. Wyszomierski
  Name: Teresa H. Wyszomierski
  Title:   Vice President

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SCHEDULE I

GC Intermodal Holding Company I, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company II, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company III, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company IV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company V, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company VI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company IX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company X, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XII, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XIV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XVI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XVII, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XIX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XXI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Holding Company XXIV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company I, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company II, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company III, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company IV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company V, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company VI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company IX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company X, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XII, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XIV, Ltd.

Schedule I - Page 1


GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XVI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XVII, Ltd. GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XIX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XXI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Intermediate Holding Company XXIV, Ltd. GC Intermodal I, Ltd.

GC Intermodal II, Ltd.

GC Intermodal III, Ltd.

GC Intermodal IV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal V, Ltd.

GC Intermodal VI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal IX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal X, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XII, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XIV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XVI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XVII, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XIX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XX, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XXI, Ltd.

GC Intermodal XXIV, Ltd.

GC Intermodal Operating Company

GC Intermodal Operating (HK) Limited

Greater China Intermodal Investments LLC

Schedule I Page 2


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

CUSIP NO. [•]

ISIN NO. [•]

SEASPAN CORPORATION

5.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2026

 

$    No.:

SEASPAN CORPORATION, a Marshall Islands corporation (hereinafter called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to below), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [•] / [insert if Global Note: Cede & Co.], or registered assigns, the principal sum [of $[•] ([•] DOLLARS)] [insert if Global Note: set forth on Schedule I annexed hereto] on January 15, 2026, and to pay interest thereon from January 15, 2019 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly on January 30, April 30, July 30 and October 30 in each year, commencing April 30, 2019, at the rate of 5.50% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. If any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to such next Business Day. The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be January 15, April 15, July 15 or October 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest which is payable but not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder hereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue or having been such Holder, and may be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a subsequent special record date (which shall be at least 10 days before the payment date) for the payment of such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Company, notice whereof shall be given to the Holders of Notes of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note (including, without limitation, any purchase price relating to a Change of Control or Annual Put Right) will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in The Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided , however , that, at the option of the Company, interest may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register; provided , further , that payment to DTC or any successor depository may be made by wire transfer to the account designated by DTC or such successor depository in writing.

 

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This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2026 (herein called the “Notes”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2017 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), as supplemented by the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated January 15, 2019, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof.

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Company shall pay to the Holder of this Note such Additional Amounts and other amounts as may be payable under Section 8.01 of the Ninth Supplement Indenture and such Additional Interest as may be payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. Whenever in this Note there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (or premium, if any), interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to this Note, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts and/or Additional Interest are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

The Notes are redeemable by the Company at its option prior to maturity as set forth in Sections 3.01 and 3.02 of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase as set forth in Section 4.01 of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

Once a year, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase as set forth in Section 4.02 of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Guarantors and the rights of the Holders of the Notes of each series issued under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding of each series affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Notes issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

 

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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 the principal of and interest on this Note, at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein and in the Indenture prescribed.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth therein and in this Note, the transfer of this Note may be registered on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in any place where the principal of and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

The Notes are issuable only in registered form in the denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, and in this Note, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series in different authorized denominations, as requested by the Holders surrendering the same.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith, other than in certain cases provided in the Indenture.

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Indenture contains provisions whereby (i) the Company and the Guarantors may be discharged from their obligations with respect to the Notes (subject to certain exceptions) or (ii) the Company may be released from its obligations under specified covenants and agreements in the Indenture, in each case if the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money or Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all Notes of this series, and satisfies certain other conditions, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made or instruments entered into and, in each case, performed in said State.

All terms used in this Note without definition that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

[ Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.

Date:

 

SEASPAN CORPORATION
By:  
  Name:
  Title:
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

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Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON,
As Trustee
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR

OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 

 

PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE

the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney to transfer said Security on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:     
Signature:     
NOTICE:    THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

Signature Guarantee:

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security 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 Security 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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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

 

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, check the box:

 

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.01 or 4.02 of the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, state the amount in principal amount: $

 

Dated:   Your Signature:
 

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

 

Signature Guarantee:  
  (Signature must be guaranteed)

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security 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 Security 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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Schedule I

SCHEDULE OF TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES

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

 

Date of

Exchange

   Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of
this Global
Security
     Amount of
Increase in
Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
     Principal
Amount of this
Global Security
following such
Decrease or
Increase
     Signature of
Authorized
Signatory of
trustee or
Custodian
 
           
           
           

Exhibit A – Schedule I

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Seaspan Corporation

Unit 2, 2nd Floor

Bupa Centre

141 Connaught Road West

Hong Kong, China

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: International Corporate Trust

Facsimile No.: 212-815-5366

 

Re:

  

5.50% Senior Notes due 2026

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2017 (the “ Base Indenture ”), between Seaspan Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands (the “ Company ”), and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated January 15, 2019, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “ Ninth Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

(the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $  in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Transfer ”), to (the “ Transferee ”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2. ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the

 

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Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. ☐ CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

(a) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

or

(b) ☐ such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a Subsidiary thereof;

or

(c) ☐ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

4. ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.

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

(b) ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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(c) ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

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

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:    
  Name:
  Title:

 

Dated:

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

  1.

The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

 

  (a)

☐ a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i)

☐ 144A Global Note ([CUSIP: [•]] [ISIN: [•]]), or

 

  (ii)

☐ Regulation S Global Note ([CUSIP: [•]] [ISIN: [•]]), or

 

  (b)

☐ a Restricted Definitive Note.

 

  2.

After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

 

  (a)

☐ a beneficial interest in the:

 

  (i)

☐ 144A Global Note ([CUSIP: [•]] [ISIN: [•]]), or

 

  (ii)

☐ Regulation S Global Note ([CUSIP: [•]] [ISIN: [•]]), or

 

  (iii)

☐ Unrestricted Global Note ([ ]); or

 

  (b)

☐ a Restricted Definitive Note; or

 

  (c)

☐ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Seaspan Corporation

Unit 2, 2nd Floor

Bupa Centre

141 Connaught Road West

Hong Kong, China

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E

New York, NY 10286

Attention: International Corporate Trust

Facsimile No.: 212-815-5366

 

  Re:

5.50% Senior Notes due 2026

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2017 (the “ Base Indenture ”), between Seaspan Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands (the “ Company ”), and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated January 15, 2019, among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “ Ninth Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

(the “ Owner ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $  in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Exchange ”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

(A) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

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(B) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(C) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(D) ☐CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2. EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES

(A) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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(B) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ☐144A Global Note ☐ Regulation S Global Note, in each case, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

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

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
    By:  
  Name:
  Title:

Dated:

 

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Exhibit 4.10

EXECUTION VERSION

This TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “ Tenth Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of January 15, 2019, among SEASPAN CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands (the “ Company ”), SEASPAN CAPITAL LTD., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Canada (the “ Guaranteeing Subsidiary ”), each of the subsidiaries listed on the signature pages hereto as “Guarantors” (collectively, the “ Guarantors ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of October 10, 2017 (the “ Base Indenture ”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its Securities to be issued in one or more series, which Base Indenture was amended and supplemented by (i) a second supplemental indenture, dated as of February 14, 2018 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), providing for the issuance of a series of Securities designated as its “5.50% Senior Notes due 2025”, in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000 (the “ 2025 Notes ”), (ii) a third supplemental indenture, dated as of February 22, 2018 (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, (iii) a fourth supplemental indenture, dated as of March 22, 2018 (the “ Fourth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, (iv) a fifth supplemental indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the “ Fifth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, (v) a sixth supplemental indenture, dated as of March 26, 2018 (the “ Sixth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, (vi) a seventh supplemental indenture, dated as of June 8, 2018 (the “ Seventh Supplemental Indenture ”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and (vii) an eighth supplemental indenture, dated as of July 16, 2018 (the “ Eighth Supplemental Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee;

WHEREAS, clause (12) of the second sentence of Section 7.01 of the Second Supplemental Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holder of the 2025 Notes, enter into indentures supplemental to the Indenture for the purpose of adding a Guarantor under the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 5.08(a) of the Second Supplemental Indenture provides that the Company shall cause the Guaranteeing Subsidiary to execute a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor under the Indenture and unconditionally guarantee the Indenture Obligations (as defined in the Second Supplemental Indenture);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee, the Company, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Guarantors are authorized to execute and deliver this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Indenture as set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, all actions required to be taken by the Company, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and each of the Guarantors under the Indenture to make this Tenth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding and legal agreement of the Company, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and each of the Guarantors, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.01 Definitions .

(a) The Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture and this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, is collectively referred to herein as the “ Indenture .”


(b) All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

Section 2.01 Application of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture expressly and solely relate to the Indenture with respect to the 2025 Notes and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Securities issued under the Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the 2025 Notes.

Section 3.01 Joinder to Indenture . The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to become bound by the terms, conditions and other provisions of the Indenture with all attendant rights, duties and obligations stated therein, with the same force and effect as if originally named as a “Guarantor” therein and if such party executed the Second Supplemental Indenture as a “Guarantor” on the date of the Second Supplemental Indenture.

Section 4.01 Agreement to Guarantee . The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees, jointly and severally with all Guarantors, to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture including but not limited to Article IX of the Second Supplemental Indenture, and subject to the limitations therein.

Section 5.01 Governing Law . THIS TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE OR INSTRUMENTS ENTERED INTO AND, IN EACH CASE, PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 6.01 Counterparts . This Tenth Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be executed either in original, facsimile or electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) form and the parties hereto adopt any signatures received by facsimile or electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) transmission as the original signature of such party. This Tenth Supplemental Indenture shall become effective upon the execution hereof by each of the parties hereto.

Section 7.01 Headings . The Article and Section headings of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 8.01 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals . The recitals contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company and the Guarantors and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized under its corporate bylaws to execute and deliver this Tenth Supplemental Indenture.

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

 

COMPANY
SEASPAN CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Bing Chen

  Name: Bing Chen
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

Signature Page to Tenth Supplemental Indenture


GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY:
SEASPAN CAPITAL LTD.
By:  

/s/ Bing Chen

  Name: Bing Chen
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Signature Page to Tenth Supplemental Indenture


GUARANTORS:
Seaspan Holding 140 Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan 140 Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan (Asia) Corporation
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan Containership 2180 Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan Containership 2181 Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan Holdco I Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan Holdco II Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Signature Page to Tenth Supplemental Indenture


Seaspan Holdco III Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan Holdco IV Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan Ship Management Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan Crew Management Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Peter Curtis

  Name: Peter Curtis
  Title:   President & Chief Executive Officer
Seaspan Investment I Ltd.
By:  

/s/ Ryan Courson

  Name: Ryan Courson
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
Seaspan Management Services Limited
By:  

/s/ Peter Curtis

  Name: Peter Curtis
  Title:   Vice President
Seaspan Advisory Services Limited
By:  

/s/ Peter Curtis

  Name: Peter Curtis
  Title:   Vice President

Signature Page to Tenth Supplemental Indenture


TRUSTEE :
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Teresa Wyszomierski

  Name: Teresa Wyszomierski
  Title:   Vice President

Signature Page to Tenth Supplemental Indenture

Exhibit 4.11

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

WARRANT AGREEMENT

Dated as of January 15, 2019 by and among

SEASPAN CORPORATION

and

THE INVESTORS SPECIFIED HEREIN

 

 

 

 


WARRANT AGREEMENT

WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of January 15, 2019 by and among Seaspan Corporation, a corporation existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands (the “ Company ”), and each of the investors specified on the signature pages hereto (the “ Investors ”).

WHEREAS, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries are entering into certain financing transactions (the “ Transactions ”) with the Holders (as defined herein) and their Affiliates (as defined herein), including the issuance of US$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.50% Notes due 2026 (the “ Notes ”) and 38,461,539 Warrants (as defined herein);

WHEREAS, the Notes and the Warrants will be sold in combination and the Notes and the Warrants will be immediately separable and will be issued separately;

WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form, terms and provisions of the Warrants, including the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights and immunities of the Company and the Holders; and

WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company, the legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:

Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.

Aggregate Exercise Price ” shall mean an amount equal to the product of (a) the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which a Warrant is then being exercised pursuant to Section  3 hereof, multiplied by (b) the Exercise Price in effect as of the Exercise Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Board ” shall mean the board of directors of the Company or a committee thereof.

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized or required by law to close.

Capital Stock ” shall mean (a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (b) with respect to any other Person, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person and (c) with respect to the Company, the shares of Common Stock.

Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) any “ person ” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “ beneficial owner ” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause (a) such

 

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person shall be deemed to have “ beneficial ownership ” of all shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company;

(b) the merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into the Company, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of the Company (determined on a consolidated basis) to another Person other than (i) a transaction in which the survivor or transferee is a Person that is controlled by the Permitted Holders or (ii) a transaction following which, in the case of a merger or consolidation transaction, holders of securities that represented 100% of the Voting Stock of the Company immediately prior to such transaction (or other securities into which such securities are converted as part of such merger or consolidation transaction) own directly or indirectly at least a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation transaction immediately after such transaction and in substantially the same proportion as before the transaction; or

(c) Continuing Directors cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board. “ Close of Business ” shall mean 5:00 p.m., Eastern time.

Common Stock ” shall mean the Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, and any Capital Stock into which such Common Stock shall have been converted, exchanged or reclassified following the date hereof.

Common Stock Reorganization ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(a) of this Agreement.

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

Continuing Director ” shall mean a director who (i) is a Noteholder Director (as that term is defined in the Indenture) or (ii) either was a member of the Board on the Original Issue Date or who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to that date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders is duly approved by a majority of the continuing directors on the Board at the time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the entire Board in which such individual is named as nominee for director.

control ” (including the terms “ controlled by ”, “ controlling ” and “ under common control with ”) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise, including the ownership, directly or indirectly, of securities having the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of such Person.

Convertible Securities ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(i) of this Agreement.

Distributions Paid in the Ordinary Course ” shall mean cash distributions in the amount of $0.125 per share of Common Stock on a quarterly basis;

DRIP ” shall mean the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan pursuant to which cash dividends received by electing stockholders are automatically reinvested into additional shares of Common Stock at a discount to the market price of such Common Stock.

 

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Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any similar or successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at any applicable time.

Exercise Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  3.3(a)(i) of this Agreement.

Exercise Date ” shall mean, for any given exercise of a Warrant, the date on which the conditions to such exercise as set forth in Section  3.3 shall have been satisfied at or prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on a Business Day, including, without limitation, the receipt by the Company of the Exercise Agreement, the Warrant and the Aggregate Exercise Price.

Exercise Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  3.2 of this Agreement.

Exercise Price ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  3.1 of this Agreement, as adjusted pursuant to Section  4 of this Agreement; provided , that such exercise price shall at no point decrease below the par value of the Common Stock.

Expiration Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  3.2 of this Agreement.

Fair Market Value ” shall mean, as of any particular date: (a) the volume-weighted average of the sale prices of the Common Stock for such day on the NYSE; (b) if there have been no sales of the Common Stock on the NYSE on any such day, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices for the Common Stock on the NYSE at the end of such day; (c) if on any such day the Common Stock is not listed on the NYSE, the closing sales price of the Common Stock as quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Pink OTC Markets or similar quotation system or association for such day; or (d) if there have been no sales of the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Pink OTC Markets or similar quotation system or association on such day, the average of the highest bid and lowest asked prices for the Common Stock quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Pink OTC Markets or similar quotation system or association at the end of such day; in each case, averaged over twenty (20) consecutive Business Days ending on the Business Day immediately prior to the day as of which “ Fair Market Value ” is being determined; provided , that if the Common Stock is listed on any domestic securities exchange, the term “ Business Day ” as used in this sentence means Business Days on which such exchange is open for trading. If at any time the Common Stock is not listed on any domestic securities exchange or quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, the Pink OTC Markets or similar quotation system or association, the “ Fair Market Value ” of the Common Stock shall be the fair market value per share as determined jointly by the Board and the Holder.

Forced Exercise Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  3.4 of this Agreement.

Holder ” shall mean any Person who is the registered owner of a Warrant as registered in the Warrant Register.

Indenture ” shall mean the Indenture governing the Notes dated as of October 10, 2017, among the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, as amended and supplemented by a Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 15, 2019, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

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

Issuer Bid Expiration Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(g) of this Agreement.

Issuer Bid Expiration Time ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(g) of this Agreement.

 

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Non-Public Offering ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(i) of this Agreement.

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

NYSE ” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

Officers ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the General Counsel or any Vice-President of such Person.

Original Issue Date ” shall mean January 15, 2019, the date on which the Warrants were issued by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.

OTC Bulletin Board ” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority OTC Bulletin Board electronic inter-dealer quotation system.

Permitted Holders ” shall mean any of (a) Kyle Washington, Kevin Washington, Dennis Washington or any of their estates, spouses, and/or descendants; (b) any trust for the benefit of the persons listed in clause (a); (c) an Affiliate of any of the persons listed in (a) or (b) above and (d) the Investors and their respective Affiliates.

Permitted Transactions ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(i) of this Agreement.

Person ” shall include an individual, a corporation, an association, a partnership, a limited liability company, a trust or estate, a government, foreign or domestic, and any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.

Pink OTC Markets ” shall mean the OTC Markets Group Inc. electronic inter-dealer quotation system, including OTCQX, OTCQB and OTC Pink.

Pricing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(i) of this Agreement.

Purchased Shares ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(g) of this Agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2019, among the Company and the other parties thereto.

Reorganization ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(b) of this Agreement.

Rights ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(f) of this Agreement.

Rights Offering ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(c) of this Agreement.

Rights Plan ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(f) of this Agreement.

SEC ” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any similar or successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at any applicable time.

Settlement Date ” shall mean, in respect of a Warrant that is exercised hereunder, the third Business Day immediately following the Exercise Date for such Warrant.

 

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Share Rate ” shall mean, at any time, the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with Section  3 of this Agreement, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section  4 of this Agreement, such number on the Original Issue Date being equal to one share of Common Stock per Warrant.

Special Distribution ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  4.1(d) of this Agreement.

Voting Stock ” of a Person shall mean all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

Warrants ” shall mean the warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company issued pursuant to this Agreement and represented by Warrant Certificates, and all warrants issued upon transfer, division or combination of, or in substitution thereof.

Warrant Certificates ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  2.1 of this Agreement.

Warrant Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section  2.3 of this Agreement.

Warrant Shares ” shall mean the shares of Common Stock or other Capital Stock of the Company then purchasable upon exercise of a Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

SECTION 2. Issuance of Warrants; Warrant Certificates .

2.1 Form and Dating . The Warrants shall be issued in registered form only and shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (each, a “ Warrant Certificate ”). The Warrants may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Warrant shall be dated the date of its signature. The terms and provisions contained in the Warrants shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Agreement. The parties hereto, by their execution and delivery of this Agreement, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Warrant conflicts with the express provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and be controlling.

2.2 Execution of Warrant Certificates . Warrants may be executed in any number of original, facsimile or electronic counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. An Officer shall sign the Warrants on behalf of the Company. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Warrant Certificate shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Warrant Certificate before such Warrant is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if he or she had not ceased to be such at the date of issuance.

2.3 Warrant Register . The Company shall number and register the Warrant Certificates in a register (the “ Warrant Register ”) as they are issued by the Company. The Warrant Register will show the name and address of the Holder, the numbers of Warrants and Warrant Shares evidenced on the face of each Warrant Certificate and the date of each Warrant Certificate. The Company may deem and treat the Holder as the absolute owner of the Warrant Certificates (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by anyone), for all purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

2.4 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) A Holder may transfer, assign or encumber all or any part of a Warrant Certificate to any Person; provided , however , that such transfer shall be in compliance with the Securities Act or any state (or other jurisdiction) securities or “blue sky” laws applicable to the Company or the Warrants.

 

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(b) Upon written notice from a Holder of any transfer permitted pursuant to Section  2.4(a) and receipt of such customary documents as the Company may reasonably request to assure itself that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and any applicable state (or other jurisdiction) securities or “blue sky” laws, the Company shall reflect in the Warrant Register any change in record ownership pursuant to any such transfer.

(c) No service charge shall be made to a Holder of a Warrant for any registration of transfer or exchange.

(d) All Warrants issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrants shall be the duly authorized, executed and issued warrants for shares of Common Stock of the Company or such other Warrant Shares as may be issuable upon exercise of a Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, not subject to any preemptive rights, and entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement, as the Warrants surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

2.5 Replacement Warrants . If the Company receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Warrant, the Company shall issue a replacement Warrant of like denomination, tenor and date as the Warrant so mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen. If required by the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company to protect the Company, from any loss that the Company may suffer if a Warrant is replaced. Every replacement Warrant is an additional Warrant of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Agreement equally and proportionately with all other Warrants duly issued hereunder.

2.6 Cancellation . All Warrant Certificates surrendered upon exercise of Warrants shall be cancelled by the Company.

SECTION 3. Terms and Exercise of Warrants .

3.1 Exercise Price . Each Warrant shall entitle the Holder thereof upon proper exercise during the Exercise Period, subject to the provisions of such Warrant and of this Agreement, to purchase from the Company one (1) Warrant Share at a purchase price per Warrant Share equal to US$6.50 (such price being referred to herein as the “ Exercise Price ”), subject to the adjustments provided in Section  4 hereof.

3.2 Duration of Warrants . Subject to the terms and conditions of such Warrant and of this Agreement, at any time or from time to time on or after the Original Issue Date, and prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, on the seventh (7th) anniversary of the Original Issue Date or, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (the “ Expiration Date ”), a Warrant may be exercised for all or any part of the Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder (subject to adjustment as provided herein). Such period commencing on the Original Issue Date and expiring on the Expiration Date is herein referred to as the “ Exercise Period .” Each Warrant not exercised on or before the Expiration Date shall become void, and all rights thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Agreement and such Warrant shall cease at the Close of Business on the Expiration Date (or Close of Business on the Settlement Date with respect to any Exercise Agreement delivered prior to the Expiration Date). The Company may extend the duration of the Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided , however , that the Company shall provide notice of not less than thirty (30) days to Holders of such extension and that such extension shall be identical in duration among all of the then outstanding Warrants.

 

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3.3 Exercise of Warrants .

(a) Exercise Procedure . Warrants may be exercised from time to time on any Business Day during the Exercise Period, for all or any part of the unexercised Warrant Shares, upon:

(i) surrender of the Warrant to the Company at its then principal executive offices (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to the Warrant in the case of its loss, theft or destruction as set forth in Section  2.5 ), together with an Exercise Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each, an “ Exercise Agreement ”), duly completed (including specifying the number of Warrant Shares to be purchased) and executed; and

(ii) payment to the Company of the Aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Section  3.3(b) .

(b) Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price . Payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price shall be made, at the option of the Holder, in its sole and absolute discretion, as expressed in the Exercise Agreement, by the following methods:

(i) by delivery to the Company of a certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company, in the amount of such Aggregate Exercise Price;

(ii) if the Holder or one of its Affiliates is also a holder of Notes, by instructing the Company to offset the payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price against the redemption of a designated principal amount of outstanding Notes held by such Holder or its Affiliate at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Exercise Date; or

(iii) any combination of the foregoing.

In the event of any withholding of Warrant Shares pursuant to clause (ii)  or ( iii) where the number of shares whose value is equal to the Aggregate Exercise Price is not a whole number, the number of shares withheld by the Company shall be rounded down to the nearest whole share.

(c) Delivery of Stock Certificates . Upon receipt by the Company of the Exercise Agreement, surrender of the Warrant and payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price (in accordance with Section  3.3 hereof), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, and in any event within three (3) Business Days thereafter, execute (or cause to be executed) and deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Holder a certificate or certificates (or deliver electronically) representing the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise. The stock certificate or certificates so delivered shall be, to the extent possible, in such denomination or denominations as the exercising Holder shall reasonably request in the Exercise Agreement and shall be registered in the name of the Holder or, subject to compliance with Section  2.4 , such other Person’s name as shall be designated in the Exercise Agreement. The Warrants shall be deemed to have been exercised and such certificate or certificates of Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other Person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such Warrant Shares for all purposes, as of the Exercise Date.

(d) Fractional Shares . The Company shall not be required to issue a fractional Warrant Share upon exercise of any Warrant. To the extent an exercise would result in a fractional Warrant Share, the number of Warrant Shares issued upon such exercise will be rounded up to the nearest whole number of Warrant Shares.

 

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(e) Delivery of New Warrant . Unless the purchase rights represented by the Warrant shall have expired or shall have been fully exercised, the Company shall, at the time of delivery of the certificate or certificates representing the Warrant Shares being issued in accordance with Section  3.3(c) hereof, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unexpired and unexercised Warrant Shares called for by such Warrant. Such new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical to the Warrant.

(f) Valid Issuance . The Company hereby represents, covenants and agrees that:

(i) Any Warrant issued pursuant to this Agreement shall be, upon issuance, duly authorized and validly issued.

(ii) All Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of any Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Warrants shall be, upon issuance, and the Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that such Warrant Shares are, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, issued without violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any stockholder of the Company and free and clear of all taxes, liens and charges.

(iii) The Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary to ensure that all such Warrant Shares are issued without violation by the Company of any applicable law or governmental regulation applicable to the Company or any requirements of any domestic securities exchange upon which shares of Common Stock or other securities constituting Warrant Shares may be listed at the time of such exercise (except for official notice of issuance which shall be immediately delivered by the Company upon each such issuance).

(iv) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Warrant Shares, immediately upon such exercise, to be listed on any domestic securities exchange upon which shares of Common Stock or other securities constituting Warrant Shares are listed at the time of such exercise.

(v) The Company shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with, and all documentary, stamp, issuance and similar taxes and governmental charges that may be imposed with respect to, the issuance or delivery of Warrant Shares upon exercise of a Warrant; provided , that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed with respect to any applicable withholding or the issuance or delivery of the Warrant Shares to any Person other than the Holder, and no such issuance or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issuance has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

(g) Conditional Exercise . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if an exercise of any portion of a Warrant is to be made in connection with a public offering or a sale of the Company (pursuant to a merger, sale of stock, or otherwise), such exercise may at the election of the Holder be conditioned upon the consummation of such transaction, in which case such exercise shall not be deemed to be effective until immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction.

(h) Reservation of Common Stock . During the Exercise Period, the Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or other securities constituting Warrant Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon the exercise of the Warrants, the maximum number of Warrant Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants, and the par value per Warrant Share shall at all times be less than or equal to the applicable Exercise Price. The Company shall

 

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take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided in this Agreement without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the trading market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company shall not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares receivable upon the exercise of any Warrant above the Exercise Price then in effect, and shall take all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Warrants.

3.4 Forced Exercise . At any time after the fourth anniversary of the Original Issue Date, the Company shall be entitled to require all Holders, and each Holder shall be obligated if the Company so elects, to exercise the Warrants then held by such Holder, in whole or in part, by delivering notice (the “ Forced Exercise Notice ”) to each Holder, if, and only if, the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock equals or exceeds two times the Exercise Price ($13.00 per share on the Original Issue Date) (as the Exercise Price may subsequently be adjusted pursuant to Section  4 hereof) on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company delivers the Forced Exercise Notice. A Forced Exercise Notice shall be mailed, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to all of the Holders at their respective addresses appearing on the Warrant Register or books or transfer records of the Company or such other address designated in writing by the Holder. The Forced Exercise Notice shall specify the number of Warrants to be exercised and the as-adjusted Exercise Price. Warrants shall be considered exercised on the date of the Forced Exercise Notice. Holders shall notify the Company, pursuant to the instruction in the Forced Exercise Notice, within ten (10) Business Days of the date of the Forced Exercise Notice as to the payment method such Holder is electing with respect to the payment of the Aggregate Exercise Price in accordance with Section  3.3(b) .

SECTION 4. Adjustments to Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares . In order to prevent dilution of the purchase rights granted under this Agreement and the Warrants, the Exercise Price and the Share Rate shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in this Section  4 (in each case, after taking into consideration any prior adjustments pursuant to this Section  4 ).

4.1 Adjustment of Number of shares of Common Stock .

(a) If and whenever at any time from the date hereof and prior to the Expiration Date, the Company shall:

(i) subdivide, redivide or change its outstanding Common Stock into a greater number of shares of Common Stock;

(ii) reduce, combine or consolidate its outstanding Common Stock into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock; or

(iii) issue Common Stock (or securities convertible into Common Stock) to holders of all or substantially all of the outstanding Common Stock by way of a share dividend (excluding Common Stock issued pursuant to the DRIP) or other distribution of Common Stock or securities exchangeable or convertible into Common Stock;

(any such events in (i), (ii) and (iii) being a “ Common Stock Reorganization ”), the Share Rate shall be adjusted immediately after the effective date or record date for the happening of a Common Stock Reorganization so that it equals the product of the Share Rate in effect on such effective date or record date and a fraction of which the numerator shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such event and the denominator shall be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to giving effect to such event. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever any event referred to in this Section  4.1(a) shall occur.

 

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(b) If and whenever at any time from the date hereof and prior to the Expiration Date, there is (i) a reclassification of the Common Stock or a capital reorganization of the Company other than as described in Section  4.1(a) , or (ii) a consolidation, arrangement, amalgamation, takeover or merger of the Company with or into any other body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity (other than a consolidation, arrangement, amalgamation, takeover or merger of the Company which does not result in any reclassification of the outstanding Common Stock), or (iii) a transfer of the undertaking or assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to another company or other entity in which holders of Common Stock are entitled to receive shares, other securities or other property, (any of such events being hereinafter in this Section  4 referred to as a “ Reorganization ”), any Holder who has not exercised its Warrants prior to the effective date of such Reorganization shall upon the exercise of such Warrants thereafter, be entitled to receive and shall accept, in lieu of the number of shares of Common Stock then sought to be acquired by it, the kind and number of shares or other securities or property of the Company or of the body corporate, trust, partnership or other entity resulting from such Reorganization, or to which such sale or conveyance may be made, as the case may be, that such Holder would have been entitled to receive on such Reorganization, if, on the record date or the effective date thereof, as the case may be, the Holder had been the registered holder of the number of shares of Common Stock sought to be acquired by it, subject to adjustment thereafter in accordance with provisions the same, as nearly as may be possible, as those contained in this Section  4 . In determining the kind and amount of securities or the property receivable upon exercise of the Warrants following the completion of a Reorganization, if the holders of Common Stock have the right to elect the kind or amount of consideration receivable upon completion of such Reorganization, then each Holder shall have the right to make a similar election (including, without limitation, being subject to similar proration constraints) upon exercise of the Warrants with respect to the securities or property that the Holder will receive upon exercise of its Warrants.

(c) If and whenever the Company fixes a record date for the distribution to all or substantially all of the holders of Common Stock of rights, options or warrants entitling them for a period expiring not more than 45 days after such record date to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) at a price (or having a conversion price or exchange price) that is less than 95% of the Fair Market Value on such record date (any such events being a “ Rights Offering ”), the Share Rate will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it equals the product of the Share Rate in effect on such record date and a fraction, the denominator of which will be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock arrived at by dividing the aggregate price of the total number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase (or the aggregate conversion or exchange price of the convertible or exchangeable securities so offered) by such Fair Market Value; and the numerator of which will be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date plus the total number of additional shares of Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase (or into which the exchangeable securities so offered are exchangeable). Any Common Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company will be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. Such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. To the extent that any rights, options or warrants are not so issued or any such rights, options or warrants are not exercised before the expiration thereof, the Share Rate will then be readjusted to the Share Rate which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Share Rate which would then be in effect based upon the number and aggregate price of Common Stock (or securities exchangeable into Common Stock) actually issued upon the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, as the case may be. For greater certainty, this Section  4.1(c) shall not apply in regard to any rights to acquire Common Stock pursuant to the DRIP.

 

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(d) If and whenever the Company fixes a record date for the making of a dividend or distribution to all or substantially all the holders of its outstanding Common Stock of:

(i) securities of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, including rights, options or warrants to acquire securities of the Company or a subsidiary of the Company or any of its property or assets and including evidences of indebtedness; or

(ii) any property or other assets, including evidences of its indebtedness,

then and in each such case, subject to Section  4.1(e) , if such distribution or dividend does not constitute Distributions Paid in the Ordinary Course, a Common Stock Reorganization or a Rights Offering (any of such non-excluded events being a “ Special Distribution ”), the Share Rate will be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it equals the product of the Share Rate in effect on such record date and a fraction, the denominator of which will be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date multiplied by the Fair Market Value on the earlier of such record date and the date on which the Company announces its intention to make such a distribution, less the aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, which determination will be conclusive) of such units, shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets so distributed, and the numerator of which will be the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date multiplied by such Fair Market Value. Any Common Stock owned by or held for the account of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company will be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such computation. If the amount of cash dividend or distribution applicable to one share of Common Stock is equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on the determination date referred to above, then in lieu of the foregoing adjustment, adequate provision shall be made so that each Holder shall have the right to receive, upon exercise, the amount of cash so distributed that such Holder would have received had such Holder exercised each Warrant on such determination date referred to above. In the event that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Share Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Share Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

Such adjustment will be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. To the extent that such distribution is not so made, the Share Rate will then be readjusted to the Share Rate which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed or to the Share Rate which would then be in effect based upon such units, shares, rights, options, warrants, evidences of indebtedness or assets actually distributed, as the case may be.

(e) If and whenever at any time prior to the Expiration Date the Company shall fix a record date for the payment of a cash dividend or distribution (including any cash dividend or distribution subsequently reinvested pursuant to the DRIP) to the holders of all or substantially all of the outstanding Common Stock in excess of the Distributions Paid in the Ordinary Course, the Share Rate shall be adjusted immediately after such record date so that it shall be equal to the price determined by multiplying the Share Rate in effect on such record date by a fraction, of which the numerator shall be the Fair Market Value on such record date and of which the denominator shall be the Fair Market Value on such record date minus the incremental increase in cash per share of Common Stock distributed to holders of Common Stock in excess of the Distributions Paid in the Ordinary Course. Such adjustment shall be made successively whenever such a record date is fixed. To the extent that any such cash dividend or distribution is not paid, the Share Rate shall be re-adjusted to the Share Rate which would then be in effect if such record date had not been fixed.

(f) With respect to any rights or warrants (the “ Rights ”) that may be issued or distributed pursuant to any rights plan that the Company implements after the date of this Agreement (a “ Rights Plan ”), to the extent that such Rights Plan is in effect at the Exercise Date, the Holders will receive, with respect to the Common Stock issued upon such exercise, the Rights described therein

 

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(whether or not the Rights have separated from the Common Stock at the time of exercise), subject to the limitations set forth in and in accordance with the provisions of any such Rights Plan; provided that, if, at the time of exercise, however, the Rights have separated from the Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the Rights Plan so that Holders would not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants as a result of the timing of the Exercise Date, then (unless the Company distributes such Rights to the Holders at the time of separation as if each Holder had exercised their Warrants immediately prior to the record date with respect to such distribution) the Share Rate in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such Rights on separation shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Share Rate in effect immediately prior to such record date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on such record date and of which the denominator shall be Fair Market Value per share of Common Stock on such record date less the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive evidence of such fair market value) on such record date of the Rights applicable to one share of Common Stock, subject to appropriate readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination, repurchase or redemption of the Rights. Other than as specified in this Section  4.1(f) , there will not be any adjustment to the Share Rate as the result of the issuance of any Rights, the distribution of separate certificates representing such Rights, the exercise or redemption of such Rights in accordance with any Rights Plan or the termination or invalidation of any Rights.

(g) If any issuer bid (as defined in Section  4.1(h) ) made by the Company or any of subsidiary of the Company for all or any portion of Common Stock expires, then, if the issuer bid shall require the payment to holders of Common Stock of consideration per share of Common Stock having a fair market value (determined as provided below) that exceeds the closing price on the NYSE on the trading day next succeeding the last date (the “ Issuer Bid Expiration Date ”) deposits could have been made pursuant to such issuer bid (as it may be amended) (the last time at which such tenders could have been made on the Issuer Bid Expiration Date is hereinafter sometimes called the “ Issuer Bid Expiration Time ”), the applicable Share Rate shall be increased so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Share Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Issuer Bid Expiration Date by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the sum of (A) the fair market value of the aggregate consideration (the fair market value as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive evidence of such fair market value) payable to holders of Common Stock based on the acceptance (up to any maximum specified in the terms of the issuer bid) of all Common Stock validly tendered and not withdrawn as of the Issuer Bid Expiration Time (the shares deemed so accepted, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “ Purchased Shares ”) and (B) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (less any Purchased Shares and excluding any shares held in the treasury of the Company) at the Issuer Bid Expiration Time and the closing price per share of Common Stock on the trading day next succeeding the Issuer Bid Expiration Date and the denominator of which shall be the product of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including Purchased Shares but excluding any shares held in the treasury of the Company) at the Issuer Bid Expiration Time multiplied by the closing price per share of Common Stock on the trading day next succeeding the Issuer Bid Expiration Date, such increase to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the seventh trading day following the Expiration Date. In the event that the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such issuer bid, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any or all such purchases or any or all such purchases are rescinded, the Share Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Share Rate which would have been in effect based upon the number of shares actually purchased, if any. If the application of this Section  4.1(g) to any issuer bid would result in a decrease in the Share Rate, no adjustment shall be made for such issuer bid under this Section  4.1(g) .

 

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(h) For purposes of this Section, the term “ issuer bid ” shall mean and include both issuer bids and exchange offers and excludes any issuer bid carried out in accordance with applicable securities laws, all references to “ purchases ” of shares in issuer bids (and all similar references) shall mean and include both the purchase of shares in issuer bids and the acquisition of shares pursuant to exchange offers, and all references to “ tendered shares ” (and all similar references) shall mean and include shares tendered in both issuer bids and exchange offers.

(i) If the Company shall issue Common Stock (or rights or warrants or other securities exercisable or convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) (collectively, “ Convertible Securities ”) pursuant to a non-public offering (other than in Permitted Transactions (as defined below), or a transaction to which Section  4.1(d)(i) is applicable) without consideration or at a consideration per share of Common Stock (or having a conversion price per Common Stock) that is less than 95% of the Fair Market Value on the last trading day preceding the date of the agreement on pricing such Common Stock (or such Convertible Securities) (such date of the agreement on pricing, the “ Pricing Date ”) (any such events being a “ Non-Public Offering ”) then, in such event, the Share Rate in effect immediately prior to the Pricing Date shall be increased so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying such Share Rate by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Pricing Date and (B) the number of additional shares of Common Stock issued (or into which Convertible Securities may be exercised or converted) and of which the denominator shall be the sum of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Pricing Date and (B) the number of shares of Common Stock which the aggregate consideration receivable by the Company for the total number of Common Stock so issued (or into which Convertible Securities may be exercised or converted) would purchase at the Fair Market Value on the last trading day preceding the Pricing Date, such increase to become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the seventh trading day following the closing of the Non-Public Offering.

For purposes of the foregoing, the aggregate consideration receivable by the Company in connection with the issuance of such Common Stock or Convertible Securities shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of the offering price (including the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board, whose determination shall be conclusive evidence of such fair market value) of any non-cash consideration and after deduction of any related expenses payable to third parties) of all such securities plus the minimum aggregate amount, if any, payable upon exercise or conversion of any such Convertible Securities into Common Stock; and “ Permitted Transactions ” shall mean issuances (i) in a merger or consolidation transaction, (ii) in connection with employee benefit plans and compensation related arrangements in the ordinary course and consistent with past practice approved by the Board, (iii) in connection with a public or broadly marketed offering and sale of Common Stock, securities convertible into Common Stock or rights or warrants entitling the holder to purchase Common Stock for cash, conducted on a basis consistent with offerings by public companies of similar size in their own capital raising transactions, or (iv) pursuant to the DRIP. Such adjustments shall be made successively for whatever shares of Common Stock are issued (or into which Convertible Securities may be exercised or converted).

 

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(j) The adjustments provided for in this Section  4.1 in the number of shares of Common Stock and classes of securities which are to be received on the exercise of Warrants are cumulative and will be computed to the nearest one-hundredth of a share of Common Stock. After any adjustment pursuant to this Section, the term “ Common Stock ” where used in this Agreement shall be interpreted to mean Common Stock or securities of any class or classes or property that, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this Section  4.1 , the Holder is entitled to receive upon the exercise of its Warrant, and the number of shares of Common Stock indicated by any exercise made pursuant to a Warrant shall be interpreted to mean the number of shares of Common Stock or other property or securities that a Holder is entitled to receive, as a result of such adjustment and all prior adjustments pursuant to this Section  4.1 , upon the exercise of a Warrant. Provided that, notwithstanding any other provision for this Section, no adjustment of the Share Rate will be required:

(i) unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Share Rate then in effect ( provided , however , that any adjustment which by reason of this Section  4.1(j)(i) is not required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment);

(ii) if, in respect of any event described in this Section (other than the events referred to in Sections 4.1(a)(i) and 4.1(a)(iii) ), the Holders of Warrants are entitled to participate in such event on the same terms (subject to receipt of any approval required by the NYSE), with the necessary changes, as if the Warrants had been exercised prior to or on the effective date of or record date for such event;

(iii) in respect of any Common Stock issuable or issued pursuant to any stock option or stock purchase plan in force from time to time for directors, officers or employees of the Company or of subsidiaries of the Company or pursuant to the DRIP; or

(iv) in respect of any Common Stock issuable or issued pursuant to the Warrants.

(k) For purposes of this Section  4.1 , “ record date ” shall mean, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is exchanged or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders entitled to receive such cash, security or other property (whether or not such date is fixed by the Board or by statute, contract or otherwise).

(l) If one or more events occur requiring an adjustment be made to the Share Rate for a particular period, adjustments to the Share Rate shall be determined by the Board to reflect the combined impact of such Share Rate adjustment events, as set out in this Section  4.1 , during such period. If the Company sets a record date to determine the holders of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive any distribution or sets a record date to take any other action and thereafter and before the distribution to such holders of Common Stock of any such distribution or the taking of any other action, legally abandons its plan to pay or deliver such distribution or take such other action, then no adjustment in the Share Rate shall be made.

(m) In the absence of a resolution of the Board fixing a record date for a Special Distribution or Rights Offering, the Company will be deemed to have fixed as the record date therefor the date on which the Special Distribution or Rights Offering is effected.

(n) If the Company, after the date hereof, shall take any action affecting the Common Stock, other than an action described in this Section  4.1 , which in the opinion of the Board, acting reasonably, would materially affect the rights of Holders, the Share Rate shall be adjusted in such

 

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manner, if any, and at such time, as the Board, acting reasonably, may determine to be equitable in the circumstances, provided that no such adjustment will be made unless any requisite prior approval of any stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are listed for trading has been obtained. Failure of the taking of action by the Board so as to provide for an adjustment in the Share Rate prior to the effective date of any action by the Company affecting the Common Stock shall be conclusive evidence that the Board has determined that it is equitable to make no adjustment in the circumstances.

(o) As a condition precedent to the taking of any action that would require an adjustment pursuant to this Section  4.1 , the Company shall take any action which may be necessary, including obtaining regulatory or NYSE approvals, or the approval of the holders of Voting Stock of the Company, or exemptions, in order that the Company may thereafter validly and legally issue as fully paid and non-assessable all Common Stock that the Holder is entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section  4.1 .

(p) Where any adjustment is made to the Share Rate pursuant to this Section  4.1 , a corresponding adjustment shall be made to the Exercise Price by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the Share Rate in effect immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator shall be the Share Rate in effect immediately following such adjustment.

4.2 Certificate as to Adjustment .

(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following any adjustment of the Share Rate or the Exercise Price, but in any event not later than ten (10) Business Days thereafter, the Company shall furnish to Holders a certificate of an Officer setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated and describing the number and kind of any other securities issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and any change in the Share Rate or Exercise Price after giving effect to such adjustment or change.

(b) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the receipt by the Company of a written request by any Holder, but in any event not later than ten (10) Business Days thereafter, the Company shall furnish to such Holder a certificate of an Officer certifying the Exercise Price and Share Rate then in effect or the amount, if any, of other shares of stock, securities or assets then issuable upon exercise of a Warrant.

4.3 Notice of Certain Events . Subject to the Company’s compliance with applicable law, if the Company proposes at any time:

(i) to take a record of the holders of its Common Stock (or other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) for the purpose of entitling or enabling them to receive any dividend or other distribution, to vote at a meeting (or by written consent), to receive any right to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or any other securities, or to receive any other security;

(ii) any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or the conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety, or of any reclassification or change of the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, or a tender offer or exchange offer by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company to acquire Common Stock;

 

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

(iv) to take any action that would require an adjustment of the Exercise Price of the Warrants; or

(v) any Change of Control,

then, and in each such case, the Company shall send or cause to be sent to each Holder at its address as set forth in the Warrant Register, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the applicable record date or the applicable expected effective date, as the case may be, for the event, a written notice specifying, as the case may be, (A) the record date for such dividend, distribution, meeting or consent or other right or action, and a description of such dividend, distribution or other right or action to be taken at such meeting or by written consent, or (B) the effective date on which such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up is proposed to take place, and the date, if any is to be fixed, as of which the books of the Company shall close or a record shall be taken with respect to which the holders of record of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities at the time issuable upon exercise of the Warrant) shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock (or such other capital stock or securities) for securities or other property deliverable upon such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, and the amount per share and character of such exchange applicable to the Warrants and the Warrant Shares.

4.4 Form of Warrant . The form of Warrant need not be changed because of any adjustment pursuant to this Section  4 , and Warrant Certificates issued after such adjustment may state the same Exercise Price and the same number of shares of Common Stock as is stated in the Warrant initially issued pursuant to this Agreement. However, the Company may, at any time, in its sole discretion, make any change in the form of Warrant that the Company may deem appropriate and that does not affect the substance thereof, and any Warrant Certificates thereafter issued or countersigned, whether in exchange or substitution for an outstanding Warrant Certificate or otherwise, may be in the form as so changed.

4.5 No Rights as Stockholder . Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, prior to the issuance to the Holder of the Warrant Shares to which the Holder is then entitled to receive upon the due exercise of a Warrant, the Holder shall not be entitled to vote or receive dividends or be deemed the holder of shares of capital stock of the Company for any purpose, nor shall anything contained in this Agreement be construed to confer upon the Holder, as such, any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company or any right to vote, give or withhold consent to any corporate action (whether any reorganization, issue of stock, reclassification of stock, consolidation, merger, conveyance or otherwise), receive notice of meetings, receive dividends or subscription rights, or otherwise. In addition, nothing contained in this Agreement or the Warrants shall be construed as imposing any liabilities on the Holder to purchase any securities (upon exercise of a Warrant or otherwise) or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liabilities are asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company. Notwithstanding this Section  4.5 , the Company shall provide the Holder with copies of the same notices and other information given to the stockholders of the Company generally, contemporaneously with the giving thereof to the stockholders.

4.6 No Impairment . The Company shall not, by amendment of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms to be observed or performed by it under any Warrant or hereunder, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions of this Agreement and the Warrants and in the taking of all such action as may reasonably be requested by any Holder in order to protect the exercise rights of the Holders against dilution or other impairment, consistent with the tenor and purpose of this Agreement and the Warrants.

 

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4.7 Registration of Common Stock . The Company agrees, on or prior to sixty (60) days after the Original Issue Date, to prepare and file, at its expense, with the SEC a registration statement or a prospectus supplement to an existing registration statement of the Company, for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and the resale of such shares of Common Stock. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective, if applicable, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants until the Expiration Date and with respect to the resale of such shares of Common Stock for so long as such shares remain Registrable Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), in each case, in accordance with the provisions and subject to the exceptions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. In addition, the Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to register such securities under the blue sky laws of the states of residence of the exercising Holders to the extent an exemption under the Securities Act is not available for the exercise of the Warrants.

SECTION 5. Miscellaneous .

5.1 Notices . All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person, by an internationally recognized courier service, by fax or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by notice given in accordance with this Section  5.1 ):

If to the Company, at:

Seaspan Corporation

Unit 2, 2nd Floor, Bupa

Centre 141 Connaught Road

West Hong Kong

Facsimile: 852-2540-1689

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

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

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Facsimile:

Attention: John Reiss, Andrew Weisberg

If to a Holder, at:

c/o Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

95 Wellington Street West

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N7

Canada

Fax: 416-367-2201

Attention: Paul Rivett

 

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

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street, Suite 4405

P.O. Box 247

Toronto, Ontario M5L 1E8

Canada

Facsimile: 416-360-2958

Attention: Jason R. Lehner

5.2 Amendment . This Agreement and any Warrant Certificate may be amended by the parties hereto by executing a supplemental warrant agreement, without the consent of any of the Holders, for the purpose of (i) curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, or making any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement or the Warrants, (ii) evidencing the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained in this Agreement and the Warrants, (iii) adding to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or surrendering any right or power conferred upon the Company under this Agreement, or (iv) amending this Agreement and the Warrants in any manner that the Company may deem to be necessary or desirable and that will not adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect. All other modifications or amendments to this Agreement, including any amendment to increase the Exercise Price or shorten the Exercise Period, shall require the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the then outstanding Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may extend the duration of the Exercise Period in accordance with Section  3.2 without such consent.

5.3 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto as hereinafter provided.

5.4 Headings . The descriptive headings and subheadings in this Agreement are included for convenience and identification only and are in no way intended to describe, interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

5.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Any such process or summons to be served upon a party may be served by transmitting a copy thereof by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to it at the address set forth in Section  5.1 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the party receiving such service in any action, proceeding or claim.

5.6 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT SUCH PERSON MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR A WARRANT.

 

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5.7 Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law, or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either party hereto. Upon a determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

5.8 Entire Agreement . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto.

5.9 Persons Having Rights under this Agreement . Nothing in this Agreement expressed and nothing that may be implied from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed, to confer rights upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the parties hereto and the Holders. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns and of the Holders.

5.10 Termination . This Agreement shall terminate at the Expiration Date (or Close of Business on the Settlement Date with respect to any Exercise Agreement delivered prior to the Expiration Date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement will terminate on such earlier date on which all outstanding Warrants have been exercised. All provisions regarding indemnification, warranty, liability and limits thereon shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.

5.11 Interpretation and Rules of Construction . In this Agreement, except to the extent otherwise provided or that the context otherwise requires:

(a) when a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, such reference is to a Section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated;

(b) whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

(c) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;

(d) the definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms; and

(e) references to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

5.12 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed and delivered (including by facsimile transmission or electronic communication) in two or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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

 

SEASPAN CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Bing Chen

  Name: Bing Chen
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

[ Signature Page to Warrant Agreement ]


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

 

ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY (EUROPE) DAC
ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY, AG
ALLIED WORLD SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY
ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY (U.S.) INC.
UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
ODYSSEY REINSURANCE COMPANY
GREYSTONE INSURANCE COMPANY
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
HUDSON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
RIVERSTONE INSURANCE (UK) LIMITED
TIG INSURANCE COMPANY
FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

By:   Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd., its Investment Manager
 

/s/ Paul Rivett

Name: Paul Rivett

  Title: Managing Director

 

[ Signature Page to Warrant Agreement ]


EXHIBIT A

Form of Warrant Certificate

[Face of Warrant Certificate]

THIS SECURITY AND THE WARRANT SHARES TO BE ISSUED UPON ITS EXERCISE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS SECURITY, THE WARRANT SHARES TO BE ISSUED UPON ITS EXERCISE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION.

 

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No. of Warrants:    Warrant No:          

WARRANT

TO PURCHASE

CLASS A COMMON SHARES OF

SEASPAN CORPORATION

Reference is hereby made to the Warrant Agreement, dated as of [•], 2019 (the “ Warrant Agreement ”), among Seaspan Corporation, as issuer (the “ Company ”), and each of the investors specified on the signature pages thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Warrant Agreement.

This certifies that                         , or its registered assigns, is the registered holder (the “ Holder ”) of                     warrants (the “ Warrants ”) of Seaspan Corporation, a corporation existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands, that would entitle the Holder, upon proper exercise during the Exercise Period to receive from the Company                      Class A common shares (the “ Warrant Shares ”), par value $0.01 per share, of the Company at the Exercise Price, subject to adjustment as described in the Warrant Agreement. The Warrants will vest on the Original Issue Date, as set out in Section  3.2 of the Warrant Agreement. Subject to Section  3.2 of the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised after the Expiration Date, and to the extent not exercised by such time such Warrants shall become void. Reference is made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place. This Warrant Certificate shall be governed and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be signed by the undersigned authorized officer of the Company.

 

Dated:
SEASPAN CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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[Reverse of Warrant Certificate]

SEASPAN CORPORATION

By accepting a Warrant Certificate, the Holder shall be bound by all of the terms and provisions of the Warrant Agreement (a copy of which is available on request to the Company) and any amendments thereto as fully and effectively as if such Holder had signed the same.

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants by the Company expiring on the Expiration Date, entitling the Holder upon proper exercise to receive Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company and each Holder of the Warrants.

The Holder of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of election to purchase set forth below on this Warrant Certificate, properly completed and executed, together with payment of the aggregate Exercise Price (other than in the case of an offset exercise pursuant to Section  3.3(b)(iii) of the Warrant Agreement) in accordance with the provisions set forth on the face of this Warrant Certificate and in the Warrant Agreement. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the Holder hereof or such Holder’s permitted assignee a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.

The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, each as set forth on the face hereof, may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted.

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered to the Company by the Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate to the Company, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge.

The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the Holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.

The Warrant Agreement permits, with certain exceptions therein provided, the supplementing or amendment thereof in writing at any time by the Company and the Investor. Any such supplement or amendment shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company and the Holders and upon all future Holders of this Warrant and any Warrant issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange thereof whether or not notation of such consent is made upon such Warrant or any other Warrant.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF EXERCISE AGREEMENT

(To Be Executed by the Holder in Order to Exercise Warrants)

Reference is hereby made to the Warrant Agreement, dated as of January [15], 2019 (the “ Warrant Agreement ”), between Seaspan Corporation, as issuer (the “ Company ”), and the investors party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Warrant Agreement.

☐ The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive              Warrant Shares and herewith tenders payment for such Warrant Shares to the order of the Company, in the amount of              U.S. dollars per share of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement, by certified or official bank check made payable to the order of the Company or by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Company.

☐ The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive              Warrant Shares and hereby elects to use the “offset exercise” option to purchase the Warrant Shares under Section  3.3(b)(ii) of the Warrant Agreement.

The undersigned requests that a certificate for such Warrant Shares be registered in the name of:

 

 

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY

OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER

and be delivered to:                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

 

 

and, if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Holder at the address stated below:

 

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ADDRESS)

 

Dated:                  ,                

 

   Signature(s)*
  

 

  

 

   (Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number)

 

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Exhibit 4.12

EXECUTION VERSION

SEASPAN CORPORATION

- and –

THE GUARANTORS SPECIFIED HEREIN

- and –

THE INVESTORS SPECIFIED HEREIN

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

 

January 15, 2019


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of January 15, 2019, by and among Seaspan Corporation, a corporation existing under the laws of the Republic of The Marshall Islands (the “ Company ”), the Guarantors (as defined below) and each of the investors specified on the signature pages hereto (including any permitted successors or assigns, the “ Investors ”).

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a Subscription Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2018 (the “ Subscription Agreement ”), pursuant to which it has issued and sold US$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.50% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “ Notes ”) which will be issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of October 10, 2017 (the “ Base Indenture ”) among the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as amended and supplemented by a Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of the date hereof (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee; the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the “ Guarantees ”) and the Notes and the Guarantees are herein collectively referred to as the “ Debt Securities ”;

WHEREAS, in connection with the offering of the Debt Securities, the Company has issued 38,461,539 warrants (the “ Warrants ”) exercisable for Class A common shares, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Shares ”), of the Company, which will be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Warrant Agreement ”) among the Company and the Investors;

WHEREAS, the Investors are the initial Holders (as defined below) of the Debt Securities and the Warrants;

WHEREAS, the Company and each of the Guarantors has agreed to provide the registration and other rights set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of the Holders; and

WHEREAS, it is an obligation under the Subscription Agreement that this Agreement be executed and delivered.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each party hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions . The terms set forth below are used herein as so defined:

Additional Guarantor ” means any subsidiary of the Company that becomes a Guarantor under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement.

Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.4(a) of this Agreement.

Affiliate ” of any Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, Controlling, Controlled by or under common Control with such particular Person.

 

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Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in recitals of this Agreement.

Base Indenture ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, any federal legal holiday or day on which banking institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close.

Commission ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.

Common Shares ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Common Share Registration Default ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.4(b) of this Agreement.

Common Share Resale Registration Statement ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.3 of this Agreement.

Company ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Company Underwritten Offering ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.8 of this Agreement.

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of a Person whether though the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. The terms “ Controlled ” and “ Controlling ” shall have correlative meanings.

Controlling Person ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.9(i) of this Agreement.

Debt Securities ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Debt Securities Registration Default ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.4(a) of this Agreement.

Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.2(c) of this Agreement.

Effective Date ” in the case of (i) the Exchange Registration Statement, means the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Exchange Registration Statement effective or as of which the Exchange Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective and (ii) a particular Shelf Registration Statement, means the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or as of which the Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective.

 

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Effectiveness Period ” means the period beginning on the Effective Date for the applicable Registration Statement and ending at the time all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

Electing Holders ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.7 of this Agreement.

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

Exchange Offer ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.1 of this Agreement.

Exchange Registration Statement ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.1 of this Agreement.

Exchange Securities ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.1 of this Agreement.

Exercise Price ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Warrant Agreement.

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, local or foreign government, or other governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any court, tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.

Guarantees ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Guarantors ” means the Guarantors named in Schedule I of the Subscription Agreement, and any other subsidiary of the Company that hereafter become a Guarantor under the Indenture, that in each case remains a Guarantor under the Indenture as of any relevant time.

Holder ” means the Investors and any other Persons who acquire Registrable Securities from time to time in accordance with Section  2.15 of this Agreement, in each case for so long as such Person owns any Registrable Securities.

Indenture ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Inspectors ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.9(k) of this Agreement.

Investors ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Issue Date ” means January 15, 2019.

Law ” means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule, order, code, governmental restriction, decree, injunction or other requirement of law, or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, of any Governmental Authority.

Losses ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.13(a) of this Agreement.

Managing Underwriter ” means, with respect to any Underwritten Offering, the book- running lead manager of such Underwritten Offering.

Notes ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

NYSE ” means The New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

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Person ” means an individual or a corporation, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, government agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

Piggyback Notice ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.8 of this Agreement.

Records ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.9(k) of this Agreement.

“Registrable Debt Securities ” means the Notes or the Exchange Securities, as applicable, until such time as they cease to be Registrable Securities pursuant to Section  1.2 of this Agreement.

Registrable Securities ” means the Registrable Debt Securities and/or the Registrable Shares, as applicable, until such time as they cease to be Registrable Securities pursuant to Section  1.2 of this Agreement.

Registrable Shares ” means the Common Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in order for any Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants to be included in any Registration Statement, the exercise of such Warrants must be effected no later than immediately prior to the closing of any sales under the Registration Statement pursuant to which such Common Shares are to be sold.

Registration Expenses ” means all expenses incident to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ performance under or compliance with this Agreement to effect the registration of Registrable Securities on a Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 2.1 , 2.2 and 2.3 or an Underwritten Offering covered under this Agreement, and the disposition of such Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, all registration, filing, securities exchange listing and NYSE fees, all registration, filing, qualification and other fees and expenses of complying with securities or blue sky laws, fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., fees of transfer agents and registrars, all word processing, duplicating and printing expenses, any transfer taxes, and the fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants for the Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance.

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company relating to (a) an offering of Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer or (b) the registration for resale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, which is filed pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, in each case, including the prospectus included therein, all amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective amendments) and all exhibits and material incorporated by reference therein.

Restricted Holder ” means (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of Rule 405, (ii) a holder who acquires Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holder’s business, (iii) a holder who has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the Exchange Offer for the purpose of distributing Exchange Securities, and (iv) a holder that is a broker-dealer, but only with respect to Exchange Securities received by such broker-dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer in exchange for Notes acquired by the broker-dealer directly from the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable.

 

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Rule 144 ”, “ Rule 405 ” and “ Rule 415 ” means, in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as the same shall be amended from time to time.

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

Selling Expenses ” means all underwriting discounts and selling commissions or similar fees or arrangements allocable to the sale of the Registrable Securities, and fees and disbursements of counsel to the Selling Holders, except for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Selling Holders required to be paid by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.12 and 2.13 .

Selling Holder ” means a Holder who is selling Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Selling Holder Indemnified Persons ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.13(a) of this Agreement.

Shelf Registration Statement ” means a registration statement under the Securities Act to permit the public resale of the Registrable Securities from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect).

Subscription Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Supplemental Indenture ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Trustee ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time.

Underwritten Offering ” means an offering (including an offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement) in which Registrable Securities are sold to one or more underwriters on a firm commitment basis for reoffering to the public or an offering that is a “bought deal” with one or more investment banks.

Underwritten Offering Notice ” has the meaning specified therefor in Section  2.7 of this Agreement.

Warrant Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

Warrant Amount ” means, as to any particular Holder, the number of Warrants held by such Holder multiplied by the Exercise Price.

Warrants ” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals of this Agreement.

 

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Section 1.2 Registrable Securities . Any Registrable Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security at the earliest of the following: (a) when a registration statement covering such Registrable Security becomes or has been declared effective by the Commission and such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement; (b) when such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) under circumstances in which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (as then in effect) are met; (c) when such Registrable Security is held by the Company or a Guarantor; or (d) when such Registrable Security has been sold or disposed of in a private transaction in which the transferor’s rights under this Agreement are not assigned to the transferee of such securities pursuant to Section  2.15 hereof.

ARTICLE 2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 2.1 Exchange Offer Registration . The Company and the Guarantors agree, on or prior to one-hundred eighty days (180) days after the Issue Date, to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act on an appropriate form relating to an offer to exchange (such registration statement, the “ Exchange Registration Statement ”, and such offer, the “ Exchange Offer ”) any and all of the Notes for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors which debt securities and guarantees are substantially identical to the Notes and the Guarantees (and are entitled to the benefits of a trust indenture which is substantially identical to the Indenture or is the Indenture and which has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act), except that they have been registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act (such new debt securities, together with such guarantees, hereinafter called “ Exchange Securities ”). The Exchange Securities will be issued as evidence of the same continuing indebtedness of the Company and will not constitute the creation of new indebtedness. The Company and the Guarantors agree to use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section  2.1(a) to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after filing, but in no event later than one-hundred eighty (180) days after the Issue Date.

As soon as practicable following the Effective Date of the Exchange Registration Statement, but in any event within three (3) Business Days of such date, the Company shall notify the Holders of the effectiveness of the Exchange Registration Statement. When effective, the Exchange Registration Statement (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) will comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained in the Exchange Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made).

The Company and the Guarantors further agree to use their respective reasonable best efforts to commence and complete the Exchange Offer on or prior to forty-five (45) days after such Exchange Registration Statement has become effective, hold the Exchange Offer open for not less than twenty (20) Business Days and exchange the Exchange Securities for all Notes that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn on or prior to the expiration of the Exchange

 

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Offer. The Exchange Offer will be deemed to have been “completed” only if the Exchange Securities received by Holders other than Restricted Holders in the Exchange Offer are, upon receipt, transferable by each such Holder without restriction under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act (subject to any restrictions as a result of the Holder’s being Affiliates) and without material restrictions under blue sky or securities laws of a substantial majority of the States of the United States. The Exchange Offer shall be deemed to have been completed upon the earlier to occur of (i) the Company having exchanged the Exchange Securities for all outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (ii) the Company having exchanged, pursuant to the Exchange Offer, Exchange Securities for all Notes that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration of the Exchange Offer, which shall be on a date that is not less than twenty (20) Business Days following the commencement of the Exchange Offer.

Section 2.2 Debt Securities Shelf Registration .

(a) If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff the Company determines that it is not permitted to effect the Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section  2.1 of this Agreement; (ii) for any other reason the Exchange Offer is not consummated by the date required therefore by Section  2.1 of this Agreement; or (iii) any Holder determines that it (x) is not eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer or (y) does not receive freely tradeable Exchange Securities in the Exchange Offer other than by reason of such Holder being an Affiliate of the Company, and, in the case of clause (iii), the Company is notified in writing of such non- eligibility or failure, as the case may be, no more than thirty (30) days after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall effect a registration of the applicable Registrable Debt Securities pursuant to a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (c) below in lieu of conducting the Exchange Offer contemplated by Section  2.1 of this Agreement. If required pursuant to this subsection (a), the relevant Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement shall be prepared and filed as promptly as practicable and in any event within ninety (90) days after the obligation arises (but not earlier than the filing of the Exchange Registration Statement would have been required by Section  2.1 of this Agreement).

(b) In addition, the Company and the Guarantors shall effect a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (c) below to permit the public resale of any Exchange Securities immediately after the Exchange Securities have been issued. If required pursuant to this subsection (b), the relevant Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement shall be included in the Exchange Registration Statement if then permitted by the Commission and shall otherwise be prepared and filed as promptly as practicable and in any event within thirty (30) days following the issuance of the Exchange Securities.

(c) If obligated pursuant to subsections (a) or (b) above, the Company and the Guarantors agree, within the applicable time period specified in subsection (a) or (b) above, to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act on an appropriate form to permit the public resale of the Registrable Debt Securities (such registration statement, the “ Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement ”). The Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement shall be on Form F-3 or, if Form F-3 is not then available to the Company and the Guarantors, on Form F-1 or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of the Registrable Debt Securities, covering the Registrable Debt Securities, and shall contain a prospectus in such form as to permit any Selling Holder

 

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covered by such Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement to sell such Registrable Debt Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the Effective Date for such Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement.

The Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section  2.2 to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after filing, but in no event later than one-hundred eighty days (180) days after the Issue Date.

A Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement shall provide for the resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the Selling Holders, including by way of an Underwritten Offering, if such an election has been made pursuant to Section  2.7 of this Agreement. During the Effectiveness Period, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section  2.2 to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another registration statement is available for the resale of the Registrable Debt Securities until all Registrable Debt Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

As soon as practicable following the Effective Date of a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement, but in any event within three (3) Business Days of such date, the Company shall notify the Holders of the effectiveness of such Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement. When effective, a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) will comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained in such Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made).

If at any time the Commission deems the registration of any Registrable Debt Securities to be a primary offering by the Company, and the Commission prohibits the use of Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in force) to sell such Registrable Debt Securities on a delayed or continuous basis, then the parties agree that the Company’s failure to have a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement declared effective shall not be a breach of this Agreement. In such event, the Company shall be permitted to exclude from such Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement such number of Registrable Debt Securities so as to allow such Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement to be eligible for Rule 415. In the event that any Registrable Debt Securities are excluded from the Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement for purposes of maintaining eligibility to use Rule 415, the Company agrees that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to file another Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement (or, if permitted, a post-effective amendment) registering such excluded Registrable Debt Securities as soon as reasonably practicable. In such event, the number of Registrable Debt Securities to be registered for each Holder in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all then applicable Holders.

 

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Section 2.3 Common Shares Shelf Registration . The Company agrees, on or prior to sixty (60) days after the Issue Date, to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act on an appropriate form, or a prospectus supplement to an existing registration statement of the Company, to register, under the Securities Act, the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and to permit the public resale of the Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (such registration statement, the “ Common Share Resale Registration Statement ”). The Common Share Resale Registration Statement shall be on Form F-3 or, if Form F-3 is not then available to the Company, on Form F-1 or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of the Registrable Shares, covering the Registrable Shares, and shall contain a prospectus in such form as to permit any Selling Holder covered by such Common Share Resale Registration Statement to sell such Registrable Shares pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the Effective Date for such Common Share Resale Registration Statement.

The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause a Common Share Resale Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section  2.3 to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after filing, but in no event later than one-hundred twenty (120) days after the Issue Date.

A Common Share Resale Registration Statement shall provide for the resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the Selling Holders, including by way of an Underwritten Offering, if such an election has been made pursuant to Section  2.7 of this Agreement. During the Effectiveness Period, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause a Common Share Resale Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section  2.3 to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Common Share Resale Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another registration statement is available for the resale of the Registrable Shares until all Registrable Shares have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

As soon as practicable following the Effective Date of a Common Share Resale Registration Statement, but in any event within three (3) Business Days of such date, the Company shall notify the Holders of the effectiveness of such Common Share Resale Registration Statement. When effective, a Common Share Resale Registration Statement (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) will comply as to form in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained in such Common Share Resale Registration Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made).

If at any time the Commission deems the registration of any Registrable Shares to be a primary offering by the Company, and the Commission prohibits the use of Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in force) to sell such Registrable Shares on a delayed or continuous basis, then the parties agree that the Company’s failure to have a Common Share Resale Registration Statement declared effective shall not be a breach of this Agreement. In such event, the Company shall be permitted to exclude from such Common Share Resale Registration Statement such number of Registrable Shares so as to allow such Common Share

 

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Resale Registration Statement to be eligible for Rule 415. In the event that any Registrable Shares are excluded from the Common Share Resale Registration Statement for purposes of maintaining eligibility to use Rule 415, the Company agrees that it shall use its reasonable best efforts to file another Common Share Resale Registration Statement (or, if permitted, a post-effective amendment) registering such excluded Registrable Shares as soon as reasonably practicable. In such event, the number of Registrable Shares to be registered for each Holder in the Registration Statement shall be reduced pro rata among all then applicable Holders.

Section 2.4 Registration Defaults .

(a) If (i) the Exchange Registration Statement has not been filed and become effective or been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date that such Registration Statement is required to become or be declared effective pursuant to Section  2.1 of this Agreement (if the Company files the Exchange Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section  2.9(c) of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)) (other than as a result of the filing by the Company and the Guarantors of the Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement in accordance with Section  2.2 of this Agreement), (ii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within forty-five (45) days after the initial effective date of the Exchange Registration Statement (other than as a result of the filing by the Company and the Guarantors of the Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement in accordance with Section  2.2 of this Agreement), (iii) a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement has not been filed and become effective or been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date that such registration statement is required to be filed or become or be declared effective pursuant to Section  2.2 of this Agreement (if the Company files a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section  2.9(c) of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (iii)), (iv) a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement required by Section  2.2 of this Agreement is filed and declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of Registrable Debt Securities during the time periods specified in this Agreement, (v) a Debt Securities Resale Registration Statement when declared effective fails to register all of the Registrable Debt Securities, or (vi) the Company and the Guarantors require Holders to refrain from disposing of their Registrable Debt Securities under the circumstances described in Section  2.6 of this Agreement and that suspension period exceeds sixty (60) days in one instance or sixty (60) days in the aggregate during any consecutive 12-month period (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (ix), a “ Debt Securities Registration Default ”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have under this Agreement or under applicable law, the Company and each of the Guarantors hereby agree that the interest rate borne by the Registrable Debt Securities shall be increased by 0.25% per annum during the 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of any Debt Securities Registration Default and shall increase by 0.25% per annum at the end of each subsequent 90-day period (such increase, “ Additional Interest ”), but in no event shall Additional Interest exceed 2.00% per annum. Following the cure of all Debt Securities Registration Defaults, the accrual of Additional Interest will cease. The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Additional Interest, if any, in

 

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the manner and on the dates specified in the Indenture. The Additional Interest pursuant to this Section  2.4(a) shall constitute the Holders’ exclusive monetary remedy for a Debt Securities Registration Default, but shall not affect the right of the Holders to seek injunctive relief.

(b) If (i) the Common Share Resale Registration Statement has not been filed and become effective or been declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the date that such Registration Statement is required to become or be declared effective pursuant to Section  2.3 of this Agreement (if the Company files the Common Share Resale Registration Statement without affording the Holders the opportunity to review and comment on the same as required by Section  2.9(c) of this Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have not satisfied this clause (i)), (ii) the Common Share Resale Registration Statement required by Section  2.3 of this Agreement is filed and declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable in connection with resales of Registrable Shares during the time periods specified in this Agreement, (iii) the Common Share Resale Registration Statement when declared effective fails to register all of the Registrable Shares, or (iv) the Company requires Holders to refrain from disposing of their Registrable Shares under the circumstances described in Section  2.6 of this Agreement and that suspension period exceeds sixty (60) days in one instance or sixty (60) days in the aggregate during any consecutive 12-month period (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv), a “ Common Share Registration Default ” and for purposes of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the date on which such Event occurs, and for purpose of clause (iv) the date on which such sixty (60) day period is exceeded being referred to as “ Registration Default Date ”), then, in addition to any other rights the Holders may have under this Agreement or under applicable law, on each such Registration Default Date and on each monthly anniversary of each such Registration Default Date (if the applicable Registration Default shall not have been cured by such date) until the applicable Registration Default is cured, the Company shall pay to each Holder an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of one percent (1.00%) multiplied by such Holder’s Warrant Amount. If the Company fails to pay any partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section  2.4(b) in full within seven (7) days after the date payable, the Company will pay interest thereon at a rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum (or such lesser maximum amount that is permitted to be paid by applicable law) to the Holder, accruing daily from the date such partial liquidated damages are due until such amounts, plus all such interest thereon, are paid in full. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section  2.4(b) shall apply on a daily pro rata basis for any portion of a month prior to the cure of a Registration Default. The partial liquidated damages pursuant to this Section  2.4(b) shall constitute the Holders’ exclusive monetary remedy for such events, but shall not affect the right of the Holders to seek injunctive relief.

Section 2.5 NYSE Listing . The Company shall prepare and file a listing application or supplemental listing application, as applicable, with the NYSE (or such other national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed and traded) to list the Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement and shall take all action reasonably necessary to have such Registrable Securities approved for listing on the NYSE (or such other national securities exchange on which the Common Shares are then listed and traded) by the Effective

 

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Date of such Registration Statement, subject only to official notice of issuance. Following the initial listing of such Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its best efforts to maintain the listing of such Registrable Securities for so long as Company’s Common Stock continues to be listed on the NYSE or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the NYSE, on the primary national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is then listed or authorized for quotation or on any over-the-counter market.

Section 2.6 Delay Rights . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Company may, upon written notice to (i) all Holders, delay the filing of a Registration Statement required under Sections 2.1 , 2.2 or 2.3 , or (ii) any Selling Holder whose Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement or other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, suspend such Selling Holder’s use of any prospectus that is a part of such Registration Statement or other registration statement (in which event the Selling Holder shall discontinue sales of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement but may settle any previously made sales of Registrable Securities) if the Company (x) is pursuing an acquisition, merger, tender offer, reorganization, restructuring, disposition or other similar transaction and the Board determines in good faith that (A) the Company’s ability to pursue or consummate such a transaction would be materially adversely affected by any required disclosure of such transaction in such Registration Statement or other registration statement or (B) such transaction renders the Company unable to comply with Commission requirements, in each case under circumstances that would make it impractical or inadvisable to cause the Registration Statement (or such filings) to become effective or to promptly amend or supplement the Registration Statement on a post effective basis, as applicable, or (y) has experienced some other material non-public event the disclosure of which at such time, in the good faith judgment of the Board, would materially adversely affect the Company; provided , however , in no event shall (A) such filing of such Registration Statement be delayed under clauses (x) or (y) of this Section  2.6 for a period that exceeds sixty (60) days or (B) such Selling Holders be suspended under clauses (x) or (y) of this Section  2.6 from selling Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement or other registration statement for a period that exceeds an aggregate of sixty (60) days in any twelve (12) month period, in each case, exclusive of days covered by any lock-up agreement executed by a Selling Holder in connection with any Underwritten Offering. Upon disclosure of such information or the termination of the condition described above, the Company shall provide prompt notice, but in any event within one Business Day of such disclosure or termination, to the Selling Holders whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement and shall promptly terminate any suspension of sales it has put into effect and shall take such other reasonable actions to permit registered sales of Registrable Securities as contemplated in this Agreement.

Section 2.7 Underwritten Offerings . Upon request by any Holder or Holders (such request, an “ Underwritten Offering Notice ” and such electing Holders, the “ Electing Holders ”), the Company shall retain underwriters in order to permit the Electing Holders to effect an Underwritten Offering; provided , however , that the Holders shall have the option and right to require the Company to effect not more than three Underwritten Offerings pursuant to and subject to the conditions of this Section  2.7 , subject to a maximum of two Underwritten Offerings during any 12-month period.

 

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In connection with any Underwritten Offering under this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled to select the Managing Underwriter or Underwriters, but only with the consent of the Electing Holders (not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed). In connection with an Underwritten Offering contemplated by this Agreement, each Electing Holder and the Company shall be obligated to enter into an underwriting agreement that contains such representations, covenants, indemnities and other rights and obligations as are customary in underwriting agreements for firm commitment offerings of securities. No Electing Holder may participate in such Underwritten Offering unless such Electing Holder agrees to sell its Registrable Securities on the basis provided in such underwriting agreement and completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting agreement. Each Electing Holder may, at its option, require that any or all of the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters also be made to and for such Electing Holder’s benefit and that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement also be conditions precedent to its obligations. No Electing Holder shall be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Electing Holder, its authority to enter into such underwriting agreement and to sell, and its ownership of, the securities whose offer and resale will be registered, on its behalf, its intended method of distribution and any other representation required by Law.

If any Electing Holder disapproves of the terms of an underwriting, such Electing Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by notice to the Company and the Managing Underwriter; provided , however , that any such withdrawal must be made no later than the time of pricing of such Underwritten Offering. If the registration statement relating to an Underwritten Offering is suspended pursuant to Section  2.6 , the events will not be considered an Underwritten Offering and will not decrease the number of available Underwritten Offerings the Holders have the right and option to request under this Section  2.7 . No such withdrawal or abandonment shall affect the Company’s obligation to pay Registration Expenses pursuant to Section  2.12 . If all Electing Holders withdraw from an Underwritten Offering prior to the pricing of such Underwritten Offering, the events will be considered an Underwritten Offering and will decrease the number of available Underwritten Offerings the Holders have the right and option to request under this Section  2.7 unless in connection with such withdrawal the Electing Holders reimburse the Company for its Registration Expenses, in which case such withdrawal will not be considered an Underwritten Offering and will not decrease the number of available Underwritten Offerings the Holders have the right and option to request under this Section  2.7 .

Except as otherwise set forth in this Section  2.7 or Section  2.8 , the Company shall not include in any Underwritten Offering any securities which are not Registrable Securities without the prior written consent of the Holders. If the Managing Underwriter of a proposed Underwritten Offering advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities in writing that in its opinion the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be included in the Underwritten Offering exceeds the number of Registrable Securities which can be sold in such Underwritten Offering and/or the number of Registrable Securities proposed to be included in such Underwritten Offering would adversely affect the price of the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such Underwritten Offering, the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering (i) first, the Registrable Securities the Holders propose to sell, and (ii) second, the Common Shares proposed to be included therein by any other Persons (including

 

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Common Shares to be sold for the account of the Company and/or other holders of Common Shares) allocated among such Persons in such manner as they may agree. If the Managing Underwriter determines that less than all of the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold can be included in such offering, then the Registrable Securities that are included in such offering shall be allocated pro rata among the respective Holders thereof on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Holder.

Section 2.8 Piggyback Offering . If the Company shall at any time propose to conduct an underwritten offering of Common Shares for cash (a “ Company Underwritten Offering ”) for its own account or for the account of any other Persons (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, (i) an offering pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 or other offering relating solely to an employee benefit plan, (ii) an offering pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form F-4 or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto or (iii) an offering in connection with any dividend or distribution reinvestment or similar plan), the Company shall promptly notify all Holders of such proposal reasonably in advance of (and in any event at least ten (10) Business Days before) the commencement of the offering, which notice will set forth the principal terms and conditions of the issuance, including the proposed offering price (or range of offering prices), if known, the anticipated filing date of the registration statement (if applicable) and the number of Common Shares that are proposed to be offered (the “ Piggyback Notice ”); provided , however , notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the managing underwriter(s) of a Company Underwritten Offering advises the Company that in their opinion the inclusion of any of a Holder’s Registrable Shares requested for inclusion in the subject Company Underwritten Offering would likely have an adverse effect in any material respect on the price, timing or distribution of Common Shares proposed to be included in such Company Underwritten Offering, the Company shall have no obligation to provide a Piggyback Notice to such Holder and such Holder shall have no right to include any Registrable Shares in such Company Underwritten Offering. The Piggyback Notice shall offer the Holders the opportunity to include in such Company Underwritten Offering the number of Registrable Shares as they may request. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to include in each such Company Underwritten Offering such Registrable Shares for which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within five (5) Business Days after sending the Piggyback Notice.

If the managing underwriter(s) of a Company Underwritten Offering advise the Company and the Holders who have requested their Registrable Shares be included in such offering following a Piggyback Notice that in its or their opinion the inclusion of all of such Holders’ Registrable Shares requested for inclusion in the subject Company Underwritten Offering (and any other Common Shares proposed to be included in such offering) would likely have an adverse effect in any material respect on the price, timing or distribution of Common Shares proposed to be included in such offering by the Company, the Company shall include in such Company Underwritten Offering only that number of Common Shares proposed to be included in such Company Underwritten Offering that, in the opinion of the managing underwriter(s), will not have such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated as follows:

(A) first, up to 100% of the Common Shares that the Company or any Person (other than a Holder) exercising a contractual right that existed as of the Issue Date to demand registration, as the case may be, proposes to include in the Company Underwritten Offering;

 

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(B) second, and only if all of the Common Shares, if any, referred to in clause (A) have been included, up to 100% of the Common Shares proposed to be offered by security holders having registration rights existing prior to the Issue Date;

(C) third, and only if all of the Common Shares referred to in clause (B) have been included, pro rata (based on the number of Common Shares held by each such Person or Holder) among (1) any Person or Persons exercising a contractual right that was granted by the Company after the Issue Date to demand registration and (2) all the Holders who have requested participation in such Company Underwritten Offering; and

(D) fourth, and only if all of the Registrable Securities and other Common Shares referred to in clause (C) have been included in such registration, any Common Shares eligible for inclusion in such registration other than those set forth in clauses (A) through (C) above.

If any Holder disapproves of the terms of any such Company Underwritten Offering, such Holder may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter(s) delivered on or prior to the time of the commencement of such offering.

The Company shall have the right to terminate or withdraw any Company Underwritten Offering initiated by it under this Section  2.8 at any time in its sole discretion whether or not any Holder has elected to include Registrable Shares. The Registration Expenses of such withdrawn registration shall be borne by the Company in accordance with Section  2.12 hereof.

Section 2.9 Sale Procedures . In connection with its obligations under this Article II, the Company and each Guarantor, as applicable, shall, as expeditiously as possible:

(a) use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the Effectiveness Period and as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement;

(b) if a prospectus supplement will be used in connection with the marketing of an Underwritten Offering from a Registration Statement and the Managing Underwriter at any time shall notify the Company in writing that, in the sole judgment of such Managing Underwriter, inclusion of detailed information to be used in such prospectus supplement is of material importance to the success of the Underwritten Offering of such Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to include such information in such prospectus supplement;

(c) furnish to each Selling Holder (i) as far in advance as is reasonably practicable before filing a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any supplement or amendment thereto, upon request, copies of reasonably complete drafts of all such documents proposed to be filed (including exhibits and each document incorporated by reference therein to the extent then required by the rules and regulations of the Commission other than annual or quarterly reports on Form 20-F or 6-K, respectively, current reports on Form 6-K or proxy statements; provided , however , that such reports or proxy statements shall be

 

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provided at least two (2) Business Days prior to filing in connection with any Underwritten Offering), and provide each such Selling Holder the opportunity to object to any information pertaining to such Selling Holder and its plan of distribution that is contained therein and make the corrections reasonably requested by such Selling Holder with respect to such information prior to filing a Registration Statement or such other registration statement or supplement or amendment thereto, and (ii) such number of copies of such Registration Statement or such other registration statement and the prospectus included therein and any supplements and amendments thereto as such Selling Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement or other registration statement;

(d) if applicable, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Selling Holders or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the Managing Underwriter, shall reasonably request; provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to transact business in any jurisdiction where it is not then required to so qualify or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(e) promptly notify each Selling Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered by any of them under the Securities Act, of (i) the filing of a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement to be used in connection therewith, or any amendment or supplement thereto, and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any other registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; and (ii) the receipt of any written comments from the Commission with respect to any filing referred to in clause (i) and any written request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or any other registration statement or any prospectus or prospectus supplement thereto;

(f) promptly notify each Selling Holder, at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of (i) the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus or prospectus supplement contained in a Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of any prospectus contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which a statement is made); (ii) the issuance or express threat of issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; or (iii) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the applicable securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdiction. Following the provision of such notice, the Company agrees to as promptly as practicable amend or supplement the prospectus or prospectus supplement or take

 

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other appropriate action so that the prospectus or prospectus supplement does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing and use its reasonable best efforts to take such other action as is necessary to remove a stop order, suspension, threat thereof or proceedings related thereto;

(g) upon request and subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations, furnish to each Selling Holder copies of any and all transmittal letters or other correspondence with the Commission or any other governmental agency or self-regulatory body or other body having jurisdiction (including any domestic or foreign securities exchange) relating to such offering of Registrable Securities;

(h) in the case of an Underwritten Offering, use its reasonable best efforts to furnish to the underwriters upon request, (i) an opinion of counsel for the Company dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement and (ii) a “cold comfort” letter, dated the pricing date of such Underwritten Offering and a letter of like kind dated the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, in each case, signed by the independent public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements included or incorporated by reference into the applicable registration statement, and each of the opinion and the “cold comfort” letter shall be in customary form and covering substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus and any prospectus supplement included therein) as have been customarily covered in opinions of issuer’s counsel and in accountants’ letters delivered to the underwriters in Underwritten Offerings of securities by the Company and such other matters as such underwriters and Selling Holders may reasonably request;

(i) if any Registration Statement refers to any Selling Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company and if in its sole and exclusive judgment such Selling Holder is or might be deemed to be an underwriter or “controlling person” (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) (a “ Controlling Person ”) of the Company, such Selling Holder shall have the right to require (i) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance satisfactory to such Selling Holder and presented to the Company in writing, to the effect that the holding by such Selling Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Selling Holder of the investment quality of the Company’s securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Selling Holder shall assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company, or (ii) in the event that such reference to such Selling Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Selling Holder;

(j) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement, covering a period of twelve months beginning within three months after the Effective Date of such Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 promulgated thereunder;

 

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(k) make available for inspection by any Selling Holder of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such holder or underwriter (collectively, the “ Inspectors ”), all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company (collectively, the “ Records ”), and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information requested by any such Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement; provided , that the Company need not disclose any non-public information to any such person unless and until such person has entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Company;

(l) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant to this Agreement to be listed on each securities exchange or nationally recognized quotation system on which the Common Shares are then listed or quoted;

(m) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company to enable the Selling Holders to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(n) obtain the consent or approval of each governmental agency or authority, whether federal, state, provincial or local, which may be required to (i) effect the Exchange Offer or (ii) effect a Shelf Registration or the offering or sale in connection therewith or to enable the Selling Holder to offer, or consummate the disposition of, their Registrable Securities in the United States;

(o) provide CUSIP numbers for all Registrable Securities, not later than the applicable Effective Date;

(p) take all action reasonably necessary to ensure that all Registrable Securities are eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company;

(q) provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Shares covered by such registration statement not later than the Effective Date of such registration statement;

(r) enter into customary agreements and take such other actions as are reasonably requested by the Selling Holders or the underwriters, if any, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities (including making appropriate officers of the Company available to participate in any “road show” presentations before analysts, and other customary marketing activities (including one-on-one meetings with prospective purchasers of the Registrable Securities));

(s) if requested by a Selling Holder, (i) as soon as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as such Selling Holder reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering, and (ii) as soon as practicable make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

 

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(t) so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each Additional Guarantor upon the creation or acquisition by the Company of such Additional Guarantor, to execute a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such counterpart to the Holders no later than three (3) Business Days following the execution thereof; and

(u) otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to take all other actions necessary or advisable to effect the registration of such Registrable Securities contemplated hereby and to ensure that the transactions contemplated herein are effected as so contemplated.

Each Selling Holder, upon receipt of notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section  2.9(f) , shall forthwith discontinue offers and sales of the Registrable Securities by means of a prospectus or prospectus supplement until such Selling Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section  2.9(f) or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the prospectus may be resumed and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings incorporated by reference in the prospectus, and, if so directed by the Company, such Selling Holder shall, or shall request the Managing Underwriter, if any, to deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies in their possession or control, other than permanent file copies then in such Selling Holder’s possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice.

Section 2.10 Cooperation by Holders . The Company shall have no obligation to include Registrable Securities of a Holder in a Registration Statement who has failed to timely furnish after receipt of a written request from the Company such information that the Company determines, after consultation with its counsel, is reasonably required in order for the registration statement or prospectus supplement, as applicable, to comply with the Securities Act.

Section 2.11 Restrictions on Public Sale by Holders of Registrable Securities . To the extent requested by the Managing Underwriter, each Holder of Registrable Securities that participates in an Underwritten Offering will enter into a customary letter agreement with underwriters providing such Holder will not effect any public sale or distribution of Registrable Securities during the ninety (90) day period beginning on the date of a prospectus or prospectus supplement filed with the Commission with respect to the pricing of any Underwritten Offering, provided that (i) the duration of the foregoing restrictions shall be no longer than the duration of the shortest restriction generally imposed by the underwriters on the Company or the officers, directors or any other Affiliate of the Company on whom a restriction is imposed, (ii) the restrictions set forth in this Section  2.11 shall not apply to any Registrable Securities that are included in such Underwritten Offering by such Selling Holder.

Section 2.12 Expenses . The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses, including, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the Registration Expenses of an Underwritten Offering, regardless of whether any sale is made pursuant to a Registration Statement or such Underwritten Offering, and will reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel designated by the Holders to act as counsel for the Holders in connection with each Registration Statement.

 

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Section 2.13 Indemnification .

(a) By the Company and the Guarantors . The Company and each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, its directors, officers, managers, employees, investment managers, agents and Affiliates and each Person, if any, who controls such Holder or its Affiliates within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and its directors, officers, employees, investment managers or agents (collectively, the “ Selling Holder Indemnified Persons ”), against any losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) (collectively, “ Losses ”), joint or several, to which such Selling Holder Indemnified Person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Losses (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact (in the case of any Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which such statement is made) contained in (which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes documents incorporated by reference in) such Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or any free writing prospectus relating thereto or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, or (ii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company or any Guarantor of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or any state securities law applicable to the Company or the Guarantors and relating to action or inaction required of the Company or any Guarantor in connection with any such registration, qualification or compliance, and shall reimburse each such Selling Holder Indemnified Person for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating, defending or resolving any such Loss or actions or proceedings; provided , however , that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be liable in any such case if and to the extent that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission so made in conformity with information furnished by such Selling Holder Indemnified Person in writing specifically for use in such Registration Statement or such other registration statement, or prospectus supplement, as applicable. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Selling Holder Indemnified Person, and shall survive the transfer of such securities by such Selling Holder.

(b) By Each Selling Holder . Each Selling Holder agrees severally and not jointly to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of the Guarantors, their directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls the Company or such Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act or of the Exchange Act, and its directors, officers, employees and agents, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and each of the Guarantors to the Selling Holders, but only

 

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with respect to information regarding such Selling Holder furnished in writing by such Selling Holder expressly for inclusion in such Registration Statement or any other registration statement contemplated by this Agreement, any preliminary prospectus, prospectus supplement or final prospectus contained therein, or any amendment or supplement thereof, or any free writing prospectus relating thereto; provided , however , that the liability of each Selling Holder shall not be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds (net of any Selling Expenses) received by such Selling Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification.

(c) Notice . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party hereunder of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party hereunder, notify the indemnifying party in writing thereof, but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party other than under this Section  2.13 . In any action brought against any indemnified party, it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate in and, to the extent it shall wish, to assume and undertake the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume and undertake the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section  2.13 for any legal expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation and of liaison with counsel so selected; provided , however , that, (i) if the indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense or employ counsel reasonably acceptable to the indemnified party or (ii) if the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and counsel to the indemnified party shall have concluded that there may be reasonable defenses available to the indemnified party that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or if the interests of the indemnified party reasonably may be deemed to conflict with the interests of the indemnifying party, then the indemnified party shall have the right to select a separate counsel and to assume such legal defense and otherwise to participate in the defense of such action, with the reasonable expenses and fees of such separate counsel and other reasonable expenses related to such participation to be reimbursed by the indemnifying party as incurred. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no indemnifying party shall settle any action brought against any indemnified party with respect to which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification hereunder without the consent of the indemnified party, unless the settlement thereof imposes no liability or obligation on, and includes a complete and unconditional release from all liability of, the indemnified party.

(d) Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Section  2.13 is held by a court or government agency of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to any indemnified party or is insufficient to hold them harmless in respect of any Losses, then each such indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of such indemnified party on the other in connection with the

 

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statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided , however , that in no event shall such Selling Holder be required to contribute an aggregate amount in excess of the dollar amount of proceeds (net of Selling Expenses) received by such Selling Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification. The relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party 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 has been made by, or relates to, information supplied by such party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this paragraph were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be deemed to include any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating, defending or resolving any Loss that is the subject of this paragraph. 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 is not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(e) Other Indemnification . The provisions of this Section  2.13 shall be in addition to any other rights to indemnification or contribution that an indemnified party may have pursuant to law, equity, contract or otherwise.

Section 2.14 Rule 144 Reporting . With a view to making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of the Commission that may permit the sale of the Registrable Securities to the public without registration, the Company agrees to use its best efforts to:

(a) make and keep public information regarding the Company available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect), at all times from and after the date hereof;

(b) to file with the Commission in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act at all times from and after the date hereof;

(c) so long as a Holder owns any Registrable Securities, furnish, unless otherwise available electronically at no additional charge via the Commission’s EDGAR system, to such Holder forthwith upon request a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents as such Holder may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the Commission allowing such Holder to sell any such securities without registration; and

(d) take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request to enable such Holder to sell such Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including providing any legal opinions relating to such sale pursuant to Rule 144.

 

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Section 2.15 Transfer or Assignment of Registration Rights . The rights to cause the Company and each of the Guarantors, as applicable, to register Registrable Securities granted to the Holders by the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, under this Article II may be transferred or assigned by a Holder to one or more transferees or assignees of Registrable Securities without the consent of the Company; provided , however , that (a) the Company is given written notice of said transfer or assignment, stating the name and address of each of the transferee or assignee and identifying the Registrable Securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, (b) such transferee or assignee is an Affiliate or subsidiary of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and (c) each such transferee or assignee assumes in writing responsibility for its portion of the obligations of the Holder under this Agreement.

Section 2.16 Limitation on Subsequent Registration Rights . From and after the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of the Holders (a) grant any registration rights to third parties which are more favorable than or inconsistent with the rights granted hereunder; or (b) enter into any agreement, take any action, or permit any change to occur, with respect to their respective securities or organizational documents that violates or subordinates the rights expressly granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement.

ARTICLE 3

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 3.1 Communications . All notices and other communications in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) if delivered personally, sent via electronic transmission or facsimile (with confirmation), mailed by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested) or delivered by an express courier (with confirmation) to the parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as will be specified by like notice):

(a)     if to the Company:

Seaspan Corporation

Unit 2, 2nd Floor, Bupa Centre

141 Connaught Road West

Hong Kong

Facsimile: 852-2540-1689

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

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

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020-1095

U.S.A.

Facsimile:

Attention: John Reiss, Andrew Weisberg

 

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(b)     If to the Holders:

c/o Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

95 Wellington Street West

Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N7 Canada

Fax: 416-367-2201

Attention: Paul Rivett

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

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street, Suite 4405

P.O. Box 247

Toronto, Ontario M5L 1E8

Canada

Facsimile: 416-360-2958

Attention: Jason R. Lehner

Section 3.2 Successor and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties, including subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities to the extent permitted herein.

Section 3.3 Assignment of Rights . All or any portion of the rights and obligations of the Holders under this Agreement may be transferred or assigned by a Holder only in accordance with Section  2.15 hereof.

Section 3.4 Recapitalization, Exchanges, Etc. Affecting the Common Shares . The provisions of this Agreement shall apply to the full extent set forth herein with respect to any and all equity interests of the Company or any successor or assign of the Company (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise) that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of, the Registrable Shares, and shall be appropriately adjusted for combinations, share splits, recapitalizations, pro rata distributions of shares and the like occurring after the date of this Agreement.

Section 3.5 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each Party and delivered to each other party, it being understood that the parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission or by e-mail delivery of a “.pdf” format data file, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile or “.pdf” signature page were an original thereof.

Section 3.6 Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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Section 3.7 Governing Law; Jurisdiction . This Agreement, including all issues and questions concerning its application, construction, validity, interpretation and enforcement, shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of New York. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS TO SUBMIT ITSELF TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN AND ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS UPON IT, AND AGREES THAT ALL SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, DIRECTED TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3.1, AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE TREATED AS COMPLETED WHEN RECEIVED. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED IN ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION 3.7 SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO SERVE LEGAL PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT EACH OF THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF A JUDGMENT ENTERED BY A COURT PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION 3.7 IN ANY OTHER COURT OR JURISDICTION.

Section 3.8 Waiver of Immunity . To the extent that the Company or any Guarantor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment in aid or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, the Company and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement.

Section 3.9 Judgment Currency . If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures such Holder could purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency in The City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligations of the Company and each Guarantor in respect of any sum due from them to any Holder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any currency other than U.S. dollars, not be discharged until the first business day, following receipt by such Holder of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, on which (and only to the extent that) such Holder may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency; if the U.S. dollars so purchased are

 

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less than the sum originally due to such Holder hereunder, the Company and each Guarantor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Holder against such loss. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Holder hereunder, such Holder agrees to pay to the Company and the Guarantors (but without duplication) an amount equal to the excess of the U.S. dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Holder hereunder.

Section 3.10 Severability of Provisions . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting or impairing the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 3.11 Entire Agreement . This Agreement is intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement and intended to be a complete and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein with respect to the rights granted by the Company set forth herein. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to such subject matter.

Section 3.12 Amendment . This Agreement may be amended only by means of a written amendment signed by the Company, the Guarantors and the Investors; provided , however , that no such amendment shall materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder hereunder without the prior written consent of such Holder.

Section 3.13 No Presumption . If any claim is made by a party relating to any conflict, omission or ambiguity in this Agreement, no presumption or burden of proof or persuasion shall be implied by virtue of the fact that this Agreement was prepared by or at the request of a particular party or its counsel.

Section 3.14 Obligations Limited to Parties to Agreement . Each of the parties hereto covenants, agrees and acknowledges that no Person other than the Holders (and their permitted transferees and assignees), the Company and the Guarantors shall have any obligation hereunder. No recourse under this Agreement or under any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against any former, current or future director, officer, employee, investment manager, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, investor or Affiliate of any Holder or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, investment manager, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, investor or Affiliate thereof, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable Law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any former, current or future director, officer, employee, investment manager, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, investor or Affiliate of the Holder or any former, current or future director, officer, employee, investment manager, agent, general or limited partner, manager, member, investor or Affiliate thereof, as such, for any obligations of the Holder under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligation or its creation, except in each case for any transferee or assignee of a Holder hereunder.

 

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Section 3.15 Interpretation . Article and Section references are to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified. All references to instruments, documents, contracts and agreements are references to such instruments, documents, contracts and agreements as the same may be amended, supplemented and otherwise modified from time to time, unless otherwise specified. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” or words of similar import shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Whenever any determination, consent or approval is to be made or given by the Holders (and their permitted transferees or assignees) under this Agreement, such action shall be in each such Holder’s (and its permitted transferees or assignees) sole discretion unless otherwise specified. Unless expressly set forth or qualified otherwise ( e.g. , by “ Business ” or “ Trading ”), all references herein to a “day” are deemed to be a reference to a calendar day.

Section 3.16 Injunctive Relief . It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that it shall be impossible to measure in money the damages that would be suffered if the parties fail to comply with any of the obligations herein imposed on them and that in the event of any such failure, an aggrieved Person shall be irreparably damaged and shall not have an adequate remedy at law. Any such Person shall, therefore, be entitled (in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled in law or in equity or under this Agreement) to injunctive relief, including, without limitation, specific performance, to enforce such obligations, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.

[ Signature pages follow ]

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

SEASPAN CORPORATION

/s/ Bing Chen

Name: Bing Chen
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

SEASPAN HOLDING 140 LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN 140 LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN (ASIA) CORPORATION

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN CONTAINERSHIP 2180 LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN CONTAINERSHIP 2181 LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


SEASPAN HOLDCO I LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN HOLDCO II LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN HOLDCO III LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN HOLDCO IV LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN INVESTMENT I LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer
SEASPAN SHIP MANAGEMENT LTD.

/s/ Ryan Courson

Name: Ryan Courson
Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


SEASPAN CREW MANAGEMENT LTD.

/s/ Peter Curtis

Name: Peter Curtis
Title: President & Chief Executive Officer
SEASPAN MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED

/s/ Peter Curtis

Name: Peter Curtis
Title: Vice-President
SEASPAN ADVISORY SERVICES LIMITED

/s/ Peter Curtis

Name: Peter Curtis
Title: Vice-President
SEASPAN CAPITAL LTD.

/s/ Bing Chen

Name: Bing Chen
Title: Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


  BRIT REINSURANCE (BERMUDA) LIMITED
  ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY (EUROPE) DAC
  ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY, AG
  ALLIED WORLD SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY
  ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY (U.S.) INC.
  ODYSSEY REINSURANCE COMPANY
  GREYSTONE INSURANCE COMPANY
  HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY
  NEWLINE CORPORATE NAME LIMITED
  NEWLINE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
  UNITED STATES FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
  TIG INSURANCE COMPANY
  ALLIED WORLD ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
  HUDSON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
  RIVERSTONE INSURANCE (UK) LIMITED
  FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

By:   Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd., its Investment Manager
 

/s/ Paul Rivett

  Name: Paul Rivett
  Title:   Managing Director

[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement]


Annex A

Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement

The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January [15], 2019 by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and each of the investors party thereto) to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of                     .

 

[GUARANTOR]

 

Name:
Title:

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

 

      Seaspan Corporation
      Unit 2, 2 nd Floor, Bupa Centre
      141 Connaught Road West
      Hong Kong, China
      2600 – 200 Granville Street
      Vancouver, BC
      Canada V6C 1S4
      Tel: 604-638-2575
      Fax: 604-648-9782
      www.seaspancorp.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

     

Seaspan Announces Closing of Second $500 Million Investment by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

January 16, 2019

HONG KONG, China, January 15, 2019 – Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) (“Seaspan”) announced today the closing of the second tranche of the $1 billion aggregate investment commitment by Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited and its affiliates (collectively, “Fairfax”) in Seaspan. As with Fairfax’s initial $500 million investment in Seaspan, and pursuant to definitive agreements entered into on March 13, 2018 and announced on March 14, 2018, this second tranche of funding (the “Second Fairfax Investment”) is structured as a $250 million issuance of (i) 5.50% senior notes due 2026 and (ii) approximately 38.46 million warrants (the “2019 Warrants”). Pursuant to a definitive agreement entered into and announced on May 31, 2018, Fairfax has agreed to immediately exercise the 2019 Warrants at an exercise price of $6.50 per warrant, for additional equity proceeds to Seaspan of $250 million. As a result, Seaspan’s aggregate proceeds from the Second Fairfax Investment will be $500 million.

This brings Fairfax’s total investment in Seaspan to $1 billion, the proceeds of which will be used to fund future growth initiatives, repay debt and for general corporate purposes. With the closing of the Second Fairfax Investment, Fairfax’s aggregate shareholdings in Seaspan are 76.9 million Class A common shares or approximately 36% of shares outstanding.

Fairfax continues to hold the 25 million seven year warrants, with an exercise price of $8.05, which were issued to it on July 16, 2018.

Summary of Fairfax Investments 1

 

Investment

   Date Issued/Exercised    Proceeds to Seaspan  

2025 Notes

   February 14, 2018    $ 250 million  

2018 Warrants

   July 16, 2018    $ 250 million  

2026 Notes

   January 15, 2019    $ 250 million  

2019 Warrants

   January 15, 2019    $ 250 million  

 

1  

Does not include the 25  million seven year warrants outstanding as of the date hereof


David Sokol, Chairman of Seaspan Corporation commented, “The closing of this follow-on Fairfax investment bolsters Seaspan’s balance sheet for the future. Seaspan’s management team and Board of Directors are proud to continue building upon the strong partnership created with Fairfax. This additional investment will enhance Seaspan’s ability to execute on our long-term goals of deleveraging, strengthening our balance sheet, and creating value through disciplined and thoughtful capital allocation.”

Prem Watsa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfax said, “With the closing of this investment, we are excited to expand our partnership with Seaspan, which now represents one of

Fairfax’s largest investments.”

About Seaspan

Seaspan is a leading independent charter owner and operator of containerships with industry leading ship management services. We charter our vessels primarily pursuant to long-term, fixed-rate, time charters to the world’s largest container shipping liners. Seaspan’s operating fleet consists of 112 containerships with a total capacity of more than 900,000 TEU, an average age of approximately 6 years and an average remaining lease period of approximately 4 years, on a TEU-weighted basis.

Seaspan has the following securities listed on The New York Stock Exchange:

 

Symbol:

  

Description:

SSW    Class A common shares
SSW PR D    Series D preferred shares
SSW PR E    Series E preferred shares
SSW PR G    Series G preferred shares
SSW PR H    Series H preferred shares
SSW PR I    Series I preferred shares
SSWN    6.375% senior unsecured notes due 2019
SSWA    7.125% senior unsecured notes due 2027
SSW25    5.500% senior notes due 2025

About Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited

Fairfax is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and investment management.

Investor Inquiries:

Mr. Matt Borys

Investor Relations

Seaspan Corporation

Tel. +1-778-328-5340

Email: mborys@seaspanltd.ca

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