UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) June 11, 2019

 

 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Virginia   001-08489   54-1229715
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
120 Tredegar Street
Richmond, Virginia
  23219
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (804) 819-2000

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, no par value   D   New York Stock Exchange
2016 Series A 6.75% Corporate Units   DCUD   New York Stock Exchange
2016 Series A 5.25% Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes   DRUA   New York Stock Exchange

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

Emerging growth company  ☐

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

 

 

 


Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws

On June 12, 2019, Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”) filed Articles of Amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with the Virginia State Corporation Commission amending the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, effective at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time on June 14, 2019. The Articles of Amendment created a new series of the Company’s Preferred Stock, which is designated the 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Convertible Preferred Stock ”).

A copy of the Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated effective June 14, 2019, is attached as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

In the Company’s prospectus supplement, dated June 11, 2019, and its prospectus, dated June 30, 2017, the Company offered to investors up to 14,000,000 of the Company’s equity units initially in the form of corporate units (“ 2019 Series A Corporate Units ”). The prospectus supplement also covered an additional 2,100,000 2019 Series A Corporate Units in the event of the exercise by the underwriters named in the prospectus supplement of an overallotment option granted by the Company. The 2019 Series A Corporate Units were offered and sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated June 11, 2019 (the “ 2019 Series A Underwriting Agreement ”) among the Company and certain representatives on behalf of the underwriters named therein (the “ 2019 Series A Underwriters ”).

Each 2019 Series A Corporate Unit has a stated amount of $100 and is comprised of (i) a purchase contract which will obligate the holder to purchase from the Company, no later than June 1, 2022, a certain number of shares of the Company’s common stock, without par value, for $100 in cash, and (ii) a 1/10 undivided beneficial ownership interest in one share of the Company’s Convertible Preferred Stock. Holders of the 2019 Series A Corporate Units will be entitled to receive (i) quarterly dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) at a rate of 1.75% per year on the $1,000 liquidation preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock and (ii) quarterly contract adjustment payments at a rate of 5.50% per year on the stated amount of $100 per equity unit.

The purchase contracts for the 2019 Series A Corporate Units are being issued pursuant to a Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ 2019 Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”), among the Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as the purchase contract agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, in its capacity as the collateral agent, custodial agent and securities intermediary. Under the terms of the 2019 Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying each 2019 Series A Corporate Unit is being pledged as collateral to secure the holders’ obligation to purchase the shares of common stock under the purchase contracts that form a part of the 2019 Series A Corporate Units. The Convertible Preferred Stock will be remarketed, subject to certain terms and conditions, prior to the related purchase contract settlement date pursuant to the terms of the 2019 Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and a remarketing agreement to be entered into among the Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as purchase contract agent, and a remarketing agent or agents to be designated by the Company (the “ 2019 Series A Remarketing Agreement ”).

The foregoing disclosure is qualified in its entirety by reference to the 2019 Series A Underwriting Agreement which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1, the 2019 Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, the form of the 2019 Series A Corporate Units, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.2, the form of the 2019 Series A Treasury Units, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.3, the form of the 2019 Series A Cash Settled Units, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.4, the form of Common Stock Certificate, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.5, and the form of Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.6.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibits     
1.1    2019 Series A Underwriting Agreement, dated June 11, 2019, among the Company and Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Goldman Sachs  & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as Representatives for the underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement relating to the 2019 Series A Corporate Units.*
3.1    Articles of Incorporation as amended and restated, effective June 14, 2019.*
4.1    2019 Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated June  14, 2019, among the Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as the purchase contract agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, in its capacity as the collateral agent, custodial agent and securities intermediary.*
4.2    Form of 2019 Series A Corporate Units (included in Exhibit 4.1).*
4.3    Form of 2019 Series A Treasury Units (included in Exhibit 4.1).*
4.4    Form of 2019 Series A Cash Settled Units (included in Exhibit 4.1).*
4.5    Form of Common Stock Certificate.*
4.6    Form of Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 3.1).*
5.1    Opinion of McGuireWoods LLP with respect to the 2019 Series A Equity Units.*

 

*

Filed herewith.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

Registrant

 

/s/ James R. Chapman

Name:   James R. Chapman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Date: June 14, 2019

Exhibit 1.1

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

14,000,000 2019 Series A Corporate Units

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

June 11, 2019

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   as Representatives for the Underwriters

   listed in Schedule I hereto

c/o Barclays Capital Inc.

      745 Seventh Avenue

      New York, New York 10019

      BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

      787 Seventh Avenue

      New York, New York 10019

      Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

      200 West Street

      New York, New York 10282

      Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

      375 Park Avenue

      4 th Floor

      New York, New York 10152

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned, Dominion Energy, Inc. (the Company), hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the Agreement) with respect to the issuance and sale to the several Underwriters named in Schedule I of 14,000,000 of the Company’s 2019 Series A Corporate Units (the Firm Corporate Units) specified in Schedule II hereto and, at the election of the Representatives acting on behalf of the Underwriters, up to an additional 2,100,000 of the Company’s 2019 Series A Corporate Units (the Optional Corporate Units, and together with the Firm Corporate Units, the Corporate Units), and the public offering thereof by the several Underwriters, upon the terms specified in Schedule II. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall be used as defined in the Prospectus (as defined in Section 3A(a)).


1.     Underwriters and Representatives . The term “Underwriters” as used herein shall be deemed to mean the several persons, firms or corporations (including the Representatives hereinafter mentioned) named in Schedule I hereto, and the term “Representatives” as used herein shall be deemed to mean the Representatives to whom this Agreement is addressed, who by signing this Agreement represent that they have been authorized by the other Underwriters to execute this Agreement on their behalf and to act for them in the manner herein provided. If there shall be only one person, firm or corporation named as an addressee above, the term “Representatives” as used herein shall mean that person, firm or corporation. If there shall be only one person, firm or corporation named in Schedule I hereto, the term “Underwriters” as used herein shall mean that person, firm or corporation. All obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are several and not joint. Unless otherwise stated, any action under or in respect of this Agreement taken by the Representatives will be binding upon all the Underwriters.

2.     Description of the Corporate Units . Each Corporate Unit has a stated amount of $100 (the Stated Amount) and consists of (i) a Purchase Contract (a Purchase Contract) issued by the Company pursuant to which the holder thereof will agree to purchase from the Company and the Company will agree to sell to the holder thereof on June 1, 2022, subject to earlier settlement or termination, or if such day is not a business day, the following business day (the Purchase Contract Settlement Date), for $100 a variable number of shares (the Issuable Common Stock) of the Company’s common stock, without par value (the Common Stock), equal to the Settlement Rate (as defined in the Prospectus), subject to anti-dilution adjustments and subject to adjustment in certain circumstances if the holder elects to settle the Purchase Contract early, as determined pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (as defined below) and (ii) (a) a 1/10 undivided beneficial ownership interest in one share of 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the Convertible Preferred Stock) or (b) following a successful optional remarketing, the “applicable ownership interest” (as defined in the Prospectus) in the “Treasury portfolio” (as defined in the Prospectus). The Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible into, at the Company’s election, shares of Common Stock (the Underlying Securities), cash or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock.

The Purchase Contracts will be issued pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, to be dated as of the First Closing Date (as defined in Section 5) (the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), among the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as purchase contract agent (the Purchase Contract Agent) and attorney-in-fact for the holders of the Equity Units, HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as collateral agent (the Collateral Agent), custodial agent (the Custodial Agent) and securities intermediary (the Securities Intermediary).

A holder of Corporate Units, at its option, may elect to create “Treasury Units” in accordance with the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement by substituting pledged U.S. Treasury securities for any pledged ownership interests in the Convertible Preferred Stock. Unless otherwise indicated, the term “Equity Units” includes both Corporate Units and Treasury Units.

The terms, including the preferences, rights and limitations, of the Convertible Preferred Stock will be established by certain senior officers of the Company, acting upon authority delegated to them by the Company’s board of directors pursuant to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated (the Articles of Incorporation), and Virginia Code Section 13.1-689, and will be contained in articles of amendment to the Articles of Incorporation (the Articles of Amendment), to be filed with the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia on or before June 12, 2019.

 

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A Corporate Unit holder’s ownership interest in the Convertible Preferred Stock forming a part of the Corporate Units initially will be pledged to secure such holder’s obligations under the related Purchase Contracts, such pledge to be on the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Pursuant to a Remarketing Agreement, to be entered into by the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, as the purchase contract agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of the Equity Units, and the remarketing agents named therein (the Remarketing Agents) in such form and dated as of such date as to be determined by the parties thereto (the Remarketing Agreement), the Convertible Preferred Stock will be remarketed, subject to certain terms and conditions.

The “Component Securities” means, collectively, the Purchase Contracts, the Convertible Preferred Stock and the Issuable Common Stock. The terms and rights of any particular issuance of the Equity Units and/or Component Securities and/or Underlying Securities shall be specified in (i) the Articles of Incorporation, (ii) the Articles of Amendment or (iii) the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, as applicable (the documents listed in clauses (i) through (iii), together with the Remarketing Agreement, each a Securities Agreement and, collectively, the Securities Agreements).

Schedule II specifies the aggregate number of Corporate Units, the initial public offering price of the Corporate Units, and the purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters and sets forth the date, time and manner of delivery of the Corporate Units and payment therefor. Schedule II also specifies (to the extent not set forth in Sections 4 and 5 herein, or in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information or Prospectus, each such term as defined below) the terms and provisions for the purchase of such Corporate Units.

3A.     Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:

(a)    A registration statement, No. 333-219088 on Form S-3 for the registration of the Corporate Units under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) has become effective. Such registration statement (i) is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and (ii) became effective not earlier than three years prior to the Closing Date (as defined in Section 5), and the Company has not received any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act. As used herein, “Registration Statement” means, at any given time, such registration statement including the amendments thereto up to such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the Incorporated Documents (as defined in Section 3A(a)) at such time and documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein at such time pursuant to the Rules and Regulations (as defined in Section 3A(b)); “Rule 430B Information” means information that was omitted from the Registration Statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of and included in the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act; “Base Prospectus” means the base prospectus included in the Registration

 

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Statement; “Preliminary Prospectus” means the Base Prospectus and any prospectus supplement used in connection with the offering of the Corporate Units that omitted the Rule 430B Information and is used prior to the filing of the Prospectus (as defined below); “Prospectus” means the prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus that is first filed after the execution hereof pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, together with the Base Prospectus, as amended at the time of such filing; and “Prospectus Supplement” means the prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus included in the Prospectus. As used herein, the terms “Registration Statement,” “Base Prospectus,” “Preliminary Prospectus,” “Prospectus” and “Prospectus Supplement” include all documents (including any Current Report on Form 8-K) incorporated therein by reference, whether such incorporated documents are filed before or after the date of such Registration Statement or Prospectus (collectively, the Incorporated Documents). When such Incorporated Documents are filed after the date of the document into which they are incorporated, they shall be deemed included therein from the date of filing of such Incorporated Documents.

At or before 11:59 p.m. on the date hereof (the Time of Sale), the Company had prepared the following information in connection with the offering (collectively, the Time of Sale Information): the Base Prospectus dated June 30, 2017, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet (as defined in Section 6(a)) and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Section 3A(c)) listed on Schedule VII hereto. Notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, each document included in the Time of Sale Information shall be deemed to include all documents (including any Current Report on Form 8-K) incorporated therein by reference, whether any such Incorporated Document is filed before or after the document into which it is incorporated, so long as the Incorporated Document is filed before the Time of Sale.

(b)    No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or otherwise preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the Commission and is in effect and no proceedings for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission. The Registration Statement and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Securities Exchange Act), and the rules, regulations and releases of the Commission under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act (the Rules and Regulations); the Registration Statement, on its most recent effective date and on each Closing Date, did not 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; neither the Prospectus as of its date nor the Time of Sale Information at the Time of Sale contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; on each Closing Date, none of the Time of Sale Information, the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (as supplemented by and taken together with the Time of Sale Information) or the Prospectus will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and, on each Closing Date, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities

 

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Act, the Securities Exchange Act and the Rules and Regulations; provided, that the foregoing representations and warranties in this Section 3A(b) shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus made in reliance upon information furnished herein or in writing to the Company by the Underwriters or on the Underwriters’ behalf through the Representatives for use in the Registration Statement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus or the part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Trustee’s Statements of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the Statements of Eligibility); and provided further, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 3A(a) with respect to the Time of Sale Information, the foregoing representations and warranties are given on the basis that any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed not to be contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus if the statement has been modified or superseded by any statement in a subsequently filed Incorporated Document or in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto.

(c)    Other than the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the documents listed on Schedule VII, the Prospectus, or any document not constituting a prospectus under Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, the Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not make, use, prepare, authorize, approve or refer to, any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Equity Units, unless such written communication is approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. To the extent any such written communication constitutes an “issuer free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act and referred to herein as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus), such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of Rule 433(c) and, if the filing thereof is required pursuant to Rule 433, such filing has been or will be made in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 433(d). The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

(d)    If, at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, the Company (i) has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Underwriters through the Representatives of such conflict and, (ii) at its expense, has promptly amended or supplemented or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict; provided, that the foregoing representations and warranties in this Section 3A(d) shall not apply to conflicts arising from statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon information furnished herein or in writing to the Company by the Underwriters or on the Underwriters’ behalf through the Representatives for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

 

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(e)    Except as reflected in, or contemplated by, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements after the date hereof), since the respective most recent dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements after the date hereof), there has not been any material adverse change or event which would result in a material adverse effect on the condition of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, financial or otherwise (a Material Adverse Effect). The Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole have no material contingent financial obligation which is not disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.

(f)    Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has audited certain of the Company’s financial statements filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.

(g)    Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP, Dominion Energy Gas Holdings, LLC, Dominion Energy Generation, Inc., Dominion Energy Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc., Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc., SCANA Corporation, The East Ohio Gas Company and Virginia Electric and Power Company are the Company’s only Significant Subsidiaries as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, substituting in such definition March 31, 2019 and the 12 months period ended March 31, 2019 for the end of the most recently completed fiscal year and for the most recently completed fiscal year, respectively (each of the foregoing entities, a Significant Subsidiary and, collectively, the Significant Subsidiaries). All of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Significant Subsidiary that is a corporation has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and nonassessable, and the capital stock of each such Significant Subsidiary that is a corporation is owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, claim, encumbrance or equitable right. With respect to the Significant Subsidiary that is a limited liability company, the membership interests of such Significant Subsidiary are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, claim, encumbrance or equitable right. With respect to the Significant Subsidiary that is a limited partnership, the general partnership interests of such Significant Subsidiary are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, claim, encumbrance or equitable right.

(h)    The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Securities Agreements, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the Securities Agreements and in the Registration Statement (including the issuance and sale of the Corporate Units, the Component Securities and the Underlying Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Corporate Units and the settlement of the Purchase Contracts as described in the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”) and compliance by the Company with its obligations under this Agreement and the Securities Agreements do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which it or

 

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any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or bylaws of the Company or any subsidiary, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or operations, and the Company has full power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the Corporate Units and the Component Securities as contemplated by this Agreement and the Underlying Securities as contemplated by the Articles of Amendment.

(i)    The Company is not, and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Corporate Units and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, will not be, an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” which is required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(j)    The Company is a “well-known seasoned issuer,” and is not, and has not been since the filing of the Registration Statement, an “ineligible issuer,” both terms as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering of Corporate Units pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act or will pay such fees within the time period required by such rule (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.

(k)    Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (OFAC) or the U.S. Department of State; and the Company will not directly or, to the knowledge of the Company, indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(l)    The Corporate Units have been duly authorized, and when executed, issued and delivered by the Company and authenticated by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered by the Company and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Equity Units will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and in the Prospectus.

 

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(m)    The Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company, and when executed and delivered by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and in the Prospectus.

(n)    The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Purchase Contracts comprising a part of the Corporate Units (including the aggregate maximum number of “make-whole shares” (as such term is defined in the Prospectus) issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts in connection with a “fundamental change” (as such term is defined in the Prospectus)) (the Maximum Number of Issuable Shares) has been duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon delivery in accordance with the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement; and when issued and paid for in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contracts, such Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable; and the issuance of the Issuable Common Stock will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights. The Issuable Common Stock will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and in the Prospectus.

(o)    The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock (including the aggregate maximum number of shares that may be issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with a “fundamental change” (as such term is defined in the Prospectus)) (the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities), assuming that the Company delivers solely shares of Common Stock in respect of any conversion, has been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Common Stock will not be subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights. The Underlying Securities will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

(p)    The Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued by the Company as a component of the Corporate Units pursuant to this Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, when the Corporate Units are issued and paid for as provided herein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and the issuance of the Convertible Preferred Stock will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.    The Articles of Amendment, the proposed form of which has been furnished to the Underwriters, will have been duly filed with the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia on or before June 12, 2019, and the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock will, upon such filing, have the rights, preferences and priorities set forth in the Articles of Amendment. The terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and in the Prospectus.

 

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3B.     Representations and Warranties of the Underwriters . Each of the Underwriters represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that:

(a)    It has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Equity Units as part of their initial offering outside the United States except in or from those jurisdictions set forth on Schedule VIII hereto, in accordance with the restrictions and the applicable securities laws and regulations thereunder as set forth in the Underwriting section of the Prospectus Supplement under the caption “Selling Restrictions.”

(b)    It has not made and will not make, unless approved in writing in advance by the Company and the Representatives, any offer relating to the Equity Units that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and referred to herein as a Free Writing Prospectus) that would be required to be filed with the Commission under Rule 433 under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it may use a free writing prospectus that is (i) the Final Term Sheet; (ii) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule VII or otherwise approved in writing in advance by the Representatives pursuant to Section 3A(c) above or (iii) one or more term sheets relating to the Equity Units that do not contain substantive changes from or additions to the Final Term Sheet. The Representatives and the Company agree that any such term sheets described in clause (iii) above will not constitute Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses for purposes of this Agreement.

(c)    It will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Free Writing Prospectus used or referred to by it, in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

(d)     It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding is initiated against it during the period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Corporate Units that a prospectus relating to the Corporate Units is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Corporate Units by an Underwriter or dealer (the Prospectus Delivery Period)). Whether the Prospectus Delivery Period is ongoing for purposes of this Section 3B(d) shall be determined by the opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP.

 

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4.     Purchase and Public Offering .

(a)    On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each of the Underwriters, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the price, place and time hereinafter specified, (i) the number of Firm Corporate Units set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (ii) in the event and to the extent that the Representatives shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Corporate Units as provided below, the number of Optional Corporate Units as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by the Representatives, if necessary, so as to eliminate fractions of Corporate Units) determined in the same proportion as the Firm Corporate Units are allocated among the Underwriters. The Underwriters agree to make a public offering of their respective Corporate Units specified in Schedule I hereto at the initial public offering price specified in Schedule II hereto. It is understood that after such initial offering the several Underwriters reserve the right to vary the offering price and further reserve the right to withdraw, cancel or modify any subsequent offering without notice.

(b)    The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Corporate Units, except upon payment for all of the Corporate Units to be purchased on each Closing Date (as defined in Section 5 hereof).

(c)    The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at the election of the Representatives, on one or more dates within a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the First Closing Date (as defined in Section 5 hereof), up to 2,100,000 Optional Corporate Units in the aggregate, solely for the purpose of covering over-allotments, if any, in connection with the offer and sale of the Firm Corporate Units, at the purchase price set forth in Schedule II hereto. Any such election to purchase Optional Corporate Units may be exercised by written notice from the Representatives to the Company, setting forth the number of Optional Corporate Units to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Corporate Units are to be delivered, as determined by the Representatives, which shall in no event be earlier than the First Closing Date or, unless the Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than five New York Business Days after the date of such notice. For the purposes of this Agreement, “New York Business Day” shall mean each day other than Saturday and Sunday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

5.     Time and Place of Closing . Delivery of the certificate(s) for the Corporate Units and payment therefor by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters shall be made at the time, place and date specified in Schedule II or such other time, place and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing, and subject to the provisions of Section 10 hereof. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Corporate Units is herein called the “First Closing Date,” such time and date for delivery of the Optional Corporate Units, if not the First Closing Date, is herein called an “Optional Closing Date,” and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Closing Date.” On each Closing Date, the Company, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), shall deliver or cause to be delivered a securities entitlement with respect to the Corporate Units to the Representatives for the accounts of each Underwriter against payment of the purchase price by wire transfer of same day funds to a bank account designated by the Company.

 

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Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. Upon delivery, the Corporate Units shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC.

6.     Covenants of the Company . The Company agrees that:

(a)    The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430B under the Securities Act; will prepare a final term sheet, substantially in the form of Schedule VII hereto and file such final term sheet in compliance with Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act (as so filed, the Final Term Sheet); will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act after the date of the Prospectus and within the Prospectus Delivery Period. The Company will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(i) under the Securities Act and, in any event, prior to the First Closing Date.

(b)    If the Representatives so request, the Company, on or prior to the First Closing Date, will deliver to the Representatives conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed, including all exhibits, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to each such document, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as are reasonably requested by the Representatives. The Representatives will be deemed to have made such a request for copies for each of the several Underwriters and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Troutman Sanders LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, with respect to any such documents that are not electronically available through the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) filing system or any successor thereto.

(c)    The Company will pay all expenses in connection with (i) the preparation and filing by it of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus, (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Corporate Units, (iii) any fees and expenses of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and of each Remarketing Agent, (iv) the printing and delivery (by first class mail) to the Underwriters, in reasonable quantities, of copies of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus (each as originally filed and as subsequently amended) and (v) all expenses and fess related to the listing of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of the Maximum Number of Issuable Shares and the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities. In addition, the Company will pay the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and disbursements of Troutman Sanders LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, in connection with the qualification of the Corporate Units under state securities or blue sky laws or investment laws (if and to the extent such qualification is required by the Underwriters or the Company).

 

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(d)    If, during the time when a prospectus relating to the Corporate Units is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, any event occurs as a result of which (i) the Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; or (ii) it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus, the Final Term Sheet or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act, the Company promptly will (y) notify the Underwriters through the Representatives to suspend solicitation of purchases of the Corporate Units and, (z) at its expense, prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. During the period specified above, the Company will continue to prepare and file with the Commission on a timely basis all documents or amendments required under the Securities Exchange Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; provided, that the Company shall not file such documents or amendments without also furnishing copies thereof to the Representatives, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Troutman Sanders LLP. Any such documents or amendments which are electronically available through EDGAR shall be deemed to have been furnished by the Company to the Representatives, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Troutman Sanders LLP.

(e)    The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and will afford the Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement prior to filing; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of the filing of any such amendment or supplement, or the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof, or receipt from the Commission of any notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement or any supplement or amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, and will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or any such notice of objection and to obtain as soon as possible their lifting, if issued.

(f)    The Company will make generally available to its security holders, as soon as it is practicable to do so, an earnings statement of the Company (in reasonable detail, in form complying with the provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act and which need not be audited), covering a period of at least 12 months beginning within three months after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158 under the Securities Act) of the Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.

(g)    The Company will furnish such information as may be lawfully required for, and otherwise cooperate in, qualifying the Corporate Units for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in any state to qualify as a foreign corporation, or to file a general consent to service of process, or to submit to any requirements which it deems unduly burdensome.

(h)    Fees and disbursements of Troutman Sanders LLP, who is acting as counsel for the Underwriters, (exclusive of fees and disbursements of Troutman Sanders LLP which are to be paid as set forth in Section 6(c)) shall be paid by the Underwriters; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 7 or 8 hereof, the Company shall reimburse the Representatives for the account of the Underwriters for the amount of such fees and disbursements.

 

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(i)    The Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that, no later than the First Closing Date, the Corporate Units will be approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange.

(j)    The Company shall reserve an aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Number of Issuable Shares to satisfy the obligation of the Company to issue Common Stock pursuant to the Purchase Contracts.

(k)    Between the date hereof and the First Closing Date, the Company shall not do or authorize any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the maximum settlement rate under the Purchase Contracts or the conversion rate for the Convertible Preferred Stock.

(l)    The Company shall reserve an aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities to satisfy the obligation of the Company to issue Common Stock upon the conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

(m)    The Company shall not, and it shall prior to the First Closing Date obtain from its executive officers (as such term is defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act) (the Executive Officers) and its directors their agreement not to, directly or indirectly, (i) offer, issue, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (collectively, Common Securities), or file any Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to any of the foregoing (other than a shelf registration statement from which no such securities are offered) or (ii) enter into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the economic consequence of ownership of shares of Common Stock or of Common Securities, whether any such swap or transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of shares of Common Stock or such Common Securities, in cash or otherwise, for a period of 45 days from the date hereof without your prior written consent other than (A) pursuant to this Agreement; (B) any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of an option, warrant, or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof; (C) up to an aggregate of 400,000 shares of Common Stock by any Executive Officers or directors; (D) any shares of Common Stock issued, or options to purchase such shares granted (or the filing of any registration statement relating to such shares or options) in connection with any of the Company’s employee benefit plans, employee stock purchase plans, non-employee director stock plans, dividend reinvestment plans, employee retirement plans and the Dominion Direct Investment plan or the sale of shares of Common Stock, including through the exercise of stock options, by any Executive Officer or director under a Rule 10b5-1 plan that was in effect prior to the date of this Agreement; (E) the entry by any Executive Officer or director into a new Rule 10b5-1 plan, provided that no sales or other distributions pursuant to a new 10b5-1 plan may occur until the expiration of the 45-day period; (F) the sale or surrender to the Company by any of its Executive Officers or directors of any options or Common Stock

 

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underlying options or any restricted stock in order to pay the exercise price or taxes associated with the exercise of options or vesting of restricted stock; (G) any issuance by the Company of Common Stock in connection with acquisitions that close more than 45 days after the date hereof or any acquisition in which the party or parties receiving the Common Stock agree to be bound by the restrictions of this Section 6(m); (H) any issuance and sale by the Company of Common Stock in connection with any “early settlement” (as defined in the Prospectus) (upon the occurrence of a “fundamental change” (as defined in the Prospectus) or otherwise) of any Purchase Contract underlying a Corporate Unit or Treasury Unit by the holder thereof; (I) any issuance and sale by the Company of Common Stock in connection with any “early settlement” (as defined in the prospectus relating to the Company’s 2016 Series A Equity Units (the 2016 Series A Prospectus) (upon the occurrence of a “fundamental change” (as defined in the 2016 Series A Prospectus) or otherwise) of any purchase contract underlying a 2016 Series A Corporate Unit or 2016 Series A Treasury Unit, as applicable, by the holder thereof; (J) any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock; and (K) transfers by any person, other than the Company, by gift, will or intestacy, or to affiliates or immediate family members, provided that the transferee agrees to be bound by the restrictions of this Section 6(m) and no filing by any party (transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act or other public announcement, shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution.

7.     Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations; Termination by the Underwriters .

(a)    The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Corporate Units on each Closing Date shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i)    No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect on such Closing Date and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission on such date. The Representatives shall have received, prior to payment for the Corporate Units, a certificate dated such Closing Date and signed by the President or any Vice President of the Company to the effect that no such stop order is in effect and that no proceedings for such purpose are pending before or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission.

(ii)    The Representatives shall receive, on such Closing Date, on behalf of the several Underwriters, the opinions of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, special counsel to the Underwriters, Troutman Sanders LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, McGuireWoods LLP, counsel to the Company, and the Company’s General Counsel, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Schedules III, IV, V and VI, respectively. In lieu of any such opinion to be delivered on any Optional Closing Date, such counsel may furnish the Representatives, on behalf of the several Underwriters, with a letter to the effect that they may rely upon the opinion delivered on the Closing Date by such counsel to the same extent as though it were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance.

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accountants’ SAS 72 “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in or incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, including any pro forma financial information.

(iv)    Subsequent to the execution of this Agreement and prior to such Closing Date, (A) except as reflected in, or contemplated by, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (exclusive of amendments or supplements after the date hereof), and except for transactions permitted under Section 6(m) hereof, there shall not have occurred (1) any change in the Common Stock or the long-term debt of the Company (other than a decrease in the aggregate principal amount of such debt outstanding or issuances of commercial paper in the ordinary course of business), (2) any material adverse change in the general affairs, financial condition or earnings of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or (3) any material transaction entered into by the Company other than a transaction in the ordinary course of business, the effect of which in each such case in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives is so material and so adverse that it makes it impracticable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Corporate Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and this Agreement, and (B) there shall not have occurred (1) any general suspension of trading in securities on the New York Stock Exchange or any limitation on prices for such trading or any restrictions on the distribution of securities established by the New York Stock Exchange or by the Commission or by any federal or state agency or by the decision of any court that shall, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, make it impracticable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Corporate Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and this Agreement, (2) a suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange, (3) a banking moratorium declared either by federal or New York State authorities or (4) any outbreak or escalation of major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any declaration of war by the United States Congress or any other substantial national or international calamity or crisis resulting in the declaration of a national emergency, or any material adverse change in the financial markets; provided the effect of such outbreak, escalation, declaration, calamity, crisis or material adverse change shall, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, make it impracticable to proceed with the public offering or delivery of the Corporate Units on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus and this Agreement.

(v)    On each Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement shall be true and correct as if made on and as of such date, and the Company shall have performed all obligations and satisfied all conditions required of it under this Agreement; and, on such Closing Date, the Representatives shall have received a certificate to such effect signed by the President or any Vice President of the Company.

 

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(vi)    All legal proceedings to be taken in connection with the issuance and sale of the Corporate Units shall have been satisfactory in form and substance to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and Troutman Sanders LLP.

(vii)    The Company shall have filed an application for listing on the New York Stock Exchange the Corporate Units to be delivered on such Closing Date.

(viii)     The Company shall have filed an application for listing on the New York Stock Exchange the Maximum Number of Issuable Shares and the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities.

(b)    In case any of the conditions specified above in Section 7(a) shall not have been fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representatives upon mailing or delivering written notice thereof to the Company; provided, however, that in case the conditions specified in subsections 7(a)(v) and (vi) shall not have been fulfilled, this Agreement may not be so terminated by the Representatives unless Underwriters who have agreed to purchase in the aggregate 50% or more of the aggregate principal amount of the Corporate Units shall have consented to such termination and the aforesaid notice shall so state. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 6(c), 6(h), 7(c) and 9 hereof.

(c)    If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Representatives pursuant to Section 7(b) above or because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement, or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement, then in any such case, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (in addition to the fees and disbursements of their outside counsel as provided in Section 6(h)) reasonably incurred by such Underwriters in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder and, upon such reimbursement, the Company shall be absolved from any further liability hereunder, except as provided in Sections 6(c) and 9.

8.     Conditions of the Obligation of the Company . The obligation of the Company to deliver the Corporate Units shall be subject to the conditions set forth in the first sentence of Section 7(a)(i). In case such conditions shall not have been fulfilled, this Agreement may be terminated by the Company by mailing or delivering written notice thereof to the Representatives. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as otherwise provided in Sections 6(c), 6(h), 9 and 10 hereof.

9.     Indemnification and Contribution .

(a)    The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors and officers, any broker-dealer affiliate of an Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act, or any other statute or common law and to reimburse each such Underwriter, director, officer, broker-dealer affiliate and controlling person for any legal or

 

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other expenses (including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable and documented outside counsel fees) incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities, or in connection with defending any actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus (if and when used on or prior to the date hereof), the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any such document as amended or supplemented (if any amendments or supplements thereto shall have been furnished), or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 9(a) shall not apply to any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arising out of or based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement, or any such omission or alleged omission, if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished herein or otherwise in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives for use in the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto, in the Prospectus or any supplement thereto, in any Preliminary Prospectus or in the Time of Sale Information. The indemnity agreement of the Company contained in this Section 9(a) and the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 3 hereof shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any such director, officer, broker-dealer affiliate or controlling person, and shall survive the delivery of the Corporate Units.

(b)    Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its officers and directors, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Securities Exchange Act, or any other statute or common law and to reimburse each of them for any legal or other expenses (including, to the extent hereinafter provided, reasonable and documented outside counsel fees) incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or in connection with defending any actions, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses or actions arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, or in either such document as amended or supplemented (if any amendments or supplements thereto shall have been furnished), any Preliminary Prospectus (if and when used prior to the date hereof), or the Time of Sale Information or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading if such statement or omission was made in reliance upon information furnished herein or in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter for use in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to either thereof, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information. The indemnity agreement of the respective Underwriters contained in this Section 9(b) shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company or any such director, officer or controlling person, and shall survive the delivery of the Corporate Units.

 

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(c)    The Company and each of the Underwriters agree that, upon the receipt of notice of the commencement of any action against the Company or any of its officers or directors, or any person controlling the Company, or against such Underwriter or any of its directors, officers, broker-dealer affiliates or controlling persons as aforesaid, in respect of which indemnity may be sought on account of any indemnity agreement contained herein, it will promptly give written notice of the commencement thereof to the party or parties against whom indemnity shall be sought hereunder, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party or parties of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party or parties from any liability which it or they may have to the indemnified party otherwise than on account of such indemnity agreement. In case such notice of any such action shall be so given, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense or, if it so elects, to assume (in conjunction with any other indemnifying parties) the defense of such action, in which event such defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by such indemnifying party (or parties) and satisfactory to the indemnified party or parties who shall be defendant or defendants in such action, and such defendant or defendants shall bear the fees and expenses of any additional outside counsel retained by them; provided that, if the defendants (including impleaded parties) in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (or parties) and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party (or parties), the indemnified party shall have the right to select separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to participate otherwise in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party. The indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of outside counsel retained by the indemnified party if (i) the indemnified party shall have retained such counsel in connection with the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to one local counsel), representing the indemnified parties under Section 9(a) or 9(b), as the case may be, who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall have elected not to assume the defense of such action, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the commencement of the action, or (iv) the indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, an indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such a proceeding), unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

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(d)    If the indemnification provided for in Section 9(a) or 9(b) is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations, including relative benefit. The relative fault 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 required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading relates to information supplied by the Company on the one hand or by the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 9(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 9(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 9(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations under this Section 9(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The remedies provided for in this Section 9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

10.     Termination . If any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Corporate Units which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder, and the number of Corporate Units that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Corporate Units to be purchased on the applicable Closing Date, then the other Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the number of Corporate Units set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate underwriting obligations of all non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Underwriters may specify, to purchase the Corporate Units which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase. If any Underwriter or Underwriters shall so fail or refuse to purchase Corporate Units and the aggregate number of Corporate Units with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate number of Corporate Units to be purchased on the applicable Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Underwriters and the Company for the purchase of such Corporate Units are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter (except as provided in Sections 6(h) and 9) or of the Company (except as provided in Sections 6(c) and 9). In any such case not involving a termination, either the Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the relevant Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement and in the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this Section 10 shall not relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of any default of such Underwriter under this Agreement.

 

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11.     Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes .

(a)    In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Underwriter of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(b)    In the event that any Underwriter that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Underwriter becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Underwriter are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(c)    For purposes of this Section 11, (i) the term “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); (ii) the term “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (1) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (2) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (3) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); (iii) the term “Default Rights” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and (iv) the term “U.S Special Resolution Regime” means each of (1) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (2) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

12.     Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or contained in certificates of officers of the Company submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, or by or on behalf of the Company, and shall survive delivery of the Corporate Units.

13.     Miscellaneous . The validity and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Company, the Underwriters and, with respect to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, each controlling person and each officer and director of the Company and the Underwriters referred to in Section 9, and their respective successors, assigns, executors and administrators. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give to any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. The term “successors” as used in this Agreement shall not include any purchaser, as such, of any of the Corporate Units from any of the several Underwriters. The Company and the Underwriters each acknowledge and agree that in connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Company and

 

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the Underwriters have an arms length business relationship that creates no fiduciary duty on the part of either party and each expressly disclaims any fiduciary relationship, except that the Underwriters acknowledge that they owe a duty of trust or confidence to the Company as contemplated by paragraph (b)(2)(i) of Rule 100 (17 CFR §243.100) of Regulation FD under the Securities Exchange Act.

14.     Notices . All communications hereunder shall be in writing and if to the Underwriters shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the Representatives at the address set forth on Schedule II hereto, or if to the Company shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to it, attention of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Dominion Energy, Inc., 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, Virginia 23219 (facsimile number: (804) 819-2211).

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Please sign and return to us a counterpart of this letter, whereupon this letter will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.

 

Very truly yours,
DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
By:  

/s/ James R. Chapman

Name:   James R. Chapman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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The foregoing agreement is hereby

confirmed and accepted, as of the

date first above written.

 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
 

acting individually and as Representative

of the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

By:  

/s/ Paul Robinson

Authorized Signatory
Name:   Paul Robinson
Title:   Managing Director
BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.
 

acting individually and as Representative

of the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

By:  

/s/ Frederick J. Fiddle

Authorized Signatory
Name:   Frederick J. Fiddle
Title:   Managing Director
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
 

acting individually and as Representative

of the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

By:  

/s/ Adam Greene

Authorized Signatory
Name:   Adam Greene
Title:   Managing Director
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
 

acting individually and as Representative

of the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto

By:  

/s/ Craig McCracken

Authorized Signatory
Name:   Craig McCracken
Title:   Managing Director

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriter

   Number of
Firm Corporate Units
to be Purchased
 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     3,188,888  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     2,411,112  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     2,411,112  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     2,411,112  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     894,444  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     894,444  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     894,444  

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     894,444  
  

 

 

 

Total:

     14,000,000  

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

Aggregate Number of Corporate Units:   14,000,000
Initial Price to Public:   $100.00 per Corporate Unit
Initial Purchase Price to be paid by  
    Underwriters:   $98.20 per Corporate Unit
First Closing Date:   June 14, 2019, 10:00 A.M.
Closing Location:   McGuireWoods LLP
  Gateway Plaza
  800 East Canal Street
  Richmond, Virginia 23219

The Corporate Units will be available

    for inspection by the

 
    Representatives at:   McGuireWoods LLP
  Gateway Plaza
  800 East Canal Street
  Richmond, Virginia 23219

Addresses for Notices to the Underwriters:

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Syndicate Registration

Facsimile: (646) 834-8133

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Syndicate Desk - 7th Floor

Telephone: (212) 841-2871

Email: new.york.syndicate@bnpparibas.com

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Attention: Registration Department

Facsimile: (212) 902-3000

 

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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

375 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10152

Attention: Equity Syndicate Department

Facsimile: (212) 214-5918

With a copy of any notice pursuant to Section 9(c) also sent to:

 

Troutman Sanders LLP

Troutman Sanders Building

1001 Haxall Point

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Attention:

  David I. Meyers

Telephone:

  (804) 697-1239

Facsimile:

  (804) 698-5176

 

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SCHEDULE III

PROPOSED FORM OF OPINION

OF

DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL LLP

450 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10017

June 14, 2019

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

375 Park Avenue

4 th Floor

New York, New York 10152

as Representatives of the several Underwriters named in

Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement referred to below

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special product counsel for you and the other several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement dated June 11, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”), under which you and such other Underwriters have severally agreed to purchase from the Company an aggregate of [●] of its Purchase Contracts (each a “Purchase Contract” and collectively the “Purchase Contracts”) and [●] shares of its 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). [The Purchase Contracts and the Preferred Stock include [●] Purchase Contracts and [●] shares of Preferred Stock to be purchased pursuant to the option to purchase additional Purchase Contracts and Preferred Stock provided for in the Underwriting Agreement.] The Purchase Contracts and Preferred Stock will be issued together in the form of Corporate Units (the “Corporate Units”),

 

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each of which will represent one Purchase Contract and a 10% undivided beneficial ownership interest in one share of Preferred Stock. Pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, a holder of Corporate Units, at its option, may elect to create Treasury Units (the “Treasury Units”) by substituting pledged U.S. Treasury securities for any pledged ownership interests in the Notes. The term “Securities” includes both Corporate Units and Treasury Units.

The Purchase Contracts will be issued under a Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement”) among the Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent (the “Purchase Contract Agent”) and HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Collateral Agent (the “Collateral Agent”), Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. Each Purchase Contract will obligate the holder to purchase from the Company on June 1, 2022 or earlier in certain circumstances, for a price of $100, the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, without par value (the “Common Stock”), specified therein.

The Preferred Stock will be established by Articles of Amendment (the “Articles of Amendment”) to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated, and is convertible on the terms set forth in the Articles of Amendment into cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s election.

The holders of the Corporate Units will pledge their interests in the Preferred Stock underlying the Corporate Units to the Collateral Agent to secure their obligations under the Purchase Contracts to purchase shares of Common Stock.

We have examined originals or copies of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

We have also reviewed the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-219088) (other than the documents incorporated by reference therein (the “Incorporated Documents”)), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to the registration of securities (the “Shelf Securities”) to be issued from time to time by the Company and the prospectus dated June 30, 2017 (the “Basic Prospectus”) relating to the Shelf Securities, and have participated in the preparation of the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 10, 2019 relating to the Securities, the free writing prospectus set forth in Schedule VII to the Underwriting Agreement relating to the Securities and the prospectus supplement dated June 11, 2019 relating to the Securities (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Basic Prospectus, as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, in the form first used to confirm sales of the Securities (or in the form first made available by the Company to the Underwriters to meet requests of purchasers of the Securities under Rule 173 under the Act), is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus.”

 

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In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have, without independent inquiry or investigation, assumed that (i) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete, (ii) all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, complete originals, (iii) all documents filed with or submitted to the Commission through its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system (except for required EDGAR formatting changes) conform to the versions of such documents reviewed by us prior to such formatting, (iv) all signatures on all documents that we reviewed are genuine, (v) all natural persons executing documents had and have the legal capacity to do so, (vi) all statements in certificates of public officials and officers of the Company that we reviewed were and are accurate and (vii) all representations made by the Company as to matters of fact in the documents that we reviewed were and are accurate.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the additional assumptions and qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

 

  1.

Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability; provided that we express no opinion as to (x) the enforceability of any waiver of rights under any usury or stay law or (y) the validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of Section 5.04 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or any related provision in the Securities that requires or relates to adjustments to the settlement rate at a rate or in an amount that a court would determine in the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or forfeiture; provided further that upon the occurrence of a Termination Event (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, as amended) should not substantively limit the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement that require termination of the Purchase Contracts and release of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in (a) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), (b) the Pledged Treasury Securities (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement) or (c) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), as applicable, and the transfer of such securities to the Purchase Contract Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities; provided further that no opinion is expressed as to whether a court exercising bankruptcy jurisdiction, in addition to exercising general equitable powers, might determine that the automatic stay applied or might issue a temporary restraining order or provide other interim relief that would delay the exercise of such termination right or the release of such security interest for a period of time pending final adjudication of any challenge to the exercise of such right or the release of such security interest during a bankruptcy case involving the Company.

 

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  2.

Assuming the due authorization of the Corporate Units by the Company, the Corporate Units, when executed and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement; provided that we express no opinion as to (x) the enforceability of any waiver of rights under any usury or stay law or (y) the validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of Section 5.04 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or any related provision in the Securities that requires or relates to adjustments to the settlement rate at a rate or in an amount that a court would determine in the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or forfeiture; provided further that upon the occurrence of a Termination Event (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101-1532, as amended) should not substantively limit the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement that require termination of the Purchase Contracts and release of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in (a) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), (b) the Pledged Treasury Securities (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement) or (c) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), as applicable, and the transfer of such securities to the Purchase Contract Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Securities; provided further that no opinion is expressed as to whether a court exercising bankruptcy jurisdiction, in addition to exercising general equitable powers, might determine that the automatic stay applied or might issue a temporary restraining order or provide other interim relief that would delay the exercise of such termination right or the release of such security interest for a period of time pending final adjudication of any challenge to the exercise of such right or the release of such security interest during a bankruptcy case involving the Company.

We have considered the statements included in the Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Equity Units,” “Description of the Purchase Contracts” and “Certain Provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement” insofar as they summarize provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contracts. In our opinion, such statements fairly summarize these provisions in all material respects.

 

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In rendering the opinions in paragraphs (1) and (2) above, we have assumed that each party to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Corporate Units (the “Documents”) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization. In addition, we have assumed that (i) the execution, delivery and performance by each party thereto of each Document to which it is a party, (a) are within its corporate powers, (b) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents of such party, (c) require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official and (d) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or any judgment, injunction, order or decree or any agreement or other instrument binding upon such party and (ii) each Document is a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of each party thereto (other than as expressly covered above in respect of the Company).

We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America, except that we express no opinion as to any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the Company, the Documents or such transactions solely because such law, rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to any of the Documents or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such affiliate.

This opinion is rendered solely to you and the other several Underwriters in connection with the Underwriting Agreement. This opinion may not be relied upon by you or the other several Underwriters for any other purpose or relied upon by any other person (including any person acquiring Corporate Units from the several Underwriters) or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.

Very truly yours,

 

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SCHEDULE IV

PROPOSED FORM OF OPINION

OF

TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

Troutman Sanders Building

1001 Haxall Point

Richmond, Virginia 23219

June 14, 2019

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

[●] 2019 Series A Corporate Units

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   as Representatives for the Underwriters

   listed in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement

c/o Barclays Capital Inc.

      745 Seventh Avenue

      New York, New York 10019

      BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

      787 Seventh Avenue

      New York, New York 10019

      Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

      200 West Street

      New York, New York 10282

      Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

      375 Park Avenue

      4 th Floor

      New York, New York 10152

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as your counsel in connection with the arrangements for issuance by Dominion Energy, Inc. (the Company) of up to [●] 2019 Series A Corporate Units (the Corporate Units) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated June 11, 2019, by and among you and the Company (the Underwriting Agreement).

 

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This letter is being delivered to you pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

We have examined originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records of the Company, agreements and other instruments, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers and representatives of the Company, and other documents, as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. As to various questions of fact material to such opinions, we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon certifications by officers of the Company and other appropriate persons and statements contained in the Registration Statement hereinafter mentioned. All legal proceedings taken as of the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement have been satisfactory to us.

In addition, we attended the closing held today at which the Company satisfied the conditions contained in Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement that are required to be satisfied as of the Closing Date.

Based upon the foregoing, and having regard to legal considerations that we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

1.    The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Virginia, and has the corporate power to transact its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

2.    No approval or consent by any public regulatory body is legally required in connection with the sale of the Corporate Units as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (except (i) those which have already been obtained (including the filing of the Articles of Amendment with the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia) or (ii) to the extent that compliance with the provisions of securities or blue sky laws of certain states may be required in connection with the sale of the Corporate Units in such states) and the carrying out of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement.

3.    The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and has been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

4.    The Corporate Units have been duly authorized by the Company, and the certificates representing the Corporate Units (Corporate Units Certificates) have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.

5.    The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock (including the aggregate maximum number of Make-Whole Shares (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement) issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts in connection with a “fundamental change” (as such term is defined in the Prospectus)) to be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contracts has been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contracts, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

 

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6.    The Maximum Number of Underlying Securities has been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

7.    The Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued by the Company as a component of the Corporate Units pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when the Corporate Units are issued and paid for as provided therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

8.    The Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

9.    The Registration Statement (Reg. No. 333-219088) with respect to the Equity Units filed pursuant to the Securities Act is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that was filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the Closing Date, and the Prospectus may lawfully be used for purposes specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offer for sale and the sale of Equity Units in the manner therein specified.

10.    The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (except that we express no comment or belief with respect to any historical or pro forma financial statements and schedules and other financial or statistical information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement or Prospectus) appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act, and to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

*            *             *            *            *

We have not undertaken to determine independently the accuracy or completeness of the statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or in the Prospectus, and as to the statistical statements in the Registration Statement (which includes statistical statements in the Incorporated Documents), we have relied solely on the officers of the Company. We accordingly assume no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the statements made in the Registration Statement. We note that the Incorporated Documents were prepared and filed by the Company without our participation. We have, however, participated in conferences with counsel for and representatives of the Company in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information, the Prospectus as it was initially issued and as it has been supplemented or amended, and we have reviewed the Incorporated Documents and such of the corporate records of the Company as we deemed advisable. In addition, we participated in one or more due diligence conferences with representatives of the Company and attended the closing at which the Company satisfied the conditions contained in the Underwriting Agreement. None of the foregoing participation, review or attendance disclosed to us any information that gives us reason to believe that the

 

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Registration Statement contained on the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement or contains on the date hereof any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Time of Sale Information contained at the Time of Sale, or the Prospectus contained on its date or the date it was supplemented or amended, or that the Prospectus contains on the date hereof, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted (or, with respect to the Prospectus, now omits) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in all cases, excepting the financial statements and schedules and other financial information contained or incorporated therein by reference, any pro forma financial information and notes thereto, and the Statements of Eligibility, included or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as to which we express no belief).

In rendering the opinions set forth in paragraphs one through ten above and in making the statements expressed in the preceding paragraph, we do not purport to express an opinion on any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of New York and the United States of America. This opinion may not be relied upon by, nor may copies be delivered to, any person without our prior written consent, except that we hereby consent to disclosure of this opinion letter by any Underwriter on a confidential basis to: (i) any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Underwriter and (ii) any other person pursuant to orders or legal process of any court or as otherwise required of such Underwriter by law, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, solely for the purpose of establishing the existence of this opinion letter and on the condition and understanding that no such regulatory authority or other person is authorized to rely on the foregoing opinions for any other purpose.

 

Very truly yours,
TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP

 

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SCHEDULE V

PROPOSED FORM OF OPINION

OF

MCGUIREWOODS LLP

Gateway Plaza

800 East Canal Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

June 14, 2019

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

[●] 2019 Series A Corporate Units

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   as Representatives for the Underwriters

   listed in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement

c/o Barclays Capital Inc.

      745 Seventh Avenue

      New York, New York 10019

      BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

      787 Seventh Avenue

      New York, New York 10019

      Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

      200 West Street

      New York, New York 10282

      Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

      375 Park Avenue

      4 th Floor

      New York, New York 10152

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the Company), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of up to [●] of its 2019 Series A Corporate Units (the Corporate Units) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated

 

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June 11, 2019, by and among the Company and the Underwriters listed on Schedule I attached thereto (the Underwriting Agreement). This letter is being delivered to you pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement. All terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

We have examined originals, or copies certified to our satisfaction, of such corporate records of the Company, agreements, and other instruments, certificates of public officials, certificates of officers and representatives of the Company, and other documents, as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. As to various questions of fact material to such opinions, we have, when relevant facts were not independently established, relied upon certifications by officers of the Company and other appropriate persons and statements contained in the Registration Statement hereinafter mentioned. All legal proceedings taken as of the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement have been satisfactory to us.

On this basis we are of the opinion that:

1.    No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign (other than those (i) required under the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations, (ii) which have already been made or obtained (including the filing of the Articles of Amendment with the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the SCC), or (iii) as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various states) is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement, the Articles of Amendment or the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or for the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Corporate Units as contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement.

2.    The Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

3.    The Corporate Units have been duly authorized by the Company, and the certificates representing the Corporate Units (Corporate Units Certificates) have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and assuming (a) due execution of the Corporate Units Certificates and of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement by the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for the holders of the Corporate Units and (b) due authentication by the Purchase Contract Agent, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

4.    The aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock (including the aggregate maximum number of “make-whole shares” (as such term is defined in the Prospectus) issuable upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts in connection with a “fundamental change”

 

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(as such term is defined in the Prospectus)) to be issued and sold by the Company pursuant to the Purchase Contracts has been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Purchase Contracts, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

5.    The Maximum Number of Underlying Securities has been duly and validly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

6.    The Convertible Preferred Stock to be issued by the Company as a component of the Corporate Units pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when the Corporate Units are issued and paid for as provided therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Articles of Amendment have been duly filed with the SCC, and the Convertible Preferred Stock is entitled to the rights, preferences and priorities set forth in the Articles of Amendment.

7.    The Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming that the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement is the valid and binding obligation of the Purchase Contract Agent, as purchase contract agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of the Equity Units, and the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company, except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); provided, however, that we express no opinion as to (x) the enforceability of any waiver of rights under any usury or stay law or (y) the validity, legally binding effect or enforceability of Section 5.04 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or any related provision in the Corporate Units or the Treasury Units that requires or relates to adjustments to the settlement rate at a rate or in an amount that a court would determine in the circumstances under applicable law to be commercially unreasonable or a penalty or forfeiture; provided further, that a federal court exercising jurisdiction over the bankruptcy case of the Company, if such case were commenced and the issue were properly presented to the court and the court properly evaluated the pertinent decisional and other authorities, should conclude that, upon the occurrence of a Termination Event (as defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement) relating to the commencement of a bankruptcy case by or against the Company, Section 365(e)(1) and Section 541 of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.) should not substantively limit the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement that require termination of the Purchase Contracts and release of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Convertible Preferred Stock or the Treasury portfolio underlying the Corporate Units, as applicable, or the U.S. Treasury securities underlying the Treasury Units, 1 except that such

 

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Our opinion regarding the continued right to terminate the Purchase Contracts upon the commencement of a bankruptcy proceeding relies in part on Section 555 of the Bankruptcy Code, which preserves the contractual right of certain counterparties to a securities contract—namely, a stockbroker, financial institution, financial participant, or securities clearing agent—to cause the liquidation, termination, or acceleration of such securities contract upon a bankruptcy filing. We note that, in Merit Mgmt. Grp., LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., 138 S. Ct. 883 (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court determined that a different provision of the Bankruptcy Code protecting certain aspects of a securities contract did not apply where the financial institutions at issue acted solely as intermediaries for other real parties in interest, which were not themselves asserted to be protected counterparties. Merit, 138 S. Ct. at 897. Under the Bankruptcy Code’s definition of “financial institution,” where a “Federal reserve bank, or an entity that is a commercial or savings bank, industrial savings bank, savings and loan association, trust company, [or] federally-insured credit union” is acting as “agent or custodian for a customer . . . in connection with a securities contract,” then such customer will itself be deemed a “financial institution” under the Bankruptcy Code and thus entitled to the benefit of Section 555 of the Bankruptcy Code. 11 U.S.C. § 101(22)(A). We have assumed herein that the Purchase Contract Agent qualifies as a “financial institution” under the Bankruptcy Code and is the relevant counterparty for determining the applicability of Section 555 or that the holders qualify as financial institutions as customers for whom the Purchase Contract Agent acts as agent or custodian in connection with a securities contract.

 

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release may be delayed as a result of the imposition of the automatic stay under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided further that no opinion is expressed as to whether a court exercising bankruptcy jurisdiction, in addition to exercising general equitable powers, might determine that the automatic stay applies to, or might issue a temporary restraining order or provide other interim relief that would delay, the exercise of such termination rights, the release of such security interest, or the transfer of such Collateral to the Purchase Contract Agent for a period of time pending final adjudication of any challenge to the exercise of such termination rights, the release of such security interest, or the transfer of such Collateral to the Purchase Contract Agent during a bankruptcy case of the Company; provided further that certain of the provisions contained in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement may be unenforceable or ineffective, in whole or in part, upon the commencement of a bankruptcy case by or against the Company, including, without limitation, those which require the Company to provide certain notices or take certain affirmative acts upon a Termination Event. We note that the unenforceability of such provisions may result in delays in enforcement of the rights and remedies under the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The foregoing opinion is not based on directly controlling legal authority, but rather on what we believe to be a sound analysis of existing authorities from various jurisdictions regardless of the precedential effect on the particular court that might have occasion to make such a decision. The foregoing opinion is based on the applicable law in effect as of the date of this opinion and is expressly subject to there being no material change in the law. The foregoing opinion is not a guaranty as to what any particular court would actually hold but an opinion as to the decision a court should reach if the issues are properly presented to the court and the court properly evaluates the pertinent decisional and other authorities. In this regard, we note that legal opinions on bankruptcy law matters unavoidably have inherent limitations that generally do not exist in respect of other issues on which opinions to third parties are typically given. These inherent limitations exist primarily because of the pervasive equity powers of bankruptcy courts, the potential relevance to the exercise of judicial discretion of future arising facts, and circumstances and the nature of the bankruptcy process. The recipients of this opinion should take these limitations into account in analyzing the bankruptcy risks associated with the Equity Units.

8.    The Registration Statement (Reg. No. 333-219088) with respect to the Equity Units filed pursuant to the Securities Act is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that was filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the Closing Date, and the Prospectus may lawfully be used for the purposes specified in the Securities Act in connection with the offer for sale of Equity Units in the manner therein specified.

 

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9.    The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus (except the financial statements, any pro forma financial information and schedules contained or incorporated by reference therein, as to which we express no opinion) appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act, and to the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

10.    We are of the opinion that the statements relating to the Equity Units, the Convertible Preferred Stock, and the Issuable Common Stock contained in the Base Prospectus under “Description of Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units”, as supplemented by the statements under “Description of the Equity Units”, “Description of The Purchase Contracts”, “Certain Provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement”, “Description of the Convertible Preferred Stock”, and “Description of Our Capital Stock” in the Prospectus Supplement dated June 11, 2019, are substantially accurate and fair.

11.    With regard to the discussion in the Prospectus Supplement dated June 11, 2019 under “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”, insofar as such discussion relates to legal conclusions with respect to matters of United States federal income tax law, subject to the qualifications, limitations and assumptions set forth therein, we are of the opinion that under current United States federal income tax law, although the discussion does not purport to disclose all potential United States federal income tax considerations of the acquisition, ownership or disposition of Equity Units and Common Stock acquired under the Purchase Contract, such discussion constitutes an accurate summary of the matters discussed therein in all material respects. In rendering the aforementioned opinion, we have considered the current provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial decisions and Internal Revenue Service rulings, all of which are subject to change, which changes may be retroactively applied. A change in the authorities upon which our opinion is based could affect our conclusions.

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We have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and your representatives at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus were discussed, and we have consulted with officers and other employees of the Company to inform them of the disclosure requirements of the Securities Act. We have examined various reports, records, contracts and other documents of the Company and orders and instruments of public officials, which our investigation led us to deem pertinent. In addition, we participated in one or more due diligence conferences with representatives of the Company and attended the closing at which the Company satisfied the conditions contained in Section 7 of the Underwriting Agreement. We have not, however, undertaken to make any independent review of other records of the Company which our investigation did not lead us to deem pertinent. As to the statistical statements in the Registration Statement (which includes the Incorporated Documents), we have relied solely on the officers of the Company. We accordingly assume no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the statements made in the Registration Statement, except as stated above in numbered paragraphs ten and eleven in regard to the statements described in such paragraphs ten and eleven. But such conferences, consultation, examination and attendance disclosed to us no information with respect to such

 

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other matters that gives us reason to believe that the Registration Statement contained on the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement or contains on the date hereof any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted on such date or omits on the date hereof to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or that the Time of Sale Information contained at the Time of Sale, the Prospectus contained as of its date, or that the Prospectus contains on the date hereof, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted on such date or omits on the date hereof to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (in each case, except with respect to the financial statements, any pro forma financial information and schedules and other financial information, and the Statements of Eligibility, contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus). The foregoing assurance is provided on the basis that, except as otherwise provided in Section 3A(a) of the Underwriting Agreement with respect to the Time of Sale Information, any statement contained in an Incorporated Document will be deemed not to be contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus if the statement has been modified or superseded by any statement in a subsequently filed Incorporated Document or in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.

We do not purport to express an opinion on any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of New York and the United States of America. This opinion may not be relied upon by, nor may copies be delivered to, any person without our prior written consent, except that we hereby consent to disclosure of this opinion letter by any Underwriter on a confidential basis to: (i) any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Underwriter and (ii) any other person pursuant to orders or legal process of any court or as otherwise required of such Underwriter by law, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, solely for the purpose of establishing the existence of this opinion letter and on the condition and understanding that no such regulatory authority or other person is authorized to rely on the foregoing opinions for any other purpose.

 

Very truly yours,
MCGUIREWOODS LLP

 

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SCHEDULE VI

PROPOSED FORM OF OPINION

OF

GENERAL COUNSEL OF

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

120 Tredegar Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

June 14, 2019

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

[●] 2019 Series A Corporate Units

To: The Addressees Listed on Annex A

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The arrangements for issuance of up to [●] 2019 Series A Corporate Units (the Corporate Units), of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the Company), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated June 11, 2019, by and among the Company and the Underwriters listed on Schedule I attached thereto (the Underwriting Agreement), have been taken under my supervision as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

As Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Company, I have general responsibility over the attorneys within the Company’s Legal Department responsible for rendering legal counsel to the Company regarding corporate, financial, securities and other matters. I am generally familiar with the organization, business and affairs of the Company. I am also familiar with the proceedings taken and proposed to be taken by the Company in connection with the offering and sale of the Corporate Units, and I have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents and such questions of the law as I have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. In addition, I have responsibility for supervising lawyers who may have been asked by me or others to review legal matters arising in connection with the offering and sale of the Corporate Units. Accordingly, some of the matters referred to herein have not been handled personally by me, but I have been made familiar with the facts and circumstances and the applicable law, and the opinions herein expressed are my own or are opinions of others in which I concur.

 

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On this basis I am of the opinion that:

1.    The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of Virginia, and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

2.     Each Significant Subsidiary of the Company has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the respective laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has organizational power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

3.    There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the best of my knowledge, threatened, to which the Company or one of its subsidiaries is a party or to which any of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ properties is subject other than any proceedings described in the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus and proceedings which I believe are not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the power or ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby or by the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.

I am a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Virginia and I do not purport to express an opinion on any laws other than those of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States of America. This opinion may not be relied upon by, nor may copies be delivered to, any person without my prior written consent, except that I hereby consent to disclosure of this opinion letter by any Underwriter on a confidential basis to: (i) any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Underwriter and (ii) any other person pursuant to orders or legal process of any court or as otherwise required of such Underwriter by law, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, solely for the purpose of establishing the existence of this opinion letter and on the condition and understanding that no such regulatory authority or other person is authorized to rely on the foregoing opinions for any other purpose. I do not undertake to advise you of any changes in the opinions expressed herein resulting from matters that may hereinafter arise or that may hereinafter be brought to my attention.

 

Yours very truly,
GENERAL COUNSEL

 

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Annex A

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

   as Representatives for the Underwriters

   listed in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement

c/o Barclays Capital Inc.

      745 Seventh Avenue

      New York, New York 10019

      BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

      787 Seventh Avenue

      New York, New York 10019

      Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

      200 West Street

      New York, New York 10282

      Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

      375 Park Avenue

      4 th Floor

      New York, New York 10152

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street

16 th Floor

New York, New York 10005

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

Issuer Services

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10018

Attention: Deal Management

 

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SCHEDULE VII

ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS

Final Term Sheet dated June 11, 2019, containing final pricing and related information:

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated June 10, 2019

to Prospectus dated June 30, 2017

Registration No. 333-219088

Dominion Energy, Inc.

2019 Series A Equity Units

(initially consisting of 14,000,000 2019 Series A Corporate Units)

Final Term Sheet

June 11, 2019

The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the offering of Equity Units (the “Equity Units Offering”) and should be read together with (i) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 10, 2019 relating to the Equity Units Offering, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and (ii) the related base prospectus dated June 30, 2017, each filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration Statement No. 333-219088. Terms used but not defined in this final term sheet have the meanings given to them in the preliminary prospectus supplement. For purposes of this term sheet, “we,” “us,” “our,” or “Company” refers to Dominion Energy, Inc., and not any of its subsidiaries. The Company has increased the size of the Equity Units Offering to 14,000,000 Equity Units (or 16,100,000 Equity Units if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full). The final prospectus supplement, dated June 11, 2019, relating to the Equity Units Offering will reflect conforming changes relating to such increase in the size of the Equity Units Offering.

 

 

 

Company

   Dominion Energy, Inc.

Company Stock Ticker

   The New York Stock Exchange “D”

Trade Date

   June 12, 2019

Closing Price on June 11, 2019

   $73.91

Settlement Date

   June 14, 2019
Equity Units   

Equity Units

   Each 2019 Series A Equity Unit (“Equity Unit”) will have a stated amount of $100 and will initially be a 2019 Series A Corporate Unit (“Corporate Unit”) consisting of a Purchase Contract issued by us and, initially, a 1/10, or 10%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in one share of 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share, issued by us, which we refer to as “Convertible Preferred Stock.”

Number of Equity Units Offered

   14,000,000 (or a total of 16,100,000 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full)

 

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Initial Price to Public

   $100 per Equity Unit, plus accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments and accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, from June 14, 2019.

Aggregate Offering Amount

   $1,400,000,000 (or $1,610,000,000 if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full)

Purchase Contract

   Unless early settled as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement, each Purchase Contract obligates holders to purchase, and obligates us to sell, on June 1, 2022, for a price of $100, a number of newly issued shares of our common stock equal to the settlement rate, as described under “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Purchase of Common Stock” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

Total Distribution Rate on the Corporate Units

   7.25% per annum

Reference Price

   $73.91 (Closing Price on June 11, 2019)

Maximum Settlement Rate

   1.3529 shares of our common stock

Contract Adjustment Payments

   Payable quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year (except where such date is not a business day, in which case Contract Adjustment Payments will be payable as of the next subsequent business day, without adjustment), commencing September 1, 2019 at a rate per year of 5.50% on the stated amount of $100 per Equity Unit, subject to our right to defer Contract Adjustment Payments, as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement. Contract Adjustment Payments will be paid in cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof, at our election.

Deferred Contract Adjustment Payments

   Deferred Contract Adjustment Payments will accrue additional Contract Adjustment Payments at the rate of 7.25% per year until paid, compounded quarterly, to, but excluding, the payment date.

Early Settlement of the Purchase Contracts

   A holder of Corporate Units or Treasury Units may elect to settle the related Purchase Contracts at any time prior to the close of business on the scheduled trading day immediately preceding the first day of the market value averaging period, other than during a blackout period (in each case, as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement), subject to certain exceptions and conditions described under “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Early Settlement” in the preliminary prospectus supplement. Such early settlement or exercise of the fundamental change early settlement right (as described below), as applicable, may only be made in integral multiples of 10 Purchase Contracts. If the Treasury portfolio has replaced the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are components of the Corporate Units, holders of the Corporate Units may settle early or exercise the fundamental change early settlement right, as applicable, only in integral multiples of such number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the remarketing agent upon a successful optional remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock. Upon early settlement of any Purchase Contracts, except following a fundamental change as described below, we

 

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   will deliver a number of newly-issued shares of our common stock determined over a twenty consecutive trading day period beginning on the trading day immediately following the day you exercise this right, which we refer to as the “early settlement averaging period.” The number of shares of our common stock we are obligated to deliver will equal 85% of the number of shares of our common stock that would be deliverable for each purchase contract as described in “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Purchase of Common Stock” in the preliminary prospectus supplement as if the applicable market value were the average of the daily VWAPs of our common stock during the early settlement averaging period.

Early Settlement Upon a Fundamental Change

  

Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement), you will have the right to settle your Purchase Contracts early at the settlement rate determined as if the applicable market value (as defined under “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Purchase of Common Stock” in the preliminary prospectus supplement) equaled the stock price in the fundamental change (as described under “Description of the Purchase Contracts—Early Settlement Upon a Fundamental Change” in the preliminary prospectus supplement), plus an additional make-whole amount of shares of our common stock determined as described under “Description of the Purchase Contract—Early Settlement Upon a Fundamental Change” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

 

The following table sets forth the number of make-whole shares of our common stock per Purchase Contract that would apply at various stock prices and effective dates (all as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement):

Stock Price

 

Effective Date

  $30.00     $40.00     $50.00     $60.00     $70.00     $73.91     $80.00     $90.00     $100.00     $110.00     $120.00     $130.00     $140.00  

June 14, 2019

    0.5222       0.3435       0.2292       0.1356       0.0436       0.0000       0.0515       0.0949       0.1142       0.1200       0.1189       0.1145       0.1088  

June 1, 2020

    0.3518       0.2316       0.1557       0.0899       0.0142       0.0000       0.0273       0.0691       0.0847       0.0875       0.0848       0.0802       0.0753  

June 1, 2021

    0.1778       0.1170       0.0799       0.0472       0.0000       0.0000       0.0094       0.0425       0.0495       0.0480       0.0447       0.0414       0.0385  

June 1, 2022

    0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  

 

  

The actual stock price and effective date may not be set forth on the table, in which case:

 

(1) if the actual stock price is between two stock prices on the table or the actual effective date is between two effective dates on the table, the amount of make-whole shares of our common stock will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the make-whole share amounts set forth for the two stock prices and the two effective dates on the table based on a 365-day year, as applicable;

 

(2) if the stock price exceeds $140.00 per share of our common stock, subject to adjustment, then the make-whole share amount will be zero; and

 

(3) if the stock price is less than $30.00 per share of our common stock, subject to adjustment, then the make-whole share amount will be determined as if the stock price equaled $30.00, subject to adjustment, using straight-line interpolation, as described above, if the actual effective date is between two effective dates on the table.

 

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Convertible Preferred Stock

  

Convertible Preferred Stock

   The Equity Units will include an aggregate of 1,400,000 shares (or 1,610,000 shares if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full) of 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share. Each of the dividend rate and the conversion rate for the Convertible Preferred Stock may be increased upon a successful remarketing, as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

Dividends

   Holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock will receive, when, as and if declared by our board of directors, cumulative dividends at the dividend rate (as defined below) on the $1,000 liquidation preference per share. Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock will accumulate from the date of original issuance and will be payable when, as and if declared by our board of directors, quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2019. We may elect to pay dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock in cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof.

Dividend Rate

   1.75% per year. Following a successful remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock, the dividend rate may be increased.

Accumulated and Unpaid Dividends

   Any accumulated and unpaid dividends will accrue additional dividends at the then-current dividend rate until paid, compounded quarterly, to, but excluding, the payment date.

Maturity

   The Convertible Preferred Stock has no maturity date, and will remain outstanding unless converted by holders or redeemed by us.

Conversion Premium

   Approximately 20.0% above the Closing Price on June 11, 2019

Initial Conversion Rate

   11.2750 shares of our common stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock. Following a successful remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock, the conversion rate may be increased. If, on the date of any successful remarketing, the closing price of our common stock is less than the Reference Price, the conversion rate will increase to an amount equal to $1,000, divided by 120% of the closing price of our common stock on such date (rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth share). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the increased conversion rate for the Convertible Preferred Stock exceed 45.1000 shares of our common stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the conversion rate as set forth under “Description of the Convertible Preferred Stock—Conversion Rate Adjustments” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

Initial Conversion Price

   Approximately $88.69 per share of our common stock

Settlement Upon Conversion

   Upon surrender of Convertible Preferred Stock for conversion, we will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof at our election as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

 

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   Holders of Corporate Units do not have the right to convert their ownership interests in the Convertible Preferred Stock that are a part of such Corporate Units into shares of our common stock. Only shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are not a part of Corporate Units may be converted. The Convertible Preferred Stock cannot be converted into shares of our common stock prior to June 1, 2022 except upon the occurrence of a fundamental change.

Optional Redemption

   On or after September 1, 2022, we will have the option to redeem for cash some or all the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to 100% of the liquidation preference per share, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Adjusted Conversion Rate Upon Fundamental Change

  

There will be no make-whole amount of shares of our common stock or increase to the conversion rate for conversions of the Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with a fundamental change, except for the limited circumstance where the stock price in connection with such fundamental change is less than $88.69 (subject to adjustment as set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement). Under such limited circumstance, the conversion rate will be determined as described in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the conversion rate exceed 27.0599 shares of our common stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, which is equal to the $1,000 liquidation preference divided by 50% of the Reference Price (subject to adjustment as set forth in the preliminary prospectus supplement).

Underwriting Discounts and Commissions

   $1.80 per Equity Unit / $25.20 million total (excluding the underwriters’ over-allotment option).

Joint Book-Running Managers

  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

Use of Proceeds

   We intend to use the net proceeds from the Equity Units Offering for general corporate purposes and to repay short-term debt, including commercial paper. We currently intend to use the net proceeds from the settlement of the Purchase Contracts as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the preliminary prospectus supplement.

Listing

   We intend to apply for listing of the Corporate Units on the New York Stock Exchange and expect trading to commence within 30 days of the date of the initial issuance of the Corporate Units under the symbol “DCUE,” but there is no guarantee that such listing will be approved.

Selling Restrictions

   The provisions set forth in Annex A to this term sheet are hereby added to the “Underwriting” section of the preliminary prospectus supplement.

 

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CUSIP for the Corporate Units

   25746U 133

CUSIP for the Treasury Units

   25746U 141

CUSIP for the Cash Settled Units

   25746U 158

CUSIP for the Convertible Preferred Stock

   25746U 810

Dominion Energy, Inc. has filed a registration statement, including a prospectus, with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 10, 2019 and filed with the SEC, and other documents Dominion Energy, Inc. has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by contacting Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, at telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at 1-888-603-5847 or by email at barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com; BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, 787 Seventh Ave, New York, NY 10019, at telephone: 1-888-860-5378 or by emailing dl.nyk_elo@us.bnpparibas.com; and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, at (800) 326-5897 or by emailing cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com.

 

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Selling Restrictions:

European Economic Area

The Corporate Units are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (“EEA”). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive 2002/92/EC (as amended, the “Insurance Mediation Directive”), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II; or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Directive 2003/71/EC (as amended, the “Prospectus Directive”). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the “PRIIPs Regulation”) for offering or selling the Corporate Units or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the Corporate Units or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPS Regulation. The Company’s prospectus supplement has been prepared on the basis that any offer of Corporate Units in any Member State of the EEA will be made pursuant to an exemption under the Prospectus Directive from the requirement to publish a prospectus for offers of Corporate Units. The Company’s prospectus supplement is not a prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive.

United Kingdom

Each underwriter has represented and agreed that it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Corporate Units in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of such act does not apply to us and it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of such act with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Corporate Units in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

The communication of the Company’s prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any other document or materials relating to the issue of the Corporate Units offered hereby is not being made, and such documents and/or materials have not been approved, by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the FSMA. Accordingly, such documents and/or materials are not being distributed to, and must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom. The communication of such documents and/or materials as a financial promotion is only being made to and directed at persons outside the United Kingdom and those persons in the United Kingdom who have professional experience in matters relating to investments and who fall within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Financial Promotion Order”)), or who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Financial Promotion Order, or who are any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be made under the Financial Promotion Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). In the United Kingdom, the Corporate Units offered hereby are only available to, and any investment or investment activity to which the Company’s prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relates will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on the prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus or any of their contents.

Switzerland

The Company’s prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus do not constitute an issue prospectus pursuant to Article 652a or Article 1156 of the Swiss Code of Obligations and the Corporate Units will not be listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Therefore, the Company’s prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus may not comply with the disclosure standards of the listing rules (including any additional listing rules or prospectus schemes) of the SIX Swiss Exchange. Accordingly, the Corporate Units may not be offered to the public in or from Switzerland, but only to a selected and limited circle of investors who do not subscribe to the Corporate Units with a view to distribution. Any such investors will be individually approached by the underwriters from time to time.

 

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Hong Kong

The Corporate Units may not be offered or sold by means of any document other than (i) in circumstances which do not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32, Laws of Hong Kong), or (ii) to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder, or (iii) in other circumstances which do not result in the document being a “prospectus” within the meaning of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32, Laws of Hong Kong), and no advertisement, invitation or document relating to the Corporate Units may be issued or may be in the possession of any person for the purpose of issue (in each case whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere), which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public in Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to Corporate Units which are or are intended to be disposed of only to persons outside Hong Kong or only to “professional investors” within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571, Laws of Hong Kong) and any rules made thereunder.

Singapore

The Company’s prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus have not been registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Accordingly, the Company’s prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of the Corporate Units may not be circulated or distributed, nor may the Corporate Units be offered or sold, or be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the “SFA”), (ii) to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.

Where the Corporate Units are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 by a relevant person which is: (a) a corporation (which is not an accredited investor) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or (b) a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary is an accredited investor, shares, debentures and units of shares and debentures of that corporation or the beneficiaries’ rights and interest in that trust shall not be transferable for six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the Corporate Units under Section 275 except: (1) to an institutional investor under Section 274 of the SFA or to a relevant person, or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions, specified in Section 275 of the SFA; (2) where no consideration is given for the transfer; or (3) by operation of law.

Solely for the purposes of its obligations pursuant to sections 309B(1)(a) and 309B(1)(c) of the SFA, the Company has determined, and hereby notifies all relevant persons (as defined in Section 309A of the SFA) that the Corporate Units are “prescribed capital markets products” (as defined in the Securities and Futures (Capital Markets Products) Regulations 2018) and Excluded Investment Products (as defined in MAS Notice SFA 04-N12: Notice on the Sale of Investment Products and MAS Notice FAA-N16: Notice on Recommendations on Investment Products).

Japan

The Corporate Units have not been and will not be registered under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law of Japan (the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law) and each underwriter has agreed that it will not offer or sell any Corporate Units, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to, or for the benefit of, any resident of Japan (which term as used herein means any person resident in Japan, including any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of Japan), or to others for re-offering or resale, directly or indirectly, in Japan or to a resident of Japan, except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of, and otherwise in compliance with, the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and any other applicable laws, regulations and ministerial guidelines of Japan.

Taiwan

The Corporate Units have not been and will not be registered or filed with, or approved by, the Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan pursuant to relevant securities laws and regulations and may not be offered or sold in Taiwan through a public offering or in circumstances which constitute an offer within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Act of Taiwan or relevant laws and regulations that require a registration, filing or approval of the Financial Supervisory Commission of Taiwan. No person or entity in Taiwan has been authorized to offer or sell the Corporate Units in Taiwan.

 

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Dubai International Financial Centre

The Company’s prospectus supplement relates to an Exempt Offer in accordance with the Offered Securities Rules of the Dubai Financial Services Authority, or DFSA. The Company’s prospectus supplement is intended for distribution only to persons of a type specified in the Offered Securities Rules of the DFSA. It must not be delivered to, or relied on by, any other person. The DFSA has no responsibility for reviewing or verifying any documents in connection with Exempt Offers. The DFSA has not approved the Company’s prospectus supplement nor taken steps to verify the information set forth herein and has no responsibility for the prospectus supplement. The securities to which the Company’s prospectus supplement relates may be illiquid or subject to restrictions on their resale. Prospective purchasers of the securities offered should conduct their own due diligence on the securities. If you do not understand the contents of the Company’s prospectus supplement you should consult an authorized financial advisor.

Canada

The Corporate Units may be sold in Canada only to purchasers purchasing, or deemed to be purchasing, as principal that are accredited investors, as defined in National Instrument 45-106 Prospectus Exemptions or subsection 73.3(1) of the Securities Act (Ontario), and are permitted clients, as defined in National Instrument 31-103 Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations. Any resale of the Corporate Units must be made in accordance with an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the prospectus requirements of applicable securities laws.

Securities legislation in certain provinces or territories of Canada may provide a purchaser with remedies for rescission or damages if the Company’s prospectus supplement (including any amendment thereto) contains a misrepresentation, provided that the remedies for rescission or damages are exercised by the purchaser within the time limit prescribed by the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory. The purchaser should refer to any applicable provisions of the securities legislation of the purchaser’s province or territory for particulars of these rights or consult with a legal advisor.

Pursuant to section 3A.3 of National Instrument 33-105 Underwriting Conflicts (NI 33-105), the underwriters are not required to comply with the disclosure requirements of NI 33-105 regarding underwriter conflicts of interest in connection with this offering.

 

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SCHEDULE VIII

OFFERING RESTRICTIONS

Canada

Dubai

European Economic Area

Hong Kong

Japan

Singapore

Switzerland

Taiwan

United Kingdom

 

VIII-1

Exhibit 3.1

Dominion Energy, Inc.

Articles of Incorporation

As amended and restated, effective June 14, 2019


Article I.

Name

 

 

  The name of the Corporation is Dominion Energy, Inc.

 

Article II.

Purpose

 

 

  The purpose for which the Corporation is organized is to transact any and all lawful business, not required to be specifically stated in the Articles of Incorporation, for which corporations may be incorporated under the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.

 

Article III.

Stock

 

 

  Division A — Common Stock

 

  The Corporation shall have authority to issue 1,750,000,000 shares of Common Stock without par value.

 

  Dividends may be paid upon the Common Stock out of any assets of the Corporation available for dividends remaining after full dividends on the outstanding Preferred Stock at the dividend rate or rates therefor, together with the full additional amount required by any participation right, with respect to all past dividend periods and the current dividend period shall have been paid or declared and set apart for payment and all mandatory sinking fund payments that shall have become due in respect of any series of the Preferred Stock shall have been made.

 

  In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation the Board of Directors may, after satisfaction of the rights of the holders of all shares of Preferred Stock, or the deposit in trust of money adequate for such satisfaction, distribute in kind to the holders of the Common Stock all then remaining assets of the Corporation or may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any of such remaining assets of the Corporation and receive payment therefor wholly or partly in cash and/or in stock and/or in obligations and may sell all or any part of the consideration received therefor and distribute all or the balance thereof in kind to the holders of the Common Stock.

 

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  The holders of the Common Stock shall, to the exclusion of the holders of the Preferred Stock, have the sole and full power to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes without limitation except only as otherwise recited or provided in the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation applicable to the Preferred Stock.

 

  Subject to the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation applicable to the Preferred Stock, the Corporation may from time to time purchase or otherwise acquire for a consideration or redeem (if permitted by the terms thereof) shares of Common Stock or shares of any other class of stock hereafter created ranking junior to the Preferred Stock in respect of dividends or assets and any shares so purchased or acquired may be held or disposed of by the Corporation from time to time for its corporate purposes or may be retired as provided by law.

 

  Division B — Preferred Stock

 

  The Corporation shall have authority to issue 20,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock.

 

  The Board of Directors is hereby empowered to cause any class of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation to be issued in series with such of the variations permitted by clauses (a)-(k) below, as shall be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

  The shares of Preferred Stock of different classes or series may vary as to:

 

  (a)

the designation of such class or series, the number of shares to constitute such class or series and the stated value thereof;

 

  (b)

whether the shares of such class or series shall have voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights, which (i) may be general or limited, and (ii) may permit more than one vote per share;

 

  (c)

the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) at which dividends, if any, are payable on such class or series, whether any such dividends shall be cumulative, and, if so, from what dates, the conditions and dates upon which such dividends shall be payable, the preference or relation which such dividends shall bear to the dividends payable on any shares of stock of any other class or any other series of such class;

 

  (d)

whether the shares of such class or series shall be subject to redemption by the Corporation, and, if so, the times, prices and other conditions of such redemption;

 

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  (e)

the amount or amounts payable upon shares of such class or series upon, and the rights of the holders of such class or series in, the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or upon any distribution of the assets, of the Corporation;

 

  (f)

whether the shares of such class or series shall be subject to the operation of a retirement or sinking fund and, if so, the extent to and manner in which any such retirement or sinking fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption of the shares of such series for retirement or other corporate purposes and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof;

 

  (g)

whether the shares of such series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of stock of any class or any other series of such class or any other securities (including common stock) and, if so, the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same, and any other terms and conditions of conversion or exchange;

 

  (h)

the limitations and restrictions, if any, to be effective while any shares of such class or series are outstanding upon the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions on, and upon the purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Corporation of, the Common Stock or shares of stock of any other class or any other series of such class;

 

  (i)

the conditions or restrictions, if any, upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or upon the issue of any additional stock, including additional shares of such class or series or of any other series of such class or of any other class;

 

  (j)

the ranking (be it pari passu, junior or senior) of each class or series as to the payment of dividends, the distribution of assets and all other matters; and

 

  (k)

any other powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, insofar they are not inconsistent with the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation, to the full extent permitted in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

 

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  In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after there shall have been paid to or set aside for the holders of the Preferred Stock the full preferential amounts to which they are respectively entitled under the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation applicable to the Preferred Stock, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have no claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

 

  The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each class or series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other classes and series at any time outstanding. All shares of Preferred Stock of each series shall be equal in all respects.

 

  Division C — General Provisions

 

  The number of authorized shares of capital stock of the Corporation, or the amount of capital represented thereby, may be increased or decreased in the manner and subject to the conditions and limitations prescribed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as they now and may hereafter exist, and subject to the provisions hereinafter contained.

 

  Any and all shares of Preferred Stock and Common Stock of the Corporation, at the time authorized but not issued and outstanding, may be issued and disposed of by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in any lawful manner, consistently, in the case of shares of Preferred Stock, with the requirements set forth in the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation applicable to the Preferred Stock, at any time and from time to time, for such considerations as may be fixed by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

 

  The Board of Directors shall have authority from time to time to set apart out of any assets of the Corporation otherwise available for dividends a reserve or reserves as working capital or for any other proper purpose or purposes, and to reduce, abolish or add to any such reserve or reserves from time to time as said board may deem to be in the interests of the Corporation; and said board shall likewise have power to determine in its discretion what part of the assets of the Corporation available for dividends in excess of such reserve or reserves shall be declared as dividends and paid to the stockholders of the Corporation.

 

  No stockholder shall have any pre-emptive right to acquire unissued shares of the Corporation or to acquire any securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares or to acquire any options, warrants or rights to purchase such shares.

 

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  Subject to the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation applicable to the Preferred Stock, each holder of record of outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall, as to all matters in respect of which such stock has voting power, be entitled to one vote for each share of such stock held by him, as shown by the stock books of the Corporation, and may cast such vote in person or by proxy. Except as herein expressly provided, or mandatorily provided by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a quorum of the shares entitled to vote on a matter at any meeting shall consist of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter and, if a quorum exists, action on a matter, other than election of directors, is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action. Voting on the election of directors shall be governed by the Corporation’s bylaws and, if applicable, the provisions of any series of Preferred Stock, or in the absence of any such bylaws or Preferred Stock provisions, by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. For matters on which the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia provide for a supermajority vote unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation otherwise provide, the vote required for the Corporation’s stockholders to approve such matters shall be a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

 

  The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, by resolution, determine that only a part of the consideration which it is to receive for any shares of stock which it shall issue shall be capital and that the balance of such consideration (not greater, however, than the excess of such consideration over the par value, if any, of such shares) shall be capital surplus of the Corporation.

 

Article IIIA.

1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

 

 

  There shall be a series of Preferred Stock, without par value, of the Corporation, having the designation and the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as follows:

 

  (1)

Number and Designation. 1,610,000 shares of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation shall be designated as “1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “ Convertible Preferred Stock ”).

 

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  (2)

Certain Definitions . As used in this Article IIIA, capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, a copy of which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) and is available at the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov, under the Corporation’s file number under the Exchange Act, 001-08489. As used in this Article IIIA, the following terms shall have the meanings given to them in this Section IIIA(2). Any capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein or in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement shall have the meaning set forth elsewhere in the Articles of Incorporation, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

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

 

  Agent Members ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(19)(b) hereof.

 

  Articles of Incorporation ” means the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated, and as further amended from time to time.

 

  Authorized Officer ” means the Senior Officers, any Vice President, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Corporate Secretary.

 

  Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Corporation or a duly authorized committee of that board.

 

  Board of Directors Designee ” means the Board of Directors or, to the extent duly authorized by such Board of Directors to act on its behalf, one or more Senior Officers.

 

  Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York City, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.

 

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  Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents however designated of corporate stock or other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible or exchangeable into an equity interest), warrants or options to acquire an equity interest in such Person.

 

  Cash Settlement ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(9)(d)(i) hereof.

 

  close of business ” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

 

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

 

  Combination Settlement ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(9)(d)(i) hereof.

 

  Common Stock ” means common stock of the Corporation, no par value, subject to Section IIIA(14) hereof.

 

  Compounded Dividends ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(4)(i) hereof.

 

  Constituent Person ” means, in respect of any Reorganization Event, a Person with which the Corporation is consolidated or into which the Corporation is merged or which merged into the Corporation or to which the relevant sale or transfer was made, as the case may be, in connection with such Reorganization Event.

 

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  Conversion Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(21)(a) hereof.

 

  Conversion Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(9)(b) hereof.

 

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

 

  Conversion Rate ” per share of Convertible Preferred Stock means 11.2750 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as set forth herein.

 

  Convertible Preferred Stock ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(1) hereof.

 

  Convertible Preferred Stock Director ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(16)(d) hereof.

 

  Corporation ” means Dominion Energy, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and shall include any successor to such Corporation.

 

  Daily Conversion Value ” means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, one-twentieth of the product of (i) the applicable Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (ii) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on such Trading Day.

 

  Daily Measurement Value ” means the Specified Dollar Amount divided by 20.

 

  Daily Settlement Amount ,” means, for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period:

 

  (i)

cash equal to the lesser of (A) the Daily Measurement Value and (B) the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day; and

 

  (ii)

to the extent the Daily Conversion Value for such Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (A) the difference between such Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (B) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

 

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  Daily VWAP ” means, in respect of the Common Stock, on any Trading Day, the per share volume weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “D <Equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading on such Trading Day until the scheduled close of trading on such Trading Day (or if such VWAP is unavailable, the market price of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Corporation).

 

  Depositary ” means DTC or its successor depositary designated by the Corporation.

 

  Dividend Blocker Provisions ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(4)(h) hereof.

 

  Dividend Payment Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(4)(c) hereof.

 

  Dividend Period ” shall mean the period beginning on, and including, a Dividend Payment Date (or, if no dividends have been paid on the Convertible Preferred Stock, the date of first issuance) and ending on, but excluding, the next immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date.

 

  Dividend Rate ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(4)(a) hereof.

 

  DTC ” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.

 

  Effective Date ” means, in respect of any Fundamental Change, the date on which such Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective.

 

  Ex-Dividend Date ” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution on the Common Stock or any other security, means the first date on which the Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, trades, regular way, on the principal U.S. securities exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, is listed or quoted at that time, without the right to receive the issuance or distribution.

 

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  Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

  Exchange Property ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(14)(a) hereof.

 

  Exchange Property Unit ” means, in respect of any Reorganization Event, the kind and amount of Exchange Property receivable in such Reorganization Event (without any interest thereon, and without any right to dividends or distribution thereon which have a record date that is prior to the applicable settlement date) per share of Common Stock by a holder of Common Stock that is not a Constituent Person, or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person, to the extent such Reorganization Event provides for different treatment of Common Stock held by the Constituent Person and/or the Affiliates of the Constituent Person, on the one hand, and non-Affiliates of a Constituent Person, on the other hand.

 

  First Redemption Date ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(8)(a) hereof.

 

  Five-Day Average Price ” means the average of the Daily VWAPs per share of Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on the second Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date or other date in respect of which dividends are being paid.

 

  Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

  (a)

a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of shares of the Common Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Stock;

 

  (b)

(i) the Corporation is involved in a consolidation with or merger into any other Person, or any merger of another Person into the Corporation, or any other similar transaction or series of related transactions (other than a merger, consolidation or similar transaction that does not result in the conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock), in each case, in which 90% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into cash, securities or other property, greater than 10% of the value of which consists of cash, securities or other property that is not (or will

 

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  not be upon or immediately following the effectiveness of such consolidation, merger or other transaction) common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or (ii) the consummation of any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s consolidated assets to any Person other than one of the Corporation’s Subsidiaries;

 

  (c)

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

 

  (d)

the shareholders of the Corporation approve a liquidation, dissolution or termination of the Corporation.

 

  Fundamental Change Company Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(10)(c) hereof.

 

  Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(10)(c)(iii) hereof.

 

  Fundamental Change Conversion Right ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(9)(a)(i) hereof.

 

  Fundamental Change Period ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(10)(c)(iii) hereof.

 

  Fundamental Change Settlement Date ” means the second Business Day immediately following the Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline.

 

  Fundamental Change Settlement Price ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(10)(a) hereof.

 

  Global Preferred Shares ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(19)(a) hereof.

 

  Independent Shares ” means any (i) Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and (ii) any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held on or after the first to occur of (x) a Successful Remarketing and (y) June 1, 2022.

 

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  Initial Dividend Threshold ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(11)(d).

 

  Initial Issue Date ” shall mean June 14, 2019.

 

  Junior Stock ” means (i) the Common Stock and (ii) each other class or series of capital stock of the Corporation the terms of which do not expressly provide that such capital stock ranks either (x) senior to the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or rights upon the Corporation’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution or (y) on a parity with the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the Corporation’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.

 

  Liquidation Preference ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(6)(a) hereof.

 

  Market Disruption Event ” means (i) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

  Observation Period ” means, with respect to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock being converted, the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the third Trading Day after the Conversion Date relating to such share of Convertible Preferred Stock, provided that if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after the date of the Corporation’s issuance of a Redemption Notice with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with Article IIIA(8) and prior to the relevant Redemption Date, the Observation Period shall be the 20 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding such Redemption Date.

 

  open of business ” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

 

  Outstanding ” means, when used with respect to Convertible Preferred Stock, as of any date of determination, all Convertible Preferred Stock theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Article IIIA, except:

 

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  (i)

shares of Convertible Preferred Stock redeemed and cancelled by the Corporation pursuant to Section IIIA(8); and

 

  (ii)

shares of Convertible Preferred Stock as to which any property deliverable upon conversion thereof has been delivered and required to be cancelled pursuant to Section IIIA(9)(b);

 

  provided , however, that, in determining whether the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action hereunder, Convertible Preferred Stock owned by the Corporation or its Affiliates shall be deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Registrar shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Convertible Preferred Stock which the Registrar has actual knowledge of being so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

  Parity Stock ” means any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation issued after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such capital stock shall rank on a parity with the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon the Corporation’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.

 

  Paying Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(21)(a) hereof.

 

  Permitted Distributions ” means any of the following:

 

  (i)

purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Junior Stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of current or former employees, officers, directors or consultants of the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

  (ii)

purchases of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Common Stock existing prior to the commencement of the first Dividend Period for which dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock are unpaid, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan;

 

  (iii)

the purchase of, or the payment of cash in lieu of, fractional interests in Junior Stock (x) in connection with a bona fide acquisition of a business or (y) pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such Junior Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such Junior Stock;

 

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  (iv)

any declaration of a dividend on the Capital Stock of the Corporation in connection with the implementation of a shareholders rights plan designed to protect the Corporation against unsolicited offers to acquire its Capital Stock, or the issuance of Capital Stock of the Corporation under any such plan in the future, or the redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto;

 

  (v)

dividends or distributions payable solely in Junior Stock, or warrants, options or rights to acquire Junior Stock (other than dividends or distributions of any indebtedness, Parity Stock or Senior Stock, in each case, convertible into, or having other rights to acquire, Junior Stock); or

 

  (vi)

conversions of any Junior Stock into, or exchanges of any Junior Stock for, a class or series of other Junior Stock.

 

  Person ” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.

 

  Physical Settlement ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(9)(d)(i) hereof.

 

  Preliminary Prospectus Supplement ” means the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Units filed by the Corporation with the SEC on June 10, 2019, a copy of which is available at the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov, under file number 333-219088.

 

  Pricing Term Sheet ” means the pricing term sheet relating to the Units filed by the Corporation with the SEC and dated June 11, 2019, a copy of which is available at the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov, under file number 333-219088.

 

  Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ” means the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement between the Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as purchase contract agent, collateral agent, custodial agent and securities intermediary, dated as of June 14, 2019, a copy of which is filed with the SEC and is available at the SEC’s website, http://www.sec.gov, under the Corporation’s file number under the Exchange Act, 001-08489.

 

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  Record Date ” means (i) with respect to dividends payable pursuant to Section IIIA(4) on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month in which the relevant Dividend Payment Date falls (whether or not a Business Day) or, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date scheduled to occur on or prior to June 1, 2022, if (x) the Corporate Units, if any, are held in global book-entry form and (y) the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are held as Global Preferred Shares, the Record Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Dividend Payment Date and (ii) solely for purposes of adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section IIIA(11), with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, by statute, by contract or otherwise).

 

  Redemption Date ” means a date that is fixed for redemption of the Convertible Preferred Stock by the Corporation in accordance with Section IIIA(8) hereof.

 

  Redemption Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned to it under Section IIIA(8)(b)(i) hereof.

 

  Redemption Price ” means an amount of cash equal to the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock being redeemed, plus an amount equal to any accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon, if any (whether or not declared), to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; provided that if the Redemption Date shall occur after a Record Date and before the related Dividend Payment Date, the Redemption Price described above shall be reduced by the amount payable per share of Convertible Preferred Stock on the related Dividend Payment Date.

 

  Reference Price ” means $73.91, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section IIIA(10)(b) hereof.

 

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  Registrar ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(17) hereof.

 

  Registration Statement ” means, in respect of any dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock made in shares of Common Stock (in whole or in part), a registration statement under the Securities Act prepared by the Corporation covering, inter alia, the issuance of or resales of shares of Common Stock issued as a dividend payment pursuant to Section IIIA(5), in each case, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in such registration statement, and any post-effective amendments thereto.

 

  Remarketing Agent(s) ” means any Remarketing Agent(s) appointed by the Corporation to conduct a Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

  Reorganization Event ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(14)(a).

 

  Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.

 

  SEC ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the first sentence of Section IIIA(2) above.

 

  Senior Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Corporate Secretary or General Counsel of the Corporation.

 

  Senior Stock ” means each class or series of capital stock of the Corporation issued after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such capital stock shall rank senior to the Convertible Preferred Stock as to dividend rights or rights upon the Corporation’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.

 

  Settlement Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(9)(d) hereof.

 

  Settlement Method ” means either Cash Settlement, Physical Settlement, or Combination Settlement as elected by the Corporation pursuant to Section IIIA(9)(d) hereof.

 

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  Specified Dollar Amount ” means, in respect of any Combination Settlement, a dollar amount per share of Convertible Preferred Stock as specified by the Corporation in the notice regarding the chosen Settlement Method under Section IIIA(9)(d).

 

  Spin-Off ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(11)(c) hereof.

 

  Stock Price ” means, in respect of any Fundamental Change, (a) in the case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition thereof where the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in the Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per share of the Common Stock; and (b) in all other cases, the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to, but not including, the Effective Date.

 

  Subsidiary ” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity more than 50% of the outstanding voting equity of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Corporation and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “ voting equity ” means stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other managers of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock or other ownership interests has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

 

  Trading Day ” means (a) a day (i) on which the New York Stock Exchange, or , if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the principal exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading, is scheduled to open for business and (ii) on which there has not occurred or does not exist a Market Disruption Event, or (b) if the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, a “ Trading Day ” means a Business Day.

 

  Transfer Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(17) hereof.

 

  Valuation Period ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in Section IIIA(11)(c) hereof.

 

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  Vice President ” means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”

 

  (3)

Rank . The Convertible Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and/or rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, as applicable, shall rank (i) senior to all Junior Stock, (ii) on a parity with all Parity Stock and (iii) junior to all Senior Stock and the Corporation’s existing and future indebtedness.

 

  (4)

Dividends .

 

  (a)

Subject to the rights of holders of any class of Capital Stock ranking senior to the Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive when, as and if authorized by the Board of Directors and declared by the Corporation, cumulative dividends on each share of Convertible Preferred Stock at the rate of 1.75% per year (the “ Dividend Rate ”) on the Liquidation Preference per share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, payable in cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Corporation’s election (subject to the limitations described below).

 

  (b)

In connection with a Successful Remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Dividend Rate may be increased in accordance with Section IIIA(12) below. From and after the Remarketing Settlement Date for such a Remarketing in connection with which the Dividend Rate is increased, dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock will accumulate at the Increased Dividend Rate.

 

  (c)

Dividends shall accumulate from the Initial Issue Date or if dividends shall have been paid on the Convertible Preferred Stock thereafter, dividends will accumulate from the most recent date of payment, and shall be payable to holders of Convertible Preferred Stock quarterly in arrears on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year (each a “ Dividend Payment Date ”), beginning on September 1, 2019, to the holder of record of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock as they appear on the Corporation’s stock register at the close of business on the applicable Record Date.

 

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  (d)

The amount of dividends payable for each full Dividend Period for the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be computed by dividing the annual Dividend Rate by four. The amount of dividends payable for any other period shorter or longer than a full quarterly Dividend Period shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dollar amounts resulting from that calculation shall be rounded to the nearest cent, with one-half cent being rounded upward. Dividends on each share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall cease to accumulate upon conversion of such share of Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

  (e)

If a Dividend Payment Date falls on a date that is not a Business Day, such Dividend Payment Date shall be postponed to the next succeeding Business Day; provided that, if such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar month, the Dividend Payment Date shall be brought forward to the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

  (f)

Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock shall accumulate whether or not (1) the Corporation has earnings; (2) the payment of those dividends is then permitted under Virginia law; or (3) those dividends are authorized or declared. Any dividend payment made on the Convertible Preferred Stock shall first be credited against the earliest accumulated but unpaid dividends due with respect to those shares of Convertible Preferred Stock which remain payable.

 

  (g)

So long as any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remain Outstanding, the Corporation shall not (i) declare or pay, or set apart funds for the payment of, any dividend or other distribution, whether in cash or other property, directly or indirectly, upon any shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock (in each case, with respect to dividend rights) for any period, (ii) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock for any consideration through a sinking fund or otherwise, or make any distribution of cash or other property, directly or indirectly, on or with respect to any shares of Junior Stock or Parity Stock or (iii) make any Contract Adjustment Payments under the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or any payment under any similar agreement providing for the issuance by the Corporation of Capital Stock on a forward basis, in each case, unless all accumulated and

 

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  unpaid dividends for all past Dividend Periods (including Compounded Dividends thereon) (whether or not the payment of such dividends is permitted under Virginia law) on the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock have been declared and paid in full or declared and a sum or number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for payment thereof is set apart for payment; provided , however, that, notwithstanding any provisions of this Section IIIA(4)(g) to the contrary, the Corporation may make any Permitted Distribution. When dividends are not paid in full (or a sum or number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to pay them in full is not set apart) on Convertible Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock, all dividends declared on the Convertible Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock shall be paid pro rata so that the amount of dividends so declared per share of Convertible Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of Parity Stock shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio as accumulated and unpaid dividends per share of Convertible Preferred Stock and such class or series of Parity Stock (which shall not include any accumulation in respect of unpaid dividends on such other class or series of Parity Stock for prior dividend periods if such other class or series of Parity Stock does not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other.

 

  (h)

The Corporation shall not permit any Subsidiary of the Corporation to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation unless the Corporation could, in accordance with Section IIIA(4)(g), purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner (such provisions described in this Section IIIA(4)(h) and in Section IIIA(4)(g) above, the “ Dividend Blocker Provisions ”).

 

  (i)

Any accumulated and unpaid dividends shall accumulate additional dividends (“ Compounded Dividends ”) at the then-current Dividend Rate until paid, compounded quarterly, to, but excluding, the payment date.

 

  (j)

Holders of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock are not entitled to any dividends in excess of the full cumulative dividends (including Compounded Dividends) on the Convertible Preferred Stock as described herein.

 

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  (k)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Articles of Incorporation (including this Article IIIA), except in the case of a Dividend Deficiency Event, all accumulated and unpaid dividends (including Compounded Dividends thereon), whether or not declared, shall be paid on the June 1, 2022 Dividend Payment Date, whether or not there is a Successful Remarketing, to the holders of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Record Date immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date. If a Dividend Deficiency Event occurs, following the Final Remarketing (whether a Successful Remarketing or an Unsuccessful Remarketing), the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay the then accumulated but unpaid dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock on the June 1, 2022 Dividend Payment Date to the holders of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Record Date immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date. However, the right to receive such accumulated but unpaid dividends (including Compounded Dividends thereon) shall continue to exist (and shall continue to compound) with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock notwithstanding such Remarketing, and such dividends shall be payable to the holders of such Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Record Date for the Dividend Payment Date on which such dividends are subsequently declared and paid (if ever).

 

  (5)

Method of Payment of Dividends.

 

  (a)

Subject to the limitations described in this Section IIIA(5), the Corporation may pay any dividend (or any portion of any dividend) on the Convertible Preferred Stock (whether or not for a current Dividend Period or any prior Dividend Period) and any Compounded Dividends, determined in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors: (i) in cash; (ii) by delivery of shares of Common Stock; or (iii) through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock.

 

  (b)

Each dividend shall be paid in cash, except to the extent the Corporation timely elects to make all or any portion of such dividend in shares of Common Stock. The Corporation shall give notice to holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock of any such election and the portions of such dividend that will be made in cash and in Common Stock no later than eight Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend.

 

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  (c)

Any shares of Common Stock issued in payment or partial payment of a dividend shall be valued for such purpose at the applicable Five-Day Average Price, multiplied by 97%.

 

  (d)

No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be delivered by the Corporation to holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock in payment or partial payment of a dividend. A cash adjustment shall be paid by the Corporation to each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Common Stock based on (x) the Five-Day Average Price and (y) the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held by such holder (or if such holder’s shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are in the form of Global Preferred Shares, based on the applicable procedures of the Depositary for determining such number of shares).

 

  (e)

To the extent that the Corporation, in its reasonable judgment, determines that a Registration Statement is required in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, Common Stock issued as a dividend, the Corporation shall, to the extent such a Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its reasonable best efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such shares of Common Stock have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares are freely tradable under Rule 144 by non-Affiliates of the Corporation without registration. To the extent applicable, the Corporation shall also use its reasonable best efforts to have such shares of Common Stock qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required, and approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (or if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed).

 

  (f)

Any dividends paid in shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, if applicable.

 

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  (6)

Liquidation Preference .

 

  (a)

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, before any payment or distribution of the Corporation’s assets (whether capital or surplus) shall be made to or set apart for the holders of Junior Stock (with respect to liquidation rights), holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive $1,000 per share of Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Liquidation Preference ”) plus an amount equal to all dividends (whether or not authorized or declared), accumulated and unpaid thereon, if any, up to, but excluding, the date of final distribution to such holders, but subject to the prior payment in full of all the Corporation’s liabilities and the payment of Senior Stock. If, upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the Corporation’s assets, or proceeds thereof, are insufficient to pay in full the preferential amount aforesaid and liquidating payments on Convertible Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock (with respect to liquidation rights only), then such assets, or the proceeds thereof, shall be distributed among the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock and any other Parity Stock (with respect to liquidation rights) ratably in proportion to the respective amounts that would be payable on such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and any such other Parity Stock (with respect to liquidation rights) as if all amounts payable thereon were paid in full.

 

  (b)

The Corporation shall instruct the Depositary to notify its participants, or if the Depositary or its nominee is not the sole registered owner of the then outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock, send a written notice by first class mail to each holder of record of the Convertible Preferred Stock at such holder’s registered address, of any event triggering the right to receive a distribution in connection with any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation.

 

  (c)

Neither the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into any other Person, nor the voluntary sale, lease, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s property or assets shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation.

 

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  (d)

Subject to the rights of the holders of any Parity Stock (with respect to liquidation rights), after payment has been made in full to the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock, as provided in this Section IIIA(5), holders of Junior Stock (with respect to liquidation rights) shall, subject to the respective terms and provisions (if any) applying thereto, be entitled to receive any and all assets remaining to be paid or distributed, and the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to share therein.

 

  (7)

No Maturity. The Convertible Preferred Stock has no maturity date or mandatory conversion date.

 

  (8)

Optional Redemption of the Convertible Preferred Stock. Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be redeemable by the Corporation in accordance with this Section IIIA(8).

 

  (a)

The Corporation does not have the right to redeem any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock before September 1, 2022. On or after September 1, 2022 (the “ First Redemption Date ”), the Corporation shall have the option to redeem, subject to Section IIIA(8)(k) hereof, some or all the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock at the Redemption Price. The Redemption Price shall be paid solely in cash.

 

  (b)

In the event the Corporation elects to redeem shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall:

 

  (i)

provide, not fewer than 25 Scheduled Trading Days nor more than 90 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date, to the Depositary a written notice (the “ Redemption Notice ”) stating, and instruct the Depositary to notify its participants of:

 

  (A)

the Redemption Date;

 

  (B)

the Redemption Price;

 

  (C)

the Settlement Method of the Convertible Preferred Stock if the holder elects to convert;

 

  (D)

the name and address of the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent;

 

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  (E)

that shares of Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption may be converted pursuant to Section IIIA(9) at any time before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;

 

  (F)

if fewer than all the Outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock are to be redeemed by the Corporation, the number of shares to be redeemed;

 

  (G)

that, unless the Corporation defaults in making payment of such Redemption Price, dividends in respect of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption will cease to accumulate on and after the Redemption Date;

 

  (H)

the CUSIP number of the Convertible Preferred Stock; and

 

  (I)

any other information the Corporation wishes to present;

 

  (ii)

(A) issue a press release containing the information set forth in Section IIIA(8)(b)(i) and (B) publish such information on the Corporation’s website; and

 

  (iii)

if the Depositary or its nominee is not the sole registered owner of the then outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock, send the Redemption Notice by first class mail to each holder of record of the Convertible Preferred Stock at such holder’s registered address; provided , however, that such Redemption Notice shall also state that the certificates evidencing the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price.

 

  (c)

The Corporation shall not give any Redemption Notice prior to the earlier of a Remarketing Settlement Date and the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

 

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  (d)

If the Corporation gives a Redemption Notice, then, by 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, to the extent sufficient funds are legally available, the Corporation shall, with respect to:

 

  (i)

shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, deposit or cause to be deposited, irrevocably with the Depositary cash sufficient to pay the Redemption Price; and

 

  (ii)

shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock registered in the name of any holder other than the Depositary or its nominee, deposit or cause to be deposited, irrevocably with the Paying Agent cash sufficient to pay the Redemption Price and give the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to holders of such shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock upon surrender to the Paying Agent of their certificates evidencing their shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

  (e)

If on the Redemption Date, the Depositary and/or the Paying Agent holds or hold money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed, dividends shall cease to accumulate as of the Redemption Date on those shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock called for redemption and all rights of holders of such shares shall terminate, except for the right to receive the Redemption Price pursuant to this Section IIIA(8) (and accumulated and unpaid dividends pursuant to clause (h) below, if applicable), and such shares shall no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any appropriate annotation on the certificates representing such shares to reflect such reduced balance shall be made.

 

  (f)

Payment of the Redemption Price for shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock of which the Depositary (or its nominee) is not the sole registered owner is conditioned upon surrender of certificates representing such Convertible Preferred Stock, together with necessary endorsements, to the Paying Agent at any time after delivery of the Redemption Notice.

 

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  (g)

Payment of the Redemption Price for shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be made on the Redemption Date, subject to Section IIIA(8)(f).

 

  (h)

If the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date and before the related Dividend Payment Date, holders of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at the close of business on that Record Date shall be entitled to receive the full dividend payable on those shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date.

 

  (i)

If fewer than all the Outstanding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the number of shares to be redeemed shall be determined by the Board of Directors and the shares to be redeemed shall be selected by lot, on a pro rata basis (with any fractional shares being rounded to the nearest whole share), or any other method as may be determined by the Board of Directors to be fair and appropriate.

 

  (j)

Upon surrender of a certificate or certificates representing shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock that is or are redeemed in part, the Corporation shall execute, and the Transfer Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the holder, a new certificate or certificates representing shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock in an amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for partial redemption.

 

  (k)

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section IIIA(8), the Corporation shall not authorize, issue a press release or give a Redemption Notice unless (A) the Corporation has funds legally available for the payment of the aggregate Redemption Price and (B) prior to giving such notice, (i) all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock (whether or not declared and including Compounded Dividends, if any) for Dividend Periods ended prior to the date of such notice shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid and (ii) if the Redemption Date occurs following a Record Date and prior to the related Dividend Payment Date, the full cash dividend for the related Dividend Period has been declared and sufficient funds have been set aside for payment of such dividend.

 

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  (9)

Conversion .

 

  (a)

Right to Convert. Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock corresponding to Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock that are components of Corporate Units cannot be converted. Only Independent Shares can be converted. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section IIIA(9), (x) each holder of an Independent Share shall have the right, at such holder’s option, to convert such share subject to satisfaction of the condition described in clause (i) below, at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding June 1, 2022 under the circumstances and during the periods set forth in clause (i) below, and (y) at any time on or after June 1, 2022, each holder of a share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall have the right, at such holder’s option, to convert such share regardless of the conditions described in clause (i) below, in each case, at the Conversion Rate per share of Convertible Preferred Stock (subject to and in accordance with clause (d) below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are called for redemption pursuant to Section IIIA(8), such conversion right shall cease and terminate, as to the shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be redeemed, at the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price therefor, as provided herein.

 

  (i)

If a transaction or event that constitutes a Fundamental Change occurs prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding June 1, 2022, all or any integral number of a holder’s Independent Shares may be surrendered for conversion at any time during the related Fundamental Change Period (such right of conversion, the “ Fundamental Change Conversion Right ”).

 

  (b)

Conversion Procedures .

 

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  (i)

Conversion of Independent Shares may be effected by any holder thereof (A) if such holder’s shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are in certificated form, upon the surrender to the Corporation, at the principal office of the Corporation or at the office of the Conversion Agent as may be designated by the Board of Directors Designee, of the certificate or certificates, if any, for such shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted accompanied by a complete and manually signed Notice of Conversion (as set forth in the form of Convertible Preferred Stock certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A) along with (x) appropriate endorsements and transfer documents as required by the Registrar or Conversion Agent and (y) if required pursuant to Section IIIA(9)(c), funds equal to the dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date or (B) if such holder’s shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are in the form of Global Preferred Shares, by (x) complying with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time and (y) if required pursuant to Section IIIA(9)(c), delivering funds equal to the dividend payable on the next Dividend Payment Date. In case such Notice of Conversion shall specify a name or names other than that of such holder, such notice shall be accompanied by payment of all transfer taxes payable upon the issuance of shares of Common Stock in such name or names. Other than such taxes, the Corporation shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes that may be payable in respect of any issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant hereto. The conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been made as of the close of business on the date (the “ Conversion Date ”) the foregoing procedures have been complied with. As promptly as practicable after the Conversion Date with respect to any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall reflect in its stock records the cancellation of the Convertible Preferred Stock that is being converted and the issuance of such number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock to which the holders of such shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled as a result of the conversion, if any, as of such Conversion Date (in the case any Physical Settlement) or the final day of the Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). If any Common Stock to be issued upon conversion is certificated, promptly after the issuance of

 

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  the Common Stock certificate (or, if the Convertible Preferred Stock is certificated, promptly after, and in any case no later than (q) two Business Days after the surrender of the certificates representing the shares that are converted (in the case of Physical Settlement) and (r) two Business Days after the later of the surrender of the certificates representing the shares that are converted and the final day of the Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement)), the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered (1) certificates representing the number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable full shares of Common Stock to which the holder of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock being converted (or such holder’s transferee) shall be entitled, and (2) if the Convertible Preferred Stock is then certificated and less than the full number of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by the surrendered certificate or certificates is being converted, a new certificate or certificates, of like tenor, for the number of shares evidenced by such surrendered certificate or certificates less the number of shares being converted. As of the close of business on the Conversion Date, the rights of the holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock as to the shares being converted shall cease except for the right to receive shares of Common Stock.

 

  (c)

Dividend and Other Payments Upon Conversion .

 

  (i)

Upon settlement of a conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock and subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph, a holder shall not receive cash payment of accumulated and unpaid dividends and the Corporation shall not make any payments in respect of or adjust the Conversion Rate to account for accumulated and unpaid dividends to the Conversion Date except as provided in Section IIIA(10)(a).

 

  (ii)

If a holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock exercises its conversion rights, such shares shall cease to accumulate dividends as of the end of the day immediately preceding the Conversion Date. Upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, except for conversion during the period from the close of business

 

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  on any Record Date corresponding to a Dividend Payment Date to the open of business on such Dividend Payment Date, in which case the holder on such Record Date shall receive the dividends payable on such Dividend Payment Date, accumulated and unpaid dividends on the converted share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be cancelled, extinguished or forfeited, but rather shall be deemed to be paid in full to the holder thereof through delivery of any cash and/or Common Stock (together with the cash payment, if any, in lieu of fractional shares) in exchange for the Convertible Preferred Stock being converted pursuant to the provisions hereof. Shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion after the close of business on any Record Date for the payment of dividends declared and before the opening of business on the Dividend Payment Date corresponding to that Record Date must be accompanied by a payment to the Corporation in cash of an amount equal to the dividend payable in respect of those shares on such Dividend Payment Date; provided that no such payment shall be required (1) if the Corporation has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date or (2) if the Corporation has specified a Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline that is after a Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Dividend Payment Date.

 

  (d)

Settlement Upon Conversion .

 

  (i)

Upon conversion of any Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, to converting holders, either cash (“ Cash Settlement ”), shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock (“ Physical Settlement ”) or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock (“ Combination Settlement ”), at its election, subject to the requirements set forth in this Section IIIA(9).

 

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  (ii)

The Corporation shall use the same Settlement Method for all conversions with the same Conversion Date, but the Corporation shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions occurring on different Conversion Dates, except that the Corporation shall use the same Settlement Method for (A) all conversions following a Redemption Notice to, and including, the related Redemption Date, regardless of the Conversion Date and (B) all conversions in connection with a Fundamental Change. If the Corporation elects a Settlement Method, it shall inform holders so converting through the Conversion Agent of such Settlement Method it has selected no later than the second Business Day immediately following the related Conversion Date; provided that (x) in the case of any conversions of Convertible Preferred Stock following a Redemption Notice to, and including, the Business Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date, the Corporation shall elect the Settlement Method specified in such Redemption Notice and (y) in the case of a conversion in connection with a Fundamental Change, the Corporation shall elect the Settlement Method in the Fundamental Change Company Notice. If the Corporation elects Combination Settlement, but does not timely notify converting holders of the Specified Dollar Amount per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, such Specified Dollar Amount shall be deemed to be $1,000. If the Corporation does not timely provide notice electing a Settlement Method in respect of any conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, it shall be deemed to have elected Combination Settlement and the Specified Dollar Amount per share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be equal to $1,000.

 

  (iii)

The cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock to be paid and/or delivered to converting holders of Convertible Preferred Stock (the “ Settlement Amount ”) shall be computed as follows:

 

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  (A)

if the Corporation elects Physical Settlement, the Corporation shall deliver to the converting holder a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (1) the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted, and (2) the applicable Conversion Rate;

 

  (B)

if the Corporation elects Cash Settlement, the Corporation shall deliver to the converting holder, in respect of the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period; and

 

  (C)

if the Corporation elects (or is deemed to have elected) Combination Settlement, the Corporation shall pay or deliver to the converting holder, in respect of the Liquidation Preference per share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 20 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period.

 

  (iv)

If the Corporation elects Physical Settlement in respect of a conversion, the Corporation shall deliver the Settlement Amount to converting holders on the second Trading Day following the Conversion Date, but such holders will be deemed to be the owners of the shares of Common Stock included in the Settlement Amount as of the close of business on the Conversion Date. If the Corporation elects Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, the Corporation shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the Settlement Amount to converting holders on the second Trading Day following the final Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period and such converting holders will be deemed to be the owners of any of the shares of Common Stock included in the Settlement Amount (if any) on the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period.

 

  (e)

Fractional Shares. In connection with the conversion of any shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock, no fractions of shares of Common Stock shall be issued, but the Corporation shall pay a cash adjustment in respect of any fractional interest in an amount equal to the fractional interest multiplied by the

 

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  Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on the Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement) rounded to the nearest whole cent.

 

  (f)

Total Shares. If more than one share of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be surrendered for conversion by the same holder at the same time, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable on conversion of those shares shall be computed on the basis of the total number of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered.

 

  (g)

Reservation of Shares; Shares to be Fully Paid; Compliance with Governmental Requirements; Listing of Common Stock . The Corporation shall:

 

  (i)

at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, for issuance upon the conversion of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be sufficient to permit the conversion of all Outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock (assuming for such purposes, that Physical Settlement is applicable to all conversions);

 

  (ii)

prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in respect of dividends thereon, comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations that require action to be taken by the Corporation (including, without limitation, the registration or approval, if required, of any shares of Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock hereunder or in respect of dividends thereon); and

 

  (iii)

ensure that all shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, if any, and in respect of dividends thereon, if any, will, in each case, upon delivery, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free of all liens and charges and not subject to any preemptive rights.

 

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  (10)

Adjusted Conversion Rate Upon a Fundamental Change .

 

  (a)

If a Fundamental Change occurs, the Stock Price is less than the Conversion Price and a holder of Convertible Preferred Stock elects to convert Independent Shares in connection with such Fundamental Change, such conversion shall be at an adjusted Conversion Rate that shall be equal to (i) the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock plus all accumulated and unpaid dividends thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Settlement Date (unless the Conversion Date for a share of Convertible Preferred Stock occurs after the Record Date for the payment of declared dividends and prior to the related Dividend Payment Date, in which case the Conversion Rate calculation for such share under this clause (a) shall not include accumulated and unpaid dividends that shall be paid to holders of record on such Record Date as set forth in Section IIIA(9)(c) above), divided by (ii) the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days ending on the second Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change Settlement Date (or, in the case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change where the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in the Fundamental Change, the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock) (such average price or cash amount, as the case may be, the “ Fundamental Change Settlement Price ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate exceed 27.0599 shares of Common Stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock (which is approximately equal to the Liquidation Preference per share of Convertible Preferred Stock divided by 50% of the Reference Price), subject to adjustment in accordance with Section IIIA(11) and increase in accordance with Section IIIA(12), in each case, in a manner corresponding to the relevant adjustment or increase to the Conversion Rate. A conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” such Fundamental Change (regardless of the Stock Price) if the Conversion Date occurs from, and including, the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change to, and including, the Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline.

 

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  (b)

The Reference Price shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Convertible Preferred Stock is adjusted. The adjusted Reference Price will equal the Reference Price applicable immediately prior to such adjustment multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the stock price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted.

 

  (c)

The Corporation shall send a notice to holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock of a Fundamental Change within five Business Days after the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change (the “ Fundamental Change Company Notice ”). Such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall state:

 

  (i)

the events constituting the Fundamental Change;

 

  (ii)

the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change;

 

  (iii)

the last date on which the holder of Convertible Preferred Stock may exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right (such date, the “ Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline ”), which shall be a date no less than 20 Business Days nor more than 35 Business Days after the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change, provided that if any Purchase Contracts are outstanding at the time the Corporation gives the Fundamental Change Company Notice, such date shall not be less than 10 Business Days following the early settlement date the Corporation specifies for the purchase contracts as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (the period from the Effective Date of a Fundamental Change to, and including, the Fundamental Change Conversion Deadline, the “ Fundamental Change Period ”);

 

  (iv)

the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;

 

  (v)

the Conversion Rate and any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that will result from the Fundamental Change, or if the Stock Price is less than the Conversion Price, the formula for determination of the Conversion Rate;

 

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  (vi)

the procedures that the holder of Convertible Preferred Stock must follow to exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right; and

 

  (vii)

if the Stock Price is less than the Conversion Price, the Fundamental Change Settlement Date; and

 

  (viii)

the Settlement Method for all conversions during the Fundamental Change Period, including, in the case of Combination Settlement, the amount of cash per share of Convertible Preferred Stock the Corporation will pay in settlement of any such conversions.

 

  (d)

To exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right, a holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock must convert its Independent Shares in accordance with Section IIIA(9)(a)(i) and Section IIIA(9)(b).

 

  (e)

If the Stock Price is less than the Conversion Price, then notwithstanding Section IIIA(9)(d) hereof, the Corporation can elect, pursuant to Section IIIA(9)(d)(ii), to settle conversions in connection with a valid exercise of the Fundamental Change Conversion Right through Cash Settlement, Combination Settlement or Physical Settlement, as follows:

 

  (i)

the Corporation shall settle any conversions during the Fundamental Change Period on the Fundamental Change Settlement Date;

 

  (ii)

if the Corporation has validly elected Physical Settlement in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Corporation shall deliver, in respect of each share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional shares) equal to the Conversion Rate (as adjusted pursuant to this Section IIIA(10));

 

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  (iii)

if the Corporation has validly elected Cash Settlement in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Corporation shall deliver, in respect of each share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount of cash equal to the Conversion Rate (as adjusted pursuant to this Section IIIA(10)) multiplied by the Fundamental Change Settlement Price; and

 

  (iv)

if the Corporation has validly elected (or is deemed to have elected) Combination Settlement in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Corporation shall deliver, in respect of each share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, in addition to the amount of cash per share of Convertible Preferred Stock specified in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, a number of shares of Common Stock (and cash in lieu of any fractional shares) equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is (X) the Conversion Rate (as adjusted pursuant to this Section IIIA(10)) multiplied by the Fundamental Change Settlement Price minus (Y) the amount of cash per share specified in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, and the denominator of which is the Fundamental Change Settlement Price.

 

  If the holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in a Reorganization Event, then notwithstanding the foregoing, for all conversions in connection with a Fundamental Change that occur after the effective date of such transaction where the relevant Stock Price is less than the Conversion Price, the consideration due upon conversion of each such share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate as modified by this this Section IIIA(10), multiplied by the Fundamental Change Settlement Price for such transaction.

 

  (f)

The Corporation shall, to the extent applicable, comply with the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange in connection with the issuance of Common Stock upon any exercise of the Fundamental Change Conversion Right.

 

  (g)

Nothing in this Section IIIA(10) shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section IIIA(11) in respect of a Fundamental Change or any increase to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section IIIA(12).

 

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  (11)

Conversion Rate Adjustments. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Corporation for any of the following events that occur following the Initial Issue Date:

 

  (a)

If the Corporation issues Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on its Common Stock to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock, or if the Corporation effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

    

CR 1 = CR 0 × OS 1 / OS 0

 

    

where,

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or the open of business on the effective date of such share split or share combination;

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or the open of business on the effective date of such share split or share combination;

OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or the open of business on the effective date of such share split or share combination; and

OS 1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination.

 

    

Any adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall become effective as of the open of business on (x) the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or (y) the date on which such split or combination becomes effective, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution described in this paragraph (a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

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  (b)

If the Corporation distributes to all holders of Common Stock any rights, warrants or options entitling them for a period of not more than 45 days after the date of distribution thereof to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, in any case at an exercise price per share of Common Stock less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the announcement of such distribution, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

    

CR 1 = CR 0 × (OS 0 + X) / (OS 0 + Y)

 

    

where,

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

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

Y = the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise all such rights, warrants or options divided by (B) the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the distribution of such rights, warrants or options.

 

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For purposes of this paragraph (b), in determining whether any rights, warrants or options entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock at less than the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the distribution of such rights, warrants or options, and in determining the aggregate exercise or conversion price payable for such Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Corporation for such rights, warrants or options and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Corporation. Any increase to the Conversion Rate made under this paragraph (b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are distributed and shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If any right, warrant or option described in this paragraph (b) is not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such right, warrant or option had not been so distributed.

 

  (c)

If the Corporation distributes shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation to all holders of Common Stock, excluding:

 

  (i)

dividends, distributions, rights, warrants or options as to which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate was effected in paragraph (a) or (b) above;

 

  (ii)

dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and

 

  (iii)

Spin-Offs described below in this paragraph (c),

 

    

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

 

    

CR 1 = CR 0 × SP 0 / (SP 0 – FMV)

 

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where,

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

SP 0 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and

FMV = the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Corporation) of the shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property distributed with respect to each outstanding share of Common Stock, expressed as an amount per share of Common Stock, on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

An adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall become effective as of the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined in this Section IIIA(11)(c)) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined in this Section IIIA(11)(c)), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive, in respect of each share of Convertible Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock and without having to convert its shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the amount and kind of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation that such holder would have received if such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

 

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If the Corporation distributes to all holders of Common Stock, Capital Stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit, in each case, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “ Spin-Off ”), the Conversion Rate in effect immediately following the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

    

CR 1 = CR 0 × (FMV 0 + MP 0 ) / MP 0

 

    

where,

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off;

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate immediately after the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off;

FMV 0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “ Valuation Period ”); and

MP 0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

The increase to the Conversion Rate under the immediately preceding paragraph shall occur at the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the Valuation Period, the reference to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period

 

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for such conversion and within the Valuation Period, the reference to “10” in the preceding paragraph shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day.

If any such dividend or distribution described in this paragraph (c) is declared but not paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

  (d)

If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, other than a regular, quarterly cash dividend that does not exceed $0.9175 per share (the “ Initial Dividend Threshold ”), the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

    

CR 1 = CR 0 × (SP 0 – IDT) / (SP 0 – C)

 

    

where,

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution;

CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution;

SP 0 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution;

C = the amount in cash per share the Corporation distributes to holders of Common Stock; and

IDT = the Initial Dividend Threshold; provided that if the dividend or distribution is not a regular quarterly cash dividend, the Initial Dividend Threshold shall be deemed to be zero.

 

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Any increase to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this paragraph (d) shall become effective as of the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If any such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the new Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as in this Section IIIA(11)(d)) is equal to or greater than “SP 0 ” (as defined in this Section IIIA(11)(d)), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive, for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of Common Stock and without having to convert its shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the amount of cash that such holder would have received if such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

The Initial Dividend Threshold shall be subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Conversion Rate; provided that no adjustment shall be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment made to the Conversion Rate under this Section IIIA(11)(d).

 

  (e)

If the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

    

CR 1 = CR 0 × (AC + (SP 1 × OS 1 )) / (SP 1 × OS 0 )

 

    

where,

CR 0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Trading Day on which such tender or exchange offer expires;

 

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CR 1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

AC = the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for the Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

OS 0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the Trading Day such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer);

OS 1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the close of business on the Trading Day such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer); and

SP 1 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

If the application of the foregoing formula would result in a decrease in the Conversion Rate, no adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made.

Any adjustment to the Conversion Rate made pursuant to this Section IIIA(11)(e) shall become effective at the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the date such tender offer or exchange offer expires. If the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.

 

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  (f)

The Corporation may make such increases to the Conversion Rate in addition to those required by this Section IIIA(11) as it considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock (or rights to purchase Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of time if the period is at least 20 Business Days and the increase is irrevocable during the period and the Corporation determines that such increase would be in its best interests. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to either of the two immediately preceding sentences, the Corporation shall mail to each holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock at the address of such holder as it appears in the stock register a notice of the increase at least 15 calendar days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.

 

  (i)

All required calculations shall be made to the nearest cent or 1/10,000th of a share, as the case may be. The Corporation shall not be required to make an adjustment to the Conversion Rate unless the adjustment would require a change of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate. However, the Corporation shall carry forward any adjustments that are less than 1% of the Conversion Rate and make such carried-forward adjustments (x) when all such carried-forward adjustments aggregate to a change of at least 1% in the Conversion Rate and (y) regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1% (A) on the Effective Date for any Fundamental Change, (B) on the Conversion Date in respect of any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock for which Physical Settlement applies and (iii) on each Trading Day of any Observation Period in respect of any conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement applies.

 

  (ii)

No adjustment to the Conversion Rate shall be made if holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock, as a result of holding the Convertible Preferred Stock and without conversion thereof, are entitled to participate at the same time as the holders of Common Stock participate in any of the transactions described above as if such holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held by such holders.

 

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  (iii)

Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Corporation shall promptly file with the Conversion Agent an Authorized Officer’s certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a responsible officer of the Conversion Agent shall have received such Authorized Officer’s certificate, the Conversion Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Corporation shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock at its last address appearing in the stock register within twenty (20) days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

 

  (iv)

If a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on the Ex-Dividend Date for any dividend or distribution and a holder that has converted its shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Record Date would be treated as the record holder of Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding the foregoing Conversion Rate adjustment provisions, adjustments relating to such Ex-Dividend Date shall not be made for such converting holder. Instead, such holder shall be treated as if such holder were the record owner of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

 

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  (g)

Whenever any provision of this Section IIIA requires the Corporation to calculate the Closing Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a span of multiple days (including any Observation Period, the Five-Day Average Price and the Stock Price and Fundamental Change Settlement Price (if applicable)), the Corporation shall make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date or the expiration date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the Closing Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts are to be calculated.

 

  (h)

The Conversion Rate shall not be required to be adjusted except as specifically set forth in this Section IIIA. Without limiting the foregoing, the Conversion Rate shall not be required to be adjusted:

 

  (i)

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

 

  (ii)

upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director, trustee or consultant benefit plan, employee agreement or arrangement or program of the Corporation;

 

  (iii)

upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date;

 

  (iv)

solely for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or

 

  (v)

for accumulated and unpaid dividends.

 

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  (12)

Remarketing .

 

  (a)

Remarketing . Holders of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall have the rights in respect of any Remarketing as set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

  (b)

Increased Rates .

 

  (i)

In connection with each Remarketing, the Board of Directors Designee shall determine any Increased Rate after consultation with the Remarketing Agent.

 

  (ii)

In the event of a Successful Remarketing, the Dividend Rate may be increased on the Remarketing Settlement Date to the Increased Dividend Rate as determined by the Board of Directors Designee after consultation with the Remarketing Agent(s). If the Dividend Rate is increased pursuant to a Successful Optional Remarketing, the Increased Dividend Rate shall be the Dividend Rate determined by the Board of Directors Designee, after consultation with the Remarketing Agent, as the rate the Convertible Preferred Stock should bear in order for the net Remarketing proceeds of such Convertible Preferred Stock to have an aggregate market value on the Optional Remarketing Date of at least 100% of the aggregate of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price plus the Separate Shares Purchase Price, if any. If the Dividend Rate is increased pursuant to a Successful Final Remarketing, the Increased Dividend Rate shall be the Dividend Rate determined by the Board of Directors Designee, after consultation with the Remarketing Agent, as the rate the Convertible Preferred Stock should bear in order for the net Remarketing proceeds to equal at least $1,000 multiplied by the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock being remarketed.

 

  (iii)

On the Remarketing Settlement Date of any Successful Remarketing,

 

  (A)

if the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the related Remarketing Date is less than the Reference Price, the Conversion Rate shall increase to an amount equal to $1,000, divided by 120% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Remarketing Date (rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth share); and

 

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  (B)

if the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the related Remarketing Date is greater than or equal to the Reference Price, the Corporation shall not change the Conversion Rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate as increased pursuant to this Section IIIA(12)(b) exceed 45.1000 shares of Common Stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section IIIA(11).

 

  (iv)

For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation shall not decrease the Conversion Rate or the Dividend Rate in connection with a Successful Remarketing.

 

  (v)

Any modified terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with a Remarketing shall apply to every share of Convertible Preferred Stock, whether or not the holder of such shares elected to participate in the Remarketing. Dividends shall continue to be payable on the Convertible Preferred Stock quarterly, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors.

 

  (vi)

The Corporation shall (A) notify each of the Transfer Agent and the Conversion Agent by an Authorized Officer’s certificate delivered to the Transfer Agent and the Conversion Agent and (B) request the Depositary to notify its Depositary Participants holding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, in each case, of the Increased Rate(s) on the Business Day following the date of a Successful Remarketing.

 

  (vii)

In the event of an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing, an Unsuccessful Optional Remarketing, or if no Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock are included in Corporate Units and none of the holders of the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock elect to have their shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed in any Remarketing, neither the Dividend Rate nor the Conversion Rate shall be modified.

 

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  (viii)

If there is an Unsuccessful Remarketing, the Corporation shall cause a notice of the Unsuccessful Remarketing to be published before the open of business on the Business Day following the Applicable Remarketing Period. This notice shall be validly published by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including, without limitation, Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service.

 

  (13)

[ Reserved ]

 

  (14)

Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Common Stock .

 

  (a)

The following events are defined as “ Reorganization Events ”:

 

  (i)

any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination);

 

  (ii)

any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Corporation;

 

  (iii)

any sale, lease or other transfer to another Person of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety; or

 

  (iv)

any statutory exchange of the Common Stock;

in each case as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (“ Exchange Property ”).

 

  (b)

At and after the effective time of a Reorganization Event, the Conversion Rate shall be determined by reference to the value of an Exchange Property Unit, and the Corporation shall deliver, upon settlement of any conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock, a number of Exchange Property Units equal to

 

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  the number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation would otherwise be required to deliver. However, at and after the effective time of the Reorganization Event, (i) the Corporation shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with Section IIIA(9)(d) and (ii)(x) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with Section IIIA(9)(d) shall continue to be payable in cash, (y) any shares of Common Stock that the Corporation would have been required to deliver upon conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with Section IIIA(9)(d) shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Exchange Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in such transaction and (z) the Daily VWAP and Fundamental Change Settlement Price shall be calculated based on the value of an Exchange Property Unit that a holder of one share of Common Stock would have received in such transaction.

 

  (c)

In the event holders of Common Stock (other than any Constituent Person or Affiliate thereof) have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, the Exchange Property Unit that holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to receive shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock. The Corporation shall notify holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

 

  (d)

If the holders in a Reorganization Event receive only cash in such transaction, then notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary for all conversions that occur after the effective date of such transaction (other than as set forth in Section IIIA(10)(e) above for conversions in connection with a Fundamental Change where the relevant Stock Price is less than the Conversion Price) (i) the consideration due upon conversion of each share of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date, multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such transaction and (ii) the Corporation shall satisfy its conversion obligation by paying cash to converting holders on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Conversion Date.

 

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  (e)

In connection with any Reorganization Event, the Corporation shall amend this Section IIIA (1) to provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that are as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments described under Section IIIA(11) above, (2) in the case of any transaction that results in the common equity of any entity other than the Corporation (or, for the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation’s successor in such transaction) being included as Exchange Property, (x) by replacing references to the “Corporation” (and similar references) in the definitions of “Fundamental Change” with references to that other entity and (y) by causing the Dividend Blocker Provisions to apply to that other entity, with its equity securities being deemed stock ranking junior to the Convertible Preferred Stock for this purpose and (3) to include such additional provisions to protect the interests of the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock as the Board of Directors reasonably considers necessary by reason of the foregoing. The Corporation shall not become party to any Reorganization Event unless its terms are consistent with the foregoing.

 

  (f)

In connection with any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this Section IIIA(14), the Corporation shall also adjust the Initial Dividend Threshold based on the number of shares of Common Stock comprising the Exchange Property and (if applicable) the value of any non-stock consideration comprising the Exchange Property. If the Exchange Property is composed solely of non-stock consideration, the Initial Dividend Threshold shall be zero.

 

  (g)

The Corporation shall cause notice of the application of this Section IIIA(14) to be delivered to each holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock at the address of such holder as it appears in the stock register within twenty (20) days after the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section IIIA(14)(a) and shall publish such information on its website. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any conversion right pursuant to this Section IIIA(14).

 

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  (h)

The above provisions of this Section IIIA(14) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events, and the provisions of Section IIIA(11) shall apply to any shares of Capital Stock received by the holders of Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.

 

  (15)

Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion . If the Corporation has in effect a rights plan while any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remain outstanding, holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive, upon a conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock, in addition to shares of Common Stock, if any, rights under the Corporation’s shareholder rights agreement unless, prior to such conversion, the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Corporation had distributed to all holders of the Common Stock, Capital Stock of the Corporation (other than Common Stock), evidences of indebtedness, the Corporation’s assets or properties pursuant to Section IIIA(11)(c) above, subject to readjustment upon the subsequent expiration, termination or redemption of the rights.

 

  (16)

Voting Rights .

 

  (a)

The holders of record of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any voting rights except as hereinafter provided in this Section IIIA(16), as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or as otherwise provided by law.

 

  (b)

The affirmative vote of holders of at least two-thirds of the Outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock and all other class or series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred, voting as a single class, in person or by proxy, at an annual meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders or at a special meeting called for the purpose, or by written consent in lieu of such a meeting, shall be required for the following events:

 

  (i)

to authorize, create or issue, or increase the number of authorized or issued shares of, any class or series of Senior Stock, or reclassify any Capital Stock of the Corporation into any such shares of Senior Stock, or create, authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any shares of Senior Stock;

 

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  (ii)

to alter, repeal or amend any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Convertible Preferred Stock; or

 

  (iii)

to consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity, unless either (A) the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remain outstanding and have rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, that are no less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Convertible Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole, or (B) in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity, the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, such surviving or resulting entity or ultimate parent is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and such preference securities have rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, that are no less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers of the Convertible Preferred Stock immediately prior to such consummation, taken as a whole;

provided that the creation and issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, whether pursuant to pre-emptive or similar rights or otherwise, of any series of preferred stock (including the Convertible Preferred Stock) constituting Junior Stock or Parity Stock, shall not be deemed to adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Convertible Preferred Stock, and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

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If any amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation specified above would adversely affect one or more but not all series of Parity Stock (including the Convertible Preferred Stock for this purpose), then only the one or more series of Parity Stock adversely affected and entitled to vote, rather than all series of Parity Stock, shall vote as a class.

 

  (c)

So long as such action does not adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Convertible Preferred Stock, and limitations and restrictions thereof, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement, or repeal any terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock without the consent of the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock, for the following purposes:

 

  (i)

to cure any ambiguity or mistake, or to correct or supplement any provision contained in this Article IIIA establishing the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained in in this Article IIIA;

 

  (ii)

to make any provision with respect to matters or questions relating to the Convertible Preferred Stock that is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article IIIA establishing the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock, including, but not limited to, the filing with the Secretary of the State Articles of Amendment to reflect the amended terms (if any) of the Convertible Preferred Stock in connection with a Successful Remarketing;

 

  (iii)

to waive any of the Corporation’s rights with respect thereto; or

 

  (iv)

to make any other change to the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock;

provided that any such amendment, alteration, supplement or repeal of any terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock effected in order to (1) conform the terms thereof to the description of the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock set forth under “Description of the Convertible Preferred Stock” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement (as supplemented and/or amended by the Pricing Term Sheet) or (2) implement the changes to the Convertible Preferred Stock as set forth in

 

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Section IIIA(12) above in connection with a Successful Remarketing, in each case, shall be deemed not to adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions thereof, of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote with respect to (A) any increase in the number of the authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, (B) any increase in the number of authorized shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, or (C) the creation, issuance or increase in the number of authorized shares of any Junior Stock or Parity Stock, except as set forth above. Nor shall holders of Convertible Preferred Stock have any voting right with respect to, and the consent of the holders of any Convertible Preferred Stock is not required for, any corporate action, including any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation or a sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, regardless of the effect that such merger, consolidation or sale may have upon the powers, preferences, voting power or other rights or privileges of Convertible Preferred Stock, except as set forth above. No holder of Common Stock or any other class or series of stock shall be entitled to vote with respect to any changes to the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock or the adoption of any Articles of Amendment with respect thereto in connection with a Successful Remarketing as set forth in Section IIIA(12).

In addition, the voting power as provided above shall not apply, if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which the vote would otherwise be required would occur, the Corporation has redeemed upon proper procedures all outstanding shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

  (d)

If at any time dividends on any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid in full for six or more Dividend Periods, whether or not consecutive, then the holders of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (voting together as a class with all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable (and with voting rights allocated pro rata based on the liquidation preference of the Convertible Preferred Stock and each such other class or series of Preferred Stock)) shall be entitled to

 

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  elect two additional directors of the Corporation (each, a “ Convertible Preferred Stock Director ”) at the next annual meeting of stockholders (or at a special meeting of the Corporation’s stockholders called for such purpose in the manner described below, whichever is earlier) and each subsequent meeting until all dividends accumulated on the Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable have been fully paid or a sum sufficient for payment is set aside for payment. In such a case, the number of directors serving on the Board of Directors shall be increased by two. The term of office of such Convertible Preferred Stock Directors will terminate immediately upon the termination of the right of the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock to vote for directors. Each holder of shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock will have one vote for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock held. At any time after voting power to elect directors shall have become vested and be continuing in the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section IIIA(16)(d), or if a vacancy shall exist in the office of any Convertible Preferred Stock Director, the Board of Directors may, and upon written request of the holders of record of at least 10% of the Outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable addressed to the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation shall, call a special meeting of the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable (voting together as a class with all other series of Parity Stock upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) for the purpose of electing the Convertible Preferred Stock Director(s) that such holders are entitled to elect; provided that, if such written request is received within 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of stockholders, the Board of Directors may disregard the request and the Convertible Preferred Stock Directors shall be elected at such annual or special meeting of stockholders. At any meeting held for the purpose of electing a Convertible Preferred Stock Director, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of at least a majority of the Outstanding Convertible Preferred Stock shall be required to constitute a quorum of such Convertible Preferred Stock and the

 

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  Convertible Preferred Stock Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. Each Convertible Preferred Stock Director shall be entitled to one vote on any matter before the Board of Directors. Each Convertible Preferred Stock Director shall serve until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualifies or until such director’s right to serve as a director terminates as described above, whichever occurs earlier. The Convertible Preferred Stock Directors shall agree, prior to their election to office, to resign upon any termination of the right of the holders of Convertible Preferred Stock and Parity Stock having like voting rights to vote as a class for Convertible Preferred Stock Directors as herein provided, and upon such termination, the Convertible Preferred Stock Directors then in office shall forthwith resign and the number of directors serving on the Board of Directors will be reduced accordingly.

 

  (17)

Transfer Agent and Registrar . The duly appointed transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”) and Registrar (the “ Registrar ”) for the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be Broadridge Corporation Issuer Solutions, Inc. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent; provided that the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal.

 

  (18)

Currency . All shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be denominated in U.S. currency, and all payments and distributions thereon or with respect thereto shall be made in U.S. currency. All references herein to “$”or “dollars” refer to U.S. currency.

 

  (19)

Form .

 

  (a)

Shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be issued in fully registered, certificated form and may be issued in the form of one or more permanent global shares of Convertible Preferred Stock registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee (each, a “ Global Preferred Share ”), which shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A. Convertible Preferred Stock represented by the Global Preferred Shares will be exchangeable for other certificates evidencing shares of Convertible Preferred Stock only (x) if the Depositary (A) has notified the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for the Global Preferred Shares or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the

 

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  Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor depository is not appointed by the Corporation within 90 days after such notice or cessation, (y) if the Corporation determines at any time that the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall no longer be represented by Global Preferred Shares, in which case it shall inform the Depositary of such determination, or (z) following the request of a beneficial owner of Convertible Preferred Stock seeking to exercise or enforce its rights with respect to its shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. In any such case, such new certificates evidencing shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Person specified by the Depositary in a written instrument to the Registrar. Except as provided above, owners of beneficial interest in a Global Preferred Share will not be entitled to receive certificates evidencing shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. Unless and until such Global Preferred Share is exchanged for other certificates evidencing shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, Global Preferred Shares may be transferred, in whole but not in part, and any payments on the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be made, only to the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, or to a successor Depositary selected or approved by the Corporation or to a nominee of such successor Depositary.

 

  (b)

To the extent permitted by applicable procedures of the Depositary, certificates evidencing shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock may be issued to represent fractional shares with a Liquidation Preference of $100 and integral multiples of $100 in excess thereof.

The Global Preferred Shares may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules, agreements to which the Corporation is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Corporation). The Global Preferred Shares shall be deposited with the Registrar, at its New York office, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Corporation and countersigned by the Transfer Agent and registered by the Registrar as hereinafter provided. The aggregate number of shares represented by the Global Preferred Shares, or any one Global Preferred Share, may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Registrar and the Depositary or its

 

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nominee as hereinafter provided. At such time as all interests in a Global Preferred Share have been converted, canceled, repurchased or transferred, such Global Preferred Share shall be, upon receipt thereof, canceled by the Corporation in accordance with standing procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Corporation.

This Section IIIA(19) shall apply only to a Global Preferred Share deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary. The Corporation shall execute and the Registrar shall, in accordance with this Section IIIA(19), countersign and deliver one or more Global Preferred Shares in accordance with the terms hereof that (i) shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of the Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Registrar to Cede & Co. or pursuant to instructions received from Cede & Co. or held by the Registrar as custodian for the Depositary pursuant to an agreement between the Depositary and the Registrar. Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) shall have no rights under this Article IIIA, with respect to any Global Preferred Share held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Registrar as the custodian of the Depositary, or under such Global Preferred Share, and the Depositary may be treated by the Corporation, the Registrar and any agent of the Corporation or the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Global Preferred Share for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation, the Registrar or any agent of the Corporation or the Registrar from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the registered holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Preferred Share.

The Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, President, or any Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary shall sign the certificates evidencing the Convertible Preferred Stock for the Corporation, in accordance with the Corporation’s bylaws and applicable law, by manual or facsimile signature. If such an individual whose signature is on a share certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Transfer Agent authenticates the certificate, such certificate shall be valid nevertheless. A certificate evidencing shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be valid

 

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until an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent manually countersigns such certificate. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that such certificate has been authenticated under this Article IIIA. Each share certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.

 

  (20)

Reissuance and Retirement. Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that have been redeemed or converted in accordance herewith or automatically delivered to the Corporation following an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, in each case, shall be retired and shall not be reissued as shares of Convertible Preferred Stock hereunder, but the number of shares so retired shall revert to the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation.

 

  (21)

Paying Agent and Conversion Agent .

 

  (a)

The Corporation shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, State of New York (i) an office or agency where Convertible Preferred Stock may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”) and (ii) an office or agency where Convertible Preferred Stock may be presented for conversion (the “ Conversion Agent ”). The Transfer Agent shall act as Paying Agent and Conversion Agent, unless another Paying Agent or Conversion Agent is appointed by the Corporation. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is appointed by the Corporation as the Paying Agent and Conversion Agent. The Corporation may appoint the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent and may appoint one or more additional paying agents and one or more additional conversion agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent and the term “Conversion Agent” includes any additional conversion agent. The Corporation may change any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent without prior notice to any holder. The Corporation shall notify the Registrar of the name and address of any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent appointed by the Corporation. If the Corporation fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Paying Agent or Conversion Agent, the Registrar shall act as such. The Corporation or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or Conversion Agent.

 

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  (b)

Payments due on the Convertible Preferred Stock shall be payable at the office or agency of the Corporation maintained for such purpose in The City of New York and at any other office or agency maintained by the Corporation for such purpose. Payments shall be payable by United States dollar check drawn on, or wire transfer (provided that appropriate wire instructions have been received by the Registrar at least 15 days prior to the applicable date of payment) to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the holder with, a bank located in New York City; provided that at the option of the Corporation, payment of dividends may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Convertible Preferred Stock register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, payments due in respect of the Global Preferred Shares shall be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary.

 

  (22)

Headings . The headings of the subsections of this Article IIIA are for convenience of reference only and shall not define, limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

  (23)

Rights of Holders . No person or entity, other than the person or entity in whose name a certificate representing the Convertible Preferred Stock is registered, shall have any rights hereunder or with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall recognize the registered owner thereof as the sole owner for all purposes, and no other person or entity (other than the Corporation) shall have any benefit, right, claim or remedy hereunder.

 

  (24)

Withholding . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Corporation or any agent of the Corporation shall have the right to deduct and withhold from any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) made with respect to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock (or the delivery of shares of Common Stock and/or cash upon conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock) such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payment or distribution (or delivery) under applicable tax law without liability therefor. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid (or delivered) to the applicable holder of Convertible Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation or any agent of the Corporation previously remitted any

 

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  amounts to a governmental entity which was not actually withheld at the source on account of taxes required to be deducted or withheld in respect of any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) or delivery with respect to any share of Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to an applicable holder of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation and any such agent shall be entitled to offset any such amounts against any future amounts otherwise payable or deliverable to the applicable holder hereunder or under any other instrument or agreement.”

 

Article IV.

Offices

 

 

  The principal office of the Corporation in the Commonwealth of Virginia is to be located in the City of Richmond.

 

Article V.

Directors

 

 

  The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of Directors consisting of not less than ten nor more than seventeen Directors, the exact number of Directors to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by (i) the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office or (ii) the stockholders of the Corporation by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at an election of directors. Each Director shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until his or her successor shall be elected and shall qualify, subject, however, to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent Director.

 

  Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of Preferred Stock issued by the Corporation shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect Directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of these Articles of Incorporation applicable thereto, and such Directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this Article V unless expressly provided by such terms.

 

  If the office of any Director shall become vacant, the Directors at the time in office, whether or not a quorum, may, by majority vote of the Directors then in office, choose a successor who shall hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders. Vacancies resulting from the increase in the number of Directors shall be filled in the same manner.

 

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  A Director of the Corporation may be removed by stockholders of the Corporation only for cause and only if the number of votes cast to remove the Director constitutes a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at an election of Directors of the voting group by which the Director was elected.

 

  Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of Directors shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

 

  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter shall be required to amend, alter, change or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with the purpose and intent of, this Article V or Articles IV and XI of the Bylaws.

 

Article VI.

Limit on Liability and Indemnification

 

 

  1.

To the full extent that the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, as it exists on the date hereof or may hereafter be amended, permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors or officers, a Director or officer of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages.

 

  2.

To the full extent permitted and in the manner prescribed by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act and any other applicable law, the Corporation shall indemnify a Director or officer of the Corporation who is or was a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was such a Director or officer or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The Board of Directors is hereby empowered, by majority vote of a quorum or disinterested Directors, to contract in advance to indemnify any Director or officer.

 

  3.

The Board of Directors is hereby empowered, by majority vote of a quorum of disinterested Directors, to cause the Corporation to indemnify or contract in advance to indemnify any person not specified in Section 2 of this Article who was or is a party to any proceeding, by reason of the fact that he is or was an employee or

 

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  agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, to the same extent as if such person were specified as one to whom indemnification is granted in Section 2.

 

  4.

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify it against the whole or any portion of the liability assumed by it in accordance with this Article and may also procure insurance, in such amounts as the Board of Directors may determine, on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against or incurred by any such person in any such capacity or arising from his status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this Article.

 

  5.

In the event there has been a change in the composition of a majority of the Board of Directors after the date of the alleged act or omission with respect to which indemnification is claimed, any determination as to indemnification and advancement of expenses with respect to any claim for indemnification made pursuant to Section 2 of this Article VI shall be made by special legal counsel agreed upon by the Board of Directors and the proposed indemnitee. If the Board of Directors and the proposed indemnitee are unable to agree upon such special legal counsel, the Board of Directors and the proposed indemnitee each shall select a nominee, and the nominees shall select such special legal counsel.

 

  6.

The provisions of this Article VI shall be applicable to all actions, claims, suits or proceedings commenced after the adoption hereof, whether arising from any action taken or failure to act before or after such adoption. No amendment, modification or repeal of this Article shall diminish the rights provided hereby or diminish the right to indemnification with respect to any claim, issue or matter in any then pending or subsequent proceeding that is based in any material respect on any alleged action or failure to act prior to such amendment, modification or repeal.

 

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  7.

Reference herein to Directors, officers, employees or agents shall include former Directors, officers, employees and agents and their respective heirs, executors and administrators.

 

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EXHIBIT A

1.75% SERIES A CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

 

Number: [                    ]    [Initial] 1 Number of Shares: [                    ]

CUSIP NO.: 25746U 810

1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

(no par value)

(liquidation preference $1,000 per share)

of

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

(organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia)

[INCLUDE FOR GLOBAL PREFERRED SHARES]

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE CORPORATION.

IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.]

 

1  

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

 

A-1


DOMINION ENERGY, INC., a Virginia corporation (the “ Corporation ”), hereby certifies that [                     ] 2 [Cede & Co.] 3 , or registered assigns (the “ Holder ”) is the registered owner of [                ] 4 [a number of] 5 fully paid and non-assessable shares of Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated the “1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock,” with no par value and liquidation preference $1,000 per share (the “ Convertible Preferred Stock ”) [as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto] 6 . The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are transferable on the books and records of the Registrar, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Convertible Preferred Stock represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms (the “ Articles of Incorporation ”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the respective meanings given them in the Articles of Incorporation. The Corporation will provide a copy of the Articles of Incorporation, the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Pricing Term Sheet to a Holder without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business.

Reference is hereby made to select provisions of the Convertible Preferred Stock set forth on the reverse hereof, and to Article IIIA of the Articles of Incorporation, which select provisions and Article IIIA of the Articles of Incorporation shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Articles of Incorporation and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

Unless the Transfer Agent’s Certificate of Authentication hereon has been properly executed, the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Articles of Incorporation or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

 

2  

Include for certificated shares.

3  

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

4  

Include for certificated shares.

5  

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

6  

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

 

A-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned duly authorized officers of Dominion Energy, Inc. have executed this Certificate as of the date set forth below.

 

By:  

         

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Dated: __________________

 

 

A-3


TRANSFER AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the certificates representing shares of Convertible Preferred Stock referred to in the within mentioned Articles of Incorporation.

 

BROADRIDGE CORPORATION ISSUER SOLUTIONS, INC.,

as Transfer Agent

By:  

         

  Name:
  Title:
Dated: ____________________

 

 

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REVERSE OF SECURITY

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

In connection with a Successful Remarketing, the Board of Directors Designee, after consultation with the Remarketing Agent, may increase the Dividend Rate. In addition, in connection with a Successful Remarketing, the Conversion Rate may increase as set forth in the Articles of Incorporation. Holders of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive when, as and if authorized by the Board of Directors and declared by the Corporation, cumulative dividends on each share of Convertible Preferred Stock at the applicable Dividend Rate on the Liquidation Preference per share of the Convertible Preferred Stock, payable in cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Corporation’s election (subject to the limitations described in Article IIIA of the Articles of Incorporation).

The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be redeemable as provided in the Articles of Incorporation. The shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible in the manner and according to the terms set forth in the Articles of Incorporation. If any Holder of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock elects to convert its shares in connection with a Fundamental Change, in certain circumstances, the Corporation will adjust the Conversion Rate for shares of Convertible Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion as set forth in Article IIIA of the Articles of Incorporation.

The Corporation shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge, a full summary statement of the designations, voting rights preferences, limitations and special rights of the shares of each class or series authorized to be issued by the Corporation in so far as they have been fixed and determined.

 

A-5


ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby to:

 

 

  

 

  
(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number)   

 

 

  

 

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)   

 

  

 

  
  

and irrevocably appoints:

 

  

agent to transfer the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

Date: __________________

Signature: ______________________

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate)

Signature Guarantee: _____________________ 7

 

 

7  

Signature must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution”(i.e., a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union) meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program”as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

A-6


NOTICE OF CONVERSION

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in order to Convert 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the “Conversion”)                  shares of 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”), represented by stock certificate No(s).              (the “Convertible Preferred Stock Certificates”) into shares of common stock, without par value (“Common Stock”), of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “Corporation”) according to the conditions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, as amended and restated, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, establishing the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Articles of Incorporation”), as of the date written below. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto and is delivering herewith such certificates. No fee will be charged to the holder for any conversion, except for transfer taxes, if any. A copy of each Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate is attached hereto (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof).

The Corporation is not required to issue shares of Common Stock until the original Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate(s) (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) to be converted are received by the Corporation or its Transfer Agent.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in or pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation.

Date of Conversion: __________________________________________

Number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

to be Converted: __________________________

Signature: __________________________________________________

Name: _____________________________________________________

Address: 8 __________________________________________________

Fax No.: ___________________________________________________

 

 

8  

Address where shares of Common Stock and any other payments or certificates shall be sent by the Corporation.

 

A-7


SCHEDULE A 9

Dominion Energy, Inc.

Global Preferred Share

1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

The initial number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock represented by this Global Preferred Share shall be [                ]. The following exchanges of a part of this Global Preferred Share have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease
in number of shares
represented by this
Global
Preferred Share
   Amount of
increase in
number of shares
represented by
this Global
Preferred Share
   Number of shares
represented by
this Global
Preferred Share
following such
decrease or
increase
   Signature of authorized
officer of Registrar
           
           
           
           

 

9  

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

 

A-8

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

 

SERIES A PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 14, 2019

among

Dominion Energy, Inc.

and

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Purchase Contract Agent,

and

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

     P AGE  
ARTICLE 1   
D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION   
Section 1.01 .   Definitions      1  
Section 1.02 .   Compliance Certificates and Opinions      23  
Section 1.03 .   Form of Documents Delivered to Purchase Contract Agent or Collateral Agent      23  
Section 1.04 .   Acts of Holders; Record Dates      24  
Section 1.05 .   Notices      25  
Section 1.06 .   Notice to Holders; Waiver      27  
Section 1.07 .   Effect of Headings and Table of Contents      27  
Section 1.08 .   Successors and Assigns      28  
Section 1.09 .   Separability Clause      28  
Section 1.10 .   Benefits of Agreement      28  
Section 1.11 .   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury      28  
Section 1.12 .   Legal Holidays      29  
Section 1.13 .   Counterparts      29  
Section 1.14 .   Inspection of Agreement      30  
Section 1.15 .   Appointment of Financial Institution as Agent for the Company      30  
Section 1.16 .   No Waiver      30  
ARTICLE 2   
C ERTIFICATE F ORMS   
Section 2.01 .   Forms of Certificates Generally      30  
Section 2.02 .   Form of Purchase Contract Agent’s Certificate of Authentication      31  
ARTICLE 3   
T HE U NITS   
Section 3.01 .   Amount; Form and Denominations      31  
Section 3.02 .   Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Certificates      31  
Section 3.03 .   Execution, Authentication; Delivery and Dating      33  
Section 3.04 .   Temporary Certificates      33  
Section 3.05 .   Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange      34  
Section 3.06 .   Book-entry Interests      36  
Section 3.07 .   [Reserved]      37  
Section 3.08 .   Appointment of Successor Depositary      37  
Section 3.09 .   Definitive Certificates      37  
Section 3.10 .   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Certificates      38  

 

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Section 3.11 .   Persons Deemed Owners      39  
Section 3.12 .   Cancellation      41  
Section 3.13 .   Creation of Treasury Units by Substitution of Treasury Security      41  
Section 3.14.   Creation of Cash Settled Units by Substitution of Cash      43  
Section 3.15 .   Recreation of Corporate Units      45  
Section 3.16 .   Transfer of Collateral Upon Occurrence of Termination Event      47  
Section 3.17 .   No Consent to Assumption      50  
Section 3.18 .   Substitutions      51  
ARTICLE 4   
T HE C ONVERTIBLE P REFERRED S TOCK   
Section 4.01 .   Payments; Rights to Payments Preserved      51  
Section 4.02 .   Payments Prior to or on Purchase Contract Settlement Date      53  
Section 4.03 .   Notice and Voting      54  
Section 4.04 .   Payments to Purchase Contract Agent      55  
Section 4.05 .   Payments Held In Trust      56  
ARTICLE 5   
T HE P URCHASE C ONTRACTS   
Section 5.01 .   Purchase of Shares of Common Stock      56  
Section 5.02 .   Remarketing; Notices; Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock; Registration; Payment of Purchase Price      58  
Section 5.03 .   Issuance of Shares of Common Stock      70  
Section 5.04 .   Fundamental Change Early Settlement      71  
Section 5.05 .   Termination Event; Notice      76  
Section 5.06 .   Early Settlement      77  
Section 5.07 .   No Fractional Shares      80  
Section 5.08 .   Charges and Taxes      81  
Section 5.09 .   Contract Adjustment Payments      81  
Section 5.10 .   Deferral of Contract Adjustment Payments      83  
Section 5.11.   Anti-dilution Adjustments      87  
Section 5.12 .   Reorganization Events      95  
ARTICLE 6   
R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES OF H OLDERS   
Section 6.01 .   Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Contract Adjustment Payments and to Purchase Shares of Common Stock      96  
Section 6.02 .   Restoration of Rights and Remedies      97  
Section 6.03 .   Rights and Remedies Cumulative      97  
Section 6.04 .   Delay or Omission Not Waiver      97  
Section 6.05 .   Undertaking for Costs      97  
Section 6.06 .   Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws      98  

 

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ARTICLE 7   
T HE P URCHASE C ONTRACT A GENT   
Section 7.01 .   Certain Duties and Responsibilities      98  
Section 7.02 .   Notice of Default      100  
Section 7.03 .   Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent      100  
Section 7.04 .   Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Units      102  
Section 7.05 .   May Hold Units      102  
Section 7.06 .   Money Held in Custody      102  
Section 7.07 .   Compensation and Reimbursement      103  
Section 7.08 .   Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility      104  
Section 7.09 .   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor      104  
Section 7.10 .   Acceptance of Appointment by Successor      105  
Section 7.11 .   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      106  
Section 7.12 .   Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders      106  
Section 7.13 .   No Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent      107  
Section 7.14 .   Tax Compliance      107  
ARTICLE 8   
S UPPLEMENTAL A GREEMENTS   
Section 8.01 .   Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders      108  
Section 8.02 .   Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders      109  
Section 8.03 .   Execution of Supplemental Agreements      110  
Section 8.04 .   Effect of Supplemental Agreements      111  
Section 8.05 .   Reference to Supplemental Agreements      111  
ARTICLE 9   
C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , S ALE , C ONVEYANCE , T RANSFER OR D ISPOSITION   
Section 9.01 .   Covenant Not To Consolidate, Merge, Sell, Convey, Transfer or Dispose Property except under Certain Conditions      111  
Section 9.02 .   Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation      111  
Section 9.03 .   Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent      112  
ARTICLE 10   
C OVENANTS   
Section 10.01.   Performance under Purchase Contracts      112  
Section 10.02.   Maintenance of Office or Agency      112  
Section 10.03.   Company to Reserve Common Stock      113  
Section 10.04.   Covenants as to Common Stock; Listing      113  
Section 10.05.   ERISA      114  

 

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Section 10.06.   Tax Treatment      114  
Section 10.07.   Withholding      114  
Section 10.08.   Remarketing Agreement      115  
Section 10.09.   Statements of Officers of the Company as to Default      115  
Section 10.10.   Foreign Assets Control      115  
Section 10.11.   Additional Representations      116  
ARTICLE 11   
P LEDGE   
Section 11.01.   Pledge      116  
Section 11.02.   Termination      117  
ARTICLE 12   
A DMINISTRATION OF C OLLATERAL   
Section 12.01.   Initial Deposit of Convertible Preferred Stock      117  
Section 12.02.   Establishment of Collateral Account      117  
Section 12.03.   Treatment as Financial Assets      118  
Section 12.04.   Sole Control by Collateral Agent      118  
Section 12.05.   Jurisdiction      119  
Section 12.06.   No Other Claims      119  
Section 12.07.   Investment and Release      119  
Section 12.08.   Treasury Securities      120  
Section 12.09.   Statements and Confirmations      121  
Section 12.10.   Tax Allocations      121  
Section 12.11.   No Other Agreements      121  
Section 12.12.   Powers Coupled with an Interest      121  
Section 12.13.   Waiver of Lien Waiver of Set-off      121  
ARTICLE 13   
R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES OF THE C OLLATERAL A GENT   
Section 13.01.   Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent      122  
ARTICLE 14   
R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES TO C OLLATERAL A GENT ; H OLDER C OVENANTS   
Section 14.01.   Representations And Warranties      123  
Section 14.02.   Covenants      124  
ARTICLE 15   
T HE C OLLATERAL A GENT , THE C USTODIAL A GENT AND THE S ECURITIES I NTERMEDIARY   
Section 15.01.   Appointment, Powers and Immunities      124  

 

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Section 15.02.   Instructions of the Company      126  
Section 15.03.   Reliance by Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary      127  
Section 15.04.   Certain Rights      127  
Section 15.05.   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business      128  
Section 15.06.   Rights in Other Capacities      128  
Section 15.07.   Non-reliance on the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary      129  
Section 15.08.   Compensation And Indemnity      129  
Section 15.09.   Failure to Act      130  
Section 15.10.   Resignation of Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary      131  
Section 15.11.   Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor      132  
Section 15.12.   Survival      132  
Section 15.13.   Exculpation      132  
Section 15.14.   Compliance with Laws      132  
Section 15.15.   Expenses, Etc.      133  
ARTICLE 16   
M ISCELLANEOUS   
Section 16.01.   Company to Furnish Purchase Contract Agent Names and Addresses of Holders      133  
Section 16.02.   Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders      134  
Section 16.03.   Defaults, Waiver      134  
Section 16.04.   Purchase Contract Agent’s Knowledge of Defaults      134  
Section 16.05.   Security Interest Absolute      134  
Section 16.06.   Notice of Termination Event      135  
Section 16.07.   U.S.A. Patriot Act      135  

 

Exhibit A —   Form of Corporate Units Certificate
Exhibit B —   Form of Treasury Units Certificate
Exhibit C —   Form of Cash Settled Units Certificate
Exhibit D —   Instruction to Purchase Contract Agent from Holder (To Create Treasury Units or Corporate Units)
Exhibit E —   Instruction to Purchase Contract Agent from Holder (To Create Cash Settled Units)
Exhibit F —   Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Holders upon Termination Event

 

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Exhibit G —   Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Creation of Treasury Units)
Exhibit H —   Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Creation of Treasury Units)
Exhibit I —   Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Creation of Cash Settled Units)
Exhibit J —   Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Creation of Cash Settled Units)
Exhibit K —   Instruction from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Recreation of Corporate Units)
Exhibit L —   Instruction from Collateral Agent to Securities Intermediary (Recreation of Corporate Units)
Exhibit M —   Instruction from Holder of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to Custodial Agent Regarding Remarketing
Exhibit N —   Instruction from Holder of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to Custodial Agent Regarding Withdrawal from Remarketing
Exhibit O —   Notification from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent Regarding Fundamental Change Early Settlement
Exhibit P —   Notice to Settle with Cash After Unsuccessful Final Remarketing
Exhibit Q —   Notice from Purchase Contract Agent to Collateral Agent (Settlement with Separate Cash)
Exhibit R —   Notice of Settlement with Separate Cash from Securities Intermediary to Purchase Contract Agent (Settlement with Separate Cash)
Exhibit S —   Instruction Given from the Purchase Contract Agent to the Transfer Agent

 

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SERIES A PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 14, 2019 among Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “ Company ”), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, not individually, but acting solely as purchase contract agent for, and as attorney-in-fact of, the Holders from time to time of the Units (in such capacities, together with its successors and assigns in such capacities, the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, a national banking association, as collateral agent hereunder for the benefit of the Company (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Collateral Agent ”), as custodial agent (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Custodial Agent ”), and as securities intermediary (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) with respect to the Collateral Account (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “ Securities Intermediary ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Certificates evidencing the Units;

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make the Purchase Contracts, when the Certificates are executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent, as provided in this Agreement, the valid obligations of the Company and the Holders, and to constitute these presents a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done;

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts, the Holders of the Units have irrevocably authorized the Purchase Contract Agent, as attorney-in-fact of such Holders, among other things, to execute and deliver this Agreement on behalf of such Holders and to grant the Pledge provided herein of the Collateral to secure the Obligations.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

D EFINITIONS AND O THER P ROVISIONS OF G ENERAL A PPLICATION

Section 1.01 .    Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)    the terms defined in this Article 1 have the meanings assigned to them in this Article 1 and include the plural as well as the singular, and nouns and pronouns of the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders;


(b)    all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“ GAAP ”);

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

(d)    the following terms, which are defined in the UCC, shall have the meanings set forth therein: “ certificated security, ” “ control, ” “ financial asset, ” “ entitlement order, ” “ securities account ” and “ security entitlement ”; and

(e)    the following terms have the meanings given to them in this Section 1.01(e):

Account Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.05.

Act ” has the meaning, with respect to any Holder, set forth in Section 1.04.

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

Agreement ” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more agreements supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 , as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and all similar laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Applicable Law ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.14(d).

Applicable Market Value ” means the average of the Daily VWAPs of the Common Stock during the Market Value Averaging Period, subject to Section 5.12; provided that if, by the open of trading on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, 20 Trading Days for the Common Stock have not occurred during the period from, and including, the first day of the Market Value Averaging Period to, and including, such second Scheduled Trading Day, all remaining Trading Days in the Market Value Averaging Period shall be deemed to occur on such second Scheduled

 

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Trading Day, and the Daily VWAP for each of those remaining Trading Days shall be the Daily VWAP on such second Scheduled Trading Day or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the Closing Price of the Common Stock as of such day.

Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock ” means a 1/10, or a 10%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in one share of Convertible Preferred Stock that is a component of a Corporate Unit.

Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio ” means, with respect to a Corporate Unit and the Treasury Portfolio, (i) a 1/10, or a 10%, undivided beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 face amount of U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) included in the Treasury Portfolio that matures on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date and (ii) a 0.04375% undivided beneficial ownership interest in $1,000 face amount of U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) included in the Treasury Portfolio that mature on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

Applicable Remarketing Period ” means any of (i) any Optional Remarketing Period specified by the Company pursuant to Section 5.02(a) or (ii) the Final Remarketing Period, as the context requires.

Applicants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.12(b).

Authorized Officer ” means any Senior Officer, any Vice President, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Corporate Secretary.

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other law of the United States that from time to time provides a uniform system of bankruptcy laws.

Beneficial Owner ” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Interest as reflected on the books of the Depositary or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depositary (directly as a Depositary Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance with the rules of such Depositary).

Blackout Period ” means, the period (i) if the Company has elected to conduct an Optional Remarketing, from the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of an Optional Remarketing Period to and including the Remarketing Settlement Date of such Optional Remarketing Period or the date the Company announces that no Successful Optional Remarketing has occurred during such Optional Remarketing Period, (ii) following any Successful Remarketing and (iii) after the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Final Remarketing Period.

 

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Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company or a duly authorized committee of that board or, to the extent duly authorized by such board of directors to act on its behalf, one or more Senior Officers.

Board Resolution ” means one or more resolutions of the Board of Directors, a copy of which has been certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent.

Book-Entry Interest ” means a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate, registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee thereof, ownership and transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by such Depositary as described in Section 3.06.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions and trust companies in New York City, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.

Cash ” or “ cash ” means any coin or currency of the United States as at the time shall be legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

Cash Settled Unit ” means, following the substitution of Cash for Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock as collateral to secure a Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract, the collective rights and obligations of a Holder of a Cash Settled Units Certificate in respect of such Cash, subject to the Pledge thereof, and the related Purchase Contract.

Cash Settled Units Certificate ” means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of Cash Settled Units specified on such certificate.

Certificate ” means a Corporate Units Certificate, a Treasury Units Certificate or a Cash Settled Units Certificate, as the case may be.

close of business ” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

Closing Price ” per share of Common Stock means, on any date of determination, the closing sale price (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “ Closing Price ” shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group

 

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Inc. or similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “ Closing Price ” shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Collateral ” means the collective reference to:

(i)    the Collateral Account and all investment property and other financial assets and Cash from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and all security entitlements with respect thereto (other than the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio), including, without limitation, (A) the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock and security entitlements relating thereto (and the Convertible Preferred Stock and security entitlements relating thereto delivered to the Collateral Agent in respect of such Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, (B) the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) of the Holders with respect to the Treasury Portfolio that is a component of the Corporate Units from time to time and security entitlements relating thereto, (C) any Treasury Securities Transferred to the Securities Intermediary from time to time in connection with the creation of Treasury Units in accordance with Section 3.13 hereof and (D) any Cash transferred to the Securities Intermediary from time to time in connection with the creation of Cash Settled Units in accordance with Section 3.14 hereof or following an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing in accordance with Section 5.02(b)(vii);

(ii)    all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (whether such Proceeds arise before or after the commencement of any proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, by or against the pledgor or with respect to the pledgor), other than Dividend Payments on the Convertible Preferred Stock and any other income or distributions in respect of any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or Permitted Investments that Holders are entitled to receive pursuant to Section 4.01(a); and

(iii)    all powers and rights now owned or hereafter acquired under or with respect to the Collateral.

Collateral Account ” means the securities account of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained on the books of the Securities Intermediary and designated “HSBC as Collateral Agent for DE 2019 Series A Equity Units”, or any successor securities account of the Collateral Agent or a successor Collateral Agent.

 

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Collateral Agent ” means the Person named as “ Collateral Agent ” in the first paragraph of this Agreement until a successor Collateral Agent shall have become such pursuant to this Agreement, and thereafter “Collateral Agent” shall mean the Person who is then the Collateral Agent hereunder.

collateral event of default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.01(b).

Collateral Substitution ” means (i) with respect to the Corporate Units, the substitution of each 10 Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock included in such Corporate Units with a Treasury Security or Cash or (ii) with respect to the Treasury Units, the substitution of each Treasury Security included in such Treasury Units with a share of Convertible Preferred Stock.

Common Stock ” means the common stock of the Company, no par value.

Company ” means the Person named as the “ Company ” in the first paragraph of this Agreement until a successor shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “ Company ” shall mean such successor.

Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a).

Constituent Person ” means, in respect of any Reorganization Event, a Person with which the Company is consolidated or into which the Company is merged or which merged into the Company or to which the relevant sale or transfer was made, as the case may be, in connection with such Reorganization Event.

Contract Adjustment Payments ” means the payments payable by the Company on the Payment Dates in respect of each Purchase Contract, at a rate per year of 5.50% of the Stated Amount per Purchase Contract.

Convertible Preferred Stock ” means the series of preferred stock of the Company designated as “1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock,” without par value, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share created pursuant to the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment.

Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Purchase Contract Agent at 60 Wall Street, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10005, or such other address as the Purchase Contract Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Purchase Contract Agent as designated by written notice to the Holders and the Company (or such other address as such successor Purchase Contract Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

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Corporate Unit ” means the collective rights and obligations of a Holder of a Corporate Units Certificate in respect of the Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, subject in each case (except that the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio as specified in clause (ii) of the definition thereof shall not be subject to the Pledge) to the Pledge thereof, and the related Purchase Contract.

Corporate Units Certificate ” means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of Corporate Units specified on such certificate.

Custodial Agent ” means the Person named as Custodial Agent in the first paragraph of this Agreement until a successor Custodial Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “ Custodial Agent ” shall mean the Person who is then the Custodial Agent hereunder.

Daily VWAP ” means, in respect of Common Stock, on any Trading Day, the per share volume weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “D <Equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading on such Trading Day until the scheduled close of trading on such Trading Day (or if such VWAP is unavailable, the market price of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company).

Depositary ” means a clearing agency registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for the Units as contemplated by Section 3.06 and Section 3.08.

Depositary Participant ” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depositary.

Dividend Deficiency Event ” means that the payment of all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock (whether or not declared) on the June 1, 2022 Dividend Payment Date is not permitted under Virginia law.

Dividend Payment ” means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the dividend payment on the Convertible Preferred Stock in respect of such Dividend Payment Date.

 

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Dividend Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment.

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

Early Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(a).

Early Settlement Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(b).

Early Settlement Averaging Period ” with respect to any Early Settlement means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately following the relevant Early Settlement Date; provided that if, by the open of trading on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, 20 Trading Days for the Common Stock have not occurred during the period from, and including, the first day of the Early Settlement Averaging Period to, and including, such second Scheduled Trading Day, all remaining Trading Days in the Early Settlement Averaging Period shall be deemed to occur on such second Scheduled Trading Day, and the Daily VWAP for each of those remaining Trading Days shall be the Daily VWAP on such second Scheduled Trading Day or, if such day is not a Trading Day, the Closing Price of the Common Stock as of such day.

Early Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.06(b).

Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.04(b).

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Ex-Dividend Date ” when used with respect to any issuance or distribution on the Common Stock or any other security, means the first date on which the Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, trades, regular way, on the principal U.S. securities exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock or such other security, as applicable, is listed or quoted at that time, without the right to receive the issuance or distribution.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Property ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.12.

Exchange Property Unit ” means, in respect of any Reorganization Event, the kind and amount of Exchange Property receivable in such Reorganization Event (without any interest thereon, and without any right to dividends or distribution thereon which have a record date that is prior to the

 

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applicable settlement date) per share of Common Stock by a holder of Common Stock that is not a Constituent Person, or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person, to the extent such Reorganization Event provides for different treatment of Common Stock held by the Constituent Person and/or the Affiliates of the Constituent Person, on the one hand, and non-Affiliates of a Constituent Person, on the other hand.

Expiration Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04(e).

Extension Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(a).

Final Remarketing ” means any Remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock that occurs during the Final Remarketing Period by the Remarketing Agent(s) pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Final Remarketing Period ” means the five Business Day period beginning on, and including, the sixth Business Day, and ending on, and including, the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

Five-Day Average Price ” means the average of the Daily VWAPs per share of Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on the second Trading Day immediately preceding the applicable Payment Date or other date in respect of which Contract Adjustment Payments are being paid.

Fundamental Change ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(i)    a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of shares of the Common Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Stock;

(ii)    (A) the Company is involved in a consolidation with or merger into any other Person, or any merger of another Person into the Company, or any other similar transaction or series of related transactions (other than a merger, consolidation or similar transaction that does not result in the conversion or exchange of outstanding shares of Common Stock), in each case, in which 90% or more of the outstanding shares of Common Stock are exchanged for or converted into cash, securities or other property, greater than 10% of the value of which consists of cash, securities or other property that is not (or will not be upon or immediately following the effectiveness of such consolidation, merger or other transaction) common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or (B) the consummation of any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions of all or substantially all of the Company’s consolidated assets to any Person other than one of the Company’s Subsidiaries;

 

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(iii)    the Common Stock ceases to be listed on at least one of the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market and the NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors); or

(iv)    the shareholders of the Company approve a liquidation, dissolution or termination of the Company.

Fundamental Change Early Settlement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

GAAP ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.01(b).

Global Certificate ” means a Certificate that evidences all or part of the Units and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof.

Global Preferred Share ” has the meaning set forth in the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment.

Hague Securities Convention ” means the Convention on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary, July 5, 2006, 17 U.S.T. 401, 46 I.L.M. 649.

Holder ” means, with respect to a Unit, the Person in whose name the Unit evidenced by a Certificate is registered in the Security Register.

Increased Balance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.07(b).

Increased Conversion Rate ” means, in connection with a Successful Remarketing, the conversion rate per share of the Convertible Preferred Stock rounded to the nearest one ten thousandth (0.0001) of one share of Common Stock that shall apply to the Convertible Preferred Stock as determined by the Company pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Increased Dividend Rate ” means, in connection with a Successful Remarketing, the dividend rate per annum rounded to the nearest one thousandth (0.001) of one percent that the Convertible Preferred Stock shall bear as determined by the Company pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Increased Rates ” means, collectively, in connection with a Successful Remarketing, the Increased Conversion Rate, if any, and the Increased Dividend Rate, if any.

 

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Indebtedness ” means indebtedness of any kind of the Company unless the instrument under which such indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity in right of payment with or subordinate in right of payment to the Contract Adjustment Payments.

Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.07(c).

Issuer Order ” or “ Issuer Request ” means a written order or request signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Officer and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent.

Losses ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.08(b).

Make-Whole Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(a).

Market Disruption Event ” means (i) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

Market Value Averaging Period ” means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

Maximum Settlement Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Minimum Stock Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.04(b).

NYSE ” means The New York Stock Exchange and its successors.

Obligations ” means, with respect to each Holder, all obligations and liabilities of such Holder under such Holder’s Purchase Contract and this Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest (including, without limitation, interest accruing before and after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to such Holder, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Company or the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary that are required to be paid by the Holder pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

 

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OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Company and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent. Any Officer’s Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement shall include the information set forth in the second paragraph of Section 1.02 hereof.

open of business ” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel to the Company (and who may be an employee of the Company). An opinion of counsel may rely on certificates as to matters of fact.

Optional Remarketing ” means any Remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock that occurs during the Optional Remarketing Window by the Remarketing Agent(s) pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Optional Remarketing Date ” means the date the Convertible Preferred Stock offered in an Optional Remarketing are priced by the Remarketing Agent(s).

Optional Remarketing Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.02(a).

Optional Remarketing Settlement Date ” means the second Business Day following the Optional Remarketing Date, or such other date the Company and the Remarketing Agent agree to.

Optional Remarketing Window ” means the period from and including February 25, 2022 ending on and including May 13, 2022.

Outstanding ” means, as of any date of determination, all Units evidenced by Certificates theretofore authenticated, executed and delivered under this Agreement, except:

(i)    all Units, if a Termination Event has occurred;

(ii)    Units evidenced by Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Purchase Contract Agent or delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation or deemed cancelled pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement; and

 

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(iii)    Units evidenced by Certificates in exchange for or in lieu of which other Certificates have been authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holder and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, other than any such Certificate in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Purchase Contract Agent proof satisfactory to it that such Certificate is held by a protected purchaser in whose hands the Units evidenced by such Certificate are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite number of the Units have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Units owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding Units, except that, in determining whether the Purchase Contract Agent shall be authorized and protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Units that a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Units so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding Units if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Purchase Contract Agent the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Units and that the pledgee is not the Company or any Affiliate of the Company.

Payment Date ” means March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2019.

Permitted Investments ” means any one of the following, but, except for clause (4) below, in any case each investment shall not exceed 5% of the total debt outstanding of any single issuer:

(1)    any evidence of indebtedness with an original maturity of 365 days or less issued, or directly and fully guaranteed or insured, by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof ( provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support of the timely payment thereof or such indebtedness constitutes a general obligation of it);

(2)    time deposits or certificates of deposit with an original maturity of 365 days or less of any institution which is a member of the Federal Reserve System having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500 million at the time of deposit and having a rating at the time of deposit at least equal to “ A-1 ” by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“ S&P ”) and at least equal to “ P-1 ” by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“ Moody’s ”) (and which may include the institution acting as the Collateral Agent);

(3)    investments in commercial paper, other than commercial paper issued by the Company or its Affiliates, of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, which commercial paper has a rating at the time of purchase at least equal to “A-1” by S&P or at least equal to “P-1” by Moody’s; and

 

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(4)    investments in money market funds (including, but not limited to, money market funds managed by the institution acting as the Collateral Agent or an affiliate of the institution acting as the Collateral Agent) registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, rated in the highest applicable rating category by S&P or Moody’s.

Person ” means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.

Plan ” means an employee benefit plan that is subject to Title I of ERISA; a plan or individual retirement account that is subject to Section 4975 of the Code; a governmental plan, church plan or foreign plan that is not subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code but is subject to similar federal, state, local or foreign laws that are substantively similar or are of similar effect as Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code; or any entity whose assets are considered assets of any such plan.

Pledge ” means the lien and security interest in the Collateral created by this Agreement.

Pledge Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 15.08(b).

Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock ” means the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock and security entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio ” means the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of such term) and security entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledged Cash ” means the Cash credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

Pledged Convertible Preferred Share ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.07(b).

Pledged Treasury Securities ” means Treasury Securities and security entitlements with respect thereto from time to time credited to the Collateral Account and not then released from the Pledge.

 

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Predecessor Corporate Units Certificate ” of any particular Corporate Units Certificate means every previous Corporate Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the Corporate Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Corporate Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Corporate Units Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Corporate Units Certificate.

Predecessor Treasury Units Certificate ” of any particular Treasury Units Certificate means every previous Treasury Units Certificate evidencing all or a portion of the rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder under the Treasury Units evidenced thereby; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Treasury Units Certificate authenticated and delivered under Section 3.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Treasury Units Certificate shall be deemed to evidence the same rights and obligations of the Company and the Holder as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Treasury Units Certificate.

Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment ” means the articles of amendment, effective as of June 14, 2019, to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated, creating the Convertible Preferred Stock, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

Primary Treasury Dealer ” means a primary U.S. government securities dealer.

Pro Rata ” or “ pro-rata ” shall mean pro rata to each Holder according to the aggregate Stated Amount of the Units held by such Holder in relation to the aggregate Stated Amount of all Units Outstanding.

Pro Rata Portion ” of each Treasury Unit on any date means a fraction, expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest one-thousandth of a percent, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the total number of Treasury Units outstanding on such date.

Proceeds ” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the UCC and includes, without limitation, all interest, dividends, Cash, instruments, securities, financial assets and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed upon the sale (including, without limitation, any Remarketing), exchange, collection, maturity or disposition of any financial assets from time to time credited to the Collateral Account.

Prospectus ” means the prospectus relating to the delivery of shares or any securities in connection with an Early Settlement pursuant to Section 5.06 or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts pursuant to Section 5.04, in the form in which first filed, or transmitted for filing, with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the effective date of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such Prospectus.

 

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Purchase Contract ” means, with respect to any Unit, the contract forming a part of such Unit and obligating the Company to (i) sell, and the Holder of such Unit to purchase, shares of Common Stock and (ii) pay the Holder thereof Contract Adjustment Payments, subject to the Company’s right to defer Contract Adjustment Payments pursuant to Section 5.10, in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article 5 hereof.

Purchase Contract Agent ” means the Person named as the “Purchase Contract Agent” in the first paragraph of this Agreement until a successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “ Purchase Contract Agent ” shall mean such Person or any subsequent successor who is appointed pursuant to this Agreement.

Purchase Contract Settlement Date ” means June 1, 2022.

Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Quotation Agent ” means any Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.

Record Date ” for any distribution and any Contract Adjustment Payment payable on any Payment Date means the fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the calendar month in which the relevant Payment Date falls (whether or not a Business Day) or if the Units are held in global book-entry form, the “Record Date” means the Business Day immediately preceding the applicable Payment Date; provided that for purposes of Section 5.11, “Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or such other security) is exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, by statute, by contract or otherwise).

Reduced Balance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.07(b).

Reference Dividend ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(d).

Reference Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

 

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Registration Statement ” means (i) in respect of any Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, a registration statement under the Securities Act prepared by the Company covering, inter alia, the delivery by the Company of any securities in connection with an Early Settlement on the Early Settlement Date or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date under Section 5.04(a), and (ii) in respect of any Contract Adjustment Payment made in shares of Common Stock (in whole or in part), a registration statement under the Securities Act prepared by the Company covering, inter alia, the issuance of or resales of shares of Common Stock issued as a Contract Adjustment Payment pursuant to Section 5.09(e), in each case, including all exhibits thereto and the documents incorporated by reference in the prospectus contained in such registration statement, and any post-effective amendments thereto.

Released Share ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.07(b).

Remarketing ” means any remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Remarketing Agent(s) ” has the meaning set forth in the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment.

Remarketing Agreement ” means a Remarketing Agreement to be entered into between the Company and one or more Remarketing Agents setting forth the terms of a Remarketing.

Remarketing Date ” means the date the Convertible Preferred Stock offered in an Optional Remarketing Period or the Final Remarketing Period are priced by the Company and the Remarketing Agent(s).

Remarketing Fee ” means, in the event of a Successful Remarketing, a remarketing fee, if any, paid to the Remarketing Agent(s) to be agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Remarketing Agent(s) prior to any Remarketing pursuant to the Remarketing Agreement.

Remarketing Price ” means (i) in the case of an Optional Remarketing, 100% of the sum of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price and the Separate Shares Purchase Price (if any) and (ii) in the case of the Final Remarketing, $1,000 multiplied by the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock and Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock being remarketed.

Remarketing Price Per Share ” means, for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount in Cash equal to the quotient of the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price divided by the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock that are held as components of Corporate Units and remarketed in an Optional Remarketing.

 

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Remarketing Settlement Date ” means (i) in the case of a Successful Optional Remarketing occurring during an Optional Remarketing Period, the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date and (ii) in the case of the Final Remarketing, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in each case, or such other date as the Company and the Remarketing Agent agree to.

Reorganization Event ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.12

Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Purchase Contract Agent, any officer of the Purchase Contract Agent assigned to the Corporate Trust Administration unit (or any successor unit, department or division of the Purchase Contract Agent) of the Purchase Contract Agent located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent who has direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer, trust officer or person performing similar functions to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity of the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for this Agreement.

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

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions.

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person described in clause (a) or (b) above.

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State.

Scheduled Trading Day ” means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Securities Intermediary ” means the Person named as Securities Intermediary in the first paragraph of this Agreement until a successor Securities Intermediary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, and thereafter “ Securities Intermediary ” shall mean such successor or any subsequent successor.

 

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Security Register ” and “ Security Registrar ” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 3.05.

Senior Officer ” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, the Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or the General Counsel of the Company.

Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock ” means shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that have been released from the Pledge pursuant to the terms hereof and therefore no longer underlie Corporate Units.

Separate Shares Purchase Price ” means, for the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed in any Optional Remarketing, the amount in Cash equal to the product of (i) the Remarketing Price Per Share and (ii) the aggregate number of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed in such Optional Remarketing.

Settlement Rate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Spin-Off ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.11(c)(2).

Stated Amount ” means $100.

Stock Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.04(b).

Subjected Share ” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.07(b).

Subsidiary ” means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity more than 50% of the outstanding voting equity of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “ voting equity ” means stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other managers of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock or other ownership interests has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

Successful Final Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b)(v).

Successful Optional Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(iv).

 

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Successful Remarketing ” means, as applicable, a Successful Optional Remarketing or a Successful Final Remarketing.

Termination Date ” means the date, if any, on which a Termination Event occurs.

Termination Event ” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition (A) results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation or (B) is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the institution or presentation thereof and if such proceeding, judgment, petition or order shall have been entered more than 60 days prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, such proceeding, judgment, petition or order shall have continued undischarged and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or

(ii) at any time on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company seeks or becomes subject to the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all its assets.

TRADES ” means the Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York pursuant to the TRADES Regulations.

TRADES Regulations ” means the regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury, published at 31 C.F.R. Part 357, as amended from time to time. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms defined in the TRADES Regulations are used herein as therein defined.

Trading Day ” means (a) a day (i) on which the NYSE, or , if the Common Stock is not then listed on the NYSE, the principal exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading, is scheduled to open for business and (ii) on which there has not occurred or does not exist a Market Disruption Event, or (b) if the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, a “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Transfer ” means (i) in the case of certificated securities in registered form, delivery as provided in Section 8-301(a) of the UCC, indorsed to the transferee or in blank by an effective endorsement; (ii) in the case of Treasury

 

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Securities, registration of the transferee as the owner of such Treasury Securities on TRADES; and (iii) in the case of security entitlements, including, without limitation, security entitlements with respect to Treasury Securities, a securities intermediary indicating by book entry that such security entitlement has been credited to the transferee’s securities account.

Transfer Agent ” means Broadridge Corporation Issuer Solutions, Inc. as registrar and transfer agent for the Convertible Preferred Stock, or any successor thereto as described in the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment.

Treasury Portfolio ” means:

(i) U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in an aggregate amount at maturity equal to $1,000 multiplied by the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock included in the Corporate Units on the Optional Remarketing Date; and

(ii) U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that mature on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in an aggregate amount equal to the Dividend Payment that would have been due on such date (without giving effect to any increase of the dividend rate following a Successful Remarketing, and whether or not such dividend is authorized or declared) on the shares underlying the undivided beneficial ownership interests in the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock included in the Corporate Units on the Optional Remarketing Date,

provided that if the U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that are to be included in the Treasury Portfolio in connection with a Successful Optional Remarketing have a yield that is less than zero, the Treasury Portfolio shall consist of an amount in Cash equal to the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the U.S. Treasury securities described above, in which case references herein to a “U.S. Treasury security” and “U.S. Treasury securities (or principal and interest strips thereof)” in connection with the Treasury Portfolio shall, thereafter, be deemed to be references to such amount of Cash.

Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price ” means the lowest aggregate ask-side price quoted by a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City to the Quotation Agent between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Optional Remarketing Date for the purchase of the Treasury Portfolio for settlement on the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date; provided that if the Treasury Portfolio consists of Cash, “Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price” means the amount thereof.

 

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Treasury Security ” means a zero-coupon U.S. Treasury security with a principal amount of $1,000 that matures on or prior to June 1, 2022 (e.g., CUSIP No. 912820V46).

Treasury Unit ” means, following the substitution of a Treasury Security for Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock as collateral to secure a Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract, the collective rights and obligations of a Holder of a Treasury Units Certificate in respect of a 1/10 undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Treasury Security, subject to the Pledge thereof, and the related Purchase Contract.

Treasury Units Certificate ” means a certificate evidencing the rights and obligations of a Holder in respect of the number of Treasury Units specified on such certificate.

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

Underwriters ” means the underwriters identified in Schedule II to the Underwriting Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement ” means the Underwriting Agreement, dated June 11, 2019, among the Company and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the Underwriters, relating to the sale of Corporate Units.

Unit ” means a Corporate Unit, a Cash Settled Unit or a Treasury Unit, as the case may be.

Units Prospectus ” means the Prospectus Supplement dated June 11, 2019, to the Prospectus dated June 30, 2017, which is a part of the registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-219088), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Unsuccessful Final Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b)(vii).

Unsuccessful Optional Remarketing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(a)(vi).

Unsuccessful Remarketing ” means, as applicable, an Unsuccessful Optional Remarketing or an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing.

Valuation Period ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(c)(2).

 

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Value ” means, with respect to any item of Collateral on any date, as to (1) Cash, the amount thereof, (2) Treasury Securities, the aggregate principal amount thereof at maturity, (3) Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), the appropriate aggregate percentage of the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Treasury Portfolio and (4) Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, $1,000 multiplied by the aggregate number of the underlying shares of Convertible Preferred Stock.

Vice President ” means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”

Section 1.02 .    Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Agreement, upon any application or request by the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent or the Collateral Agent to take any action in accordance with any provision of this Agreement, the Company shall furnish to the Purchase Contract Agent or the Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Agreement relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Agreement shall include:

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

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

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

(d)    a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 1.03 .    Form of Documents Delivered to Purchase Contract Agent or Collateral Agent. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person

 

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may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which its certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Agreement, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Section 1.04 .    Acts of Holders; Record Dates. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “ Act ” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.04.

(b)    The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Purchase Contract Agent deems sufficient.

(c)    The ownership of Units shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d)    Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Unit shall bind every future Holder of the same Unit and the Holder of every Certificate evidencing such Unit issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Purchase Contract Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate.

 

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(e)    The Company may set any date as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Units entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Agreement to be given, made or taken by Holders. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of the Outstanding Corporate Units, the Outstanding Treasury Units and the Outstanding Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action with respect to the Corporate Units, the Treasury Units or the Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken prior to or on the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Units on such record date. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and be of no effect), and nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite number of Outstanding Units on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Purchase Contract Agent in writing and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 1.06.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.04(e), the Company may designate any date as the “ Expiration Date ” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the Purchase Contract Agent in writing, and to each Holder in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, prior to or on the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 1.04, the Company shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

Section 1.05 .    Notices. All notices, requests, consents, directions, instructions and other communications provided for herein (including, without limitation, any modifications of, or waivers or consents under, this Agreement) shall be given or made in writing (including, without limitation, by telecopy) delivered to the intended recipient at the “Address for Notices” specified below its name on the signature pages hereof or, as to any party, at such other address as

 

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shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all such communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when transmitted by telecopier or other electronic methods or personally delivered or, mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

Each of the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Agreement sent by unsecured e-mail (in PDF format), facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such written instructions or directions, subsequent to such transmission, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as applicable, in a timely manner, and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. If the party elects to give the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions or directions, the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary’s understanding of such instructions or directions shall be deemed controlling. The Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions or directions notwithstanding whether such instructions or directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction or direction or the subsequent written instruction or direction is never received. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary including, without limitation, the risk of any such entity acting on unauthorized instructions or directions and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. The Company shall use all reasonable endeavors to ensure that any such notices, instructions, directions or other communications transmitted to the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement are complete and correct. Any such notices, instructions, directions or other communications shall be conclusively deemed to be valid instructions from the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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The Purchase Contract Agent shall send to the Transfer Agent at the following address a copy of any notices in the form of Exhibits D, E, F, G, I or K it sends or receives or any notice given by the Purchase Contract Agent to the Transfer Agent in the form of Exhibit S:

Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions

51 Mercedes Way

Edgewood, NY 11717

Attn: Corporate Actions

Whenever a notice or other communication to the Holders is required to be given under this Agreement, the Company or the Company’s agent shall give such notices and communications to the Holders and, with respect to any Units registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary, the Company or the Company’s agent shall, except as set forth herein, have no obligations to the Beneficial Owners.

Section 1.06 .    Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Agreement provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder, at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Agreement provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Purchase Contract Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Purchase Contract Agent shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, whenever notice is required to be given with respect to a Unit represented by a Global Certificate, such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Global Certificate (or its designee) pursuant to customary procedures of such Depositary.

Section 1.07 .    Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

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Section 1.08 .    Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, and the Holders from time to time of the Units, by their acceptance of the same, shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by the provisions hereof and to have ratified the agreements of, and the grant of the Pledge hereunder by, the Purchase Contract Agent.

Section 1.09 .     Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Agreement or in the Units shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof and thereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 1.10 .    Benefits of Agreement. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in the Units, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than (x) the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, (y) to the extent provided hereby, the Holders, and (z) to the extent set forth in Section 3.06, the Beneficial Owners, any benefits or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement. The Holders from time to time shall be beneficiaries of this Agreement and shall be bound by all of the terms and conditions hereof and of the Units evidenced by their Certificates by their acceptance of delivery of such Certificates.

Section 1.11 .    Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury. THIS AGREEMENT, THE UNITS AND THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF TO THE EXTENT THAT A DIFFERENT LAW WOULD GOVERN AS A RESULT.

Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Units and the Purchase Contracts, and the other parties hereto, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the Units or the Purchase Contracts may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States, in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.

Each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the Units or the Purchase Contracts brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States,

 

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in each case, located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party further waives personal service of any summons, complaint or other process and agrees that service thereof may be made by certified or registered mail directed to such person at such person’s address for purposes of notices hereunder.

EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A UNIT BY ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, RELATING TO OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE UNITS, THE PURCHASE CONTRACTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

Section 1.12 .    Legal Holidays. In any case where any Payment Date shall not be a Business Day (notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Units), Contract Adjustment Payments, deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), and other distributions shall not be paid on such date, but Contract Adjustment Payments, deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) and such other distributions shall be paid on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such scheduled Payment Date; provided that no interest or other amount shall accrue or be payable by the Company or to any Holder in respect of any such delay.

In any case where the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or any Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date shall not be a Business Day (notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Units), Purchase Contracts shall not be performed and Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall not be effected on such date, but Purchase Contracts shall be performed or Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall be effected, as applicable, on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, as applicable.

Section 1.13 .    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts by the parties hereto, each of which, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Agreement for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 1.14 .    Inspection of Agreement. Upon reasonable prior written notice, a copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times during normal business hours at the Corporate Trust Office for inspection by any Holder or Beneficial Owner.

Section 1.15 .    Appointment of Financial Institution as Agent for the Company. The Company may appoint a financial institution (which may be the Collateral Agent, provided that it shall have accepted such appointment) to act as its agent in performing its obligations and in accepting and enforcing performance of the obligations of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, under this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts, by giving notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.05 hereof. Any such appointment shall not relieve the Company in any way from its obligations hereunder.

Section 1.16 .    No Waiver. No failure on the part of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective agents to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective agents of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

ARTICLE 2

C ERTIFICATE F ORMS

Section 2.01 .    Forms of Certificates Generally. The Certificates (including the form of Purchase Contract forming part of each Unit evidenced thereby) shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (in the case of Corporate Units Certificates), Exhibit B hereto (in the case of Treasury Units Certificates) or Exhibit C hereto (in the case of Cash Settled Units Certificates), with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Units are listed or any depositary therefor, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the Certificates.

 

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The definitive Certificates shall be produced in any manner as determined by the officers of the Company executing the Units evidenced by such Certificates, consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as evidenced by their execution thereof.

Every Global Certificate authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, Exhibit B and Exhibit C for a Global Certificate.

Section 2.02 .    Form of Purchase Contract Agent s Certificate of Authentication. The form of the Purchase Contract Agent’s certificate of authentication of the Units shall be in substantially the form set forth on the form of the applicable Certificates.

ARTICLE 3

T HE U NITS

Section 3.01 .    Amount; Form and Denominations. The aggregate number of Units evidenced by Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder is limited to 14,000,000 Units (as increased by the number of Units, if any, with respect to which the Underwriters exercise their over-allotment option pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement), except for Certificates authenticated, executed and delivered upon registration of transfer of, in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Certificates pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.05, Section 3.06, Section 3.10, Section 3.13, Section 3.15 or Section 8.05.

The Certificates shall be issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Corporate Unit, Treasury Unit or Cash Settled Unit and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 3.02 .    Rights and Obligations Evidenced by the Certificates. Each Corporate Units Certificate shall evidence the number of Corporate Units specified therein, with each such Corporate Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of an Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock or an Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, subject to the Pledge of such Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock or Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, by such Holder pursuant to this Agreement, and (2) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract. The Purchase Contract Agent is hereby authorized, as attorney-in-fact for, and on behalf of, the Holder of each Corporate Unit, to pledge, pursuant to Article 11 hereof, the Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock, or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable

 

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Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), forming a part of such Corporate Unit to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, and to grant to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit of the Company, a security interest in the right, title and interest of such Holder in such Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock or such Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Common Stock. To effect such Pledge and grant such security interest, the Transfer Agent, on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of the Holders of Corporate Units has, on the date hereof, delivered to the Collateral Agent the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock.

Upon the formation of a Treasury Unit pursuant to Section 3.13, each Treasury Units Certificate shall evidence the number of Treasury Units specified therein, with each such Treasury Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of an undivided beneficial ownership interest in the Treasury Security, subject to the Pledge of such interest by such Holder pursuant to this Agreement, and (2) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract. The Purchase Contract Agent is hereby authorized, as attorney-in-fact for, and on behalf of, the Holder of each Treasury Unit, to pledge, pursuant to Article 11 hereof, such Holder’s interest in the Treasury Security forming a part of such Treasury Unit to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit of the Company, and to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, a security interest in the right, title and interest of such Holder in such Treasury Security to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Common Stock.

Upon the formation of a Cash Settled Unit pursuant to Section 3.14, each Cash Settled Units Certificate shall evidence the number of Cash Settled Units specified therein, with each such Cash Settled Unit representing (1) the ownership by the Holder thereof of $100 Cash, subject to the Pledge of such Cash by such Holder pursuant to this Agreement, and (2) the rights and obligations of the Holder thereof and the Company under one Purchase Contract. The Purchase Contract Agent is hereby authorized, as attorney-in-fact for, and on behalf of, the Holder of each Cash Settled Unit, to pledge, pursuant to Article 11 hereof, such Holder’s Cash forming a part of such Cash Settled Unit to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit of the Company, and to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, a security interest in the right, title and interest of such Holder in such Cash to secure the obligation of the Holder under each Purchase Contract to purchase shares of Common Stock.

Prior to the purchase and delivery of shares of Common Stock under each Purchase Contract, such Purchase Contracts shall not entitle the Holder of a Unit to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock, including, without limitation, the right to vote or receive any dividends or other payments or distributions or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of the meetings of shareholders or for the election of directors of the Company or for any other matter, or any other rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company.

 

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Section 3.03 .    Execution, Authentication; Delivery and Dating. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.13, Section 3.14 and Section 3.15 hereof, upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Company may deliver Certificates executed by the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent for authentication, execution on behalf of the Holders and delivery, together with its Issuer Order for authentication, execution on behalf of the Holders and delivery of such Certificates, and the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with such Issuer Order shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holders and deliver such Certificates.

The Certificates shall be executed on behalf of the Company by an Authorized Officer of the Company. The signature of any such Authorized Officer on the Certificates may be manual or facsimile.

Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of such Certificates.

No Purchase Contract evidenced by a Certificate shall be valid until such Certificate has been executed on behalf of the Holder by the manual or facsimile signature of an authorized officer of the Purchase Contract Agent, as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact. Such signature by an authorized officer of the Purchase Contract Agent shall be conclusive evidence that the Holder of such Certificate has entered into the Purchase Contracts evidenced by such Certificate.

Each Certificate shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by an authorized officer of the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 3.04 .    Temporary Certificates. Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, the Company may execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holders, and deliver, in lieu of such definitive Certificates, temporary Certificates which are in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, Exhibit B or Exhibit C hereto, as the case may be, with such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements

 

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printed, lithographed or engraved thereon as may be required by the rules of any securities exchange on which the Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, are listed, or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers of the Company executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution of the Certificates.

If temporary Certificates are issued, the Company will cause definitive Certificates to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Certificates, the temporary Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Certificates upon surrender of the temporary Certificates at the Corporate Trust Office, at the expense of the Company and without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Certificates, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange therefor, one or more definitive Certificates of like tenor and denominations and evidencing a like number of Units as the temporary Certificate or Certificates so surrendered. Until so exchanged, the temporary Certificates shall in all respects evidence the same benefits and the same obligations with respect to the Units evidenced thereby as definitive Certificates.

Section 3.05 . Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Purchase Contract Agent shall keep at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the “ Security Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Purchase Contract Agent shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers of Certificates (the Purchase Contract Agent, in such capacity, the “ Security Registrar ”). The Security Registrar shall record separately the registration and transfer of the Certificates evidencing Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate at the Corporate Trust Office, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the designated transferee or transferees, and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates of any authorized denominations, like tenor, and evidencing a like number of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be.

At the option of the Holder, Certificates may be exchanged for other Certificates, of any authorized denominations and evidencing a like number of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, upon surrender of the Certificates to be exchanged at the Corporate Trust Office. Whenever any Certificates are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver the Certificates which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

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All Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of a Certificate shall evidence the ownership of the same number of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, and be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same obligations under this Agreement as the Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, evidenced by the Certificate surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Purchase Contract Agent) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent duly executed by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of a Certificate, but the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require payment from the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Certificates, other than any exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.06 and Section 8.05 not involving any transfer.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be obligated to authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder and deliver any Certificate in exchange for any other Certificate presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange on or after the Business Day immediately preceding the earliest to occur of any Early Settlement Date with respect to such Certificate, any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date with respect to such Certificate, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Termination Date. In lieu of delivery of a new Certificate, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent, or, in the case of Applicable Ownership Interests in the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Transfer Agent acting on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent upon receipt of an instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit S attached hereto, shall:

(a)    if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an Early Settlement Date or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date with respect to such other Certificate (or portion thereof) has occurred, deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Units evidenced by such other Certificate (or portion thereof); and

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Stock, the Cash, the Treasury Security or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, underlying such Certificate, in each case subject to the applicable conditions and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 3.16 and Article 5 hereof.

Section 3.06 .    Book-entry Interests. The Certificates will be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Certificates, to be delivered to the Depositary or its custodian by, or on behalf of, the Company. The Company hereby designates DTC as the initial Depositary. Such Global Certificates shall initially be registered on the Security Register in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the Depositary, and no Beneficial Owner will receive a definitive Certificate representing such Beneficial Owner’s interest in such Global Certificate, except as provided in Section 3.09. The Purchase Contract Agent shall enter into an agreement with the Depositary if so requested by the Company. Following the issuance of such Global Certificates and unless and until definitive, and fully registered Certificates have been issued to Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 3.09:

(a)    the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall be in full force and effect;

(b)    the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of this Agreement (including, without limitation, making Contract Adjustment Payments and receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the Holder of the Units and the sole holder of the Global Certificates and shall have no obligation to the Beneficial Owners; provided that a Beneficial Owner may directly enforce against the Company, without any consent, proxy, waiver or involvement of the Depositary of any kind, such Beneficial Owner’s right to receive a definitive Certificate representing the Units beneficially owned by such Beneficial Owner, as set forth in Section 3.09;

(c)    to the extent that the provisions of this Section 3.06 conflict with any other provisions of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 3.06 shall control; and

(d)    except as set forth in the proviso of clause (b) of this Section 3.06, the rights of the Beneficial Owners shall be exercised only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Beneficial Owners and the Depositary or the Depositary Participants. The Depositary will make book-entry transfers among Depositary Participants and receive and transmit payments of Contract Adjustment Payments to such Depositary Participants.

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pursuant to Section 3.13, Section 3.14 and Section 3.15, respectively) shall be accomplished by making appropriate annotations on the Schedule of Increases and Decreases set forth in such Global Certificate.

Section 3.07 .     [ Reserved ].

Section 3.08 .    Appointment of Successor Depositary. If the Depositary elects to discontinue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Units, the Company may, in its sole discretion, appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Units.

Section 3.09 .    Definitive Certificates.

If:

(a)    the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue its services as securities depositary with respect to the Units and no successor Depositary has been appointed pursuant to Section 3.08 within 90 days after such notice;

(b)    the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act when the Depositary is required to be so registered to act as the Depositary and so notifies the Company, and no successor Depositary has been appointed pursuant to Section 3.08 within 90 days after such notice;

(c)    to the extent permitted by the Depositary, the Company determines in its discretion that the Global Certificates shall be exchangeable for definitive Certificates and Beneficial Owners elect to withdraw their interests in the Global Certificates; or

(d)    a Beneficial Owner seeking to exercise or enforce its rights under the Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units requests to exchange such Beneficial Owner’s interest in the Global Certificates for definitive Certificates;

then (x) definitive Certificates shall be prepared by the Company with respect to such Units and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and (y) upon surrender of the Global Certificates representing the Units by the Depositary, accompanied by registration instructions, the Company shall cause definitive Certificates to be delivered to Beneficial Owners in accordance with instructions provided by the Depositary. The Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on and shall be authorized and protected in relying on, such instructions. Each definitive Certificate so delivered shall evidence Units of the same kind and tenor as the Global Certificate so surrendered in respect thereof.

 

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Section 3.10 .    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Certificates. If any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver in exchange therefor, a new Certificate, evidencing the same number of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, and bearing a Certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to hold each of them and any agent of any of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent that such Certificate has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate, evidencing the same number of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, and bearing a Certificate number not contemporaneously outstanding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be obligated to authenticate, execute on behalf of the Holder, and deliver to the Holder, a Certificate on or after the Business Day immediately preceding the earliest of any Early Settlement Date with respect to such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Certificate, any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date with respect to such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Certificate, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the Termination Date. In lieu of delivery of a new Certificate, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions specified above in this Section and receipt of appropriate registration or transfer instructions from such Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent, or, in the case of Applicable Ownership Interests in the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Transfer Agent on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent upon receipt of an instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit S attached hereto, shall:

(a)    if the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an Early Settlement Date or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date with respect to such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Certificate has occurred, deliver the shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Units evidenced by such Certificate; and

(b)    if a Termination Event, Fundamental Change Early Settlement or an Early Settlement with respect to such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Certificate shall have occurred prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, transfer the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Convertible Preferred Stock,

 

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the Treasury Security, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or the Treasury Security, as the case may be, underlying such Certificate, in each case subject to the applicable conditions and in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 3.16 and Article 5 hereof.

Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 3.10, the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other fees and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees and expenses of the Purchase Contract Agent and its counsel) connected therewith.

Every new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3.10 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and of the Holder in respect of the Units evidenced thereby, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate (and the Units evidenced thereby) shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits and be subject to all the obligations of this Agreement equally and proportionately with any and all other Certificates delivered hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 3.10 are exclusive and shall preclude, to the extent lawful, all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates.

Section 3.11 .    Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Collateral Agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates and any agent of the Company, the Collateral Agent or the Purchase Contract Agent, may treat the Person in whose name such Certificate is registered as the owner of the Units evidenced thereby for purposes of (subject to any Record Date or other applicable record date) any payment or distribution with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, on the Treasury Security, on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio) or payment of Contract Adjustment Payments and performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever in connection with such Units (subject to the proviso contained in Section 3.06(b)), whether or not such payment, distribution, or performance shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

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the Depositary or its nominee or of any agent member, with respect to any ownership interest in the Units or with respect to the delivery to any agent member, Beneficial Owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Units. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders pursuant to the Units and this Agreement shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Certificate). The rights of Beneficial Owners of the Units underlying a Global Certificate shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to its applicable procedures. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Security Registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any Beneficial Owners. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Security Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any Global Certificate for all purposes of this Agreement relating to such Global Certificate (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the Beneficial Owner in any Units underlying such Global Certificate) as the sole Holder of such Global Certificate and shall have no obligations to the Beneficial Owners thereof (subject to the proviso contained in Section 3.06(b)). Neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to any Units underlying such Global Certificate, for the records of the Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of Units underlying such Global Certificate, for any transactions between the Depositary and any agent member or between or among the Depositary, any such agent member and/or any Holder or Beneficial Owner of any Units underlying such Global Certificate, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any Units underlying such Global Certificate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Certificate, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Certificate, or impair, as between such Depositary and the related Beneficial Owner, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Certificate. None of the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Certificate or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

 

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Section 3.12 .    Cancellation. All Certificates surrendered for delivery of shares of Common Stock on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or in connection with an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or for delivery of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Cash proceeds of the Treasury Security, as the case may be, after the occurrence of a Termination Event, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, a Collateral Substitution, or upon the registration of transfer or exchange of a Unit, shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Purchase Contract Agent, be delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent along with appropriate written instructions regarding the cancellation thereof and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent for cancellation any Certificates previously authenticated, executed and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Certificates so delivered shall, upon an Issuer Order, be promptly cancelled by the Purchase Contract Agent. No Certificates shall be authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holder and delivered in lieu of or in exchange for any Certificates cancelled as provided in this Section 3.12, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement. All cancelled Certificates held by the Purchase Contract Agent shall be disposed of in accordance with its customary practices.

If the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall acquire any Certificate, such acquisition shall not operate as a cancellation of such Certificate unless and until such Certificate is delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent cancelled or for cancellation.

Section 3.13 .    Creation of Treasury Units by Substitution of Treasury Security. (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and subject to the limitations on a Collateral Substitution in connection with an Optional Remarketing as set forth under Section 5.02(a) below, a Holder of Corporate Units may, at any time from and after the date of this Agreement, other than during a Blackout Period, effect a Collateral Substitution and separate shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock in respect of such Corporate Units by substituting for such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock for which Collateral Substitution is being made, Treasury Securities; provided that Holders may make Collateral Substitutions only in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units. To effect such substitution, the Holder must:

(i)    Transfer to the Collateral Agent, for credit to the Collateral Account, one Treasury Security for every 10 Corporate Units with respect to which such substitution is being made; and

(ii)    Transfer the related Corporate Units to the Purchase Contract Agent accompanied by a notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide a direction and instruction to the Collateral Agent in writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto.

 

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Upon confirmation that the Treasury Securities described in clause (i) above have been credited to the Collateral Account and receipt of the written instruction to the Collateral Agent described in clause (ii) above, the Collateral Agent shall release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock from the Pledge and instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, to Transfer the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock to the Transfer Agent for distribution by the Transfer Agent on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent, upon receipt of an instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit S attached hereto, to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent shall take no action to release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in shares of Convertible Preferred Stock from the Pledge unless and until the direction is provided by the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto.

Upon credit to the Collateral Account of the Treasury Securities delivered by a Holder of Corporate Units and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall promptly Transfer the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock to the Transfer Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Upon receipt of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Purchase Contract Agent or Transfer Agent, as applicable, shall promptly:

(A)    cancel the related Corporate Units;

(B)    Transfer such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the Holder (such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall constitute Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and be tradable as separate securities, independent of the concurrently created Treasury Units) in book-entry form, to the extent a Global Preferred Share is registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee; and

(C)    deliver Treasury Units in book-entry form, or if applicable, authenticate, execute on behalf of such Holder and deliver Treasury Units in the form of a Treasury Units Certificate executed by the Company in accordance with Section 3.03 evidencing the same number of Purchase Contracts as were evidenced by the cancelled Corporate Units.

 

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Holders who elect to separate the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock by substituting Treasury Securities for Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock shall be responsible for any taxes, governmental charges or other fees or expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses payable to the Collateral Agent and counsel), in respect of such Collateral Substitution, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent shall be responsible for any such taxes, governmental charges or other fees or expenses.

(b)    In the event a Holder making a Collateral Substitution pursuant to this Section 3.13 fails to effect a book-entry transfer of the Corporate Units or fails to deliver Corporate Units Certificates to the Purchase Contract Agent after depositing Treasury Securities with the Collateral Agent, any distributions on the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock constituting a part of such Corporate Units, shall be held in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder, until such Corporate Units are so transferred or the Corporate Units Certificate is so delivered, as the case may be, or such Holder provides evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent that such Corporate Units Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnity or security that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company.

(c)    Except as described in Section 5.02, this Section 3.13, Section 3.14 or in connection with an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Corporate Unit remains in effect, such Corporate Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder in respect of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the Purchase Contract comprising such Corporate Units may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a Corporate Unit.

Section 3.14.     Creation of Cash Settled Units by Substitution of Cash. (a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, a Holder of Corporate Units may, at any time from and after the date the Company gives the notice of Final Remarketing as set forth in Section 5.02(b)(ii) below and other than during a Blackout Period, effect a Collateral Substitution and separate the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock in respect of such Holder’s Corporate Units by substituting for such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock for which Collateral Substitution is being made, Cash in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock multiplied by $1,000; provided that Holders may

 

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make Collateral Substitutions only in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units. To effect such substitution, the Holder must:

(i)    Transfer to the Collateral Agent, for credit to the Collateral Account, Cash in an amount equal to the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock for which such Collateral Substitution is made multiplied by $1,000; and

(ii)    Transfer the related Corporate Units to the Purchase Contract Agent accompanied by a notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide a direction and instruction to the Collateral Agent in writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.

Upon confirmation that the Cash described in clause (i) above has been credited to the Collateral Account and receipt of the written instruction to the Collateral Agent described in clause (ii) above, the Collateral Agent shall release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock from the Pledge and instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto, to Transfer the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock to the Transfer Agent for distribution by the Transfer Agent acting on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent, upon receipt of an instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit S attached hereto, to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent shall take no action to release such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock from the Pledge unless and until the direction is provided by the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.

Upon credit to the Collateral Account of Cash delivered by a Holder of Corporate Units and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall promptly Transfer the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock to the Transfer Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Upon receipt of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Purchase Contract Agent or Transfer Agent, as applicable, shall promptly:

(A)    cancel the related Corporate Units;

(B)    Transfer such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the Holder (such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall constitute Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock and be tradable as separate securities, independent of the concurrently created Cash Settled Units) in book-entry form, to the extent a Global Preferred Share is registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee; and

 

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(C)    deliver Cash Settled Units in book-entry form, or if applicable, authenticate, execute on behalf of such Holder and deliver Cash Settled Units in the form of a Cash Settled Units Certificate executed by the Company in accordance with Section 3.03 evidencing the same number of Purchase Contracts as were evidenced by the cancelled Corporate Units.

Holders who elect to separate the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock by substituting Cash for Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock shall be responsible for any taxes, governmental charges or other fees or expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses payable to the Collateral Agent and counsel), in respect of such Collateral Substitution, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent shall be responsible for any such taxes, governmental charges or other fees or expenses.

(b)    In the event a Holder making a Collateral Substitution pursuant to this Section 3.14 fails to effect a book-entry transfer of the Corporate Units or fails to deliver Corporate Units Certificates to the Purchase Contract Agent after depositing Cash with the Collateral Agent, any distributions on the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock constituting a part of such Corporate Units, shall be held in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder, until such Corporate Units are so transferred or the Corporate Units Certificate is so delivered, as the case may be, or such Holder provides evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent that such Corporate Units Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnity or security that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company.

(c)    Except as described in Section 5.02, Section 3.13, this Section 3.14 or in connection with an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Corporate Unit remains in effect, such Corporate Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder in respect of the Convertible Preferred Stock and the Purchase Contract comprising such Corporate Units may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a Corporate Unit.

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Section 5.02(a) below, a Holder of Treasury Units may effect a Collateral Substitution and recreate Corporate Units at any time from and after the date of this Agreement, other than during a Blackout Period; provided that Holders of Treasury Units may only recreate Corporate Units in integral multiples of 10 Treasury Units. To recreate Corporate Units, the Holder must:

(i)    Transfer to the Collateral Agent, for credit to the Collateral Account, a number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto equal to the number of Corporate Units to be created divided by 10; and

(ii)    Transfer the related Treasury Units to the Purchase Contract Agent accompanied by a notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide a direction and instruction to the Collateral Agent in writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto.

Upon confirmation that the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock described in clause (i) above or security entitlements with respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account and receipt of the written instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent described in clause (ii) above, the Collateral Agent shall (i) release the related Treasury Securities from the Pledge and (ii) instruct the Securities Intermediary by a notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto, to Transfer the Treasury Securities described above to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

The substituted Convertible Preferred Stock will be pledged to the Company through the Collateral Agent to secure such Holder’s obligation to purchase shares of Common Stock under the related Purchase Contract.

Upon credit to the Collateral Account of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto delivered by a Holder of Treasury Units and receipt of the related instruction from the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary shall promptly Transfer the Treasury Securities described above to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Securities Intermediary and the Collateral Agent shall take no action to release such Treasury Security from the Pledge unless and until the direction is provided by the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto.

 

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Upon receipt of such Treasury Securities, the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly:

(A)    cancel the related Treasury Units;

(B)    Transfer the Treasury Securities to the Holder; and

(C)    deliver Corporate Units in book-entry form or, if applicable, authenticate, execute on behalf of such Holder and deliver Corporate Units in the form of a Corporate Units Certificate executed by the Company in accordance with Section 3.03 evidencing the same number of Purchase Contracts as were evidenced by the cancelled Treasury Units.

Holders who elect to recreate Corporate Units shall be responsible for any taxes, governmental charges or other fees or expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses payable to the Collateral Agent and its counsel), in respect of the recreation, and neither the Company nor the Purchase Contract Agent shall be responsible for any such taxes, governmental charges or other fees or expenses.

(b)    Except as provided in Section 5.02 or in this Section 3.15 or in connection with an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event, for so long as the Purchase Contract underlying a Treasury Unit remains in effect, such Treasury Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Treasury Unit in respect of the interest in the Treasury Security and the Purchase Contract comprising such Treasury Unit may be acquired, and may be transferred and exchanged, only as a Treasury Unit.

Section 3.16 . Transfer of Collateral Upon Occurrence of Termination Event. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent and Collateral Agent in writing of the occurrence thereof and request that the Collateral Agent request the Securities Intermediary to release the Collateral from the Pledge. Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of such written notice or written notice pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof from the Company that a Termination Event has occurred, the Collateral Agent shall promptly release all Collateral from the Pledge and shall promptly instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer:

(i)    any shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio;

(ii)    any Pledged Treasury Securities;

(iii)    any Pledged Cash;

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(v)    any Proceeds and all other payments the Collateral Agent receives in respect of the foregoing,

to the Purchase Contract Agent or Transfer Agent, as applicable, for the benefit of the Holders for distribution to such Holders, in accordance with their respective interests, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby; provided, however , if any Holder or Beneficial Owner shall be entitled to receive shares of Convertible Preferred Stock in any non-integral number, the Purchase Contract Agent shall request, on behalf of such Holder or Beneficial Owner, pursuant to the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment that the Company shall issue fractional shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, each with a liquidation preference of $100, or integral multiples thereof, in exchange for whole shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or integral multiples thereof; and provided further , if any Holder shall be entitled to receive, with respect to its Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities, any securities having a principal amount at maturity of less than the minimum denominations thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall dispose of such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities for Cash and deliver to such Holder Cash in lieu of delivering the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Treasury Securities, as the case may be.

(b)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clause (a) of this Section 3.16, if such Termination Event shall result from the Company’s becoming a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code, and if the Collateral Agent shall for any reason fail promptly to effectuate the release and Transfer of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Cash, Pledged Treasury Securities and payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.02 and Proceeds and all other payments received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the foregoing, as the case may be, as provided by this Section 3.16, the Company shall use its best efforts to obtain an opinion of a nationally recognized law firm to the effect that, notwithstanding the Company’s being the debtor in such a bankruptcy case, the Collateral Agent will not be prohibited from releasing or Transferring the Collateral as provided in this Section 3.16, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered such opinion addressed to the Collateral Agent within ten days after the occurrence of such Termination Event, and if (A) the Company shall be unable to obtain such opinion within ten days after the occurrence of such Termination Event or (B) the Collateral Agent shall continue, after delivery of such opinion, to refuse to effectuate the release and Transfer of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Cash, Pledged Treasury Securities and the payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and Proceeds and

 

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all other payments received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the foregoing, as the case may be, as provided in this Section 3.16, then the Purchase Contract Agent shall within fifteen days after the occurrence of such Termination Event commence an action or proceeding in the court having jurisdiction of the Company’s case under the Bankruptcy Code seeking an order requiring the Collateral Agent to effectuate the release and transfer of all shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Cash, Pledged Treasury Securities and the payments by Holders (or the Permitted Investments of such payments) pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and Proceeds and all other payments received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the foregoing, or as the case may be, as provided by this Section 3.16.

(c)    Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event and the Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent or Transfer Agent, as applicable, of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Pledged Cash or the Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 3.16, the Purchase Contract Agent shall request transfer instructions with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock, Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, Pledged Cash or Pledged Treasury Securities, as the case may be, from each Holder by written request, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, mailed to such Holder at its address as it appears in the Security Register.

(d)    Upon book-entry transfer of the Corporate Units, the Treasury Units or the Cash Settled Units or delivery of a Corporate Units Certificate, Treasury Units Certificate or Cash Settled Units Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent with such transfer instructions, Purchase Contract Agent or, in the case of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Stock, the Transfer Agent, acting on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent upon receipt of an instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit S attached hereto, shall, transfer the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the applicable Treasury Securities or Pledged Cash, as the case may be, underlying such Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, to such Holder by book-entry transfer, or other appropriate procedures, in accordance with such instructions and, in the case of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment. In the event a Holder of Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units fails to effect such transfer or delivery, the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the applicable

 

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Treasury Securities or Pledged Cash, as the case may be, underlying such Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, as the case may be, and any distributions thereon, shall be held in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder, until the earlier to occur of:

(i)    the transfer of such Corporate Units, Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units or surrender of the Corporate Units Certificate, Treasury Units Certificate or Cash Settled Units Certificate or the receipt by the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent from such Holder of satisfactory evidence that such Corporate Units Certificate, Treasury Units Certificate or Cash Settled Units Certificate has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnity or security that may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company; and

(ii)    the expiration of the time period specified by the applicable law governing abandoned property in the state in which the Purchase Contract Agent holds such property.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Purchase Contract Agent may opt to deliver to the Company any funds or property held for two years, in which event the Company shall have sole responsibility for compliance with all applicable escheat laws with respect to all funds or property returned to it pursuant to this sentence.

Section 3.17 .    No Consent to Assumption. Each Holder of a Unit, by acceptance thereof, shall be deemed expressly to have (a) withheld any consent to the assumption under Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, of the Purchase Contract by the Company or its trustee, receiver, liquidator or a person or entity performing similar functions in the event that the Company becomes a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code or subject to other similar state or Federal law providing for reorganization or liquidation and (b) agreed with the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary that (y) the transaction contemplated by the Purchase Contract constitutes a “swap agreement” within the meaning of Section 101 (53B) of the Bankruptcy Code and that each such Holder shall constitute a “swap participant” within the meaning of Section 101 (53C) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (z) for purposes of Sections 362, 546(e), and 555-562 of the Bankruptcy Code, each of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary is acting as agent or custodian for such Holder as a customer in connection with a securities contract (as defined in Section 741 of the Bankruptcy Code) and each such Person is a “financial institution” pursuant to Section 101(22) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

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Section 3.18 .    Substitutions. Whenever a Holder has the right to substitute Cash or shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, as the case may be, or security entitlements for any of them for financial assets held in the Collateral Account, such substitution shall not constitute a novation of the security interest created hereby.

ARTICLE 4

T HE C ONVERTIBLE P REFERRED S TOCK

Section 4.01 .    Payments; Rights to Payments Preserved. (a) The Collateral Agent shall transfer all income and distributions (other than those described in Section 4.02(a)) received by it on account of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (if the Pledged Convertible Preferred Stock is in the name of the Collateral Agent), the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Treasury Securities or Permitted Investments from time to time held in the Collateral Account to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the applicable Holders as provided in this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

(b)    Any payment on any share of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or any distribution on any Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) (in each case other than those described in Section 4.02(a)), as the case may be, which is paid on or immediately prior to any Payment Date shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent from the Company or from the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 4.01(a) above, be paid on the related Payment Date to the Person in whose name the Corporate Units Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Corporate Units Certificates) of which such Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, forms a part is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date.

(c)    Each Corporate Units Certificate evidencing Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio delivered under this Agreement upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Corporate Units Certificate shall carry the right to accumulated and unpaid dividends or distributions, and to accrued interest or distributions, which were carried by Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, underlying such other Corporate Units Certificate.

 

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(d)    In the case of any Corporate Unit with respect to which (1) Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.06 hereof, (2) Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof or (3) a Collateral Substitution is properly effected pursuant to Section 3.13 or Section 3.14, in each case on a date that is after any Record Date and prior to or on the next succeeding Payment Date, dividends in respect of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or distributions on Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, underlying such Corporate Unit otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding such Early Settlement, Fundamental Change Early Settlement or Collateral Substitution, and such payment or distributions shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent, be payable to the Person in whose name the Corporate Units Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Corporate Units Certificates) was registered at the close of business on the Record Date.

(e)    In the case of any Treasury Unit with respect to which (1) Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.06 hereof, (2) Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is properly effected pursuant to Section 5.04 hereof or (3) a Collateral Substitution is properly effected pursuant to Section 3.15, in each case on a date that is after any Record Date and prior to or on the next succeeding Payment Date, distributions in respect of the Treasury Securities underlying such Treasury Unit otherwise payable on such Payment Date, if any, shall be payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding such Early Settlement, Fundamental Change Early Settlement or Collateral Substitution, and such payment or distributions shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent, be payable to the Person in whose name the Treasury Units Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Treasury Units Certificates) was registered at the close of business on the Record Date.

(f)    Except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 4.01(d) hereof, in the case of any Corporate Unit with respect to which Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the component Purchase Contract is properly effected, or with respect to which a Collateral Substitution has been effected, payments attributable to the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or distributions on Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, that would otherwise be payable on or made after the Early Settlement Date, Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date or the date of the Collateral Substitution, as the case may be, shall not be payable hereunder to the Holder of such Corporate Units; provided, however , that to the extent that such Holder continues to hold Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio that formerly comprised a part of such Holder’s Corporate Units, such Holder shall be entitled to receive dividends on such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or distributions on such Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio.

 

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Section 4.02 .    Payments Prior to or on Purchase Contract Settlement Date. (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.02, Section 5.04 and Section 5.06, and except as provided in Section 4.02(b) below, if no Termination Event shall have occurred, all payments received by the Securities Intermediary in respect of (1) the proceeds received in a Successful Final Remarketing attributable to the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, (2) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and (3) the Pledged Treasury Securities, shall be credited to the Collateral Account, to be invested in Permitted Investments until the Purchase Contract Settlement Date and transferred to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date as provided in Section 5.02 hereof to the extent necessary to satisfy the Holder’s obligation pursuant to Section 5.01 to pay the Purchase Price to settle the Purchase Contracts. Any balance remaining in the Collateral Account shall be released from the Pledge and transferred to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective interests, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby. The Company shall instruct the Collateral Agent in writing as to the specific Permitted Investments in which any payments made under this Section 4.02 shall be invested, provided, however , that if the Company fails to deliver such instructions by 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the day such payments are received by the Securities Intermediary, such payments shall remain uninvested, and provided , further , however , that all Permitted Investments shall mature on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. In no event shall the Collateral Agent or the Securities Intermediary be liable for the selection of Permitted Investments or for investment losses incurred thereon. Neither the Collateral Agent nor the Securities Intermediary shall have any liability in respect of losses incurred based on acting or omitting to act under this Section 4.02(a) pursuant to any direction of the Company or as a result of the failure of the Company to provide timely written investment direction. Any interest or other income received on such investment and reinvestment of the funds shall become part of the Collateral Account and any losses incurred on such investment and reinvestment of the funds shall be debited against the Collateral Account. For the avoidance of doubt, no such losses shall affect the Company’s obligations under Article 5 and Holders’ obligations shall remain subject to Section 5.02(j). It is agreed and understood that the entity serving as Securities Intermediary may earn fees associated with the investments outlined above in accordance with the terms of such investments. In no event shall the Securities Intermediary or the Collateral Agent be deemed an investment manager or adviser in respect of any selection of investments hereunder.

(b)    All payments received by the Securities Intermediary in respect of (1) the Convertible Preferred Stock, (2) the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and (3) the Treasury Securities or security entitlements with respect thereto, that, in each case, have been released from the Pledge pursuant hereto shall be transferred to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the applicable Holders for distribution to such Holders in accordance with their respective interests and the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Section 4.03 . Notice and Voting. (a) Subject to Section 4.03(b) hereof, the Purchase Contract Agent may exercise, or refrain from exercising, any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement; provided that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not exercise or shall not refrain from exercising such right, as the case may be, if, in the judgment of the Purchase Contract Agent, such action would impair or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the value of all or any of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (it being understood and agreed that the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no affirmative duty to determine whether in its judgment such action would impair or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the value of all or any of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock); and provided further that the Purchase Contract Agent shall give the Company and the Collateral Agent at least five Business Days’ prior written notice of the manner in which it intends to exercise, or its reasons for refraining from exercising, any such right. Upon receipt of any notices and other communications in respect of any Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, including either notice of any meeting at which holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or the solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Collateral Agent shall send promptly to the Purchase Contract Agent such notice or communication, and as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of a written request therefor from the Purchase Contract Agent, to execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent such proxies and other instruments in respect of such Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (in commercially reasonable form and substance) as are prepared by the Company and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock.

(b)    Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or upon any solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail, first class, postage pre-paid, to the Holders of Corporate Units a notice:

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(ii)    stating that each Holder on the record date set by the Purchase Contract Agent therefor (which, to the extent possible, shall be the same date as the record date set by the Company for determining the holders of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock entitled to vote) shall be entitled to instruct the Purchase Contract Agent as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock that are a component of their Corporate Units; and

(iii)    stating the manner in which such instructions may be given.

Upon the written request of the Holders of Corporate Units on such record date received by the Purchase Contract Agent at least six days prior to such meeting or the expiration date of any consent solicitation, the Purchase Contract Agent shall endeavor insofar as practicable to vote or cause to be voted or to consent with respect to, in accordance with the instructions set forth in such requests, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock as to which any particular voting or consenting instructions are received. In the absence of specific instructions from the Holder of Corporate Units, the Purchase Contract Agent shall abstain from voting or consenting with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock that are a component of such Corporate Units. The Company hereby agrees, if applicable, to solicit Holders of Corporate Units to timely instruct the Purchase Contract Agent as to the exercise of such voting or consenting rights in order to enable the Purchase Contract Agent to vote or consent with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock.

(c)    The Holders of Corporate Units, the Holders of Cash Settled Units and the Holders of Treasury Units shall, in their capacity as Holders, have no voting rights, rights to dividends or other distributions or other rights in respect of Common Stock.

Section 4.04 .    Payments to Purchase Contract Agent. The Securities Intermediary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver any payments required to be made by it to the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder to the account designated by the Purchase Contract Agent for such purpose not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day such payment is received by the Securities Intermediary; provided, however , that if such payment is received by the Securities Intermediary on a day that is not a Business Day or after 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, then the Securities Intermediary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver such payment to the Purchase Contract Agent no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the next succeeding Business Day.

 

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Section 4.05 .    Payments Held In Trust. If the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder shall receive any payments on account of financial assets or Cash credited to the Collateral Account (other than dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock or distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition thereof)) and not released therefrom in accordance with this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent or such Holder shall hold such payments as trustee of an express trust for the benefit of the Company and, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate of the Company so directing, promptly deliver such payments to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account or to the Company for application to the Obligations of the applicable Holder or Holders, and the Purchase Contract Agent and Holders shall acquire no right, title or interest in any such payments of principal amounts so received. The Purchase Contract Agent shall have no liability under this Section 4.05 unless and until it has been notified in writing that such payment was delivered to it erroneously and shall have no liability for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken prior to its receipt of such notice.

ARTICLE 5

T HE P URCHASE C ONTRACTS

Section 5.01 .    Purchase of Shares of Common Stock. (a) Each Purchase Contract shall obligate the Holder of the related Unit to purchase, and the Company to issue, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount (the “ Purchase Price ”), a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, together with Cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with Section 5.07, unless an Early Settlement Date, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event with respect to the Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part shall have occurred, subject to Section 5.04.

The “ Settlement Rate ” is determined as follows:

(i)    if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to $73.91 (subject to adjustment, as set forth in Section 5.11, the “ Reference Price ”), the Settlement Rate shall be 1.3529 shares of Common Stock (such Settlement Rate, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.11, the “ Maximum Settlement Rate ”); and

(ii)    if the Applicable Market Value is greater than the Reference Price, the Settlement Rate shall be a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Stated Amount, divided by the Applicable Market Value, rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share.

The Maximum Settlement Rate and the Applicable Market Value are subject to adjustment as provided in Section 5.11 (and, in the case of the Maximum Settlement Rate, shall be rounded upward or downward to. the nearest 1/10,000th of a share).

 

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(b)    Each Holder of a Corporate Unit, a Treasury Unit or a Cash Settled Unit, by its acceptance of such Unit:

(i)    irrevocably authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contract on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact (including, without limitation, the execution of Certificates in the name of and on behalf of such Holder);

(ii)    agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Unit, including but not limited to the terms and provisions of the Purchase Contract and this Agreement;

(iii)    covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contract and under this Agreement for so long as such Holder remains a Holder of a Corporate Unit, a Treasury Unit or a Cash Settled Unit;

(iv)    consents to the provisions hereof,

(v)    irrevocably authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform this Agreement on its behalf and in its name as its attorney-in-fact;

(vi)    consents to, and agrees to be bound by, the Pledge of such Holder’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, including the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock and the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition thereof), the Treasury Securities or the Cash pursuant to this Agreement, and the delivery of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock by Transfer Agent on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent to the Collateral Agent; and

(vii)    for United States federal income tax purposes, agrees to (A) treat its acquisition of the Corporate Units as an acquisition of the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock and Purchase Contracts constituting the Corporate Units, (B) treat such Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock as equity of the Company and (C) treat itself as the owner of the applicable interests in the Collateral, including the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Treasury Securities or the Cash, as applicable;

 

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provided that upon a Termination Event, the rights of the Holder of such Units under the Purchase Contract may be enforced without regard to any other rights or obligations.

(c)    Each Holder of a Corporate Unit, a Treasury Unit or a Cash Settled Unit, by its acceptance thereof, further covenants and agrees that to the extent and in the manner provided in Section 5.02 hereof, but subject to the terms thereof, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Proceeds of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, the Pledged Treasury Securities or the Pledged Cash, as applicable, equal to the Purchase Price shall be paid by the Collateral Agent, upon the written direction of the Company, to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract included in such Unit and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such Proceeds.

(d)    Upon registration of transfer of a Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee) by the terms of this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts underlying such Certificate and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under this Agreement and the Purchase Contracts underlying the Certificate so transferred. The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

(e)    Promptly after the calculation of the Settlement Rate and the Applicable Market Value, the Company shall give the Purchase Contract Agent notice thereof. All calculations and determinations of the Settlement Rate and the Applicable Market Value and all other calculations and determinations hereunder and any adjustments to the Reference Price shall be made by the Company or its agent based on their good faith calculations, and the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no responsibility with respect thereto.

(f)    If a Market Disruption Event occurs on any Scheduled Trading Day during the Market Value Averaging Period or any Early Settlement Averaging Period, the Company shall give the Holders and the Purchase Contract Agent notice thereof on the calendar day on which such event occurs.

Section 5.02 .    Remarketing; Notices; Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock; Registration; Payment of Purchase Price.

(a)     Optional Remarketing . (i)(A) Unless a Termination Event has occurred, (B) there are any accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock in respect of prior dividend periods or (C) the Company has not declared a dividend payable on the March 1, 2022 Dividend Payment Date, the Company may elect, at its option, to engage the Remarketing Agent(s), pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, to remarket the aggregate number of

 

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shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the aggregate Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock that are components of Corporate Units, along with any Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the holders of which have elected to participate in such remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02(e) below over a period of fifteen consecutive Business Days (each such period, an “ Optional Remarketing Period ”) selected by the Company that falls during the Optional Remarketing Window (it being understood that the Company has the right to, in its sole and absolute discretion, attempt an Optional Remarketing during multiple Optional Remarketing Periods during the Optional Remarketing Window so long as the Company provides notice of each Optional Remarketing Period in accordance with Section 5.02(a)(ii) below).

(ii)    The Company shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent and request that the Depositary notify the Depositary Participants holding Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company’s election to conduct an Optional Remarketing no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first day of an Optional Remarketing Period.

(iii)    If the Company elects to conduct an Optional Remarketing, by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of an Optional Remarketing Period, the Purchase Contract Agent shall notify the Remarketing Agent(s) in writing of the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock that are a part of the Corporate Units to be remarketed, and the Custodial Agent shall notify in writing the Remarketing Agent(s) of the aggregate number of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (if any) to be remarketed pursuant to Section 5.02(e) below. Pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, the Remarketing Agreement, upon receipt of such notices from the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent(s) will use its reasonable best efforts to remarket such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at or above the applicable Remarketing Price.

(iv)    If the Remarketing Agent(s) is able to remarket such Convertible Preferred Stock for at least the applicable Remarketing Price in any Optional Remarketing in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement (a “ Successful Optional Remarketing ”), the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary, upon receipt of written instructions from the Company, to transfer to the Remarketing Agent(s) the remarketed Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock upon confirmation of deposit to the Collateral Account of proceeds of such Successful Optional Remarketing attributable to such Convertible Preferred Stock, and the Custodial Agent shall transfer the remarketed

 

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Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the Remarketing Agent(s) upon confirmation of receipt of proceeds of such Successful Optional Remarketing attributable to such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. Settlement shall occur on the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date. Upon deposit in the Collateral Account of such proceeds attributable to the remarketed Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of written instructions from the Company, (A) instruct the Securities Intermediary to apply an amount equal to the Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price to purchase the Treasury Portfolio from the Quotation Agent (the amount and issue of the U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) constituting the Treasury Portfolio to be determined by the Remarketing Agent(s)), (B) credit to the Collateral Account the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, and (C) promptly remit any remaining portion of such proceeds to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of Corporate Units, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall make such payment on the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date to the Holders whose Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock were remarketed pro rata in accordance with their respective interests. With respect to any Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed, upon receipt of proceeds of such Successful Optional Remarketing attributable to the remarketed Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Custodial Agent shall remit the proceeds of such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock sold in the Successful Optional Remarketing received from the Remarketing Agent(s) pro rata to holders of such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock on the Optional Remarketing Settlement Date. In addition, proceeds from the Treasury Portfolio equal to the Dividend Payment that would have been attributable to the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that were components of the Corporate Units at the time of the Successful Optional Remarketing (whether or not declared) shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

(v)    Following the occurrence of a Successful Optional Remarketing, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of such term) will be substituted as Collateral for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock and will be held by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms hereof to secure the Obligation of each Holder of Corporate Units, and the Holders of Corporate Units and the Collateral Agent shall have such security interests, rights and obligations with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of such term) as the Holder of Corporate Units and the Collateral Agent had in respect of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to the Pledge thereof. Any reference

 

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in this Agreement or the Certificates to the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock shall thereupon be deemed to be a reference to such Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of such term). The Company may cause to be made in any Corporate Units Certificates thereafter to be issued such change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) as may be appropriate to reflect the substitution of the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of such term) for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock as Collateral.

(vi)    If, in spite of its reasonable best efforts, the Remarketing Agent(s) cannot remarket the Convertible Preferred Stock as set forth above during the Optional Remarketing Period at a price not less than the applicable Remarketing Price or a condition precedent set forth in the Remarketing Agreement is not fulfilled, the Optional Remarketing will be deemed to have been unsuccessful (an “ Unsuccessful Optional Remarketing ”). Promptly after receipt of written notice from the Company of an Unsuccessful Optional Remarketing, the Custodial Agent will return Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the appropriate holders.

(vii)    If the Company elects to remarket the Convertible Preferred Stock during the Optional Remarketing Period and a Successful Optional Remarketing has not occurred on or prior to the last day of the Optional Remarketing Period, the Company shall cause a notice of the Unsuccessful Optional Remarketing to be published before the open of business on the Business Day immediately following the last date of the Optional Remarketing Period. This notice shall be validly published by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including, without limitation, Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service. The Company shall similarly cause a notice of a Successful Optional Remarketing to be published before the open of business on the Business Day immediately following the date of such Successful Optional Remarketing.

(viii)    At any time and from time to time during any Optional Remarketing Period, prior to the announcement of a Successful Optional Remarketing, the Company has the right to postpone such Optional Remarketing in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion.

(ix)    For the avoidance of doubt, any failure to make a payment of dividends or apply proceeds as described in this Section 5.02(a) solely as a result of a failure by the U.S. government to pay the principal amount of or any interest on any Treasury security in the Treasury Portfolio shall not constitute a collateral event of default. If, as a result of any such failure,

 

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there are insufficient proceeds from the Treasury Portfolio to satisfy the Holders’ obligations to purchase Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts, the Company shall delay settlement of the Purchase Contracts until such time as such proceeds are available.

(b)     Final Remarketing . (i) Unless a Termination Event or a Successful Optional Remarketing has occurred, in order to dispose of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holders of Corporate Units, the Company shall engage the Remarketing Agent(s), pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement, to use its reasonable best efforts to remarket such Convertible Preferred Stock, along with any Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the holders of which have elected to participate in the Final Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02(e) below, during the Final Remarketing Period.

(ii)    The Company shall notify the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent and request that the Depositary notify the Depositary Participants holding Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of the Final Remarketing no later than May 5, 2022. In such notice, the Company shall set forth the dates of the Final Remarketing Period, the applicable procedures for holders of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to participate in the Final Remarketing, the applicable procedures for Holders of Corporate Units to create Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, the applicable procedures for Holders of Treasury Units to recreate Corporate Units, the applicable procedures for Holders of Corporate Units to effect Early Settlement with respect to their Purchase Contracts and any other applicable procedures, including the procedures that must be followed by a holder of Corporate Units in the case of an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing if such Holder wishes not to have the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying its Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock automatically delivered to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under the related Purchase Contracts, as described in Section 5.02(b)(vii) below.

(iii)    The Purchase Contract Agent shall notify the Remarketing Agent(s) in writing, promptly after the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Final Remarketing Period, of the aggregate number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock that are to be remarketed, and the Custodial Agent shall notify in writing the Remarketing Agent(s) of the aggregate number of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (if any) to be remarketed pursuant to Section 5.02(e) below. Pursuant to, and subject to the terms of, the Remarketing Agreement, upon receipt of such notices from the Purchase Contract Agent and the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent(s) will use its reasonable best efforts to remarket such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock at or above the applicable Remarketing Price.

 

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(iv)    The Company may postpone the Final Remarketing in its absolute discretion on any day prior to the last Business Day of the Final Remarketing Period. The Company will promptly furnish notice of any such postponement to the Purchase Contract Agent.

(v)    If the Remarketing Agent(s) is able to remarket such Convertible Preferred Stock and the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock (if any) for at least the applicable Remarketing Price in any Final Remarketing in accordance with the Remarketing Agreement (a “ Successful Final Remarketing ”), the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of written instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to Transfer to the Remarketing Agent(s) the remarketed Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock upon confirmation of deposit to the Collateral Account of proceeds of such Successful Final Remarketing attributable to such Convertible Preferred Stock, and the Custodial Agent shall Transfer the remarketed Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the Remarketing Agent(s) upon confirmation of receipt of proceeds of such Successful Final Remarketing attributable to such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock. Settlement shall occur on the Remarketing Settlement Date. Upon deposit in the Collateral Account of such proceeds, the Collateral Agent shall, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, in consultation with the Purchase Contract Agent and upon direction of the Company, instruct the Securities Intermediary to remit a portion of such proceeds equal to $1,000 multiplied by the aggregate number of such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to satisfy in full the Obligations of Holders of Corporate Units to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock under the related Purchase Contracts, and promptly remit the balance of such proceeds to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holders of Corporate Units whose Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock were remarketed, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall make such payment on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date pro rata in accordance with their respective interests. With respect to any Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed, the Custodial Agent shall remit such proceeds of the Successful Final Remarketing received from the Remarketing Agent(s) pro rata to holders of such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

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whether or not declared, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date to the holders of the Convertible Preferred Stock (whether or not such shares were remarketed) as of the close of business on the Dividend Payment record date immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If a Dividend Deficiency Event occurs, following the Final Remarketing (whether successful or failed), the Company shall have no obligation to pay the then accumulated but unpaid dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date to the holders of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Dividend Payment record date immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. However, the right to receive such accumulated but unpaid dividends (including compounded dividends thereon) shall continue to exist (and shall continue to compound) with respect to such Convertible Preferred Stock notwithstanding such Remarketing, and such dividends shall be payable to the holders of such Convertible Preferred Stock as of the record date for the Dividend Payment Date on which such dividends are subsequently declared and paid (if ever), all in accordance with the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment.

(vii)    If, in spite of its reasonable best efforts, the Remarketing Agent(s) cannot remarket the Convertible Preferred Stock during the Final Remarketing Period at a price equal to or greater than the applicable Remarketing Price or a condition precedent set forth in the Remarketing Agreement is not fulfilled, the remarketing will be deemed to have been unsuccessful (an “ Unsuccessful Final Remarketing ”). The Company shall cause a notice of the Unsuccessful Final Remarketing to be published before the open of business on the Business Day immediately following the last date of the Final Remarketing Period. This notice shall be validly published by making a timely release to any appropriate news agency, including, without limitation, Bloomberg Business News and the Dow Jones News Service. The Company shall similarly cause a notice of a Successful Final Remarketing to be published before the open of business on the Business Day immediately following the date of such Successful Final Remarketing.

Following an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing, (A) except in the case of a Dividend Deficiency Event, on June 1, 2022, the Company shall pay each Holder all accumulated and unpaid dividends (whether or not declared) on the Convertible Preferred Stock to, but excluding, the June 1, 2022 Dividend Payment Date, as described in this Section 5.02(b) and (B) immediately following such payment (if applicable), as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of any Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, unless such Holder has (I) provided written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit P hereto prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the

 

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Purchase Contract Settlement Date of its intention to settle the related Purchase Contract with separate cash, whereupon the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly provide a direction and instruction to the Collateral Agent in writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit Q hereto, (II) surrendered the Certificate evidencing the Corporate Units (if they are in certificated form) or the related Book-Entry Interests, to the Purchase Contract Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date and (III) on or prior to the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date delivered the Purchase Price in Cash to the Securities Intermediary for deposit to the Collateral Account by certified or cashier’s check or wire transfer in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary (which settlement may only be effected in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units), shall be deemed to have automatically delivered the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock in full satisfaction of such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts. Following such automatic delivery, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of written instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to release the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the Company.

Upon (x) receipt by the Collateral Agent of the direction and instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent in substantially the form of Exhibit Q hereto and (y) payment by such Holder to the Securities Intermediary of the Purchase Price in accordance with the first sentence of the immediately preceding paragraph, in lieu of the automatic delivery described in such sentence, the Securities Intermediary shall give the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent notice of the receipt of such payment in substantially the form of Exhibit R hereto and the Collateral Agent shall, and is hereby authorized to, or to cause the Securities Intermediary to (X) deposit the separate cash received from such Holder to the Collateral Account and, if the Company so requests, invest such separate cash received in Permitted Investments, (Y) promptly release from the Pledge the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock related to the Corporate Units as to which such Holder has paid such separate cash and (Z) promptly Transfer all such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the Transfer Agent for distribution on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent, and upon receipt of an instruction from the Purchase Contract

 

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Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit S attached hereto, to such Holder, in each case, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby, whereupon the Transfer Agent shall Transfer such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with written instructions provided to the Purchase Contract Agent by the Holder thereof or, if no such instructions are given to the Purchase Contract Agent by the Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall hold such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent or its nominee in trust for the benefit of such Holder until the expiration of the time period specified in the relevant abandoned property laws of the state where such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are held, after which time such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock shall be delivered to the Company on request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate. On the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Collateral Agent shall, and is hereby authorized to, (A) instruct the Securities Intermediary to remit to the Company the separate cash amount or such portion of the proceeds of such Permitted Investments as is equal to the aggregate Purchase Price under all Purchase Contracts in respect of which separate cash has been paid as provided in this Section 5.02(b)(vii), as the case may be, to the Company, and (B) release any amounts in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price to the Purchase Contract Agent for distribution to the Holders who have paid such separate cash pro rata in proportion to the amount paid by such Holders under this Section 5.02(b)(vii), as adjusted to reflect the period of time that each such Holder’s cash was invested in such Permitted Investments.

Following an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of Treasury Units shall be deemed to have elected to apply a portion of the Cash constituting such Holder’s Pro Rata Portions of the Collateral in respect of the Treasury Units equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts to satisfy such Holder’s obligation to pay such aggregate Purchase Price in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such application, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of written instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to release such Cash from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such Cash to the Company. Thereafter, the Collateral Agent shall promptly remit the remaining Cash constituting the Holder’s Pro Rata Portions of the Collateral in respect of the Treasury Units in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under such Purchase Contracts to the Purchase Contract Agent for payment to the Holder of the Treasury Units to which such Pro Rata Portions of the Collateral in respect of the Treasury Units relate.

 

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Following an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of Cash Settled Units shall be deemed to have elected to apply the Cash component of such Holder’s Cash Settled Units to satisfy such Holder’s obligation to pay the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be issued under the related Purchase Contracts in full satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts. Following such application, each such Holder’s Obligations, including to pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock, will be deemed to be satisfied in full, and the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of written instructions from the Company, cause the Securities Intermediary to release such Cash from the Collateral Account and shall promptly transfer such Cash to the Company.

(c)    In connection with a Successful Remarketing, the dividend rate on all shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock (whether or not remarketed) may be increased by the Company and dividends will continue to be payable quarterly in arrears, commencing on the March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1 immediately succeeding the applicable Remarketing Settlement Date in accordance with the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment, the conversion rate on all shares of the Convertible Preferred Stock (whether or not remarketed) may increase in connection with a Successful Remarketing. These modifications shall become effective, without the consent of the Holders, upon the Remarketing Settlement Date. If, on the date of any Successful Remarketing, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on such date is less than the Reference Price, the conversion rate for the Convertible Preferred Stock shall increase to an amount equal to $1,000, divided by 120% of the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the date of such Successful Remarketing (rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth share). If, however, on the date of any Successful Remarketing, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on such date is greater than or equal to the Reference Price, the Company shall not change the conversion rate for the Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company shall not decrease the dividend rate or conversion rate in connection with a Successful Remarketing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the increased conversion rate pursuant to the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment exceed 45.1000 shares of Common Stock per share of Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Preferred Stock Articles of Amendment. If a Successful Remarketing occurs, the Company will request the Depositary to notify the Depositary Participants holding shares of Convertible Preferred Stock of any Increased Rates on the Business Day following the date of the Successful Remarketing.

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(e)    Prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding an Applicable Remarketing Period, other than during a Blackout Period, Holders of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock may elect to have their Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed in such Remarketing in the same manner as the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock by delivering their Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock along with a notice of this election, substantially in the form of Exhibit M attached hereto, to the Custodial Agent. After such time, such election shall become an irrevocable election to have such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed in all Remarketings to occur in the Applicable Remarketing Period. The Custodial Agent shall hold the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock in an account separate from the Collateral Account in which the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock shall be held. Holders electing to have their Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed shall also have the right to withdraw the election by written notice to the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto, at any time prior to the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period. In the event of a Successful Remarketing during the Optional Remarketing Period, each holder of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that elects to have its Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed shall receive for each such share of Convertible Preferred Stock, its pro rata portion of the proceeds of the Successful Remarketing, which shall be greater than or equal to the Remarketing Price Per Share. In the event of a Successful Remarketing during the Final Remarketing Period, each holder of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that elects to have its Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed shall receive for each such share of Convertible Preferred Stock, its pro rata portion of the proceeds of the Successful Remarketing, which shall be greater than or equal to $1,000. Except in the case of a Dividend Deficiency Event, any accumulated and unpaid dividends on such shares (including compounded dividends thereon), whether or not declared, will be paid by the Company, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, to holders of record on the immediately preceding Dividend Payment record date. If a Dividend Deficiency Event occurs, following the Final Remarketing (whether successful or failed), the Company shall have no obligation to pay the then accumulated but unpaid dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date to the holders of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Dividend Payment record date immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date.

(f)    For the avoidance of doubt, the right of each holder of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the aggregate Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock that are components of Corporate Units and the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the holders of which have elected to participate in any Remarketing, to have such Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed and sold on any Remarketing Date shall be subject to the conditions that (i)(A) the Remarketing Agent(s) conducts an Optional Remarketing, or (B) in the case of the Final Remarketing, that no Successful Optional

 

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Remarketing has occurred, each pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) a Termination Event has not occurred prior to such Remarketing Date, (iii) the Remarketing Agent(s) is able to find a purchaser or purchasers for such Convertible Preferred Stock at or above the applicable Remarketing Price based on the Increased Rates, if any, and (iv) such purchaser or purchasers deliver the purchase price therefor to the Remarketing Agent(s) as and when required.

(g)    The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that, if required by applicable law, a registration statement, including a prospectus, under the Securities Act with regard to the full amount of the Convertible Preferred Stock to be remarketed in each Remarketing in each case shall be effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission in a form that may be used by the Remarketing Agent(s) in connection with such Remarketing (unless such registration statement is not required under the applicable laws and regulations that are in effect at that time or unless the Company conducts any Remarketing in accordance with an exemption under the securities laws).

(h)    Holders whose shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are remarketed will not be responsible for the payment of any Remarketing Fee.

(i)    In the case of a Treasury Unit or a Corporate Unit (if Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock as a component of such Corporate Unit), if the Pledged Treasury Securities or the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio held by the Securities Intermediary mature prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the principal amount of the Treasury Securities or the appropriate Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio received by the Securities Intermediary shall be placed in the Collateral Account. On the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, an amount equal to the Purchase Price for all related Purchase Contracts shall be remitted to the Company as payment of such Holder’s Obligations under such Purchase Contracts without receiving any instructions from the Holder. In the event the sum of the Proceeds from the related Pledged Treasury Securities or the related Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio is in excess of the aggregate Purchase Price, the Collateral Agent shall cause the Securities Intermediary to distribute such excess, when received by the Securities Intermediary, to the Purchase Contract Agent for the benefit of the Holder of the related Treasury Units or Corporate Units, as applicable.

(j)    The obligations of the Holders to pay the Purchase Price are non-recourse obligations and, except to the extent satisfied by Early Settlement, Fundamental Change Early Settlement or settlement with separate cash pursuant to Section 5.02(b)(vii) or terminated upon a Termination Event, are payable solely out of the proceeds of any Collateral pledged to secure the obligations of the Holders, and in no event will Holders be liable for any deficiency between the proceeds of the disposition of Collateral and the Purchase Price.

 

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(k)    The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates thereof to the Holder of the related Units unless the Company shall have received, subject to Section 5.02(j), payment for the Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner herein set forth.

Section 5.03 .    Issuance of Shares of Common Stock. Unless a Termination Event, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall have occurred, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, upon receipt of the aggregate Purchase Price payable on all Outstanding Units in accordance with Section 5.02, the Company shall issue and deposit with the Purchase Contract Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of the Outstanding Units, one or more certificates representing newly issued shares of Common Stock registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent (or its nominee) as custodian for the Holders to which the Holders are entitled hereunder; provided , that, in case such Common Stock is to be delivered through the facilities of DTC or another Depositary, the Company shall cause its stock transfer agent to deliver beneficial interests in such Common Stock on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent through such facilities to the Holders entitled thereto.

Subject to the foregoing, upon presentation and surrender of a Certificate, if in certificated form, to the Purchase Contract Agent on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, as the case may be, together with settlement instructions thereon duly completed and executed, the Holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive forthwith in exchange therefor a certificate representing that number of newly issued whole shares of Common Stock which such Holder is entitled to receive pursuant to the provisions of this Article 5 (after taking into account all Units then held by such Holder), and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Such shares shall be registered in the name of the Holder or the Holder’s designee as specified in the settlement instructions set forth on the reverse of the Certificate provided by the Holder to the Purchase Contract Agent. If any shares of Common Stock issued in respect of a Purchase Contract are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the Person in whose name the Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract is registered (but excluding any Depositary or nominee thereof), no such registration shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such registration has paid any transfer and other taxes (including any applicable stamp taxes) required by reason of such registration in a name other than that of the registered Holder of the Certificate evidencing such Purchase Contract or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax either has been paid or is not payable.

 

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Section 5.04 .    Fundamental Change Early Settlement.

(a)    If a Fundamental Change occurs prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, then, following the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, each Holder of a Unit, subject to the conditions described in this Section 5.04, shall have the right (a “ Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right ”) to settle (a “ Fundamental Change Early Settlement ”) its Purchase Contract early on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date at the Settlement Rate determined as if the Applicable Market Value equaled the Stock Price, plus an additional make-whole amount of shares of Common Stock (the “ Make-Whole Shares ”), subject to adjustment under Section 5.11, and receive payment of Cash in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 5.07; provided that no Fundamental Change Early Settlement will be permitted pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) unless, at the time such Fundamental Change Early Settlement is effected, there is an effective Registration Statement with respect to any shares of Common Stock to be issued and delivered in connection with such Fundamental Change Early Settlement, if such a Registration Statement is required (in the view of counsel, which need not be in the form of a written opinion, for the Company) under the Securities Act. If such a Registration Statement is so required, the Company covenants and agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (x) have in effect a Registration Statement covering the Common Stock and other securities, if any, to be delivered in respect of the Purchase Contracts being settled and (y) provide a Prospectus in connection therewith, in each case in a form that may be used in connection with such Fundamental Change Early Settlement (it being understood that if there is a material business transaction or development that has not yet been publicly disclosed, the Company will not be required to provide such a Prospectus, and the right to effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement will not be available, until the Company has publicly disclosed such transaction or development, provided that the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to make such disclosure as soon as it is commercially reasonable to do so).

In the event that a Holder seeks to exercise its Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right and a Registration Statement is required to be effective in connection with the exercise of such right but no such Registration Statement is then effective, the Holder’s exercise of such right shall be void unless and until such a Registration Statement shall be effective, but such Holder shall receive consideration calculated as described in this Section 5.04(a) when such Registration Statement becomes effective; provided that the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date shall not be so postponed beyond the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. If, but for the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date would occur on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, the Company shall deliver to any Holder on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date the applicable number of Make-Whole Shares in addition to a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, determined as if the Applicable Market Value were equal to the Stock Price.

 

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If a Holder elects a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of some or all of its Purchase Contracts, such Holder shall be entitled to receive, on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, the aggregate amount of any accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments (including deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), with respect to such Purchase Contracts (except when the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date falls after any Record Date and prior to the next succeeding Payment Date, in which case Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable to the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered at the close of business on such Record Date relating to the next succeeding Payment Date), payable in the manner set forth in Section 5.09(e). The Company shall pay such amount as a credit against the amount otherwise payable by such Holder to effect such Fundamental Change Early Settlement.

The Company shall provide each Holder and the Purchase Contract Agent with notice of a Fundamental Change within five Business Days after the effective date of such Fundamental Change, which shall specify:

(i)    the date on which such Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall occur (such date, the “ Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date ”) which shall be at least 10 Business Days after the effective date of such Fundamental Change but, subject to the foregoing, no later than the earlier of (x) 20 Business Days after the effective date of such Fundamental Change and (y) one Business Day prior to (i) the first day of the commencement of an Optional Remarketing Period, or (ii) if the Company has not specified an Optional Remarketing Period or the Optional Remarketing is not successful, the first day of the commencement of the Final Remarketing Period or, if the Final Remarketing is not successful, the Purchase Contract Settlement Date;

(ii)    the date by which Holders must exercise the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right;

(iii)    the applicable Settlement Rate and number of Make-Whole Shares;

(iv)    the amount and kind (per share of Common Stock) of the Cash, securities and other consideration receivable by the Holder upon Fundamental Change Early Settlement; and

(v)    and the amount of accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments (including any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), if any, that will be paid to Holders exercising the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Right and the method by which the Company will pay such Contract Adjustment Payments.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Final Remarketing Period begins less than ten Business Days following the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the notice will specify the Purchase Contract Settlement Date as the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date.

Corporate Units Holders and Treasury Units Holders may only effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units or Treasury Units, as the case may be; provided that if the Treasury Portfolio has replaced the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are components of the Corporate Units, Holders of the Corporate Units may only effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.04(a) in integral multiples of such number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Optional Remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock, which number shall be provided to a Holder by the Company at the request of such Holder. Other than the provisions relating to timing of notice and settlement, which shall be as set forth above, the provisions of Section 5.01 shall apply with respect to a Fundamental Change Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.04(a).

In order to exercise the right to effect a Fundamental Change Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase Contracts, the Holder of the Certificate evidencing Units shall deliver, no later than the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, such Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent at the Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank with the form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse thereof duly completed and accompanied by payment (payable to the Company in immediately available funds) in an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price corresponding to the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement. In the event that Units are held by or through DTC or another Depositary, the exercise of the right to effect Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall occur in conformity with the standing arrangements between DTC or such Depositary and the Purchase Contract Agent.

Upon receipt of such Certificate and payment of such funds, the Purchase Contract Agent shall pay the Company from such funds the related Purchase Price pursuant to the terms of the related Purchase Contracts, and notify the Collateral Agent, pursuant to a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit O hereto, in writing that all the conditions necessary for a Fundamental Change Early Settlement by a Holder have been satisfied pursuant to which the Purchase Contract Agent has received from such Holder, and paid to the Company as confirmed in writing by the Company, the related Purchase Price.

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Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or (2) the applicable Treasury Securities corresponding to the number of Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder of Treasury Units has elected to effect a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, and shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or applicable Proceeds of the Treasury Securities, as the case may be, to the Purchase Contract Agent, or, in the case of Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Transfer Agent, for distribution by the Purchase Contract Agent or Transfer Agent, on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent and pursuant to an instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit S attached hereto, to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

If a Holder properly effects an effective Fundamental Change Early Settlement in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.04(a), the Company will deliver (or will cause and instruct the Collateral Agent in writing to deliver) to the Holder on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date for each Purchase Contract with respect to which such Holder has elected Fundamental Change Early Settlement:

(i)    a number of shares of Common Stock (or Exchange Property Units, if applicable) equal to the Settlement Rate plus the Make-Whole Shares, if any;

(ii)    the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or applicable Proceeds of the Treasury Securities, as the case may be, related to each Unit with respect to which the Holder is effecting a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby; and

(iii)    if so required under the Securities Act, a Prospectus as contemplated by this Section 5.04(a).

For the avoidance of doubt, any accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments (including any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) with respect to such Purchase Contract to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date shall be due and payable by the Company on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date for such Purchase Contract, subject to Section 5.09(e).

The Corporate Units or the Treasury Units of the Holders who do not elect Fundamental Change Early Settlement in accordance with the foregoing will continue to remain outstanding and be subject to settlement on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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(b)    The number of Make-Whole Shares per Purchase Contract applicable to Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “ Effective Date ”) and the Stock Price in the such Fundamental Change. The “ Stock Price ” shall be:

(i)    in the case of a Fundamental Change described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof where the holders of the Common Stock receive only Cash in the Fundamental Change, the Cash amount paid per share of the Common Stock; and

(ii)    in all other cases, the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days immediately prior to but not including the Effective Date.

The Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table (i.e., the column headers) shall be adjusted upon the occurrence of any event requiring an anti-dilution adjustment to the Maximum Settlement Rate pursuant to Section 5.11 in a manner inversely proportional to the adjustments to the Maximum Settlement Rate. Each of the Make-Whole Share amounts in the table will be subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as the Maximum Settlement Rate as set forth in Section 5.11.

 

Effective Date

  $30.00     $40.00     $50.00     $60.00     $70.00     $73.91     $80.00     $90.00     $100.00     $110.00     $120.00     $130.00     $140.00  

June 14, 2019

    0.5222       0.3435       0.2292       0.1356       0.0436       0.0000       0.0515       0.0949       0.1142       0.1200       0.1189       0.1145       0.1088  

June 1, 2020

    0.3518       0.2316       0.1557       0.0899       0.0142       0.0000       0.0273       0.0691       0.0847       0.0875       0.0848       0.0802       0.0753  

June 1, 2021

    0.1778       0.1170       0.0799       0.0472       0.0000       0.0000       0.0094       0.0425       0.0495       0.0480       0.0447       0.0414       0.0385  

June 1, 2022

    0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000       0.0000  

The actual Stock Price and Effective Date applicable to a Fundamental Change may not be set forth on the table, in which case:

(i)    if the actual Stock Price is between two Stock Prices on the table or the actual Effective Date is between two Effective Dates on the table, the amount of Make–Whole Shares shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Make–Whole Share amounts set forth for the two Stock Prices and the two Effective Dates on the table based on a 365-day year, as applicable;

(ii)    if the Stock Price exceeds $140.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the table above), then the Make–Whole Share amount shall be zero; and

(iii)    if the Stock Price is less than $30.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the table above) (the “ Minimum Stock Price ”), then the Make–Whole Share amount shall be determined as if the Stock Price equaled the Minimum Stock Price, using straight-line interpolation, as described above, if the actual Effective Date is between two Effective Dates on the table.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon settlement of a Purchase Contract exceed 1.8751 shares per Purchase Contract (subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as the Maximum Settlement Rate as set forth in Section 5.11).

(c)    All calculations and determinations pursuant to this Article 5 shall be made by the Company or its agent, and the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility for making, verifying or confirming such calculations or determinations or otherwise with respect to such calculations or determinations under this Agreement or otherwise, and may conclusively presume that such calculations and determinations are correct and conform to the requirements of this Agreement.

Section 5.05 .    Termination Event; Notice. The Purchase Contracts and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holders thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Contract Adjustment Payments (including any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), and the rights and obligations of Holders to purchase Common Stock, shall immediately and automatically terminate, without the necessity of any notice or action by any Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent or the Company, if, prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, a Termination Event shall have occurred.

Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Units shall thereafter represent the right to receive the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Treasury Securities, the Cash or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, forming part of such Units, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.16 hereof. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, (i) the Company shall promptly but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register and (ii) the Collateral Agent shall, in accordance with Section 3.16 hereof, release the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) forming a part of each Corporate Unit, the Pro Rata Portion of the Collateral forming a part of each Treasury Unit or the Cash forming a part of each Cash Settled Unit, as the case may be, from the Pledge.

 

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Section 5.06 .    Early Settlement. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.06, at the option of the Holder thereof, at any time prior to the close of business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of the Market Value Averaging Period, other than during a Blackout Period, Purchase Contracts underlying Units may be settled early (“ Early Settlement ”); provided that no Early Settlement will be permitted pursuant to this Section 5.06 unless, at the time such Early Settlement is effected, there is an effective Registration Statement with respect to the shares of Common Stock and other securities, if any, to be issued and delivered in connection with such Early Settlement, if such a Registration Statement is required (in the view of counsel, which need not be in the form of a written opinion, for the Company) under the Securities Act. If such a Registration Statement is so required, the Company covenants and agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) have in effect a Registration Statement covering those shares of Common Stock and other securities, if any, to be delivered in respect of the Purchase Contracts being settled and (ii) provide a Prospectus in connection therewith, in each case in a form that may be used in connection with such Early Settlement (it being understood that if there is a material business transaction or development that has not yet been publicly disclosed, the Company will not be required to provide such a Prospectus, and the right to effect Early Settlement will not be available, until the Company has publicly disclosed such transaction or development, provided that the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to make such disclosure as soon as it is commercially reasonable to do so).

(b)    In order to exercise the right to effect Early Settlement with respect to any Purchase Contracts, the Holder of the Certificate evidencing Units (in the case of Certificates in definitive certificated form) shall deliver, at any time prior to the close of business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the first day of the Market Value Averaging Period, other than during a Blackout Period, such Certificate to the Purchase Contract Agent at the Corporate Trust Office duly endorsed for transfer to the Company or in blank with the form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse thereof duly completed and accompanied by payment (payable to the Company in Cash in immediately available funds) in an amount (the “ Early Settlement Amount ”) equal to the sum of:

(i)    the aggregate Purchase Price for the number of Purchase Contracts with respect to which the Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, plus ,

(ii)    if the Early Settlement Date with respect to any Purchase Contracts occurs during the period from the close of business on any Record Date next preceding any Payment Date to the open of business on such Payment Date, an amount equal to the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on such Payment Date with respect to such Purchase Contracts, unless the Company has elected to defer the Contract Adjustment Payments payable on such Payment Date.

 

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In the case of Book-Entry Interests, each Beneficial Owner electing Early Settlement must deliver the Early Settlement Amount to the Purchase Contract Agent along with a facsimile of the Election to Settle Early form duly completed, make book-entry transfer of such Book-Entry Interests and comply with the applicable procedures of the Depositary by the applicable time set forth above in this Section 5.06. In addition, so long as the Units are evidenced by one or more Global Certificates deposited with the Depositary, procedures for Early Settlement will also be governed by standing arrangements between the Depositary and the Purchase Contract Agent.

Except as provided in Section 5.09(d), no payment shall be made upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contract on account of any Contract Adjustment Payments (other than deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and any Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) accrued on such Purchase Contract or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock issued upon such Early Settlement. If the foregoing requirements are first satisfied with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying any Units at or prior to the close of business on a Business Day, such day shall be the “ Early Settlement Date ” with respect to such Units and if such requirements are first satisfied after the close of business on a Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day, the Early Settlement Date with respect to such Units shall be the next succeeding Business Day.

Upon the receipt of such Certificate, Election to Settle Early form duly completed and Early Settlement Amount from the Holder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall pay to the Company such Early Settlement Amount, the receipt of which payment the Company shall confirm in writing. The Purchase Contract Agent shall then notify the Collateral Agent in writing that (A) such Holder has elected to effect an Early Settlement, which notice shall set forth the number of such Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, (B) the Purchase Contract Agent has received from such Holder, and paid to the Company as confirmed in writing by the Company, the related Early Settlement Amount and (C) all conditions to such Early Settlement expressly set forth in this Agreement have been satisfied.

Upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of the written notice from the Purchase Contract Agent set forth in the preceding paragraph, within two Business Days following the Early Settlement Date, the Collateral Agent shall release from the Pledge, (1) in the case of a Holder of Corporate Units, the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, relating to the Purchase Contracts to which Early Settlement is effected, or (2) in the case of a Holder of Treasury Units, the Proceeds of the applicable Pro Rata Portions of the Treasury Securities corresponding to the number of Purchase Contracts as to which such Holder has elected to effect Early Settlement, and shall instruct the Securities

 

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Intermediary to Transfer all such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio or shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or Proceeds of the Treasury Securities, as the case may be, to the Purchase Contract Agent, or, in the case of Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Transfer Agent, for distribution by the Purchase Contract Agent or Transfer Agent, on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent and pursuant to an instruction from the Purchase Contract Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit S attached hereto, to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

Holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units may only effect Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.06 in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units or 10 Treasury Units, as the case may be; provided that if the Treasury Portfolio has replaced the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock that are components of the Corporate Units, Holders of the Corporate Units may only effect Early Settlement pursuant to this Section 5.06 in integral multiples of such number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent upon a Successful Optional Remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock, which number shall be provided to a Holder by the Company at the request of such Holder.

Upon Early Settlement of the Purchase Contracts, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Contract Adjustment Payments (including any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments and Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) with respect to such Purchase Contracts shall immediately and automatically terminate, except as provided in Section 5.09(d).

(c)    Upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts by a Holder of the related Units, the Company shall issue, and the Holder shall be entitled to receive, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to 85% of the Settlement Rate calculated as set forth in Section 5.01 for each Purchase Contract as to which Early Settlement is effected, as if the Applicable Market Value for such purpose were equal to the average of the Daily VWAPs of the Common Stock during the Early Settlement Averaging Period (subject to Section 5.12).

(d)    No later than the second Business Day after the last Trading Day of the Early Settlement Averaging Period, the Company shall cause the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Early Settlement of Purchase Contracts to be issued and delivered, accompanied with a payment in respect of the aggregate deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), if any, through the Payment Date immediately preceding such Early Settlement Date, payable as set forth in Section 5.09(e)

 

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(e)    Upon Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts, and subject to receipt of shares of Common Stock from the Company and the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or the applicable Proceeds of the Treasury Securities, as the case may be, from the Securities Intermediary, as applicable, the Purchase Contract Agent or Transfer Agent, as applicable, shall, in accordance with the instructions provided by the Holder thereof on the applicable form of Election to Settle Early on the reverse of the Certificate evidencing the related Units:

(i)    transfer to the Holder the Convertible Preferred Stock, the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio or the applicable Proceeds of the Treasury Securities related to such Units, as the case may be,

(ii)    deliver to the Holder a certificate or certificates for the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Early Settlement, and

(iii)    if so required under the Securities Act, deliver a Prospectus for the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Early Settlement as contemplated by Section 5.06(a).

(f)    In the event that Early Settlement is effected with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying less than all the Units evidenced by a Certificate, upon such Early Settlement the Company shall execute and the Purchase Contract Agent shall execute on behalf of the Holder, authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a Certificate evidencing the Units as to which Early Settlement was not effected.

Section 5.07 .    No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued or delivered upon settlement on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, or upon Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement of any Purchase Contracts. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock that would otherwise be deliverable upon settlement of any Purchase Contracts, the Company, through the Purchase Contract Agent, shall make a Cash payment in respect of such fractional interest in an amount equal to the percentage of a whole share represented by such fractional share multiplied by the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (or (x) in the case of any Early Settlement, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant date for delivery of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Early Settlement and (y) in the case of a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date). If, however, a Holder surrenders for settlement more than one Purchase Contract on the same date, then the number of full shares

 

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of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such Purchase Contracts shall be computed based upon the aggregate number of Purchase Contracts surrendered on such date, or if the Corporate Units are held in global book-entry form, based on such other aggregate number of Purchase Contracts being surrendered by the Holder on the same date as DTC may otherwise require.

Section 5.08 .    Charges and Taxes. The Company will pay all stock transfer and similar taxes attributable to the initial issuance and delivery of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Purchase Contracts; provided, however , that the Company shall not be required to pay any such tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any exchange of or substitution for a Certificate evidencing a Unit or any issuance of a share of Common Stock in a name other than that of the registered Holder of a Certificate surrendered in respect of the Units evidenced thereby, other than in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent, as custodian for such Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such share certificates or Certificates unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the transfer or issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

Section 5.09 .    Contract Adjustment Payments. (a) Subject to Section 5.09(d), the Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, the Contract Adjustment Payments payable in respect of each Purchase Contract for the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment Date on which Contract Adjustment Payments were paid (or if none, June 14, 2019) to but excluding such Payment Date to the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Record Date relating to such Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable in cash, by delivery of shares of Common Stock or through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as set forth in Section 5.09(e). Contract Adjustment Payments on Global Certificates payable in cash shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary. If the book-entry system for the Units has been terminated, Contract Adjustment Payments payable in cash shall be payable at the office or agency of the Purchase Contract Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York maintained for that purpose or, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the Security Register as of the Record Date, or by wire transfer to the account designated by such Person by a prior written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, given at least ten calendar days prior to the Payment Date. Contract Adjustment Payments payable for any period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Contract Adjustment Payments will accrue from June 14, 2019.

(b)    Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company’s obligation to pay future Contract Adjustment Payments and any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) shall cease.

 

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(c)    Each Certificate delivered under this Agreement upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of (including as a result of a Collateral Substitution or the recreation of Corporate Units) any other Certificate shall carry the right to accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon), which right was carried by the Purchase Contracts underlying such other Certificates.

(d)    In the case of any Unit with respect to which Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is effected on a date that is after any Record Date and prior to or on the next succeeding Payment Date, Contract Adjustment Payments and deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) otherwise payable on such Payment Date shall be payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding such Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, and such Contract Adjustment Payments and deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) shall be paid to the Person in whose name the Certificate evidencing such Unit is registered at the close of business on such Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Unit with respect to which Early Settlement of the underlying Purchase Contract is effected, Contract Adjustment Payments that would otherwise have accrued after the most recent Payment Date with respect to such Purchase Contract shall not be payable.

(e)    (i) Subject to the limitations described below, any Contract Adjustment Payment (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon or any portion of any Contract Adjustment Payment), whether or not for a current Payment Date or in respect of any prior Payment Date, may be paid by the Company, as determined in its sole discretion:

(A)    in cash;

(B)    by delivery of shares of Common Stock; or

(C)    through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock.

(ii)    Each Contract Adjustment Payment shall be made in cash, except to the extent the Company timely elects to make all or any portion of such Contract Adjustment Payment in shares of Common Stock. The Company shall give notice to Holders of any such election and the portions of such Contract Adjustment Payment that will be made in cash and in Common Stock no later than eight Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Payment Date for such Contract Adjustment Payment.

 

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(iii)    Any shares of Common Stock issued in payment or partial payment of a Contract Adjustment Payment shall be valued for such purpose at the applicable Five-Day Average Price, multiplied by 97%.

(iv)    No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be delivered by the Company to Holders in payment or partial payment of a Contract Adjustment Payment. A cash adjustment shall be paid by the Company to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Common Stock based on (x) the Five-Day Average Price and (y) the aggregate number of Units held by such Holder (or if the Units are held in global book-entry form, based on the applicable procedures of DTC for determining such number of Units).

(v)    To the extent that the Company, in its reasonable judgment, determines that a Registration Statement is required in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, Common Stock issued as a Contract Adjustment Payment, including Contract Adjustment Payments paid in connection with a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, the Company shall, to the extent such a Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its reasonable best efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such shares of Common Stock have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares are freely tradable under Rule 144 by non-Affiliates of the Company without registration. To the extent applicable, the Company shall also use its reasonable best efforts to have such shares of Common Stock qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required, and approved for listing on the NYSE (or if the Common Stock is not then listed on the NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed).

Section 5.10 .    Deferral of Contract Adjustment Payments.

(a)    The Company has the right at any time, and from time to time, to defer payment of all or part of the Contract Adjustment Payments in respect of each Purchase Contract by extending the period for payment of Contract Adjustment Payments to any subsequent Payment Date (an “ Extension Period ”), but not beyond the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (or, with respect to Purchase Contracts for which (i) an effective Fundamental Change Early Settlement has occurred, the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date or (ii) an effective Early Settlement has occurred, the quarterly Payment Date immediately preceding the Early Settlement Date). Prior to the expiration of any Extension Period, the Company may further extend such Extension Period to any subsequent Payment Date, but not beyond the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (or any applicable Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date or Payment Date immediately preceding the Early Settlement Date, as the case may be).

 

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If the Company so elects to defer Contract Adjustment Payments, the Company shall pay additional Contract Adjustment Payments on such deferred installments of Contract Adjustment Payments at a rate equal to 7.25% per annum, compounding on each succeeding Payment Date, until such deferred installments are paid in full (the accrued additional Contract Adjustment Payments thereon, being referred to herein as the “ Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments ”). The Company may pay any such deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) on any scheduled Payment Date.

At the end of each Extension Period, including as the same may be extended as provided above, or, in the event of an effective Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, on the date shares of Common Stock are delivered in respect of such Early Settlement or the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date, as the case may be, the Company shall pay all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) then due in the manner set forth in Section 5.09(a) (in the case of the end of an Extension Period), in the manner set forth in Section 5.06(b) (in the case of an Early Settlement) or in the manner set forth in Section 5.04 (in the case of a Fundamental Change Early Settlement) to the extent such amounts are not deducted from the amount otherwise payable by the Holder in the case of any Early Settlement or any Fundamental Change Early Settlement. In the event of an Early Settlement, the Company shall pay all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) then payable, if any, on the Purchase Contracts being settled early through the Payment Date immediately preceding the applicable Early Settlement Date. In the event of a Fundamental Change Early Settlement, the Company shall pay all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) due on the Purchase Contracts being settled on the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date to but excluding such Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date.

Upon termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) and all accrued and unpaid Contract Adjustment Payments then due, the Company may commence a new Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period, together with all extensions thereof, may not extend beyond the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (or any applicable Early Settlement Date or Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date). Except in the case of an Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, no Contract Adjustment Payments shall be due and payable during an Extension Period except at the end thereof.

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the payment of Contract Adjustment Payments, the expected length of any such Extension Period and any extension of any Extension Period, at least five Business Days before the earlier of (i) the Record Date for the Payment Date on which Contract Adjustment Payments would have been payable except for the election to begin or extend the Extension Period or (ii) the date the Purchase Contract Agent is required to give notice to any securities exchange or to Holders of Purchase Contracts of such Record Date or such Payment Date.

(c)    The Company shall give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent (and the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly thereafter give notice thereof to Holders of Purchase Contracts) of the end of an Extension Period or its election to pay any portion of the deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) on a Payment Date prior to the end of an Extension Period, at least five Business Days before the earlier of (i) the Record Date for the Payment Date on which such Extension Period shall end or such payment of deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) shall be made or (ii) the date the Purchase Contract Agent is required to give notice to any securities exchange or to Holders of Purchase Contracts of such Record Date or such Payment Date.

(d)    In the event the Company exercises its option to defer the payment of Contract Adjustment Payments, then, until all deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) have been paid, the Company shall not (1) declare or pay any dividends on, or make any distributions on, or redeem, purchase or acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any shares of the Company’s capital stock (including the Convertible Preferred Stock), (2) make any payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, or repay, repurchase or redeem any of the Company’s debt securities that rank on parity with, or junior to, the Contract Adjustment Payments, or (3) make any guarantee payments under any guarantee by the Company of securities of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries if the Company’s guarantee ranks on parity with, or junior to, the Contract Adjustment Payments; provided that the foregoing does not apply to:

(i)    purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of the Company’s capital stock in connection with any employment contract, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of employees, officers, directors, agents or consultants or a stock purchase or dividend reinvestment plan, or the satisfaction of the Company’s obligations pursuant to any contract or security outstanding on the date that the Contract Adjustment Payment is deferred requiring the Company to purchase, redeem or acquire its capital stock;

 

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(ii)    any payment, repayment, redemption, purchase, acquisition or declaration of dividends described in clause (1) above as a result of a reclassification of the Company’s capital stock, or the exchange or conversion of all or a portion of one class or series of the Company’s capital stock, for another class or series of the Company’s capital stock;

(iii)    the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the Company’s capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of the Company’s capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged, or in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the Contract Adjustment Payment is deferred;

(iv)    dividends or distributions paid or made in the Company’s capital stock (or rights to acquire the Company’s capital stock), or repurchases, redemptions or acquisitions of the Company’s capital stock in connection with the issuance or exchange of the Company’s capital stock (or of securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Company’s capital stock) and distributions in connection with the settlement of stock purchase contracts outstanding on the date that the Contract Adjustment Payment is deferred;

(v)    redemptions, exchanges or repurchases of, or with respect to, any rights outstanding under a shareholder rights plan outstanding on the date that the Contract Adjustment Payment is deferred or the declaration or payment thereunder of a dividend or distribution of or with respect to rights in the future;

(vi)    payments on any trust preferred securities, subordinated debentures, junior subordinated debentures or junior subordinated notes, or any guarantees of any of the foregoing, in each case, that rank equal in right of payment with the Contract Adjustment Payments, so long as the amount of payments made on account of such securities or guarantees and the Purchase Contracts is paid on all such securities and guarantees and the Purchase Contracts then outstanding on a pro rata basis in proportion to the full payment to which each series of such securities, guarantees or Purchase Contracts is then entitled if paid in full; provided that, for avoidance of doubt, the Company shall not make Contract Adjustment Payments in part; or

(vii)    any payment of deferred interest or principal on, or repayment, redemption or repurchase of, parity or junior securities that, if not made, would cause the Company to breach the terms of the instrument governing such parity or junior securities.

 

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Section 5.11. Anti-dilution Adjustments . The Maximum Settlement Rate shall be subject to the following adjustments:

(a)    If the Company issues Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, or the Company effects a share split or share combination, the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where,

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as the case may be;

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date or immediately after the open of business on such Effective Date, as the case may be;

LOGO   =   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date or immediately prior the open of business on such Effective Date, as the case may be, in each case, prior to giving effect to such event; and

LOGO   =   the number of shares of Common Stock that would be outstanding immediately after, and solely as a result of, such event.

Any adjustment made pursuant to this clause (a) shall become effective as of the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or other distribution or as of the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination becomes effective, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution in this clause (a) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Maximum Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, on the date that the Board of Directors determines not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the Maximum Settlement Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

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(b)    If the Company distributes to all holders of Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the date of distribution thereof to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, in any case at an exercise price per share of Common Stock less than the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the announcement of such distribution, the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution;

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date;

LOGO   =   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution;

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

LOGO      =    the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of (A) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants divided by (B) the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the distribution of such rights, options or warrants.

If any right, option or warrant described in this clause (b) is not exercised or converted prior to the expiration of the exercisability or convertibility thereof (and as a result no additional shares of Common Stock are delivered or issued pursuant to such rights, options or warrants), the new Maximum Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, as of the date of such expiration, to the Maximum Settlement Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the distribution of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery or issuance of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered.

For purposes of this clause (b), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share of Common Stock less than the average of the Closing Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of the announcement of the distribution of such rights, options or warrants, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there shall be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, with the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.

 

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Any increase to the Maximum Settlement Rate made under this clause (b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution.

(c)    (1) If the Company distributes shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company to all holders of Common Stock (excluding (i) any dividend, distribution, rights, warrants or options as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above, (ii) any dividend or distribution paid exclusively in Cash, and (iii) any Spin-Off to which the provisions in clause (c)(2) below apply), the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution;

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date;

LOGO    =   the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and

LOGO  =   the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors), on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, of the shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets or property so distributed, expressed as an amount per share of Common Stock.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) exceeds “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Purchase Contract shall receive, for each Purchase Contract, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of Common Stock, the amount of such distributed shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Settlement Rate on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution.

 

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(2) However, if the Company distributes to all holders of Common Stock, capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit, in each case, that will be listed on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “ Spin-Off ”), then the Maximum Settlement Rate shall instead be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the end of the Valuation Period;

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the end of the Valuation Period;

LOGO  =   the average of the closing price of the capital stock or similar equity interests distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over each of the 10 consecutive Trading Days commencing on, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution (the “ Valuation Period ”); and

LOGO   =   the average of the Closing Price of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

The adjustment to the Maximum Settlement Rate under this clause (c)(2) shall occur on the last day of the Valuation Period; provided that if a Holder elects to early settle the Purchase Contracts, or the Purchase Contract Settlement Date occurs, in either case, during the Valuation Period, references with respect to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed between the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off and the date on which such Holder elected its early settlement right, or the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, as the case may be, in determining the applicable Maximum Settlement Rate.

If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (c) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Maximum Settlement Rate shall be readjusted, as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the Maximum Settlement Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(d)    If any regular, quarterly Cash dividend or distribution made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock during any quarterly fiscal period exceeds $0.9175 per share (the “ Reference Dividend ”), the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution;

LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date;

 

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LOGO   =   the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Record Date for such distribution;

LOGO   =   the amount in Cash per share the Company distributes to holders of Common Stock; and

LOGO   =   the Reference Dividend; provided that if the dividend or distribution is not a regular quarterly Cash dividend, the Reference Dividend shall be deemed to be zero.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) exceeds “SP 0 ” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Purchase Contract shall receive, for each Purchase Contract, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of Common Stock, the amount of distributed Cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Settlement Rate on the Record Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

The Reference Dividend shall be subject to an inversely proportional adjustment whenever the Maximum Settlement Rate is adjusted, other than pursuant to this clause (d). For the avoidance of doubt, the Reference Dividend shall be zero in the case of a Cash dividend that is not a regular quarterly dividend.

If any dividend or distribution described in this clause (d) is declared but not so paid or made, the new Maximum Settlement Rates shall be readjusted, as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the Maximum Settlement Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(e)    If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock to the extent that the Cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock validly tendered or exchanged exceeds the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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LOGO   =   the Maximum Settlement Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

LOGO   =   the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose good faith determination shall be conclusive), at the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the date such tender or exchange offer expires, of the aggregate value of all Cash and any other consideration paid or payable for shares validly tendered or exchanged and not withdrawn as of the expiration date;

LOGO   =   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (prior to giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares pursuant to such tender or exchange offer);

LOGO   =   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the last time tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (after giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares pursuant to such tender or exchange offer); and

LOGO   =   the Closing Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

The adjustment to the Maximum Settlement Rate under this clause (e) shall occur at the close of business on the Trading Day on which such tender or exchange offer expires.

(f)    To the extent that the Company has a shareholders rights plan involving the issuance of share purchase rights or other similar rights to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock in effect upon settlement of a Purchase Contract, the Holder thereof will receive, in addition to the Common Stock issuable upon settlement of such Purchase Contract, the related rights for the Common Stock under the shareholders rights plan, unless, prior to any settlement of such Purchase Contract, the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company made a distribution to all holders of Common Stock as described in clause (c) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of the rights under the shareholder rights plan.

(g)    The Company may increase the Maximum Settlement Rate if the Board of Directors deems it advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of the Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or from any event treated as a dividend or distribution for income tax purposes or for any other reasons.

 

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(h)    Adjustments to the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be calculated to the nearest ten thousandth of a share. No adjustment to the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent in the Maximum Settlement Rate. If any adjustment is not required to be made because it would not change the Maximum Settlement Rate by at least one percent, then the adjustment shall be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. All adjustments shall be made not later than the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, any Early Settlement Date, any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date and the time at which the Company is required to determine the relevant Settlement Rate or amount of Make-Whole Shares (if applicable) in connection with any settlement with respect to the Purchase Contracts.

(i)    No adjustment to the Maximum Settlement Rate shall be made if Holders of Purchase Contracts participate, as a result of holding the Purchase Contracts and without having to settle the Purchase Contracts that form part of the Units, in the transaction that would otherwise give rise to an adjustment as if they held, per Purchase Contract, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Settlement Rate, at the same time and upon the same terms as the holders of Common Stock participate in the transaction.

(j)     Except as described in Section 5.11(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above, the Maximum Settlement Rate shall not be adjusted:

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

(ii)    upon the issuance of options, restricted stock or other awards in connection with any employment contract, executive compensation plan, benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors or the exercise of such options or other awards;

(iii)    upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security outstanding as of the date the Units were first issued;

(iv)    for a change in the par value or no par value of the Common Stock; or

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(k)    If an adjustment is made to the Maximum Settlement Rate, an adjustment also shall be made to the Reference Price on an inversely proportional basis solely to determine which of the clauses of the definition of Settlement Rate shall be applicable to determine the Settlement Rate with respect to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, any Early Settlement Date or any Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date.

(l)    If any adjustment to the Maximum Settlement Rate becomes effective, or any Effective Date, expiration time, Ex-Dividend Date or Record Date for any stock split or reverse stock split, tender or exchange offer, issuance, dividend or distribution (relating to a required Maximum Settlement Rate adjustment) occurs, during the period beginning on, and including, (i) the open of business on a first Trading Day of the Market Value Averaging Period or (ii) in the case of an Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement, the relevant Early Settlement Date or the Fundamental Change Early Settlement Date and, in each case, ending on, and including, the date on which the Company delivers shares of Common Stock under the related Purchase Contract, the Company shall make appropriate adjustments to the Maximum Settlement Rate and/or the number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement with respect to the Purchase Contract, in each case, consistent with the methodology used to determine the anti-dilution adjustments set forth in this Section 5.11. If any adjustment to the Maximum Settlement Rate becomes effective, or any Effective Date, expiration time, Ex-Dividend Date or Record Date for any stock split or reverse stock split, tender or exchange offer, issuance, dividend or distribution (relating to a required Maximum Settlement Rate adjustment) occurs, during the period used to determine the Applicable Market Value, Stock Price, the Five-Day Average Price or any other averaging period hereunder, the Company shall make appropriate adjustments to the applicable prices, consistent with the methodology used to determine the anti-dilution adjustments set forth in this Section 5.11.

(m)    (i) Whenever the Maximum Settlement Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall, as promptly as practicable following the occurrence of an event that requires an adjustment pursuant to this Section 5.11 (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as soon as practicable after becoming so aware):

(A)    compute the adjusted Maximum Settlement Rate in accordance with this Section 5.11 and prepare and transmit to the Purchase Contract Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the adjusted Maximum Settlement Rate, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the facts requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based; and

(B)    provide a written notice to the Holders of the Units and the Purchase Contract Agent of the occurrence of such event and a statement in reasonable detail setting forth the method by which the adjustment to the Maximum Settlement Rate was determined and setting forth the adjusted Maximum Settlement Rate.

 

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(ii) The Purchase Contract Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Maximum Settlement Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Purchase Contract Agent shall be fully authorized and protected in relying on any Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.11(m) and any adjustment contained therein and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment unless and until it has received such Officer’s Certificate. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property, which may at the time be issued or delivered with respect to any Purchase Contract; and the Purchase Contract Agent makes no representation with respect thereto. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to a Purchase Contract or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 5.

Section 5.12 .    Reorganization Events. The following events are defined as “ Reorganization Events ”:

(i)    any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination);

(ii)    any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company;

(iii)    any sale, lease or other transfer to another Person of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety; or

(iv)    any statutory exchange of the Common Stock;

in each case as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including Cash or any combination thereof) (“ Exchange Property ”).

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and the Company shall deliver, upon settlement of any Purchase Contract, a number of Exchange Property Units equal to the number of shares of Common Stock that it would otherwise be required to deliver. In the event holders of Common Stock (other than any Constituent Person or Affiliate thereof) have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, the Exchange Property Unit that Holders of the Corporate Units or Treasury Units are entitled to receive will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock.

In the event of such a Reorganization Event, the Person formed by such consolidation or surviving such merger or, if other than the Company, the Person which acquires the Company’s assets and those of the Company’s Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety, shall execute and deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent an agreement providing that the holder of each Unit that remains outstanding after the Reorganization Event (if any) will have the rights described in the preceding paragraph and expressly assuming all of the Company’s obligations under the Purchase Contracts, this Agreement, the Convertible Preferred Stock and the Remarketing Agreement. Such supplemental agreement shall provide for adjustments to the amount of any securities constituting all or a portion of an Exchange Property Unit and/or adjustments to the Maximum Settlement Rate, which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such Reorganization Event, will be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable, as determined by the Company in its sole commercially reasonable discretion, to the adjustments provided for under Section 5.11 (it being understood that any such adjustment may be zero and that no such adjustments shall be required with respect to any portion of the Exchange Property that consists of cash). The provisions described in the preceding two paragraphs shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events. In connection with any Reorganization Event, the Company shall also adjust the Reference Dividend based on the number of shares of common stock comprising an Exchange Property Unit and (if applicable) the value of any non-stock consideration comprising an Exchange Property Unit. If an Exchange Property Unit is composed solely of non-stock consideration, the Reference Dividend shall be zero.

ARTICLE 6

R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES OF H OLDERS

Section 6.01 .    Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Contract Adjustment Payments and to Purchase Shares of Common Stock. Each Holder of a Unit shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, (a) subject to Article 5, to receive each Contract Adjustment Payment and deferred Contract Adjustment Payment with respect to the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Unit on the respective Payment Date for such Unit pursuant to the terms hereof and (b) except upon and following a Termination Event, to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Purchase Contract and, in each such case, to

 

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institute suit for the enforcement of any such right to receive Contract Adjustment Payments and the right to purchase shares of Common Stock, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.02 .    Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Agreement and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company and such Holder shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of such Holder shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.03 .    Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificates in the last paragraph of Section 3.10, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.04 .    Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of any Holder to exercise any right upon a default or remedy upon a default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such right. Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by such Holders.

Section 6.05 .    Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Agreement agree, and each Holder of a Unit, by its acceptance of such Unit shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court of competent jurisdiction may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Agreement, or in any suit against the Purchase Contract Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Purchase Contract Agent, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.05 shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Purchase Contract Agent, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% of the Outstanding Units, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the obligation to pay dividends on any Convertible Preferred Stock owed pursuant to such Holder’s

 

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shares of Convertible Preferred Stock or Contract Adjustment Payments on or after the respective Payment Date therefor in respect of any Unit held by such Holder, or for enforcement of the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Purchase Contracts constituting part of any Unit held by such Holder.

Section 6.06 .    Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Agreement; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Purchase Contract Agent or the Holders, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE 7

T HE P URCHASE C ONTRACT A GENT

Section 7.01 .    Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a)    The Purchase Contract Agent:

(i)    undertakes to perform, with respect to the Units, such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement to be performed by the Purchase Contract Agent and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement against the Purchase Contract Agent; and

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

 

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(b)    No provision of this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Purchase Contract Agent from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i)    this Section 7.01(b) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Section 7.01(a) or Section 7.01(c);

(ii)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be conclusively determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Purchase Contract Agent was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in stated amount of the Outstanding Certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any right or remedy available to the Purchase Contract Agent, or exercising any power conferred upon the Purchase Contract Agent, under this Agreement with respect to the Units.

(c)    No provision of this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement shall require the Purchase Contract Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d)    Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Purchase Contract Agent shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.

(e)    The Purchase Contract Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Remarketing Agreement in its capacity as Purchase Contract Agent. The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits afforded to the Purchase Contract Agent and each Indemnitee under this Agreement, including, without limitation, its and their rights to be indemnified, shall also extend to and cover the Purchase Contract Agent and each Indemnitee with respect to the role of the Purchase Contract Agent as Purchase Contract Agent under, including action taken, omitted to be taken or suffered by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to, the Remarketing Agreement.

(f)    In case a default by the Company under this Agreement has occurred (that has not been cured or waived), and a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent have received written notice thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall exercise such of the rights and powers, if any, with respect to such default, vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in the exercise thereof, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

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Section 7.02 .    Notice of Default. Within 90 calendar days after the occurrence of any default by the Company hereunder of which a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has received written notice thereof, the Purchase Contract Agent shall transmit by mail to the Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such default hereunder, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided that, except for a default in any payment obligation hereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent shall be protected in withholding such notice if and for so long as a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of Holders of the Units.

Section 7.03 .    Certain Rights of Purchase Contract Agent.

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:

(a)    the Purchase Contract Agent may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b)    any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate, Issuer Order or Issuer Request, and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(c)    whenever in the administration of this Agreement or the Remarketing Agreement the Purchase Contract Agent shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action hereunder or thereunder, the Purchase Contract Agent (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed in this Agreement) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate of the Company;

(d)    the Purchase Contract Agent may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(e)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,

 

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but the Purchase Contract Agent, in its discretion, may make reasonable further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters related to the execution, delivery and performance of the Purchase Contracts as it may see fit, and, if the Purchase Contract Agent shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be given a reasonable opportunity to examine the relevant books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(f)    the Purchase Contract Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees or an Affiliate of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, attorney, custodian or nominee or an Affiliate appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(g)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Agreement, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Purchase Contract Agent security or indemnity satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(h)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

(i)    the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Purchase Contract Agent, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Purchase Contract Agent in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each officer, director, employee of the Purchase Contract Agent and each agent, custodian and other Person employed, in any capacity whatsoever, by the Purchase Contract Agent to act hereunder and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and the termination for any reason of this Agreement and the termination, satisfaction and discharge of the Units and the Purchase Contracts;

(j)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Fundamental Change, Termination Event or any default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has received written notice from the Company or any Holder of such Fundamental Change, Termination Event or default at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent, and such notice references the Units and this Agreement and identifies such default;

 

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(k)    the Purchase Contract Agent may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Agreement;

(l)    anything in this Agreement notwithstanding, in no event shall the Purchase Contract Agent be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Purchase Contract Agent has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(m)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its reasonable control, including, without limitation, acts of God; earthquakes; fire; flood; terrorism; wars and other military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions; loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority and governmental action; and

(n)    the permissive right of the Purchase Contract Agent to take or refrain from taking action hereunder shall not be construed as a duty.

Section 7.04 . Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Units. The recitals contained herein, in the Remarketing Agreement and in the Certificates shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Purchase Contract Agent assumes no responsibility for their accuracy or validity. The Purchase Contract Agent makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of either this Agreement or of the Units or the Pledge or the Collateral or the Remarketing Agreement and shall have no responsibility for perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral nor for making any calculations hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the proceeds in respect of the Purchase Contracts.

Section 7.05 . May Hold Units. Any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, or the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates, in their individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Units and may otherwise deal with the Company, the Collateral Agent or any other Person with the same rights it would have if it were not Security Registrar or such other agent, or the Purchase Contract Agent. The Company may become the owner or pledgee of Units.

Section 7.06 . Money Held in Custody. Money held by the Purchase Contract Agent in custody hereunder need not be segregated from the Purchase Contract Agent’s other funds except to the extent required by law or provided herein; provided, however, that when the Purchase Contract Agent holds Cash as

 

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a component of the Treasury Portfolio, a Treasury Unit or a Cash Settled Unit, such Cash shall be held in a separate account hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent shall be under no obligation to invest or pay interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise expressly provided hereunder or agreed in writing with the Company.

Section 7.07 . Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Company agrees:

(a)    to pay to the Purchase Contract Agent compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder and under the Remarketing Agreement as the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent shall from time to time agree in writing;

(b)    except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, to reimburse the Purchase Contract Agent upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with any provision of this Agreement and the Remarketing Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be caused by its own gross negligence or willful misconduct;

(c)    to indemnify the Purchase Contract Agent and any predecessor Purchase Contract Agent (collectively, with the Purchase Contract Agent, the “ Indemnitees ”) for, and to hold each Indemnitee harmless against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Purchase Contract Agent) incurred without gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including the acceptance or administration of its duties hereunder and the Indemnitees’ reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) of defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the Purchase Contract Agent’s powers or duties hereunder; provided that the Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly notify the Company of any third-party claim of which a Responsible Officer has received written notice and which may give rise to the indemnity hereunder and give the Company the opportunity to control the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Indemnitee; and

(d)    to pay or reimburse the Purchase Contract Agent for transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or charges levied by any governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or any other document referred to herein.

Purchase Contract Agent for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Purchase Contract Agent; provided, however , that the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Purchase Contract Agent hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Purchase Contract Agent hereunder.

 

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The provisions of this Section 7.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and the termination for any reason of this Agreement, and the termination, satisfaction and discharge of the Units and the Purchase Contracts.

Section 7.08 . Corporate Purchase Contract Agent Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Purchase Contract Agent hereunder which shall be a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having (or being a member of a bank holding company having) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority and having a corporate trust office in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, if there be such a Person in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, qualified and eligible under this Article 7 and willing to act on reasonable terms. If such Person publishes or files reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.08, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published or filed. If at any time the Purchase Contract Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.08, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article 7.

Section 7.09 . Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and no appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Purchase Contract Agent in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.10.

(b)    The Purchase Contract Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company 30 calendar days prior to the effective date of such resignation. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Purchase Contract Agent required by Section 7.10 shall not have been delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent within 30 calendar days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Purchase Contract Agent may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

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delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent within 30 calendar days after such Act, the Purchase Contract Agent being removed may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(d)    If at any time:

(i)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder; or

(ii)    the Purchase Contract Agent shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Purchase Contract Agent or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Purchase Contract Agent or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Purchase Contract Agent, or (ii) any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Unit for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(e)    If the Purchase Contract Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Purchase Contract Agent for any cause, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Purchase Contract Agent and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 7.10. If no successor Purchase Contract Agent shall have been so appointed by the Company and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 7.10, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Unit for at least six months, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, or the Purchase Contract Agent may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent.

(f)    The Company shall give, or shall cause such successor Purchase Contract Agent to give, notice of each resignation and each removal of the Purchase Contract Agent and each appointment of a successor Purchase Contract Agent by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the applicable Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Purchase Contract Agent and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

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deliver to the Company and to the retiring Purchase Contract Agent an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent shall become effective and such successor Purchase Contract Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, agencies and duties of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Purchase Contract Agent, such retiring Purchase Contract Agent shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Purchase Contract Agent and duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all property and money held by such retiring Purchase Contract Agent hereunder.

(b)    Upon request of any such successor Purchase Contract Agent, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Purchase Contract Agent all such rights, powers and agencies referred to in clause (a) of this Section 7.10.

(c)    No successor Purchase Contract Agent shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Purchase Contract Agent shall be qualified and eligible under this Article 7.

Section 7.11 . Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any Person into which the Purchase Contract Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Purchase Contract Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Purchase Contract Agent, shall be the successor of the Purchase Contract Agent hereunder, provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article 7, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Certificates shall have been authenticated and executed on behalf of the Holders, but not delivered, by the Purchase Contract Agent then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such Purchase Contract Agent may adopt such authentication and execution and deliver the Certificates so authenticated and executed with the same effect as if such successor Purchase Contract Agent had itself authenticated and executed such Units.

Section 7.12 . Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. (a) The Purchase Contract Agent shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders received by the Purchase Contract Agent in its capacity as Security Registrar.

 

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(b)    If three or more Holders (herein referred to as “ Applicants ”) apply in writing to the Purchase Contract Agent, and furnish to the Purchase Contract Agent reasonable proof that each such Applicant has owned a Unit for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the Applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Agreement or under the Units and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such Applicants propose to transmit, then the Purchase Contract Agent shall mail to all the Holders copies of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Purchase Contract Agent of the materials to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of such mailing.

Section 7.13 .    No Obligations of Purchase Contract Agent. Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent assumes no obligations and shall not be subject to any liability under this Agreement, the Remarketing Agreement or any Purchase Contract in respect of the obligations of the Holder of any Unit thereunder. The Company agrees, and each Holder of a Certificate, by its acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed, that the Purchase Contract Agent’s execution of the Certificates on behalf of the Holders shall be solely as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Holders, and that the Purchase Contract Agent shall have no obligation to perform such Purchase Contracts on behalf of the Holders, except to the extent expressly provided in Article 5 hereof.

Section 7.14 .    Tax Compliance. (a) The Company will comply with all applicable certification, information reporting and withholding (including “backup” withholding) requirements imposed by applicable tax laws, regulations or administrative practice with respect to (i) any payments made with respect to the Units or (ii) the issuance, delivery, holding, transfer, redemption or exercise of rights under the Units. Such compliance shall include, without limitation, the preparation and timely filing of required returns and the timely payment of all amounts required to be withheld to the appropriate taxing authority or its designated agent.

(b)    The Purchase Contract Agent shall comply in accordance with the terms hereof with any reasonable written direction received from the Company with respect to the execution or certification of any required documentation and the application of such requirements to particular payments or in other particular circumstances, and may for purposes of this Agreement conclusively rely on any such direction in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.01(a) hereof.

(c)    The Purchase Contract Agent shall maintain all appropriate records documenting compliance with such requirements, and shall make such records available, on written request, to the Company or its authorized representative within a reasonable period of time after receipt of such request.

 

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(d)    Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in order to comply with applicable tax laws (inclusive of rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) related to this Agreement, Units or the Purchase Contracts in effect from time to time (“ Applicable Law ”) that a foreign financial institution, the issuer, trustee, paying agent or other party is or has agreed to be subject to, the Company agrees (i) to provide to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas. sufficient information about the parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so that Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas can determine whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Law and (ii) to hold harmless Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas for any losses it may suffer due to the actions it takes to comply with Applicable Law. The terms of this section shall survive the termination for any reason of this Agreement, the termination, satisfaction and discharge of the Units and the Purchase Contracts and the resignation or removal of the Purchase Contract Agent.

ARTICLE 8

S UPPLEMENTAL A GREEMENTS

Section 8.01 . Supplemental Agreements Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary to:

(a)    evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Certificates;

(b)    evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Purchase Contract Agent, Collateral Agent, Securities Intermediary or Custodial Agent;

(c)    add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders, or surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(d)    conform the provisions of this Agreement to the description of the Units and the Purchase Contracts contained in the Units Prospectus as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate;

(e)    except as provided for in Section 5.04, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, to correct or supplement any provisions herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein;

 

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(f)    make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Agreement that do not adversely affect the interests of any Holders in any material respect as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate; or

(g)    conform the provisions of this Agreement to the description of the Units contained in the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 10, 2019 (as supplemented by the related term sheet dated June 11, 2019) relating to the Units (including, without limitation, under the sections entitled “Description of the Equity Units,” “Description of the Purchase Contracts,” “Certain Provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement” and “Description of the Convertible Preferred Stock,”) as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate.

Section 8.02 . Supplemental Agreements with Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts voting together as one class, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary, the Custodial Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent may enter into an agreement or agreements supplemental hereto for the purpose of modifying in any manner the terms of the Purchase Contracts, or the provisions of this Agreement or the rights of the Holders in respect of the Units; provided however , that, except as contemplated herein, no supplemental agreement shall, without the consent of the Holder of each outstanding Purchase Contract affected thereby,

(a)    subject to the Company’s right to defer Contract Adjustment Payments, change any Payment Date;

(b)    change the amount or the type of Collateral required to be Pledged to secure a Holder’s obligations under any Purchase Contract (except for the rights of holders of Corporate Units to substitute Treasury Securities or Cash for the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or the rights of Holders of Treasury Units to substitute shares of Convertible Preferred Stock for the Treasury Securities);

(c)    impair the right of the Holder of any Purchase Contract to receive distributions on the related Collateral or otherwise adversely affect the Holder’s rights in or to such Collateral;

(d)    impair the Holders’ right to institute suit for the enforcement of any Purchase Contract or any Contract Adjustment Payments or deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon);

(e)    except as set forth in Section 5.06, reduce the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to any Purchase Contract, increase the price to purchase shares of Common Stock upon settlement of any Purchase Contract or change the Purchase Contract Settlement Date or the right to Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement;

 

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(f)    adversely affect the Holder’s rights under a Purchase Contract in any material respect, provided that any amendment made solely to conform the provisions of this Agreement to the description of the Units and the Purchase Contracts contained in the Units Prospectus will not be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders;

(g)    reduce any Contract Adjustment Payments or any deferred Contract Adjustment Payments (including Compounded Contract Adjustment Payments thereon) or change any place where, or the coin or currency or method in which, any Contract Adjustment Payment is payable; or

(h)    reduce the percentage of the outstanding Purchase Contracts whose Holder’s consent is required for any modification or amendment to the provisions of this Agreement or the Purchase Contracts;

provided that if any amendment or proposal referred to above would adversely affect only the Corporate Units, only the Treasury Units or only the Cash Settled Units, then only the affected class of Holders as of the record date for the Holders entitled to vote thereon will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal, and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the consent of a majority of such Holders, or each such Holder affected thereby in the case of an amendment or proposal referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section 8.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental agreement, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

Section 8.03 . Execution of Supplemental Agreements. In executing, or accepting the additional agencies created by any supplemental agreement permitted by this Article 8 or the modifications thereby of the agencies created by this Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodial Agent shall be provided, and (subject to Section 7.01 with respect to the Purchase Contract Agent) shall be fully authorized and protected in conclusively relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental agreement is authorized or permitted by this Agreement, that any and all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of such supplemental agreement have been satisfied and that the supplemental agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. The Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodial Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental agreement which affects their own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

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Section 8.04 . Effect of Supplemental Agreements. Upon the execution of any supplemental agreement under this Article 8, this Agreement shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental agreement shall form a part of this Agreement for all purposes; and every Holder of Certificates theretofore or thereafter authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered hereunder, shall be bound thereby.

Section 8.05 . Reference to Supplemental Agreements. Certificates authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered after the execution of any supplemental agreement pursuant to this Article 8 may, and shall if required by the Purchase Contract Agent, bear a notation in form approved by the Purchase Contract Agent as to any matter provided for in such supplemental agreement. If the Company shall so determine, new Certificates so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Company, to any such supplemental agreement may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated, executed on behalf of the Holders and delivered by the Purchase Contract Agent in exchange for outstanding Certificates.

ARTICLE 9

C ONSOLIDATION , M ERGER , S ALE , C ONVEYANCE , T RANSFER OR D ISPOSITION

Section 9.01 . Covenant Not To Consolidate, Merge, Sell, Convey, Transfer or Dispose Property except under Certain Conditions. The Company shall not merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell or convey all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, unless:

(a)    either the Company shall be the surviving Person, or the successor entity (if other than the Company) shall be a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, a State thereof or the District of Columbia and such corporation shall expressly assume all of the Company’s responsibilities and liabilities under the Purchase Contracts, the Corporate Units, the Treasury Units, the Cash Settled Units, this Agreement (including the Pledge provided for herein), and the Remarketing Agreement (if any) by one or more supplemental agreements in form satisfactory to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent, executed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent by such corporation; and

(b)    the Company or such successor corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or consolidation or such sale or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any of its obligations or covenants under any of the foregoing agreements.

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corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named in the Purchase Contracts, the Corporate Units, the Treasury Units, the Cash Settled Units, this Agreement, and the Remarketing Agreement (if any) as the Company and (other than in the case of a lease) the Company shall be relieved of any further obligation under the Purchase Contracts, the Corporate Units, the Treasury Units, the Cash Settled Units, this Agreement, and the Remarketing Agreement (if any). Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Certificates evidencing Units issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent; and, upon the order of such successor corporation, instead of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Agreement prescribed, the Purchase Contract Agent shall authenticate and execute on behalf of the Holders and deliver any Certificates which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Purchase Contract Agent for authentication and execution, and any Certificate evidencing Units which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Purchase Contract Agent for that purpose. All the Certificates issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Agreement as the Certificates theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as though all of such Certificates had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In case of any such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance such change in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Certificates evidencing Units thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

Section 9.03 . Officer s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel Given to Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase Contract Agent, subject to Section 7.01 and Section 7.03, shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance, and any such assumption, complies with the provisions of this Article 9 and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of any such merger, consolidation, sale or conveyance have been met.

ARTICLE 10

C OVENANTS

Section 10.01 . Performance under Purchase Contracts. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Units that it will duly and punctually perform its obligations under the Purchase Contracts in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contracts and this Agreement.

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agency where Certificates may be presented or surrendered for acquisition of shares of Common Stock upon settlement of the Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, or upon Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement and for transfer of Collateral upon occurrence of a Termination Event, where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, or for a Collateral Substitution and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Units and this Agreement may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. The Company initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent as such office of the Company. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Purchase Contract Agent with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and the Company hereby appoints the Purchase Contract Agent as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where Certificates may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The Company hereby designates as the place of payment for the Units the Corporate Trust Office and appoints the Purchase Contract Agent at its Corporate Trust Office as paying agent in such city.

Section 10.03 . Company to Reserve Common Stock. The Company shall at all times prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock the full number of shares of Common Stock issuable against tender of payment in respect of all Purchase Contracts constituting a part of the Units evidenced by Outstanding Certificates (including the maximum number of Make-Whole Shares).

Section 10.04 . Covenants as to Common Stock; Listing. (a) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued against tender of payment in respect of, or in respect of any Contract Adjustment Payment on, any Purchase Contract constituting a part of the Outstanding Units will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall comply, in all material respects, with all applicable securities laws regulating the offer, issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon settlement of, or in respect of any Contract Adjustment Payment on, Purchase Contracts and will issue such shares of Common Stock as freely-tradable shares, except to the extent holders thereof are underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) or Affiliates of the Company.

 

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(b)    The Company further covenants that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on the NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company will, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Common Stock issuable upon settlement of, or issuable in respect of Contract Adjustment Payments on, Purchase Contracts; provided, however , that, if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Company to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the earlier of (i) the date on which any Purchase Contract is first settled in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and (ii) the first payment of any Contract Adjustment Payment in shares of Common Stock, the Company covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon the earlier of (x) settlement of the Purchase Contracts and (y) the first payment of any Contract Adjustment Payment in shares of Common Stock, in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system no later than at such time.

(c)    The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the listing of the Corporate Units on the NYSE within 30 days of the date of the initial issuance of the Corporate Units.

Section 10.05 . ERISA. Each Holder from time to time of the Units represents that either (a) no portion of the assets used by such Holder to acquire the Corporate Units (or the underlying securities) constitutes assets of a Plan or (b) (i) the purchase, holding and disposition of the Corporate Units (or the underlying securities) by such purchaser or transferee satisfies the fiduciary and other requirements under ERISA, the Code and similar requirements under any other applicable laws and will not constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA, the Code or similar violation under any other applicable laws, and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor the Underwriters, will be deemed to be a fiduciary with respect to such Plan.

Section 10.06 . Tax Treatment. The Company covenants and agrees, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (a) treat a Beneficial Owner’s acquisition of the Corporate Units as the acquisition of the Convertible Preferred Stock and Purchase Contract constituting the Corporate Units and (b) treat each Beneficial Owner as the owner of the Collateral, including the Convertible Preferred Stock or the Treasury Securities.

Section 10.07 . Withholding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent and the Securities Intermediary, as applicable, shall have the right to deduct and withhold from any payment or distribution (or

 

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deemed distribution) made with respect to a Purchase Contract or any share of Convertible Preferred Stock (or the delivery of shares of Common Stock and/or cash upon conversion of Convertible Preferred Stock or settlement of a Purchase Contract) such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payment or distribution (or delivery) under applicable tax law without liability therefor. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid (or delivered) to the applicable Holder. In the event the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent or the Securities Intermediary previously remitted any amounts not actually withheld at source to a governmental entity on account of taxes required to be deducted or withheld in respect of any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) or delivery with respect to a Purchase Contract or any share of Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to an applicable Holder, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Remarketing Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as applicable, shall be entitled to offset any such amounts against any amounts otherwise payable or deliverable to the applicable Holder hereunder or under any other instrument or agreement.

Section 10.08 . Remarketing Agreement. On or prior to the date that is 20 days prior to the first day of the Final Remarketing Period or, if the Company shall have elected to conduct an Optional Remarketing, on or prior to the date that is 20 days prior to the first day of the Optional Remarketing Period, the Company shall have entered into, and shall have caused the Purchase Contract Agent and the Remarketing Agent to have entered into, the Remarketing Agreement.

Section 10.09 . Statements of Officers of the Company as to Default. The Company will deliver to the Purchase Contract Agent, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate stating whether or not to the knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement, the Units or the Purchase Contracts and if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

Section 10.10 . Foreign Assets Control. The Company has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with Anti-Corruption Laws and the Sanctions, if any, applicable to such Persons. The Company and its Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of the Company, their respective directors, officers and employees, are in compliance in all material respects with Anti-Corruption Laws and the Sanctions, if any, applicable to such Persons. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of its or their respective directors, officers or employees, is a Sanctioned Person. The Company covenants

 

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that it will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with Anti-Corruption Laws and the Sanctions, if any, applicable to such Persons. The Company covenants that it will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds hereof, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the target or subject of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person.

Section 10.11 Additional Representations. The Company hereby represents, warrants and covenants, which shall be deemed to be continuing, that: (a) it is a duly established legal entity in its country of organization and all necessary approvals, permits, authorizations and licenses from the authorities required by it under the laws and regulations of its country of organization to carry on its business as now conducted; (b) it is conducting its business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, has made and will continue to make all necessary filings including tax filings; there is no statute, regulation, rule, order or judgment binding on it and no provision of its organization documents nor any mortgage, indenture, credit agreement or other contract binding on it or affecting its property that would prohibit its execution or performance of this Agreement; (c) it has the necessary power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to exercise its rights and observe and perform its obligations hereunder and the execution of this Agreement by it has been duly authorized so that upon execution, this Agreement will constitute valid and binding obligations of it in accordance with its terms; and (d) it shall promptly notify each party if any of the foregoing representations are no longer true.

ARTICLE 11

P LEDGE

Section 11.01 . Pledge. Each Holder, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as such Holder’s attorney-in-fact, and the Purchase Contract Agent, acting solely as such attorney-in-fact, hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent, as agent of and for the benefit of the Company, a continuing first priority security interest in and to, and a lien upon and right of set-off against, all of such Person’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations. The Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, remedies and recourses with respect to the Collateral afforded a secured party by the UCC, in addition to, and not in limitation of, the other rights, remedies and recourses afforded to the Collateral Agent by this Agreement.

 

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Section 11.02 . Termination. As to each Holder, the Pledge created hereby shall terminate upon the satisfaction of such Holder’s Obligations. Upon a Termination Event (and subject to the Collateral Agent’s notification thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent), the Collateral Agent shall instruct the Securities Intermediary to Transfer such portion of the Collateral attributable to such Holder to the Purchase Contract Agent or Transfer Agent, as applicable, for distribution to such Holder, free and clear of the Pledge created hereby.

ARTICLE 12

A DMINISTRATION OF C OLLATERAL

Section 12.01 . Initial Deposit of Convertible Preferred Stock. (a) Prior to or concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent to transfer, on behalf of the Purchase Contract Agent, through the applicable procedures of the Depositary, for credit to the Collateral Account, the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock and the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements relating thereto and the Securities Intermediary shall indicate by book-entry that a securities entitlement with respect to such Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (and the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock) has been credited to the Collateral Account.

(b)    The Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, at any time or from time to time, in its sole discretion, cause any or all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account to be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent or their respective nominees; provided, however , that unless any breach under the Convertible Preferred Stock shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent agrees not to cause any Convertible Preferred Stock to be so re-registered.

Section 12.02 . Establishment of Collateral Account. The Securities Intermediary hereby confirms that:

(a)    the Securities Intermediary has established the Collateral Account;

(b) the Collateral Account is a securities account and a “securities account” as defined in Article 1(b) of the Hague Securities Convention;

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(d)    all property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Agreement, including any Cash, Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) or Treasury Securities and the Permitted Investments, shall be credited promptly to the Collateral Account;

(e)    all securities or other property underlying any financial assets credited to the Collateral Account shall be (i) registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent and indorsed, without recourse or representation, to the Securities Intermediary or in blank, (ii) registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary or (iii) credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary. In no case shall any financial asset credited to the Collateral Account be registered in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent (in its capacity as such) or any Holder or specially indorsed to the Purchase Contract Agent (in its capacity as such) or any Holder, unless such financial asset has been further indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank; and

(f) the Securities Intermediary is an “intermediary” (as defined in Article 1(c) of the Hague Securities Convention).

In addition, the Securities Intermediary hereby confirms and agrees that (i) it is a “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the UCC) in respect of the Collateral Account, and that all properties (except for Cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as “financial assets” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC), and (ii) with respect to all Cash held, credited, or carried by, in or to the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary shall maintain such Collateral Account as a “deposit account” within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the UCC. The Securities Intermediary confirms that it is acting as a bank within the meaning of Article 9 of the UCC with respect to any Cash that may be held, credited, or carried by or in the Collateral Account.

Section 12.03 . Treatment as Financial Assets. Each item of property (whether investment property, financial asset, security or instrument, but other than Cash) credited to the Collateral Account shall be treated as a financial asset.

Section 12.04 . Sole Control by Collateral Agent. Except as provided in Section 15.01, at all times prior to the termination of the Pledge, the Collateral Agent shall have sole control of the Collateral Account, and the Securities Intermediary shall take instructions and directions, and comply with entitlement orders, with respect to the Collateral Account or any financial asset or Cash credited thereto solely from the Collateral Agent as set forth in this Agreement. If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive an entitlement order or an instruction directing the disposition of funds in the Collateral Account issued by the Collateral Agent and relating to the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order or instruction without further consent by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder or any other Person.

 

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Except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement, until termination of the Pledge, the Securities Intermediary shall not comply with any entitlement orders issued by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder.

Section 12.05 . Jurisdiction. The Collateral Account, and the rights and obligations of the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent, the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders with respect thereto, shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York. Regardless of any provision in any other agreement, for the purposes of the UCC the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction is the State of New York. In addition, to the extent that any agreements between the Securities Intermediary and any other Person governing the Collateral Account (collectively, the “ Account Agreements ”) do not provide that the laws of the State of New York shall govern all of the issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention, each Account Agreement is hereby amended to provide that the law applicable to all of the issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention shall be the laws of the State of New York. The Securities Intermediary represents that each Account Agreement (a) is governed by the laws of the State of New York and (b) if any Account Agreement expressly provides that a law is applicable to all the issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention, that law is the laws of the State of New York. At the time of its entry into the governing law provisions of this Agreement, the Securities Intermediary had an office located in the United States that was not a temporary office and that engaged in a business or other regular activity of maintaining securities accounts.

Section 12.06 . No Other Claims. Except for the claims and interest of the Collateral Agent and of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders in the Collateral Account, the Securities Intermediary (without having conducted any investigation) does not know of any claim to, or interest in, the Collateral Account or in any Cash or financial asset credited thereto. If any Person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Collateral Account or in any Cash or financial asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent and the Purchase Contract Agent.

Section 12.07 . Investment and Release.

(a)    All proceeds of financial assets from time to time credited to the Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested as provided in this Agreement. At all times prior to termination of the Pledge, no property shall be released from the Collateral Account except in accordance with this Agreement or upon written instructions of the Collateral Agent.

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Stock are to be released from the Pledge following a Termination Event, Collateral Substitution, Successful Remarketing, Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement (a “ Released Share ”), and the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock are represented by a physical certificate in the name of the Purchase Contract Agent held by the Collateral Agent, such release and delivery shall be evidenced by an endorsement by the Collateral Agent on the certificate held by the Collateral Agent (the “ Pledged Convertible Preferred Share ”) reflecting a reduction in the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Pledged Convertible Preferred Share equal in amount (the “ Reduced Balance ”) to the number of the Released Shares. The Collateral Agent shall confirm any such Reduced Balance by telecopying or otherwise delivering a photocopy of such endorsement made on the Pledged Convertible Preferred Share evidencing such Reduced Balance to the Transfer Agent at the telecopier number or address of the Transfer Agent provided for notices to the Transfer Agent in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (or at such other telecopier or address as the Transfer Agent shall provide to the Collateral Agent). Upon receipt of such confirmation, the Transfer Agent shall instruct the Custodial Agent to increase the balance of a Global Preferred Share held by the Custodial Agent in an amount equal to the Reduced Balance by an endorsement made by the Custodial Agent on such Global Preferred Share to reflect such increase. In the event that a share of Convertible Preferred Stock is transferred to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 3.15 (a “ Subjected Share ”) in connection with the recreation of Corporate Units, such transfer shall be evidenced by an endorsement by the Collateral Agent on the Pledged Convertible Preferred Share held by the Collateral Agent reflecting an increase in the balance of such Pledged Convertible Preferred Share equal in amount (the “ Increased Balance ”) to the number of such Subjected Shares. The Collateral Agent shall confirm any such Increased Balance by telecopying or otherwise delivering a photocopy of such endorsement made on the Pledged Convertible Preferred Share evidencing such Increased Balance to the Transfer Agent at the telecopier number or address of the Transfer Agent provided for notices to the Transfer Agent (or at such other telecopier or address as the Transfer Agent shall provide to the Collateral Agent). Upon receipt of such confirmation, the Transfer Agent shall instruct the Custodial Agent to decrease the balance of the Global Preferred Share held by the Custodial Agent in an amount equal to the Increased Balance by an endorsement made by the Custodial Agent on such Global Preferred Share to reflect such decrease. The release and delivery of any Released Share in the case where the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock are represented by a Global Preferred Share shall be effected by a transfer of such Released Share to an account at the Depositary specified by the holder of such Released Share to the Purchase Contract Agent and Collateral Agent and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the relevant provision of this Agreement.

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Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock upon creation of Treasury Units, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Company of such receipt of Treasury Securities.

Section 12.09 . Statements and Confirmations. The Securities Intermediary shall promptly send copies of all statements, confirmations and other correspondence concerning the Collateral Account and any Cash or financial assets credited thereto simultaneously to each of the Purchase Contract Agent and the Collateral Agent at their addresses for notices under this Agreement.

Section 12.10 . Tax Allocations. The Purchase Contract Agent shall report all items of income, gain, expense and loss recognized in the Collateral Account, to the extent such reporting is required by law, to the Internal Revenue Service and other authorities in the manner required by law. None of the Securities Intermediary, the Collateral Agent and the Custodial Agent shall have any tax reporting duties hereunder.

Section 12.11 . No Other Agreements. The Securities Intermediary, acting solely in its capacity as Securities Intermediary, has not entered into, and prior to the termination of the Pledge shall not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Collateral Account or any Cash or financial assets credited thereto, including, without limitation, any agreement to comply with entitlement orders of any Person other than the Collateral Agent.

Section 12.12 . Powers Coupled with an Interest. The rights and powers granted in this Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement to the Collateral Agent have been granted in order to perfect its security interests in the Collateral Account, are powers coupled with an interest and will be affected neither by the bankruptcy of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder nor by the lapse of time. The obligations of the Securities Intermediary under this Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement shall continue in effect until the termination of the Pledge.

Section 12.13 . Waiver of Lien Waiver of Set-off. The Securities Intermediary waives any security interest, lien or right to make deductions or set-offs that it may now have or hereafter acquire in or with respect to the Collateral Account, any Cash or financial asset credited thereto or any security entitlement in respect thereof. Neither Cash or the financial assets credited to the Collateral Account nor the security entitlements in respect thereof will be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other right in favor of any person other than the Company.

 

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ARTICLE 13

R IGHTS AND R EMEDIES OF THE C OLLATERAL A GENT

Section 13.01 . Rights and Remedies of the Collateral Agent. (a) In addition to the rights and remedies set forth herein or otherwise available at law or in equity, after a collateral event of default (as specified in Section 13.01(b) below) hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and the TRADES Regulations and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may be asserted. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such remedies may include, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (1) retention of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Pledged Treasury Securities, the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio and/or the Pledged Cash in full satisfaction of the Holders’ obligations under the Purchase Contracts and the Purchase Contract Agreement and/or (2) sale of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, the Pledged Treasury Securities or the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio in one or more public or private sales.

(b)    Without limiting any rights or powers otherwise granted by this Agreement to the Collateral Agent, in the event the Collateral Agent is unable to make payments to the Company on account of Proceeds of (i) the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (other than any Dividend Payments thereon), (ii) Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, (iii) Pledged Cash or (iv) the Pledged Treasury Securities as provided in this Agreement in satisfaction of the Obligations of the Holder of the Units of which such Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, such Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, such Pledged Cash or such Pledged Treasury Securities are a part under the related Purchase Contracts, the inability to make such payments shall constitute a “ collateral event of default ” hereunder and the Collateral Agent shall, for the benefit of the Company, have and may exercise, with reference to such Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, Pledged Treasury Securities, Pledged Cash or Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as applicable, any and all of the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC and the TRADES Regulations after default by a debtor, and as otherwise granted herein or under any applicable law.

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authorized to receive, collect and apply to the satisfaction of the Obligations all payments with respect to (i) the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (other than any Dividend Payments thereon), (ii) the Pledged Treasury Securities, the (iii) Pledged Cash and (iv) the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, subject, in each case, to the provisions of this Agreement, and as otherwise provided herein.

(d)    Subject to Section 7.04, the Purchase Contract Agent and each Holder agrees that, from time to time, the Purchase Contract Agent, on behalf of such Holder, shall execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the Company may reasonably request in order to maintain the Pledge, and the perfection and priority thereof, and to confirm the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder. The Purchase Contract Agent shall have no liability to any Holder for the maintenance of the Pledge or the perfection or priority hereof or for executing any documents, except for liability for its own grossly negligent acts, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct.

(e)    The Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodial Agent shall be entitled to all of the rights, protections, privileges and immunities set forth in Article 7 for the benefit of the Purchase Contract Agent.

ARTICLE 14

R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES TO C OLLATERAL A GENT ; H OLDER C OVENANTS

Section 14.01 . Representations And Warranties. Each Holder from time to time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Company (with respect to such Holder’s interest in the Collateral), which representations and warranties shall be deemed repeated on each day a Holder effects a Transfer of Collateral, that:

(a)    such Holder has the power to grant a security interest in and lien on the Collateral;

(b)    such Holder is the sole beneficial owner of the Collateral and, in the case of Collateral delivered in physical form, is the sole holder of such Collateral and is the sole beneficial owner of, or has the right to Transfer, the Collateral it Transfers to the Collateral Agent for credit to the Collateral Account, free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance, call, liability to pay money or other restriction other than the security interest and lien granted under Article 11;

 

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(c)    upon the Transfer of the Collateral to the Securities Intermediary for credit to the Collateral Account, the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, will have a valid and perfected first priority security interest therein (assuming that any central clearing operation or any securities intermediary or other entity not within the control of the Holder involved in the Transfer of the Collateral, including the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary, gives the notices and takes the action required of it hereunder and under applicable law for perfection of that interest and assuming the establishment and exercise of control pursuant to Article 12 hereof); and

(d)    the execution and performance by the Holder of its obligations under this Agreement will not result in the creation of any security interest, lien or other encumbrance on the Collateral (other than the security interest and lien granted under Article 11 hereof) or violate any provision of any existing law or regulation applicable to it or of any mortgage, charge, pledge, indenture, contract or undertaking to which it is a party or which is binding on it or any of its assets.

Section 14.02 . Covenants. The Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders from time to time, acting through the Purchase Contract Agent as their attorney-in-fact (it being understood that the Purchase Contract Agent shall not be liable for any covenant made by or on behalf of a Holder), hereby covenant to the Collateral Agent and the Company that for so long as the Collateral remains subject to the Pledge:

(a)    neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holders will create or purport to create or allow to subsist any mortgage, charge, lien, pledge or any other security interest whatsoever over the Collateral or any part of it other than pursuant to this Agreement; and

(b)    neither the Purchase Contract Agent nor such Holders will sell or otherwise dispose (or attempt to dispose) of the Collateral or any part of it except for the beneficial interest therein, subject to the Pledge hereunder, transferred in connection with a Transfer of the Units.

ARTICLE 15

T HE C OLLATERAL A GENT , THE C USTODIAL A GENT AND THE S ECURITIES I NTERMEDIARY

It is hereby agreed as follows:

Section 15.01 . Appointment, Powers and Immunities. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall act as agent for the Company hereunder with such powers as are specifically vested in the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, as the case

 

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may be, by the terms of this Agreement. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary shall:

(a)    have no duties, responsibilities, covenants or obligations except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, liabilities or obligations shall be inferred from this Agreement against the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, nor shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary be bound by the provisions of any agreement by any party hereto beyond the specific terms hereof and none of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have any fiduciary duty to the Holders or any other Person, and in acting hereunder, the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary shall act solely as an agent of the Company and will not thereby assume any obligations towards or relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the Holders or any other third party;

(b)    not be responsible for any recitals contained in this Agreement, or in any certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by it under, this Agreement or the Units, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement (other than as against the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be), the Units, any Collateral or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or for any failure by the Company or any other Person (except the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be) to perform any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or, for the perfection, priority or maintenance of any security interest created hereunder;

(c)    not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder (except pursuant to directions furnished under Section 15.02 hereof, subject to Section 15.08 hereof);

(d)    not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other document or instrument referred to or provided for herein or in connection herewith or therewith or for any loss or injury resulting from its actions or its performance of its duties hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(e)    not be required to advise any party as to selling or retaining, or taking or refraining from taking any action with respect to, any securities or other property deposited hereunder;

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Intermediary (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility);

(g)    be entitled to comply with any judicial or administrative orders without liability on its part even though such order may subsequently be amended or determined to have been without legal effect;

(h)    not be responsible for the acts or omissions of its nominees, correspondents, designees, agents, subagents or subcustodians appointed with due care; and

(i)    the obligations of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary under this Agreement are several and not joint.

Subject to the foregoing, during the term of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall take all reasonable action in connection with the safekeeping and preservation of the Collateral hereunder as determined by industry standards. The Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary and the Custodial Agent shall not be responsible for and make no representation as to the existence, genuineness, value or protection of any Collateral, for the legality, effectiveness or sufficiency of any Security Document, or for the creation, perfection, priority, sufficiency or protection of any liens securing the Convertible Preferred Stock.

The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall only be responsible for transferring money, securities or other property in accordance with the terms herein to the extent that such money, securities or other property is credited to the Collateral Account.

No provision of this Agreement shall require the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any liability, financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties or the exercise of any of its rights or powers hereunder. In no event shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary be liable for any amount in excess of the Value of the Collateral.

Section 15.02 . Instructions of the Company. The Company shall have the right, by one or more written instruments executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for the realization of any right or remedy available to the Collateral Agent, or of exercising any power conferred on the Collateral Agent, or to direct the taking or refraining from taking of any action authorized by this Agreement; provided, however , that (a) such direction shall not conflict with the provisions of any law

 

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or of this Agreement or involve the Collateral Agent in personal liability and (b) the Collateral Agent shall be indemnified to its satisfaction as provided herein. Nothing contained in this Section 15.02 shall impair the right of the Collateral Agent to take any action or omit to take any action which it deems proper and which is not inconsistent with such direction. None of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary has any obligation or responsibility to file UCC financing or continuation statements or to take any other actions to create, preserve or maintain the security interest in the Collateral.

Section 15.03 . Reliance by Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. Each of the Securities Intermediary, the Custodial Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon any certification, order, judgment, opinion, notice or other written communication (including, without limitation, any thereof by e-mail or similar electronic means, telecopy or facsimile) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons (without being required to determine the correctness of any fact stated therein) and consult with and conclusively rely upon advice, opinions and statements of legal counsel and other experts selected by the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, in each case, at the expense of the Company. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, hereunder in accordance with instructions given by the Company in accordance with this Agreement.

In each case that the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may or is required hereunder to take any action, including without limitation to make any determination or judgment, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary may seek direction from the Company. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Company. Unless direction or otherwise is expressly provided herein, if the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall request direction from the Company with respect to any action, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to refrain from such action unless and until such agent shall have received direction from the Company, and the agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.

Section 15.04 . Certain Rights. (a) Whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Agreement the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action to be taken hereunder,

 

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such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate signed by one of the Company’s officers, and delivered to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary and such certificate, in the absence of gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, shall be full warrant to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of this Agreement upon the faith thereof.

(b)    The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, entitlement order, approval or other paper or document.

Section 15.05 . Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any Person into which the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be the successor of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article 15 hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto except where an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

Section 15.06 . Rights in Other Capacities. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates may (without having to account therefor to the Company) accept deposits from, lend money to, make their investments in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent, any other Person interested herein and any Holder (and any of their respective subsidiaries or affiliates) as if it were not acting as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and their affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and any Holder without having to account for the same to the Company; provided that each of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary covenants and agrees with the Company that it shall not accept, receive or permit there to be created in favor of itself and shall take no affirmative action to permit

 

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there to be created in favor of any other Person, any security interest, lien or other encumbrance of any kind in or upon the Collateral other than the lien created by the Pledge.

Section 15.07 . Non-reliance on the Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. None of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be required to keep itself informed as to the performance or observance by the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder of this Agreement, the Units or any other document referred to or provided for herein or therein or to inspect the properties or books of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder. None of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have any duty or responsibility to provide the Company with any credit or other information concerning the affairs, financial condition or business of the Purchase Contract Agent or any Holder (or any of their respective affiliates) that may come into the possession of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary or any of their respective affiliates.

Section 15.08 . Compensation And Indemnity. The Company agrees to:

(a)    pay the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, for all services rendered by them hereunder;

(b)    indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent, the Securities Intermediary and each of their respective directors, officers, agents and employees (collectively, the “ Pledge Indemnitees ”), from and against any and all claims (whether asserted by the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent or any other Person), liabilities, losses, and reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) (collectively, “ Losses ” and individually, a “ Loss ”) that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the Pledge Indemnitees or any of them for following any instructions, acting upon any notices or other directions (which shall include an instruction, notice or direction not to act) upon which any of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary is entitled to conclusively rely pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, provided that the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary has not acted with gross negligence or engaged in willful misconduct with respect to the specific Loss against which indemnification is sought; and

(c)    in addition to and not in limitation of paragraph (b) of this Section 15.08, indemnify and hold the Pledge Indemnitees and each of them harmless from and against any and all Losses that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against, the Pledge Indemnitees or any of them in connection with or arising out of the Collateral Agent’s, the Custodial Agent’s or the Securities

 

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Intermediary’s acceptance or performance of its rights, powers and duties under this Agreement, including but not limited to the rights and powers set forth in Section 15.09, provided the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary has not acted with gross negligence or engaged in willful misconduct with respect to the specific Loss against which indemnification is sought.

The provisions of this Section 15.08 and Section 15.14 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary and the termination of this Agreement.

Section 15.09 .    Failure to Act. In the event that, in the good faith belief of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, an ambiguity in the provisions of this Agreement arises or any actual dispute between or conflicting claims by or among the parties hereto or any other Person with respect to any funds or property deposited hereunder has been asserted in writing, then at its sole option, each of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled, after prompt notice to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent, to refuse to comply with any and all claims, demands or instructions with respect to such property or funds so long as such dispute or conflict shall continue, and the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall not be or become liable in any way to any of the parties hereto for its failure or refusal to comply with such conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to refuse to act until either:

(a)    such conflicting or adverse claims or demands shall have been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or settled by agreement between the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary; or

(b)    the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall have received security or an indemnity satisfactory to it sufficient to hold it harmless from and against any and all loss, liability or reasonable out-of-pocket expense which it may without gross negligence or willful misconduct incur by reason of its acting.

The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary may in addition elect to commence an interpleader action or seek other judicial relief or orders as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may deem necessary. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, none of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary shall be required to take any action that is in its opinion contrary to law or to the terms of this Agreement, or which would in its opinion subject it or any of its officers, employees or directors to liability.

 

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Section 15.10 . Resignation of Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary. (a) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary as provided below:

(i)    the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the Company and the Purchase Contract Agent as attorney-in-fact for the Holders;

(ii)    the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary may be removed at any time by the Company upon written notice thereof; and

(iii)    if the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary fails to perform any of its material obligations hereunder in any material respect for a period of not less than 20 calendar days after receiving written notice of such failure by the Purchase Contract Agent and such failure shall be continuing, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary may be removed by the Purchase Contract Agent, acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority in number of the Outstanding Units.

The Purchase Contract Agent shall promptly notify the Company upon the transmission of notice as contemplated by clause (iii) of this Section 15.10(a) and any removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary pursuant to clause (iii) of this Section 15.10(a). Upon any such resignation or removal, the Company shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be. If no successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 45 calendar days after the retiring Collateral Agent’s, Custodial Agent’s or Securities Intermediary’s giving of notice of resignation or the Company’s or the Purchase Contract Agent’s giving notice of such removal, then the retiring or removed Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary may petition any court of competent jurisdiction, at the expense of the Company, for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall each be a bank or a national banking association which has an office (or an agency office) in New York City with a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, such successor Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of

 

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the retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, and the retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall take all appropriate action, subject to payment of any amounts then due and payable to it hereunder, to transfer any money and property held by it hereunder (including the Collateral) to such successor. The retiring Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary shall, upon such succession, be discharged from its duties and obligations as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary hereunder. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s, Custodial Agent’s or Securities Intermediary’s resignation hereunder as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent or Securities Intermediary, the provisions of this Article 15 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary. Any resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary hereunder, at a time when such Person is also acting as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, as the case may be, shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement as the simultaneous resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Securities Intermediary or the Custodial Agent, as the case may be.

Section 15.11 . Right to Appoint Agent or Advisor. The Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint agents or advisors in connection with any of its duties hereunder, and the Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by, or in conclusive reliance upon the advice of, such agents or advisors selected in good faith. The appointment of agents pursuant to this Section 15.11 shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

Section 15.12 . Survival. The provisions of this Article 15 shall survive termination of this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary.

Section 15.13 . Exculpation. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary or their officers, directors, employees or agents be liable under this Agreement for indirect, special, punitive, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost profits, goodwill, reputation, business opportunity or anticipated saving, whether or not the likelihood of such loss or damage was known to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent or the Securities Intermediary, or any of them and regardless of the form of action.

Section 15.14 . Compliance with Laws. The Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to take any action or to refuse to take any action which each of them upon the advice of counsel regards as necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation or fiscal requirement, court orders, or the rules or operating procedures of any relevant stock exchange or other market or clearing system.

 

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Section 15.15 . Expenses, Etc. The Company agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary for:

(a)    all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary), in connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery or performance of this Agreement and (ii) any modification, supplement or waiver of any of the terms of this Agreement;

(b)    all costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with (i) any enforcement or proceedings resulting or incurred in connection with causing any Holder to satisfy its obligations under the Purchase Contracts forming a part of the Units and (ii) the enforcement of this Section 15.14 and Section 15.08;

(c)    all transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or charges (including any interest and penalties thereon or in connection therewith) levied by any governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or any other document referred to herein and all costs, expenses, taxes, assessments and other charges incurred in connection with any filing, registration, recording or perfection of any security interest contemplated hereby; and

(d)    all reasonable fees and expenses of any agent or advisor appointed by the Collateral Agent and consented to by the Company under Section 15.11 above.

ARTICLE 16

M ISCELLANEOUS

Section 16.01 . Company to Furnish Purchase Contract Agent Names and Addresses of Holders. (a) The Company shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent (i) semiannually, not later than May 15 and November 15 in each year, commencing November 15, 2019, a list, in such form as the Purchase Contract Agent may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Units as of a date not more than 15 calendar days prior to the delivery thereof, and (ii) at such other times as the Purchase Contract Agent may request in writing, within 30 calendar days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 calendar days prior to the time such list is furnished, excluding from any such list names and addresses previously received by the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

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Section 16.02 . Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. The Purchase Contract Agent shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Purchase Contract Agent as provided in Section 16.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Purchase Contract Agent. The Purchase Contract Agent may dispose of any list furnished to it as provided in Section 16.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

Section 16.03 . Defaults, Waiver. The Holders of a majority of the Outstanding Purchase Contracts voting together as one class may, by vote or consent, on behalf of all of the Holders, waive any past default by the Company and its consequences, except a default:

(a)    In the payment on any Purchase Contract, or

(b)    In respect of a provision hereof which under Section 8.02 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Purchase Contract affected.

Upon such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any default by the Company arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 16.04 . Purchase Contract Agent s Knowledge of Defaults. The Purchase Contract Agent shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Fundamental Change, Termination Event or any default hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Purchase Contract Agent has received written notice from the Company or any Holder of such Fundamental Change, Termination Event or default at the Corporate Trust Office of the Purchase Contract Agent, and such notice references the Units and this Agreement and identifies such default.

Section 16.05 . Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral Agent and security interests hereunder, and all obligations of the Holders from time to time hereunder pursuant to the Pledge, shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:

(a)    any lack of validity or enforceability of any provision of the Purchase Contracts or the Units or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(b)    any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or any other term of, or any increase in the amount of, all or any of the obligations of Holders

 

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of the Units under the related Purchase Contracts, or any other amendment or waiver of any term of, or any consent to any departure from any requirement of, this Agreement or any Purchase Contract or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto; or

(c)    any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or discharge of, a borrower, a guarantor or a pledgor.

Section 16.06. Notice of Termination Event. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall deliver written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Securities Intermediary.

Section 16.07. U.S.A. Patriot Act . In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including, without limitation, those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering, including Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act of the United States (“Applicable Law”), the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary are required to obtain, verify, record and update certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary. Accordingly, each of the parties agree to provide to the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, upon their request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary to comply with Applicable Law.

[SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES]

 

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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.

 

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
By:  

/s/ James R. Chapman

Name:   James R. Chapman
Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Address for Notices:

Dominion Energy, Inc.

120 Tredegar Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Attention: Richard M. Davis, Jr., Assistant Treasurer

Fax: (804) 819-2211


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

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS ,
as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Units
By:  

/s/ Amie Jaghatspanyan

Name:   Amie Jaghatspanyan
Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ Jacqueline Bartnick

Name:   Jacqueline Bartnick
Title:   Director

Address for Notices:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

Trust & Agency Services

60 Wall Street, 24th Floor

MS NYC60-2407

New York, New York 10005

Attn: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy


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

 

HSBC Bank USA, National

Association, as Collateral Agent,

Custodial Agent and Securities

Intermediary

By:  

/s/ Fernando Acebedo

Name:   Fernando Acebedo
Title:   Vice President

Address for Notices:

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

Issuer Services

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, New York 10018

Attention: Deal Management


EXHIBIT A

(FORM OF FACE OF CORPORATE UNITS CERTIFICATE)

[For inclusion in Global Certificates only - THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “ DEPOSITARY ”), THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

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No. R-

Number of Corporate Units:

  

CUSIP No. 25746U 133

ISIN No. US25746U1337

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

2019 Series A Corporate Units

This Corporate Units Certificate certifies that                 is the registered Holder of the number of Corporate Units set forth above [For inclusion in Global Certificates only - or such other number of Corporate Units reflected in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate attached hereto, which number, taken together with the number of all other Outstanding Corporate Units and the number of all Outstanding Treasury Units and Outstanding Cash Settled Units, shall not exceed 14,000,000 (as increased by the number of Units, if any, with respect to which the Underwriters exercise their over-allotment option pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement)]. Each Corporate Unit consists of (i) an Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock or an Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, subject to the Pledge thereof (except for the portion of the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of such term) by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company.

All capitalized terms used herein without definition herein and which are defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (as defined on the reverse hereof) have the meaning set forth therein.

Pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock or the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, constituting part of each Corporate Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Corporate Unit.

All payments, if any, with respect to the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or any payments with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, or payments of dividends on the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or distributions with respect to the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, constituting part of the Corporate Units shall be paid on the dates and in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. Dividends or distributions on the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in

 

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Convertible Preferred Stock or distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, forming part of the Corporate Units evidenced hereby, which is payable on each Payment Date (or, in the case of distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (ii) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date), shall, subject to receipt thereof by the Purchase Contract Agent, be paid to the Person in whose name this Corporate Units Certificate (or a Predecessor Corporate Units Certificate) is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date.

The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Corporate Unit evidenced hereby, an amount (the “ Contract Adjustment Payments ”) equal to 5.50% per year of the Stated Amount for the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment Date on which Contract Adjustment Payments were paid (or if none, June 14, 2019) to but excluding such Payment Date. Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, at the Company’s election, to the Person in whose name this Corporate Units Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. The Company may, at its option, defer such Contract Adjustment Payments as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Contract Adjustment Payments are unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future Indebtedness.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a Purchase Price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless on or prior to the Purchase Contract Settlement Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement with respect to such Purchase Contract, all as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by application of payment received in the Final Remarketing of the shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock equal to $1,000 per each such share thereof or, in the case of an Optional Remarketing, the proceeds of the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, pledged to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the Corporate Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

Dividends on the Convertible Preferred Stock or distributions on the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, and the Contract Adjustment Payments paid in cash will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City, except that all payments with respect to Global Certificates will

 

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be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary. If the book-entry system for the Corporate Units has been terminated, the Contract Adjustment Payments paid in cash will be payable, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the Security Register, or by wire transfer to the account designated by such Person by prior written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, given at least ten calendar days prior to the Payment Date.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the holder to agree, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (i) treat its acquisition of the Corporate Units as an acquisition of the Convertible Preferred Stock and Purchase Contract constituting each Corporate Unit, (ii) treat the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock as equity of the Company and (iii) treat itself as the owner of the applicable interests in the Collateral Account, including the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Corporate Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder specified above have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  
HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to obligations of such Holder under the Purchase Contracts)
By:   DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not individually but solely as attorney-in-fact of such Holder
By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  

DATED:                     

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

OF PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the Corporate Units Certificates referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Purchase Contract Agent
By:  

     

  Authorized Signatory
By:  

     

  Authorized Signatory

DATED:                     

 

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(REVERSE OF CORPORATE UNITS CERTIFICATE)

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”), among the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors thereunder, the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (including its successors thereunder, the “ Collateral Agent ”), to which Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company, and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Corporate Units Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, unless an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event with respect to the Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part shall have occurred.

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.07 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby that is settled through Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall obligate the Holder of the related Corporate Units to purchase at the Purchase Price, and the Company to sell, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable settlement rate.

In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, unless a Termination Event shall have occurred, the Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby by effecting an Early Settlement or, if applicable, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or from the proceeds of the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) or from the proceeds of the Final Remarketing of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock.

As provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, upon the occurrence of an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing, as of the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, each Holder of any Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock shall be deemed to have automatically delivered the related Convertible Preferred Stock to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under the related Purchase Contracts, as described in Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, unless such Holder elects otherwise.

 

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The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates therefor to the Holder unless it shall have received payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holder thereunder, including, without limitation, the rights of the Holders to receive and the obligation of the Company to pay any Contract Adjustment Payments, shall terminate if a Termination Event shall occur. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall give written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent and to the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register. Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio) forming a part of each Corporate Unit from the Pledge. A Corporate Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interest in the Convertible Preferred Stock or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Under the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Purchase Contract Agent will be entitled to exercise the voting and any other consensual rights pertaining to the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, but only to the extent instructed in writing by the Holders. Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which holders of Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to vote or upon any solicitation of consents, waivers or proxies of holders of Convertible Preferred Stock, the Purchase Contract Agent shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, mail, first class, postage pre-paid, to the Holders of Corporate Units the notice required by the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

The Corporate Units Certificates are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Corporate Unit and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Corporate Units Certificate will be registered and Corporate Units Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. A Holder who elects to substitute Treasury Securities or Cash for the Convertible Preferred Stock thereby creating Treasury Units or Cash Settled Units, shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable in connection therewith. Except as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, such Corporate Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Corporate Unit in respect of the Convertible Preferred Stock and Purchase Contract constituting such Corporate Unit may be transferred and exchanged only as a Corporate Unit.

 

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Subject to, and in compliance with, the conditions and terms set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Holder of Corporate Units may effect a Collateral Substitution. From and after such Collateral Substitution, each Unit for which a Treasury Security secures the Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract shall be referred to as a “ Treasury Unit ”, and each Unit for which Pledged Cash secures the Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract shall be referred to as a “ Cash Settled Units ”. A Holder may make such Collateral Substitution only in integral multiples of 10 Corporate Units for 10 Treasury Units or 10 Cash Settled Units, as the case may be.

Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of, and certain exceptions described in, the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Units may be settled early by effecting an Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Upon registration of transfer of this Corporate Units Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee, except as may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), under the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Corporate Units Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder, by its acceptance hereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

The Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts forming part of the Corporate Units evidenced hereby on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, expressly withholds any consent to the assumption (i.e., affirmance) of the Purchase Contracts by the Company or its trustee in the event that the Company becomes the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contracts, consents to the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, and consents to the Pledge of the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock and the underlying Convertible Preferred Stock or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, underlying this Corporate Units Certificate pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Holder further covenants and agrees that, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, any payments with respect the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock (other than Dividend

 

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Payments thereon) or the Proceeds of the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio (as specified in clause (i) of the definition of Applicable Ownership Interest in the Treasury Portfolio), as the case may be, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the related Purchase Contracts shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under the related Purchase Contracts and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such payments.

Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.

The Purchase Contracts shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of law provisions thereof to the extent a different law would govern as a result.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock.

Prior to due presentment of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Corporate Units Certificate is registered as the owner of the Corporate Units evidenced hereby for the purpose of receiving payments of dividends payable on the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock, receiving payments of Contract Adjustment Payments (subject to any applicable record date), performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

A copy of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement is available for inspection at the offices of the Purchase Contract Agent during regular business hours.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM:    as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MN ACT:                              Custodian                             

(cust)                                     (minor)

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of

TENANT:        as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN:           as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
                                                                                                                          
(Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee)
                                                                                                                          
(Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)

the within Corporate Units Certificates and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney, to transfer said Corporate Units Certificates on the books of Dominion Energy, Inc., with full power of substitution in the premises

 

Dated:                         Signature                     
   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Corporate Units Certificates in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

Signature Guarantee:                                                          

 

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SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Corporate Units evidenced by this Corporate Units Certificate be registered in the name of, and delivered to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:    (if assigned to another person)   
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:   

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

  

 

  

 

                               
Name    Name   

 

  

 

  
Address    Address   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any      

 

     
Signature      

Signature Guarantee:                                                                      

 

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ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY/FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE EARLY SETTLEMENT

The undersigned Holder of this Corporate Units Certificate hereby irrevocably exercises the option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Corporate Units evidenced by this Corporate Units Certificate specified below. The option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] may be exercised only with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying Corporate Units in multiples of 10 Corporate Units or an integral multiple thereof; provided that if Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio have replaced Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock as a component of the Corporate Units, Corporate Units Holders may only effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] in multiples of such number of Corporate Units as may be determined by the Remarketing Agent(s) upon a Successful Remarketing, which number shall be provided to a Holder by the Company at the request of such Holder. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with any Corporate Units Certificate representing any Corporate Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] will be transferred in accordance with the transfer instructions set forth below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:                         Signature                     

Signature Guarantee:                                                                      

Number of Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:

 

If shares of Common Stock or Corporate Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered to and shares of Pledged Convertible Preferred Stock are to be transferred to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:   

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

 

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Name    Name   

 

  

 

                               
Address    Address   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

     

 

     

Transfer Instructions for Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or the Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio, as the case may be, transferable upon [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement]:

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN

GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

The initial number of Corporate Units evidenced by this Global Certificate is                  . The following increases or decreases in this Global Certificate have been made:

 

Date

 

Amount of increase in
number of Corporate

Units evidenced by the
Global Certificate

 

Amount of decrease in
number of Corporate

Units evidenced by the

Global Certificate

 

Number of Corporate

Units evidenced by

this Global Certificate
following such

decrease or increase

 

Signature of

authorized signatory
of Purchase Contract

Agent

       
       
       
       
       
       

 

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EXHIBIT B

(FORM OF FACE OF TREASURY UNITS CERTIFICATE)

[For inclusion in Global Certificate only - THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “ DEPOSITARY ”), THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

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No. TR–    CUSIP No. 25746U 141
Number of Treasury Units:    ISIN No. US25746U1410

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

2019 Series A Treasury Units

This Treasury Units Certificate certifies that                  is the registered Holder of the number of Treasury Units set forth above [For inclusion in Global Certificates only - or such other number of Treasury Units reflected in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate attached hereto, which number, taken together with the number of all other Outstanding Treasury Units and the number of all Outstanding Corporate Units and Outstanding Cash Settled Units, shall not exceed 14,000,000 (as increased by the number of Units, if any, with respect to which the Underwriters exercise their over-allotment option pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement)]. Each Treasury Unit consists of (i) an undivided beneficial ownership interest in a Treasury Security, subject to the Pledge of such Treasury Security by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company.

All capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (as defined on the reverse hereof) have the meaning set forth therein.

Pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Treasury Security underlying each Treasury Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Treasury Unit.

The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Treasury Unit evidenced hereby, an amount (the “ Contract Adjustment Payments ”) equal to 5.50% per year of the Stated Amount for the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment Date on which Contract Adjustment Payments were paid (or if none, June 14, 2019) to but excluding such Payment Date. Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, at the Company’s election, to the Person in whose name this Treasury Units Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. The Company may, at its option, defer such Contract Adjustment Payments as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Contract Adjustment Payments are unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future Indebtedness.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a Purchase Price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event, an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement with

 

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respect to such Purchase Contract, all as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby, if not paid earlier, shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by application of the proceeds from the Treasury Security pledged to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the Treasury Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

Contract Adjustment Payments paid in cash will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City, except that Contract Adjustment Payments with respect to Global Certificates will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary. If the book-entry system for the Corporate Units has been terminated, the Contract Adjustment Payments paid in cash will be payable, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the Security Register, or by wire transfer to the account designated by such Person by prior written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, given at least ten calendar days prior to the Payment Date.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the holder to agree, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (i) treat its acquisition of the Treasury Units as an acquisition of the Treasury Security and Purchase Contracts constituting the Treasury Units and (ii) treat itself as the owner of the applicable Treasury Security.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Treasury Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder specified above have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to obligations of such Holder under the Purchase Contracts)
By:   DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not individually but solely as attorney-in-fact of such Holder
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

DATED:                     

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION OF

PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the Treasury Units referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Purchase Contract Agent
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

DATED:                     

 

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(REVERSE OF TREASURY UNITS CERTIFICATE)

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”) among the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors thereunder, herein called the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (including its successors thereunder, the “ Collateral Agent ”), to which Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Treasury Units Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, unless an Early Settlement, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event with respect to the Unit of which such Purchase Contract is a part shall have occurred.

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.07 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby that is settled through Early Settlement or Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall obligate the Holder of the related Treasury Units to purchase at the Purchase Price and the Company to sell, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable settlement rate.

In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of the Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby either by effecting an Early Settlement or, if applicable, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of each such Purchase Contract or by applying the proceeds of the Treasury Security underlying such Holder’s Treasury Unit equal to the Purchase Price for such Purchase Contract to the purchase of the Common Stock.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates therefor to the Holder unless it shall have received payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holder thereunder, shall terminate if a Termination Event shall occur. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall give written notice to

 

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the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register. Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release the Treasury Security underlying each Treasury Unit from the Pledge. A Treasury Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Treasury Security underlying such Treasury Unit, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

The Treasury Units Certificates are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Treasury Unit and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Treasury Units Certificate will be registered and Treasury Units Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. A Holder who elects to substitute Convertible Preferred Stock for the Treasury Security, thereby recreating Corporate Units, shall be responsible for any fees or expenses payable in connection therewith. Except as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, such Treasury Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Treasury Unit in respect of the Treasury Security and the Purchase Contract constituting such Treasury Unit may be transferred and exchanged only as a Treasury Unit.

Subject to, and in compliance with, the conditions and terms set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Holder of Treasury Units may effect a Collateral Substitution. From and after such substitution, each Unit for which shares of Pledged Convertible Preferred Stock secure the Holder’s obligations under the Purchase Contract shall be referred to as a “ Corporate Unit ”. A Holder may make such Collateral Substitution only in integral multiples of 10 Treasury Units for 10 Corporate Units.

Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Units may be settled early by effecting an Early Settlement or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Upon registration of transfer of this Treasury Units Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee, except as may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), under the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Treasury Units Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder, by its acceptance hereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

The Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts forming part of the Treasury Units evidenced hereby on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, expressly withholds any consent to the assumption (i.e., affirmance) of the Purchase Contracts by the Company or its trustee in the event that the Company becomes the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, agrees to be bound by the terms and

 

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provisions thereof, covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contracts, consents to the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, and consents to the Pledge of the Treasury Security underlying this Treasury Units Certificate pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Holder further covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, payments in respect of the Treasury Security on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the related Purchase Contracts shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under such Purchase Contracts and such Holder shall acquire no right, title or interest in such payments.

Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.

The Purchase Contracts shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of law provisions thereof to the extent a different law would govern as a result.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock.

Prior to due presentment of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Treasury Units Certificate is registered as the owner of the Treasury Units evidenced hereby for the purpose of receiving payments of Contract Adjustment Payments (subject to any applicable record date), performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

A copy of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement is available for inspection at the offices of the Purchase Contract Agent during regular business hours.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM:    as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MN ACT:                              Custodian                             

(cust)                                     (minor)

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of

TENANT:        as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN:           as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
                                                                                                                             
(Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee)
                                                                                                                             
(Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)

the within Treasury Units Certificates and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney, to transfer said Treasury Units Certificates on the books of Dominion Energy, Inc., with full power of substitution in the premises

 

Dated:                         Signature                     
   NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Treasury Units Certificates in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever.

Signature Guarantee:                                                          

 

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SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Treasury Units evidenced by this Treasury Units Certificate be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:    (if assigned to another person)   
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:   

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

  

 

  

 

                               
Name    Name   

 

  

 

  
Address    Address   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  
Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any      

 

     
Signature      
Signature Guarantee:                                                                     

 

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ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY/FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE EARLY SETTLEMENT

The undersigned Holder of this Treasury Units Certificate hereby irrevocably exercises the option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Treasury Units evidenced by this Treasury Units Certificate specified below. The option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] may be exercised only with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying Treasury Units in multiples of 10 Treasury Units or an integral multiple thereof. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with any Treasury Units Certificate representing any Treasury Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. Proceeds of the relevant Treasury Security deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] will be transferred in accordance with the transfer instructions set forth below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:                         Signature                     

Signature Guarantee:                                                              

Number of Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:

 

If shares of Common Stock or Treasury Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered to and Proceeds of the relevant Treasury Security are to be transferred to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:   

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

  

 

  

 

                               
Name    Name   

 

  

 

  
Address    Address   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

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Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

   

                             

 

   

REGISTERED HOLDER

Transfer Instructions for Proceeds of the applicable Treasury Security Transferable upon [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement]:

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN

GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

The initial number of Treasury Units evidenced by this Global Certificate is                      . The following increases or decreases in this Global Certificate have been made:

 

Date

 

Amount of increase in
number of Treasury

Units evidenced by the
Global Certificate

 

Amount of decrease in
number of Treasury

Units evidenced by the

Global Certificate

 

Number of Treasury

Units evidenced by

this Global Certificate
following such

decrease or increase

 

Signature of

authorized signatory

of Purchase Contract

Agent

       
       
       
       
       
       

 

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EXHIBIT C

(FORM OF FACE OF CASH SETTLED UNITS CERTIFICATE)

[For inclusion in Global Certificate only - THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (THE “ DEPOSITARY ”), THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY. THIS CERTIFICATE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE PURCHASE CONTRACT AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]

 

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No. CA–    CUSIP No. 25746U 158
Number of Cash Settled Units:    ISIN No. US25746U1584

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

2019 Series A Cash Settled Units

This Cash Settled Units Certificate certifies that                  is the registered Holder of the number of Cash Settled Units set forth above [For inclusion in Global Certificates only - or such other number of Cash Settled Units reflected in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Certificate attached hereto, which number, taken together with the number of all other Outstanding Cash Settled Units and the number of all Outstanding Corporate Units and Outstanding Treasury Units, shall not exceed 14,000,000 (as increased by the number of Units, if any, with respect to which the Underwriters exercise their over-allotment option pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement)]. Each Cash Settled Unit consists of (i) $100 in Cash, subject to the Pledge of such Cash by such Holder pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, and (ii) the rights and obligations of the Holder under one Purchase Contract with the Company.

All capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (as defined on the reverse hereof) have the meaning set forth therein.

Pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Cash underlying each Cash Settled Unit evidenced hereby has been pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Company, to secure the obligations of the Holder under the Purchase Contract comprising part of such Cash Settled Unit.

The Company shall pay, on each Payment Date, in respect of each Purchase Contract forming part of a Cash Settled Unit evidenced hereby, an amount (the “ Contract Adjustment Payments ”) equal to 5.50% per year of the Stated Amount for the period from and including the immediately preceding Payment Date on which Contract Adjustment Payments were paid (or if none, June 14, 2019) to but excluding such Payment Date. Such Contract Adjustment Payments shall be payable in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, at the Company’s election, to the Person in whose name this Cash Settled Units Certificate is registered at the close of business on the Record Date for such Payment Date. The Company may, at its option, defer such Contract Adjustment Payments as described in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Contract Adjustment Payments are unsecured and will rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future Indebtedness.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Cash Settled Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a Purchase Price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock of the Company, equal to the Settlement Rate, unless prior to or on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date there shall have occurred a Termination Event or a Fundamental Change Early Settlement with respect to such Purchase Contract, all as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The

 

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Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby shall be paid on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date by application of the Cash pledged to secure the obligations under such Purchase Contract of the Holder of the Cash Settled Units of which such Purchase Contract is a part.

Contract Adjustment Payments paid in cash will be payable at the office of the Purchase Contract Agent in New York City, except that Contract Adjustment Payments with respect to Global Certificates will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Depositary. If the book-entry system for the Corporate Units has been terminated, the Contract Adjustment Payments paid in cash will be payable, at the option of the Company, by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address as it appears on the Security Register, or by wire transfer to the account designated by such Person by prior written notice to the Purchase Contract Agent, given at least ten calendar days prior to the Payment Date.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the holder to agree, for United States federal income tax purposes, to (i) treat its acquisition of the Cash Settled Units as an acquisition of the Cash and Purchase Contracts constituting the Cash Settled Units and (ii) treat itself as the owner of the Cash.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Purchase Contract Agent by manual signature, this Cash Settled Units Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Holder specified above have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
HOLDER SPECIFIED ABOVE (as to obligations of such Holder under the Purchase Contracts)
By:   DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not individually but solely as attorney-in-fact of such Holder
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

DATED:                                 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION OF

PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

This is one of the Cash Settled Units referred to in the within mentioned Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Purchase Contract Agent
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

DATED:                                 

 

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(REVERSE OF CASH SETTLED UNITS CERTIFICATE)

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby is governed by a Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (as may be supplemented from time to time, the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”) among the Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent (including its successors thereunder, herein called the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (including its successors thereunder, the “ Collateral Agent ”), to which Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and supplemental agreements thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Purchase Contract Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Company and the Holders and of the terms upon which the Cash Settled Units Certificates are, and are to be, executed and delivered.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby obligates the Holder of this Cash Settled Units Certificate to purchase, and the Company to sell, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date at a price equal to the Stated Amount, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock equal to the Settlement Rate, unless a Fundamental Change Early Settlement or a Termination Event with respect to the Unit of which such Purchase Contract is a part shall have occurred.

No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued upon settlement of Purchase Contracts, as provided in Section 5.07 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby that is settled through Fundamental Change Early Settlement shall obligate the Holder of the related Cash Settled Units to purchase at the Purchase Price and the Company to sell, a number of newly issued shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable settlement rate.

In accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Holder of this Cash Settled Units Certificate shall pay the Purchase Price for the shares of the Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby either by effecting, if applicable, a Fundamental Change Early Settlement of each such Purchase Contract or by applying the Cash underlying such Holder’s Cash Settled Unit equal to the Purchase Price for such Purchase Contract to the purchase of the Common Stock.

The Company shall not be obligated to issue any shares of Common Stock in respect of a Purchase Contract or deliver any certificates therefor to the Holder unless it shall have received payment of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased thereunder in the manner set forth in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Each Purchase Contract evidenced hereby and all obligations and rights of the Company and the Holder thereunder, shall terminate if a Termination Event shall occur. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Company shall give written notice to

 

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the Purchase Contract Agent and the Holders, at their addresses as they appear in the Security Register. Upon and after the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Collateral Agent shall release the Cash underlying each Cash Settled Unit from the Pledge. A Cash Settled Unit shall thereafter represent the right to receive the Cash underlying such Cash Settled Unit, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

The Cash Settled Units Certificates are issuable only in registered form and only in denominations of a single Cash Settled Unit and any integral multiple thereof. The transfer of any Cash Settled Units Certificate will be registered and Cash Settled Units Certificates may be exchanged as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. Except as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, a Cash Settled Unit shall not be separable into its constituent parts, and the rights and obligations of the Holder of such Cash Settled Unit in respect of the Cash and the Purchase Contract constituting such Cash Settled Unit may be transferred and exchanged only as a Cash Settled Unit.

Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, at the option of the Holder thereof, Purchase Contracts underlying Units may be settled early by effecting a Fundamental Change Early Settlement as provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

Upon registration of transfer of this Cash Settled Units Certificate, the transferee shall be bound (without the necessity of any other action on the part of such transferee, except as may be required by the Purchase Contract Agent pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement), under the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Purchase Contracts evidenced hereby and the transferor shall be released from the obligations under the Purchase Contracts evidenced by this Cash Settled Units Certificate. The Company covenants and agrees, and the Holder, by its acceptance hereof, likewise covenants and agrees, to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph.

The Holder of this Cash Settled Units Certificate, by its acceptance hereof, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the related Purchase Contracts forming part of the Cash Settled Units evidenced hereby on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, expressly withholds any consent to the assumption (i.e., affirmance) of the Purchase Contracts by the Company or its trustee in the event that the Company becomes the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions thereof, covenants and agrees to perform its obligations under such Purchase Contracts, consents to the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, authorizes the Purchase Contract Agent to enter into and perform the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement on its behalf as its attorney-in-fact, and consents to the Pledge of the Cash underlying this Cash Settled Units Certificate pursuant to the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement. The Holder further covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, but subject to the terms thereof, on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date an

 

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amount of Pledged Cash equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the related Purchase Contracts shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the Company in satisfaction of such Holder’s obligations under such Purchase Contracts.

Subject to certain exceptions, the provisions of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Holders of a majority of the Purchase Contracts.

The Purchase Contracts shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the conflicts of law provisions thereof to the extent a different law would govern as a result.

The Purchase Contracts shall not, prior to the settlement thereof, entitle the Holder to any of the rights of a holder of shares of Common Stock.

Prior to due presentment of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent and its Affiliates and any agent of the Company or the Purchase Contract Agent may treat the Person in whose name this Cash Settled Units Certificate is registered as the owner of the Cash Settled Units evidenced hereby for the purpose of receiving payments of Contract Adjustment Payments (subject to any applicable record date), performance of the Purchase Contracts and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not any payments in respect thereof be overdue and notwithstanding any notice to the contrary, and neither the Company, the Purchase Contract Agent nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

A copy of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement is available for inspection at the offices of the Purchase Contract Agent during regular business hours.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM:    as tenants in common

 

UNIF GIFT MN ACT:                                  Custodian                             
(cust)                                     (minor)

Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of

TENANT:        as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN:           as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto
                                                                                                                  
(Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer I.D. or other Identifying Number of Assignee)
                                                                                                                  
(Please Print or Type Name and Address Including Postal Zip Code of Assignee)

the within Cash Settled Units Certificates and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing attorney, to transfer said Cash Settled Units Certificates on the books of Dominion Energy, Inc., with full power of substitution in the premises

 

Dated:                         Signature                     
  

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face

of the within Cash Settled Units Certificates in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or

any change whatsoever.

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

 

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SETTLEMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon settlement on or after the Purchase Contract Settlement Date of the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Cash Settled Units evidenced by this Cash Settled Units Certificate be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with a check in payment for any fractional share, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:    (if assigned to another person)   
If shares are to be registered in the name of and delivered to a Person other than the Holder, please (i) print such Person’s name and address and (ii) provide a guarantee of your signature:   

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

  

 

  

 

                               
Name    Name   

 

  

 

  
Address    Address   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

 

     
Signature      
Signature Guarantee:  

 

 

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ELECTION TO SETTLE EARLY/FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE EARLY SETTLEMENT

The undersigned Holder of this Cash Settled Units Certificate hereby irrevocably exercises the option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement with respect to the Purchase Contracts underlying the number of Cash Settled Units evidenced by this Cash Settled Units Certificate specified below. The option to effect [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] may be exercised only with respect to Purchase Contracts underlying Cash Settled Units in multiples of 10 Cash Settled Units or an integral multiple thereof. The undersigned Holder directs that a certificate for shares of Common Stock deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] be registered in the name of, and delivered, together with any Cash Settled Units Certificate representing any Cash Settled Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is not effected, to the undersigned at the address indicated below unless a different name and address have been indicated below. Pledged Cash deliverable upon such [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] will be transferred in accordance with the transfer instructions set forth below. If shares are to be registered in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay any transfer tax payable incident thereto.

 

Dated:                         Signature                     

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

Number of Units evidenced hereby as to which [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement] of the related Purchase Contracts is being elected:

 

If shares of Common Stock or Cash Settled Units Certificates are to be registered in the name of and delivered to and Pledged Cash is to be transferred to a Person other than the Holder, please print such Person’s name and address:   

REGISTERED HOLDER

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

  

                             

 

  

 

  
Name    Name   

 

  

 

  
Address    Address   

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

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Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

                                  

 

     
REGISTERED HOLDER      

Transfer Instructions for Pledged Cash Transferable upon [Early Settlement] [Fundamental Change Early Settlement]:

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL CERTIFICATES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN

GLOBAL CERTIFICATE

The initial number of Cash Settled Units evidenced by this Global Certificate is                      . The following increases or decreases in this Global Certificate have been made:

 

Date

 

Amount of increase in
number of Cash

Settled Units

evidenced by the

Global Certificate

 

Amount of decrease in
number of Cash

Settled Units

evidenced by the

Global Certificate

  

Number of Cash

Settled Units

evidenced by this

Global Certificate
following such

decrease or increase

  

Signature of

authorized signatory

of Purchase Contract
Agent

         
         
         
         
         

 

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EXHIBIT D

INSTRUCTION TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT FROM HOLDER

(To Create Treasury Units or Corporate Units)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Purchase Contract Agent

60 Wall Street, 24th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

[                 Corporate Units] [                 Treasury Units] of Dominion Energy, Inc., a

Virginia corporation (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you that it has delivered to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, $         [Value of Convertible Preferred Stock] [Cash] in exchange for [proceeds of the Treasury Security corresponding to         Treasury Units (the “ Treasury Unit Proceeds ”)] [an equal Value of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock] held in the Collateral Account, in accordance with the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein), among you, as the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary. The undersigned Holder has paid all applicable fees and expenses relating to such exchange. The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you to instruct the Collateral Agent to release to you on behalf of the undersigned Holder the [Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock] [Treasury Unit Proceeds] related to such [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units].

 

Dated:                         Signature:   

 

  

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

 

Please print name and address of

registered Holder:

       

 

    

 

                   
Name     

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

  
Address        

 

                

 

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EXHIBIT E

INSTRUCTION TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT FROM HOLDER

(To Create Cash Settled Units)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Purchase Contract Agent

60 Wall Street, 24th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Cash Settled Units of Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you that it has delivered to HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account, $         in exchange for an equal Value of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock held in the Collateral Account, in accordance with the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein), among you, as the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary. The undersigned Holder has paid all applicable fees and expenses relating to such exchange. The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you to instruct the Collateral Agent to release to you on behalf of the undersigned Holder the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock related to such Corporate Units.

 

Dated:                         Signature:  

 

  

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

 

Please print name and address of

registered Holder:

       

 

    

 

                   
Name      Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any   
Address        

 

       

 

       

 

                

 

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EXHIBIT F

NOTICE FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO HOLDERS UPON TERMINATION EVENT

(Transfer of Collateral upon Occurrence of a Termination Event)

[HOLDER]

Attention:

Telecopy:

Re: [         Corporate Units] [         Treasury Units] [         Cash Settled Units] of Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement are used herein as defined therein), among the Company, the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary.

We hereby notify you that a Termination Event has occurred and that [the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock] [the Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] [the Proceeds of the Treasury Security] [Pledged Cash] comprising a portion of your ownership interest in                  [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] [Cash Settled Units] have been released and are being held by us for your account pending receipt of transfer instructions with respect to such [Convertible Preferred Stock] [Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in the Treasury Portfolio] [Proceeds of the Treasury Security] [Pledged Cash] (the “ Released Securities ”).

Pursuant to Section 3.16 of the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, we hereby request written transfer instructions with respect to the Released Securities. Upon receipt of your instructions and upon transfer to us of your [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] [Cash Settled Units] effected through book-entry or by delivery to us of your [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate] [Cash Settled Units Certificate], we shall transfer the Released Securities by [book-entry transfer] [wire transfer] or other appropriate procedures, in accordance with your instructions. In the event you fail to effect such transfer or delivery, the Released Securities and any distributions thereon, shall be held in our name, or a nominee in trust for your benefit, until such time as such [Corporate Units] [Treasury Units] [Cash Settled Units] are transferred or your [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate] [Cash Settled Units

 

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Certificate] is surrendered or satisfactory evidence is provided that such [Corporate Units Certificate] [Treasury Units Certificate] [Cash Settled Units Certificate] has been destroyed, lost or stolen, together with any indemnification that we or the Company may require.

 

Date:                                                       DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as Purchase Contract Agent
    By:  

             

    Name:  
    Title:  
    By:  

             

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT G

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Creation of Treasury Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

Re: Corporate Units of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to substitute [                ] Treasury Securities in exchange for an equal Value of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock relating to Corporate Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such Treasury Securities to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such Treasury Securities have been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned an equal Value of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto related to                  Corporate Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Agreement.

 

Date:                           Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Units

 

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By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Please print name and address of Holder electing to substitute Cash for the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock:

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:   

 

  

 

Name:

  

Social Security or other Taxpayer

Identification Number, if any

Address

  

 

  

 

  

 

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EXHIBIT H

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Creation of Treasury Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Corporate Units of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

This notice relates to the securities account of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained by the Securities Intermediary and designated “HSBC as Collateral Agent for DE 2019 Series A Equity Units” (the “ Collateral Account ”).

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

When you have confirmed that [        ] Treasury Securities have been credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of                 , as Holder of Corporate Units (the “ Holder ”), you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral Account an equal Value of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto relating to                  Corporate Units of the Holder by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

Date:                            HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent
     

 

    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT I

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Creation of Cash Settled Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Corporate Units of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to substitute $[                ] of Cash in exchange for an equal Value of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock relating to Corporate Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the Holder has Transferred such Cash to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such Cash has been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned an equal Value of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto related to                  Corporate Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Agreement.

 

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Date:                                      Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Units
   

 

By:

 

 

                 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    By:  

                 

    Name:  
    Title:  

Please print name and address of Holder electing to substitute Cash for the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock:

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:   

 

  

 

Name:

   Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

Address

  

 

  

 

  

 

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EXHIBIT J

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Creation of Cash Settled Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Securities Intermediary

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Corporate Units of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

This notice relates to the securities account of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained by the Securities Intermediary and designated “HSBC as Collateral Agent for DE 2019 Series A Equity Units” (the “ Collateral Account ”).

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

When you have confirmed that $                 of Cash has been credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of                 , as Holder of Corporate Units (the “ Holder ”), you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral Account an equal Value of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto relating to                  Corporate Units of the Holder by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

Date:                            HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent
     

 

    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT K

INSTRUCTION

FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Recreation of Corporate Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Collateral Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Treasury Units of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Treasury Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 3.15 of the Agreement that the holder of securities named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to substitute $[●] Value of Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto in exchange for the Treasury Securities relating to [●] Treasury Units and has delivered to the undersigned a notice stating that the holder has Transferred such Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto to the Securities Intermediary, for credit to the Collateral Account.

We hereby request that you instruct the Securities Intermediary, upon confirmation that such Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto have been credited to the Collateral Account, to release to the undersigned the proceeds of the Treasury Security related to [●] Treasury Units of such Holder in accordance with Section 3.15 of the Agreement.

 

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Date:                                      Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent
   

 

By:

 

 

                 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    By:  

                 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:   

 

  

 

Name:

   Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

Address

  

 

  

 

  

 

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EXHIBIT L

INSTRUCTION

FROM COLLATERAL AGENT

TO SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY

(Recreation of Corporate Units)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Securities Intermediary

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Treasury Units of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

This notice relates to the securities account of HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, maintained by the Securities Intermediary and designated “HSBC as Collateral Agent for DE 2019 Series A Equity Units” (the “ Collateral Account ”).

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Securities Intermediary, Custodial Agent and Collateral Agent, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Treasury Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

When you have confirmed that $[●] Value of Convertible Preferred Stock or security entitlements with respect thereto has been credited to the Collateral Account by or for the benefit of [●], as Holder of Treasury Units (the “ Holder ”), you are hereby instructed to release from the Collateral Account the Treasury Securities corresponding to [●] Treasury Units by Transfer to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

Date:                                                               HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent
   

 

        By:  

 

        Name:    
        Title:    

 

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By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT M

INSTRUCTION FROM HOLDER OF SEPARATE SHARES OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK TO CUSTODIAL AGENT REGARDING REMARKETING

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Custodial Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Convertible Preferred Stock of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 5.02(e) of the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as the Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units from time to time, that the undersigned elects to deliver [●] aggregate number of Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock for delivery to a Remarketing Agent prior to a Remarketing, other than during a Blackout Period, for remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02(e) of the Agreement. The undersigned will, upon request of a Remarketing Agent, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by such Remarketing Agent or by the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock tendered hereby. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

The undersigned hereby instructs you, upon receipt of the Proceeds of a Successful Remarketing from the Remarketing Agent, to deliver such Proceeds to the undersigned in accordance with the instructions indicated herein under “ A. Payment Instructions. ” The undersigned hereby instructs you, in the event of an Unsuccessful Remarketing, upon receipt of the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock tendered herewith from the Remarketing Agents, to deliver such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the person(s) and the address(es) indicated herein under “ B. Delivery Instructions.

With this notice, the undersigned hereby (i) represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock tendered hereby and that the undersigned is the record owner of any Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock tendered herewith in physical form or a participant in The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) and the beneficial owner of any Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock tendered herewith by book-entry transfer to your

 

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account at DTC, (ii) agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of Section 5.02 of the Agreement and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that after the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Applicable Remarketing Period, such election shall become an irrevocable election to have such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed in each Remarketing during the Applicable Remarketing Period, and that the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock tendered herewith will only be returned in the event of an Unsuccessful Remarketing, subject to Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Agreement.

 

Date:                                                                  

     
   

By:

 

 

   

Name:

 
   

Title:

 

 

     

 

   

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

Name:     Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

     

Address

     

 

     

 

     

 

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A.

PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Proceeds of a Successful Remarketing should be paid by check in the name of the person(s) set forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.

Name(s)

(Please Print)

Address

(Please Print)

(Zip Code)

(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

 

B.

DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

In the event of an Unsuccessful Remarketing, subject to Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Agreement, shares of Convertible Preferred Stock which are in physical form should be delivered to the person(s) set forth below and mailed to the address set forth below.

Name(s)

(Please Print)

Address

(Please Print)

(Zip Code)

(Tax Identification or Social Security Number)

In the event of an Unsuccessful Remarketing, subject to Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Agreement, shares of Convertible Preferred Stock which are in book-entry form should be credited to the account at The Depository Trust Company set forth below.

DTC Account Number

Name of Account Party:

 

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EXHIBIT N

INSTRUCTION FROM HOLDER OF SEPARATE SHARES OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK TO CUSTODIAL AGENT REGARDING WITHDRAWAL FROM REMARKETING

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Custodial Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Convertible Preferred Stock of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

The undersigned Holder hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 5.02(e) of the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company and you, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units from time to time, that the undersigned elects to withdraw the [●] Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock delivered to you for Remarketing pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Agreement. The undersigned hereby instructs you to return such Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to the undersigned in accordance with the undersigned’s instructions. With this notice, the Undersigned hereby agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of Section 5.02 of the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

 

Date:                                                                  

     
   

By:

 

 

   

Name:

 
   

Title:

 

 

     

 

   

Signature Guarantee:

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

Name:     Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any

 

     

Address:

     

 

     

 

     

 

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EXHIBIT O

NOTIFICATION FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT TO COLLATERAL AGENT REGARDING FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE EARLY SETTLEMENT

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Custodial Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Convertible Preferred Stock of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

The undersigned hereby notifies you in accordance with Section 5.04(a) of the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company and you, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary, and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units, Treasury Units and Cash Settled Units from time to time, that all the conditions necessary for a Fundamental Change Early Settlement (as defined in the Agreement) by the below specified Holder have been satisfied pursuant to which the undersigned has received from such Holder, and paid to the Company as confirmed in writing by the Company, the below specified Purchase Price.

 

Holder:  

 

 

Purchase Price:  

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Purchase Contract Agent

By:  

 

 

Name:

Title:

By:  

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

DATED:  

 

 

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EXHIBIT P

NOTICE TO SETTLE WITH CASH AFTER UNSUCCESSFUL FINAL REMARKETING

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Purchase Contract Agent

60 Wall Street, 24th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Corporate Units of Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “ Company ”).

The undersigned Holder hereby irrevocably notifies you in accordance with Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”), among you, as the Purchase Contract Agent, and the Company, the Collateral Agent, the Custodial Agent and the Securities Intermediary, that such Holder has elected to pay to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary for deposit in the Collateral Account, on or prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (in Cash by certified or cashier’s check or wire transfer, in immediately available funds), $[ ] as the Purchase Price for the shares of Common Stock issuable to such Holder by the Company with respect to [ ] Purchase Contracts on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date. The undersigned Holder hereby instructs you to notify promptly the Collateral Agent of the undersigned Holders’ election to settle the Purchase Contracts related to such Holder’s Corporate Units with separate cash.

 

Dated:                                                                          Signature:                                                                  

Signature Guarantee:                                              

 

Please print name and address of registered Holder:

    

 

    

 

Name      Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any
Address     

 

    

 

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EXHIBIT Q

NOTICE FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

TO COLLATERAL AGENT

(Settlement with Separate Cash)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Custodial Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Corporate Units of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among the Company, you, as Collateral Agent, as Securities Intermediary and as Custodial Agent, and the undersigned, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact for the holders of Corporate Units and Treasury Units from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Agreement.

We hereby notify you in accordance with Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Agreement that the holder of Corporate Units named below (the “ Holder ”) has elected to settle the [ ] Purchase Contracts related to its Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock with [ ] of separate cash prior to 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date (in Cash by certified or cashier’s check or wire transfer, in immediately available funds payable to or upon the order of the Securities Intermediary) and has delivered to the undersigned a notice to that effect.

We hereby request that you, upon confirmation that the Purchase Price has been paid by the Holder to the Securities Intermediary in accordance with Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Agreement in lieu of delivery of the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying such Holder’s Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock, give us notice of the receipt of such payment and, thereafter, you are instructed to, or instructed to cause the Securities Intermediary to, (A) deposit the separate cash received in the Collateral Account and, if applicable, invest such separate cash in Permitted Investments consistent with the instructions of the Company as provided in Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Agreement, (B) promptly release from the Pledge the Convertible Preferred Stock underlying the Applicable Ownership Interest in Convertible Preferred Stock related to the Corporate Units as to which such Holder has paid such separate cash; and (C) promptly Transfer all such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to us for distribution to such Holder, in each case free and clear of the Pledge created by the Agreement.

 

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Please print name and address of registered Holder:      

 

  

 

  
Name    Social Security or other Taxpayer Identification Number, if any                                
Address      

 

     

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Purchase Contract Agent
By:  

     

                      

Name:

Title:

   
By:  

     

                      

Name:

Title:

   

DATED:                     

 

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EXHIBIT R

NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT WITH SEPARATE CASH FROM

SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY TO PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

AND COLLATERAL AGENT

(Settlement with Separate Cash)

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,

as Purchase Contract Agent

60 Wall Street, 24th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

HSBC Bank USA, National Association,

as Custodial Agent

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

Attention: Corporates Team – Dominion Energy

 

Re:

Corporate Units of Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “ Company ”)

Please refer to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among you and the Company. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein.

In accordance with Section 5.02(b)(vii) of the Agreement, we hereby notify you that as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Business Day immediately preceding the Purchase Contract Settlement Date, (i) we have received from [    ] $[    ] in immediately available funds paid in an aggregate amount equal to the Purchase Price due to the Company on the Purchase Contract Settlement Date with respect to [    ] Corporate Units and (ii) based on the funds received set forth in clause (i) above, an aggregate of [    ] shares of Convertible Preferred Stock underlying related Pledged Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock are to be released from the Pledge and Transferred to the Purchase Contract Agent.

 

Date:                            HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Securities Intermediary
     

     

      Name:
      Title:

 

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Name:
Title:

 

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EXHIBIT S

INSTRUCTION TO TRANSFER AGENT FROM PURCHASE CONTRACT AGENT

(To Transfer Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to Holder)

Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions

51 Mercedes Way

Edgewood, NY 11717

Attn: Corporate Actions

 

Re:

[        ] Shares of Dominion Energy, Inc. 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value (the “ Convertible Preferred Stock ”)

Reference is hereby made to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019 (the “ Agreement ”), among Dominion Energy, Inc., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent (the “ Purchase Contract Agent ”), and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent (the “ Collateral Agent ”), Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary. Terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned in the Agreement.

You, as Transfer Agent, are hereby directed by the Purchase Contract Agent, in its capacity as attorney-in-fact of the Holder to which this notice relates, to, through the DWAC delivery system of the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”):

 

   

accept the delivery of [        ] shares of Convertible Preferred Stock from DTC Participant HSBC Bank USA N/A #8396; and

 

   

allocate such [        ] shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to DTC Participant [    ] #[    ].

 

Date:                          Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent and as attorney-in-fact of the Holders from time to time of the Units
    By:  

                 

    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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By:  

     

Name:  
Title:  

 

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Exhibit 4.5

 

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1 1 0 6 4 DE Number Dominion Energy® INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA This Certifies that SPECIMEN Is the owner of COMMON STOCK Shares CUSIP 25746U 10 9 See Reverse For Certain Abbreviations Dated: Fully Paid and Non-Assessable Shares of the Common Stock without Par Value of Dominion Energy, Inc. transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Witness the facsimile signatures of the Corporation’s authorized officers. COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED: BROADRIDGE CORPORATE ISSUER SOLUTIONS, INC. By: 1717 ARCH STREET SUITE 1300 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR AUTHORIZED OFFICER Corporate Secretary President


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Dominion Energy, Inc. KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE. The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties with right of survivorship TEN COM - as tenants in common UNIF TRNSFRS MIN ACT- Custodian (CUST) (Minor) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (State) TOO SUBJ TO STA TOO RULES- TOD (Owner) (Benificiary) as transfer on death subject to the Securities Transfer Association Transfer on Death rules and not as POD (payable on death) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE Shares of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. DATED SIGNATURE NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENTMUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER. THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION, (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C.RULE 17Ad-15.

Exhibit 5.1

McGuireWoods LLP

Gateway Plaza

800 East Canal Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

June 14, 2019

Dominion Energy, Inc.

120 Tredegar Street

Richmond, Virginia 23219

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Dominion Energy, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-219088) (the “ Registration Statement ”), which was filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), of certain securities of the Company, and (ii) the issuance by the Company of up to 16,100,000 2019 Series A Equity Units (the “ Series A Equity Units ”) as described in the Company’s Prospectus, dated June 30, 2017 (the “ Prospectus ”) and Prospectus Supplement, dated June 11, 2019 as filed by the Company on June 13, 2019 (the “ Series A Prospectus Supplement ”). The Registration Statement became effective on June 30, 2017. This opinion letter is being furnished in accordance with the requirements of Item 16 of Form S-3 and Item 601(b)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Act.

Each Series A Equity Unit has a stated amount of $100 and initially is in the form of a corporate unit (a “ Series A Corporate Unit ”) consisting of (a) a stock purchase contract (a “ Series A Purchase Contract ”) under which the holder will purchase from the Company on June 1, 2022, a number of shares of common stock, without par value, of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”) determined pursuant to the terms of the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement (as defined below), and (b) a 1/10 undivided beneficial ownership interest in one share of 1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock, without par value, of the Company (the “ Convertible Preferred Stock ”). Each share of Convertible Preferred Stock entitles the holder thereof to convert its share of Convertible Preferred Stock into shares of Common Stock at the times and at the conversion rates determined pursuant the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock. The Series A Corporate Units are being offered to the public in accordance with an Underwriting Agreement, dated June 11, 2019 (the “ Series A Underwriting Agreement ”), among the Company and the Underwriters named on Schedule I thereto. Pursuant to the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2019, among the Company, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Purchase Contract Agent, and HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Collateral Agent, Custodial Agent and Securities Intermediary (the “ Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement ”), a holder of Series A Equity Units, at its option, (i) may elect to create 2019 Series A Treasury Units (the “ Series A Treasury Units ”), or (ii) may elect to create 2019 Series A Cash Settled Units (the “ Series A Cash Settled Units ”). The term “ Series A Equity Units ” includes Series A Corporate Units, Series A Treasury Units and Series A Cash Settled Units. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Registration Statement.


Documents Reviewed

In connection with this opinion letter, we have examined the following documents:

 

  (a)

the Registration Statement;

 

  (b)

the Prospectus;

 

  (c)

the Series A Prospectus Supplement;

 

  (d)

specimen copies of the global certificates representing the Series A Corporate Units, the Series A Treasury Units, the Series A Cash Settled Units and the Convertible Preferred Stock;

 

  (e)

the Series A Underwriting Agreement; and

 

  (f)

the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement.

The documents referred to in clauses (d) through (f) above are referred to collectively as the “ Subject Documents ” and each, individually, as a “ Subject Document .”

In addition, we have examined and relied upon the following:

(i) a certificate from the assistant secretary of the Company certifying as to (A) true and correct copies of the amended and restated articles of incorporation, as amended (the “ Articles of Incorporation ”), and bylaws of the Company, including the Articles of Amendment filed by the Company with the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia (“ SCC ”) and effective June 14, 2019, establishing the Convertible Preferred Stock as a series of Preferred Stock of the Company (collectively, the “ Organizational Documents ”), (B) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company effective June 23, 2017 authorizing the filing of the Registration Statement and regarding the amount of securities authorized to be issued under the Registration Statement (the “ June 2017 Resolutions ”), (C) the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company effective May 7, 2019 increasing the amount of securities authorized to be issued under the June 2017 Resolutions and making certain modifications in the June 2017 Resolutions with respect to the authorization of certain senior officers of the Company to determine the terms of a series of preferred stock, (D) the resolutions of certain senior officers of the Company effective June 11, 2019 authorizing the creation and determining the terms of the Convertible Preferred Stock and relating to the issuance and sale of the Series A Equity Units by the Company, and (E) the incumbency and specimen signature(s) of the individual(s) authorized to execute and deliver the Subject Documents on behalf of the Company;

 

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(ii) a certificate dated June 14, 2019 issued by the SCC, attesting to the corporate status and good standing of the Company in the Commonwealth of Virginia (the “ Status Certificate ”); and

(iii) originals, or copies identified to our satisfaction as being true copies, of such other records, documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of this opinion letter.

Applicable Law ” means the law of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of New York and the relevant laws of the United States.

Assumptions Underlying Our Opinions

For all purposes of the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the following:

(a) Factual Matters . To the extent that we have reviewed and relied upon (i) certificates of the Company or authorized representatives thereof and (ii) certificates and assurances from public officials, all of such certificates and assurances are accurate with regard to factual matters.

(b) Signatures . The signatures of individuals who have signed the Subject Documents are genuine and (other than those of individuals signing on behalf of the Company) authorized.

(c) Authentic and Conforming Documents . All documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, complete and accurate, and all documents submitted to us as copies conform to authentic original documents.

(d) Organizational Status, Power and Authority and Legal Capacity of Certain Parties . All parties to the Subject Documents are validly existing and in good standing in their respective jurisdictions of formation and have the capacity and full power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Subject Documents and the documents required or permitted to be delivered and performed thereunder, except that no such assumption is made as to the Company as of the date hereof. All individuals who have signed each Subject Document had the legal capacity to execute such Subject Document.

(e) Authorization, Execution and Delivery of Subject Documents . The Subject Documents and the documents required or permitted to be delivered thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, business trust, partnership or other action on the part of the parties thereto and have been duly executed and delivered by such parties, except that no such assumption is made as to the Company.

(f) Subject Documents Binding on Certain Parties . The Subject Documents and the documents required or permitted to be delivered thereunder are valid and binding obligations enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with their terms, except no such assumption is made as to the Company.

 

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(g) Noncontravention . Neither the issuance of the Series A Equity Units or the Convertible Preferred Stock by the Company or the execution and delivery of the Subject Documents by any party thereto nor the performance by such party of its obligations thereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of (i) the certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws, certificate or articles of organization, operating agreement, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, trust agreement or other similar organizational documents of any such party, except that no such assumption is made with respect to the Company as to its Organizational Documents, (ii) any law or regulation of any jurisdiction applicable to any such party, except that no such assumption is made with respect to the Company as to any Applicable Law, or (iii) any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental instrumentality or agency applicable to any such party or any agreement or instrument to which any such party may be a party or by which its properties are subject or bound, except that no such assumption is made with respect to the Company as to the Subject Documents.

(h) Governmental Approvals . All consents, approvals and authorizations of, or filings with, all governmental authorities that are required as a condition to the issuance of the Series A Equity Units and the Convertible Preferred Stock or to the execution and delivery of the Subject Documents by the parties thereto or the performance by such parties of their obligations thereunder have been obtained or made, except that no such assumption is made with respect to any consent, approval, authorization or filing that is applicable to the Company.

(i) No Mutual Mistake, Amendments, etc . There has not been any mutual mistake of fact, fraud, duress or undue influence in connection with the issuance of the Series A Equity Units or the Convertible Preferred Stock as contemplated by the Registration Statement, Prospectus and the Series A Prospectus Supplement. There are no oral or written statements or agreements that modify, amend or vary, or purport to amend or vary, any of the terms of the Subject Documents.

Our Opinions

Based on and subject to the foregoing and the exclusions, qualifications, limitations and other assumptions set forth in this opinion letter, we are of the opinion that:

1. Organizational Status . The Company is a validly existing corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is in good standing under such laws.

2. Power and Authority . The Company has the corporate power and authority to issue the Series A Equity Units and the Convertible Preferred Stock.

3. Validity of Equity Units . When (i) the Series A Equity Units have been issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Series A Prospectus Supplement, and (ii) the Company has received the consideration provided for in the Series A Prospectus Supplement, the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Series A Underwriting Agreement and (iii) the certificates representing the Series A Corporate Units and the Series A Treasury Units have been authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Series A Equity Units will constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

 

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4. Validity of Convertible Preferred Stock . When (i) the Convertible Preferred Stock has been issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Series A Prospectus Supplement, (ii) the Company has received the consideration provided for in the Series A Prospectus Supplement and the Series A Underwriting Agreement and (iii) the Convertible Preferred Stock has been authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Convertible Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

5. Validity of Common Stock . When (i) the Common Stock has been issued and sold in accordance with (x) the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement and the Series A Purchase Contracts, in the case of the settlement of the Series A Purchase Contracts, or (y) the Convertible Preferred Stock, in the case of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Series A Prospectus Supplement and (ii) (x) in the case of shares of Common Stock issued upon settlement of the Series A Purchase Contracts, the Company has received the consideration provided for in the Series A Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement, the Common Stock issued upon settlement of the Series A Purchase Contracts will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, or (y) in the case of shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, such shares of Convertible Preferred Stock have been surrendered to the Company for conversion, the Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

Matters Excluded from Our Opinions

We express no opinion with respect to the enforceability of any agreement of the Company as may be included in any Subject Document relating to indemnification, contribution or exculpation from costs, expenses or other liabilities or regarding the choice of governing law (other than the enforceability in a court of the State of New York or in a federal court sitting in the State of New York and applying New York law to any such agreement that the laws of the State of New York shall govern).

Qualifications and Limitations Applicable to Our Opinions

The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications and limitations:

(a) Applicable Law . Our opinions are limited to the Applicable Law, and we do not express any opinion concerning any other law.

(b) Bankruptcy . Our opinions are subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency (including, without limitation, laws relating to preferences, fraudulent transfers and equitable subordination), reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally.

 

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(c) Equitable Principles . Our opinions are subject to the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), including, without limitation, concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing. In applying such principles, a court, among other things, might limit the availability of specific equitable remedies (such as injunctive relief and the remedy of specific performance), might not allow a creditor to accelerate maturity of debt or exercise other remedies upon the occurrence of a default deemed immaterial or for non-credit reasons or might decline to order a debtor to perform covenants in a Subject Document.

(d) Unenforceability of Certain Provisions . Provisions contained in the Subject Documents which require waivers or amendments to be made only in writing may be unenforceable or ineffective, in whole or in part. The inclusion of such provisions, however, does not render any Subject Document invalid as a whole.

(e) Choice of New York Law and Forum . To the extent that our opinions relate to the enforceability of the choice of New York law or any choice of New York forum provisions of any Subject Document, our opinion is rendered in reliance upon N.Y. Gen. Oblig. Law §§ 5-1401 and 5-1402 and N.Y. CPLR 327(b) and is subject to the qualification that such enforceability may be limited by principles of public policy, comity and constitutionality. We express no opinion as to whether a United States federal court would have subject-matter or personal jurisdiction over a controversy arising under the Subject Documents.

Miscellaneous

The foregoing opinion is being furnished only for the purpose referred to in the first paragraph of this opinion letter. Our opinions are based on statutes, regulations and administrative and judicial interpretations which are subject to change. We undertake no responsibility to update or supplement these opinions subsequent to the date hereof. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K and the incorporation of this opinion by reference in the Registration Statement and to references to us under the heading “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and in the Series A Prospectus Supplement relating to the Series A Equity Units and the Convertible Preferred Stock. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ McGuireWoods LLP

 

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