UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 12, 2020 (June 9, 2020)
Aptiv PLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Jersey |
001-35346 |
98-1029562 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
5 Hanover Quay Grand Canal Dock Dublin, D02 VY79, Ireland |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code) |
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) 351-1-259-7013
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) N/A
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:
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Ordinary Shares. $0.01 par value per share |
APTV |
New York Shares Exchange |
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1.500% Senior Notes due 2025 |
APTV |
New York Shares Exchange |
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4.250% Senior Notes due 2026 |
APTV |
New York Shares Exchange |
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1.600% Senior Notes due 2028 |
APTV |
New York Shares Exchange |
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4.350% Senior Notes due 2029 |
APTV |
New York Shares Exchange |
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4.400% Senior Notes due 2046 |
APTV |
New York Shares Exchange |
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5.400% Senior Notes due 2049 |
APTV |
New York Shares Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Ordinary Shares Offering
On June 9, 2020, Aptiv PLC (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representative of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto (the “Ordinary Shares Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Ordinary Shares Underwriters 13,173,495 ordinary shares, par value $0.01 (the “ordinary shares”), in a registered public offering (the “Ordinary Shares Offering”) pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration File No. 333-228021) (the “Shelf Registration Statement”). Pursuant to the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Ordinary Shares Underwriters an option to purchase an additional 1,976,024 ordinary shares (the “Ordinary Shares Option”). On June 10, 2020, the Ordinary Shares Underwriters exercised in full the Ordinary Shares Option. The description of the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Ordinary Shares Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering
On June 9, 2020, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement”), between the Company and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as representative of the several underwriters listed on Schedule I thereto (the “Preferred Shares Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Preferred Shares Underwriters 10,000,000 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share and liquidation preference $100.00 per share (the “mandatory convertible preferred shares”), in a registered public offering (“Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering”) pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. Pursuant to the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Preferred Shares Underwriters an option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 mandatory convertible preferred shares solely to cover over-allotments (the “Preferred Shares Option” and, together with the Ordinary Shares Option, the “Underwriter Options”). On June 10, 2020, the Preferred Shares Underwriters exercised in full the Preferred Shares Option. The description of the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement contained herein is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preferred Shares Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is included as Exhibit 1.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
On June 12, 2020, the Company closed the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, including the shares issuable pursuant to the Underwriter Options.
Item 3.03 | Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders. |
In connection with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, on June 12, 2020, the Company adopted a Statement of Rights (the “Statement of Rights”) to establish the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the mandatory convertible preferred shares.
The mandatory convertible preferred shares will initially be convertible into an aggregate of up to 15,148,950 ordinary shares, subject to anti-dilution, make-whole and other adjustments, as set forth in the Statement of Rights.
Unless converted earlier in accordance with the terms of the Statement of Rights, each mandatory convertible preferred share will convert automatically on the mandatory conversion date, which is expected to be June 15, 2023, into between 1.0754 and 1.3173 ordinary shares, subject to anti-dilution and other adjustments. The number of ordinary shares issuable upon conversion will be determined based on the average volume weighted average price per ordinary share over the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day immediately prior to June 15, 2023.
Dividends on the mandatory convertible preferred shares will be payable on a cumulative basis when, as and if declared by the board of directors of the Company, or an authorized committee thereof, at an annual rate of 5.50% of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per mandatory convertible preferred share, and may be paid in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in ordinary shares, or in any combination of cash and ordinary shares. If declared, dividends on the mandatory convertible preferred shares will be payable quarterly on March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on September 15, 2020 and ending on, and including, June 15, 2023.
The ordinary shares will rank junior to mandatory convertible preferred shares with respect to the payment of dividends and amounts payable in the event of the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up of its affairs. Subject to certain exceptions, so long as any mandatory convertible preferred share remains outstanding, no dividend or distributions will be declared or paid on ordinary shares or any other class or series of share capital
ranking junior to the mandatory convertible preferred shares, and no ordinary shares or any other class or series shares ranking junior or on parity with the mandatory convertible preferred shares shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed, or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of ordinary shares has been set aside for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding mandatory convertible preferred shares.
In addition, upon the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, each holder of mandatory convertible preferred shares will be entitled to receive a liquidation preference in the amount of $100.00 per mandatory convertible preferred share, plus an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on such shares, whether or not declared, to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, to be paid out of the Company’s assets legally available for distribution to shareholders after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors and holders of the Company’s share capital ranking senior to the mandatory convertible preferred shares as to distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of any class or series of share capital ranking junior to the mandatory convertible preferred shares as to distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, including, without limitation, the ordinary shares.
The holders of the mandatory convertible preferred shares will not have voting rights except as described below and as specifically required by Jersey law from time to time.
Whenever dividends on any mandatory convertible preferred shares have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of six or more dividend periods, whether or not for consecutive dividend periods (a “nonpayment”), the authorized number of directors on the Company’s board of directors will, at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders as provided below, automatically be increased by two and the holders of record of the mandatory convertible preferred shares, voting together as a single class with holders of record of any and all other series of voting preferred shares (as defined below) then outstanding, will be entitled, at the next annual or at a special meeting of shareholders of the Company, to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the board of directors (“preferred share directors”); provided that the election of any such directors will not cause the Company to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which its securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors; and provided further that the board of directors shall, at no time, include more than two preferred Share directors.
In the event of a nonpayment, the holders of at least 25% of the mandatory convertible preferred shares and any other series of voting preferred shares may request that a special meeting of shareholders be called to elect such preferred share directors (provided that, to the extent permitted by the Company’s memorandum and articles of association, if the next annual or a special meeting of shareholders is scheduled to be held within 90 days of the receipt of such request, the election of such preferred share directors will be included in the agenda for and will be held at such scheduled annual or special meeting of shareholders). The preferred share directors will stand for reelection annually, at each subsequent annual meeting of the shareholders, so long as the holders of the mandatory convertible preferred shares continue to have such voting rights.
At any meeting at which the holders of the mandatory convertible preferred shares are entitled to elect preferred share directors, the holders of a majority of the then outstanding mandatory convertible preferred shares and all other series of voting preferred shares, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum and the vote of the holders of a majority of such mandatory convertible preferred shares and other voting preferred shares so present or represented by proxy at any such meeting at which there shall be a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the preferred share directors.
As used in this Current Report on Form 8-K, “voting preferred shares” means any class or series of the Company’s share capital, in addition to and established after the initial issuance of the mandatory convertible preferred shares, ranking on parity with the mandatory convertible preferred shares as to dividends and distribution rights upon the Company’s liquidation, winding up or dissolution and upon which like voting rights for the election of directors have been conferred and are exercisable. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion in voting power of the mandatory convertible preferred shares and any other voting preferred shares have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the respective liquidation preference amounts of the mandatory convertible preferred shares and such other voting preferred shares voted.
If and when all accumulated and unpaid dividends have been paid in full (a “nonpayment remedy”), the holders of the mandatory convertible preferred shares shall immediately and, without any further action by the Company, be divested of the foregoing voting rights, subject to the revesting of such rights in the event of each
subsequent nonpayment. If such voting rights for the holders of the mandatory convertible preferred shares and all other holders of voting preferred shares have terminated, the term of office of each preferred share director so elected will terminate at such time and the authorized number of directors on the Company’s board of directors shall automatically decrease by two.
Any preferred share director may be removed at any time, with cause or without cause by the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding mandatory convertible preferred shares and any other series of voting preferred shares then outstanding (voting together as a class) when they have the voting rights described above. In the event that a nonpayment shall have occurred and there shall not have been a nonpayment remedy, any vacancy in the office of a preferred share director (other than prior to the initial election after a nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the preferred share director remaining in office, except in the event that such vacancy is created as a result of such preferred share director being removed or if no preferred share director remains in office, such vacancy may be filled by a vote of the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding mandatory convertible preferred shares and any other series of voting preferred shares then outstanding (voting together as a single class) when they have the voting rights described above; provided that the election of any such preferred share directors will not cause the Company to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Company’s securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors. The preferred share directors will each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter that comes before the Company’s board of directors for a vote.
The mandatory convertible preferred shares will have certain other voting rights with respect to the Company’s memorandum and articles of association or the Statement of Rights or certain other transactions as described in the Statement of Rights.
The foregoing description of the terms of the mandatory convertible preferred shares, including such restrictions, is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Statement of Rights, included as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5.03 | Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year. |
The information regarding the Statement of Rights set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
The above-mentioned offerings were made pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. Opinions of counsel for the Company are included as Exhibits 5.1 and 5.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
1.1 |
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3.1 |
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4.1 |
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5.1 |
Opinion of Carey Olsen Jersey LLP with respect to the ordinary shares. |
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5.2 |
Opinion of Carey Olsen Jersey LLP with respect to the mandatory convertible preferred shares. |
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23.1 |
Consent of Carey Olsen Jersey LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.2 |
Consent of Carey Olsen Jersey LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: June 12, 2020 |
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Aptiv PLC |
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/s/ David M. Sherbin |
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David M. Sherbin |
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary |
Exhibit 1.1
Execution Version
APTIV PLC
13,173,495 Ordinary Shares
Underwriting Agreement
June 9, 2020
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC,
As Representative of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Aptiv PLC, a Jersey public limited company (the Issuer), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the Underwriters), for whom Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as representative (the Representative), an aggregate of 13,173,495 ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share (the Ordinary Shares) of the Issuer (the Firm Securities) and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to 1,976,024 additional Ordinary Shares (the Optional Securities), of the Issuer (the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being collectively called the Securities).
Concurrently with this issuance and sale of the Securities, the Issuer is also issuing and selling pursuant to a public offering (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering) shares of its Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, with a liquidation preference of $100.00 per share (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares) pursuant to a separate underwriting agreement and separate prospectus supplement. The offering of the Securities is not contingent upon the completion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering is not contingent upon the completion of the offering of the Securities, and Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are not being offered together with the Securities.
The Issuer hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Issuer has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), a registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-228021), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (Rule 430 Information), insofar as it relates to the issuance and sale of securities, is referred to herein as
the Registration Statement; and as used herein, the term Preliminary Prospectus means the prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) at the time it became effective, and any prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act, and the term Prospectus means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this underwriting agreement (this Agreement) to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be and any reference to amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the Time of Sale), the Issuer had prepared the following information (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package): a Preliminary Prospectus dated June 8, 2020 (including the base prospectus included therein), and each free writing prospectus (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto solely as it relates to the offering of the Securities.
2. Purchase and Resale of the Securities by the Underwriters; Reimbursement of Issuer Expenses.
(a) The Issuer agrees to issue and sell the Firm Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuer the respective number of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per share of $73.6327.
(b) In addition, in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Securities as provided in Section 2(c) below, the Issuer agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuer, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2 (provided that the purchase price per Optional Security shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Issuer and payable on the Firm Securities but not payable on the Optional Securities), that portion of the number of Optional Securities as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Securities which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Securities that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
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(c) The Issuer hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 1,976,024 Optional Securities, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (b) of this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Securities, provided that the purchase price per Optional Security shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Issuer and payable on the Firm Securities but not payable on the Optional Securities. Any such election to purchase Optional Securities may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Issuer, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Securities to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Closing Date or, unless you and the Issuer otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
(d) The Issuer understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities, and to initially offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.
(e) Payment for and delivery of the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Issuer to the Representative, at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, (i) with respect to the Firm Securities, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 12, 2020, or at such other time on the same or such other date, as the Representative and the Issuer may agree upon in writing, and (ii) with respect to the Optional Securities, 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representative in the written notice given by the Representative of the Underwriters election to purchase such Optional Securities (but no less than 48 hours after the delivery of such notice except to the extent such notice is given prior to the First Closing Date), or such other time and date as the Representative and the Issuer may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery of the Firm Securities is referred to herein as the First Closing Date, such time and date for delivery of the Optional Securities, if not the First Closing Date, is herein called the Second Closing Date, and each such date for delivery is herein called a Closing Date.
(f) The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive or book-entry form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representative may request upon at least forty-eight hours prior notice to the Issuer, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Representative, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (DTC), for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter
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of the purchase price as set forth in clause (e) above. The certificates, if any, representing the Securities will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representative not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date with respect thereto.
(g) The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arms length contractual counterparty to the Issuer with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Issuer or any other person. Additionally, no Underwriter is advising the Issuer or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Issuer shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and no Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Issuer with respect thereto. Any review by any Underwriter of the Issuer, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of such Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Issuer or any other person.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at each Closing Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
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(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Issuer (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Issuer or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, as constituting part of the Pricing Disclosure Package and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, including the investor presentation listed on Annex C hereto (the investor presentation), in each case approved by the Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not at the Time of Sale, and at each Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of each Closing Date, the Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
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circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package prior to each Closing Date, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Issuer and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Issuer and its subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Issuer included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of (x) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise, if any, of stock options or the award, if any, of stock options or restricted stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Issuers equity plans that are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (y) the issuance, if any, of stock upon conversion of Issuer securities as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus), long-term debt of the Issuer or any of its significant subsidiaries (as defined below), or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Issuer on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position or results of operations of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including, without limitation, changes in capital stock resulting from repurchases under the Issuers share repurchase program.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Issuer and each of its significant subsidiaries have been duly incorporated or organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under this Agreement (a Material Adverse Effect). The Issuer does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement, except for entities that have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K. The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Issuer.
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(i) Capitalization. The Issuer has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Issuer have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights and conform to the description of the capital stock thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Issuer have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, other than as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Stock Options. The Issuer has not granted any stock options to any person and no such options are outstanding.
(k) Due Authorization. The Issuer has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer.
(m) The Securities. The Securities to be issued and sold by the Issuer to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized by the Issuer and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description of the Ordinary Shares contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights
(n) Descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(o) No Violation or Default. Neither (i) the Issuer nor any of its significant subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational or constitutional documents; (ii) the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational or constitutional documents of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) and under the Control of Borrowing (Order) Jersey 1958 and the Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 or other applicable foreign or state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings (Actions) pending to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, would reasonably be expected to be, a party or to which any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the knowledge of the Issuer no such Actions are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.
(s) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Issuer and its subsidiaries is an independent registered public accountant with respect to the Issuer and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
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(t) Title to Intellectual Property. (i) The Issuer and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and (ii) the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict with any such rights of others, and the Issuer and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with any such rights of others, except in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(u) Investment Company Act. The Issuer is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, the offering and sale of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(v) Taxes. The Issuer and each of its subsidiaries have timely paid all material U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes (including any interest, additions to tax and related penalties) and filed all material tax returns required to be filed by them (including as a withholding agent) through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Issuer or any of its significant subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.
(w) Licenses and Permits. The Issuer and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such revocation, modification or non-renewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(x) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, is contemplated or threatened and the Issuer is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of the Issuers or any of the Issuers subsidiaries principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(y) Compliance with Environmental Laws. (i) The Issuer and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety as such relates to exposure to hazardous or toxic substances, wastes, pollutants or contaminants, the environment, natural resources, or the release, discharge, storage, treatment, generation, use, transportation, recycling or disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, Environmental Laws), (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Issuer or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability (whether accrued, contingent, fixed, determinable, determined or otherwise), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party and (y) the Issuer and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants.
(z) Disclosure Controls. The Issuer maintains an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Issuer in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Issuers management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Issuer has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
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(aa) Accounting Controls. The Issuer maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and is maintained under the supervision of the principal executive and principal financial officers of the Issuer, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Issuer maintains internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Based on the Issuers most recent evaluation of its internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15(c) of the Exchange Act, there are no material weaknesses in the Issuers internal controls.
(bb) Insurance. The Issuer and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as the Issuer believes are adequate to protect the Issuer and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business, except in the cases referenced in (i) and (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law (such laws and regulations, the Anti-
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Bribery and Corruption Laws); or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. To the best of the Issuers knowledge and belief, no actions or investigations by any governmental or regulatory agency are ongoing or threatened against the Issuer or its subsidiaries, or any of their directors, officers or employees or anyone acting on their behalf in relation to an alleged breach of the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. The Issuer and its subsidiaries have instituted and will maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Issuer and its subsidiaries with the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws.
(dd) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Issuer and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened.
(ee) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Issuer, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is (i) currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) (including, without limitation, the Ukraine-/Russia-related/Sectoral Sanctions Identification List sanctions program), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury (HMT), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions) or (ii) owned 50% or more by or otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of one or more persons or entities that are subject to Sanctions, nor is the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including but not limited to Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea and the Crimean Region (each a Sanctioned Country)); and the Issuer will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) for the purpose of any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such use, is the subject of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that would reasonably be expected, by the Issuer, to result in a violation by any person participating in the transaction, whether as Underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise, of Sanctions.
(ff) Cybersecurity. To the knowledge of the Issuer, (i)(x) there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Issuers or its subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or
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technology (collectively, IT Systems and Data) and (y) the Issuer and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data; (ii) the Issuer and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification; and (iii) the Issuer and its subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices, except as would not, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) No Stabilization. The Issuer has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(hh) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Issuer as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(ii) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(jj) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Issuer that has caused the Issuer to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(kk) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Issuer or any of the Issuers directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(ll) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Issuer or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Issuer was not and is not an ineligible issuer, and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
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(mm) Passive Foreign Investment Company. Based on the Issuers operations, income assets and certain estimates and projections, including as to the relative values of its assets, the Issuer does not believe it was a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) as defined in Section 1297 of the Code for its most recently completed taxable year and the Issuer does not expect to be a PFIC in the foreseeable future.
(nn) Dividends. (i) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of the Issuer, now or in the future, may, under the current laws and regulations of Jersey, be paid in United States Dollars that may be freely transferred out of Jersey; (ii) all such dividends and other distributions are not or will not be, as the case may be, subject to withholding or other taxes under the current laws and regulations of Jersey; and (iii) all such dividends and other distributions under such current laws and regulations are or will be otherwise free and clear of any other tax (save for any income tax that may be payable by the recipient of a distribution who is resident in Jersey), withholding or deduction in Jersey and without the necessity of obtaining any consent, approval, authorization or order in Jersey.
(oo) Stamp Taxes. There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, or of Jersey, required to be paid by or on behalf of the Underwriters in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Issuer of the Securities.
4. Further Agreements of the Issuer. The Issuer covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Issuer will file the Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act and will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex A hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; the Issuer will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Issuer with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Issuer will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Issuer will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the applicable Closing Date.
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(b) Delivery of Copies. The Issuer will deliver, without charge, (i) to each Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each Free Writing Prospectus) as the Underwriters may reasonably request. As used herein, the term Prospectus Delivery Period means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities and prior to nine months after the applicable Closing Date a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Issuer will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to, distribute or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the Representative. The Issuer will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
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such purpose; and the Issuer will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as practicable the withdrawal thereof.
(e) Pricing Disclosure Package. If at any time prior to each Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Issuer will as soon as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters such amendments or supplements to any of the Pricing Disclosure Package (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(f) Ongoing Compliance. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Issuer will as soon as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Issuer will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that the Issuer shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
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(h) Earning Statement. The Issuer will make generally available to its security holders and the Representative as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Issuer occurring after the effective date (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
(i) Clear Market. During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the 60th day following the date of the Prospectus, the Issuer will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any securities of the Issuer that are substantially similar to the Securities, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Ordinary Shares or any such substantially similar securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Ordinary Shares or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, other than (v) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (w) pursuant to the issuance of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, any Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion thereof or any Ordinary Shares issuable as dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, (x) the issuance of up to 5% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, or securities convertible into, exercisable for, or which are otherwise exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares, immediately following the Closing Date, in acquisitions or other similar strategic transactions, provided that such recipients enter into a lock-up agreement with the Underwriters, (y) pursuant to employee compensation plans existing on, or upon the vesting, conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities, RSUs, options or restricted stock outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement or (z) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 or other appropriate forms as required by the Securities Act, and any amendments to such forms, in respect of any Ordinary Shares or options issued pursuant to (y).
(j) Use of Proceeds. The Issuer will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Use of Proceeds.
(k) No Stabilization. Neither the Issuer not its subsidiaries will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(l) Record Retention. The Issuer will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
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(m) Lock-up Agreements. The Issuer shall cause any officer or director that is appointed after the date hereof until the date that is 60 days after the public offering date set forth on the Prospectus to enter into a lock-up agreement, substantially in the form of Annex D hereto, relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Ordinary Shares or certain other securities, which shall be delivered to you on or before the date of such appointment.
(n) Exchange Listing. The Issuer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE).
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Issuer and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Issuer) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of its use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Issuer in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus).
(b) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Securities (and will promptly notify the Issuer if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
6. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date or the Optional Securities on the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Issuer of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.
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(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Issuer contained herein shall be true and correct as of the Time of Sale and on and as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Issuer and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of such Closing Date.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or any debt, convertible securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any debt securities, convertible securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading), in each case other than relating to the Issuers existing negative watches previously disclosed to the Underwriters prior to the date hereof.
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities being delivered on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(e) Officers Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of an officer of the Issuer (i) confirming that, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Issuer in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Issuer has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Issuer, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on such Closing Date shall use a cut-off date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date.
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(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Issuer. (i) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Issuer, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Issuer, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, (ii) Carey Olsen, local counsel to the Issuer in Jersey, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Issuer, their written opinion, dated as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and (iii) Arthur Cox, local counsel to the Issuer in Ireland, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Issuer, their written opinion, dated as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall have received on and as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the First Closing Date or the Optional Securities on the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
(j) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Issuer in its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation and its good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(k) Exchange Listing. The Securities shall have been approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance, on the NYSE.
(l) Lock-up Agreements. The lock-up agreements, each substantially in the form of Annex D hereto, between you and certain officers and directors of the Issuer relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Ordinary Shares or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be.
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(m) Additional Documents. On or prior to the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, the Issuer shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in paragraph (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Issuer. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in each case, to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for
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use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following under the heading Underwriting in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus: the fifth paragraph, the thirteenth paragraph and the fourteenth paragraph.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the Indemnified Person) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the Indemnifying Person) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to one local counsel per jurisdiction) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by such Underwriter and any such separate firm for the Issuer, its directors and its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Issuer shall be designated in writing by the Issuer. The Indemnifying Person
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shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuer from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuer or by the Underwriters and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Issuer and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified
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Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Issuer, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the First Closing Date or, in the case of the Optional Securities, prior to the Second Closing Date, (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Issuer shall have been suspended on any exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
9. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Issuer on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Issuer shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Issuer may postpone the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Issuer or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure
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Package and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Issuer agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Issuer as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Securities that remain unpurchased on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Securities to be purchased on such Closing Date, then the Issuer shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriters pro rata share (based on the number of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Issuer as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Securities that remain unpurchased on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, or if the Issuer shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Second Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Securities on the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Issuer, except that the Issuer will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 10 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Issuer or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
10. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Issuer agrees to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its respective obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing and filing under the
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Securities Act of the Registration Statement of the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus (including any exhibit, amendment or supplement thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of this Agreement; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Issuers counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in an amount not to exceed $10,000); (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of Securities on the NYSE; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Issuer in connection with any road show presentation to potential investors, including the investor presentation; provided, that the Issuer will pay for only 50% of the expense of any chartered aircraft jointly used.
(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 8, (ii) the Issuer for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters, or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement other than pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 8 or Section 9, the Issuer agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Underwriter agrees, at its own expense, to pay the portion of all expenses not reimbursed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 10 hereof represented by such Underwriters pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities.
11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates, officers and directors of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuer and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Issuer or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Issuer or the Underwriters.
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13. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term business day means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term significant subsidiary means, collectively, any significant subsidiary within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act listed on Schedule 2 hereto.
14. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Issuer, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
15. 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.
For purposes of this Section 15:
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).
Covered Entity means any of the following:
(i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
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Default Right 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.
U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters and any such action taken by the Representative shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department. Notices to the Issuer shall be given to them at Aptiv PLC, 5 Hanover Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2 Ireland, Attention: Treasurer.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(d) Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (Related Proceedings) shall be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the Specified Courts), and each of the Issuer and the other parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such partys address set forth in paragraph (b) above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The Issuer and the other parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent that any party hereto has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, each such party irrevocably waives, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Issuer hereby designates and appoints David Sherbin (the Process Agent), as its authorized agent, upon whom process may be
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served in any such legal suit, action or proceeding, it being understood that the designation and appointment of David Sherbin as such authorized agent shall become effective immediately without any further action on the part of the Issuer. Such appointment shall be irrevocable to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the appointment of a successor agent in the United States on terms substantially similar to those contained herein and reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters. If the Process Agent shall cease to act as agent for services of process, the Issuer shall appoint, without unreasonable delay, another such agent, and notify the Underwriters of such appointment. The Issuer represents to the Underwriters that it has notified the Process Agent of such designation and appointment and that the Process Agent has accepted the same in writing. The Issuer further agrees that service of process upon the Process Agent and written notice of said service to such party shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer in any such legal suit, action or proceeding brought in any New York Court. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Underwriters or the person controlling the Underwriters to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
(f) Currency. Any payment on account of an amount that is payable to any of the Underwriters in a particular currency (the Required Currency) that is paid to or for the account of such Underwriter in the lawful currency of any other jurisdiction (the Other Currency), whether as a result of any judgment or order or the enforcement thereof or the liquidation of the Issuer or for any other reason shall constitute a discharge of the obligation of the Issuer only to the extent of the amount of the Required Currency which the recipient could purchase in the New York or London foreign exchange markets with the amount of the Other Currency in accordance with normal banking procedures at the rate of exchange prevailing on the first day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks in New York or London are generally open for business following receipt of the payment first referred to above. If the amount of the Required Currency that could be so purchased (net of all premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the conversion) is less than the amount of the Required Currency originally due to the recipient, then the Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the recipient from and against all loss or damage arising out of or as a result of such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations of the Issuer, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any person owed such obligation from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due hereunder or any judgment or order.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like
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import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
(h) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(i) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
[Signature pages follow]
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Very truly yours, | ||
APTIV PLC | ||
By: | /s/ Jane Wu | |
Name: Jane Wu | ||
Title: Vice President, Corporate Development and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Ordinary Shares)]
Accepted:
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
For itself and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
By: |
/s/ Adam T. Greene |
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Name: Adam T. Greene |
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Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Ordinary Shares)]
SCHEDULE 1
Underwriters |
Total Number of
Firm Securities to be Purchased |
Number of Optional
Securities to be Purchased if Maximum Option Exercised |
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
4,610,723 | 691,609 | ||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
1,976,024 | 296,404 | ||||||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
988,012 | 148,202 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
988,012 | 148,202 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
988,012 | 148,202 | ||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
988,012 | 148,202 | ||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
526,940 | 79,041 | ||||||
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. |
526,940 | 79,041 | ||||||
SG Americas Securities, LLC |
526,940 | 79,041 | ||||||
BTIG, LLC |
263,470 | 39,520 | ||||||
MUFG Securities Americas Inc. |
263,470 | 39,520 | ||||||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
263,470 | 39,520 | ||||||
UniCredit Capital Markets LLC |
263,470 | 39,520 | ||||||
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Total |
13,173,495 | 1,976,024 |
SCHEDULE 2
Significant Subsidiaries
Aptiv Global Financing Limited |
Aptiv Malta Holdings Limited |
Aptiv Services US, LLC |
Aptiv Technologies Limited (Barbados) |
Aptiv Global Holdings 2 (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
Aptiv Global Investments UK LLP |
Aptiv Holdings (US), LLC |
Aptiv Corporation |
Aptiv Services Deutschland GmbH |
Aptiv Luxembourg Financial Services S.à r.l. |
Aptiv Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
Aptiv Global Investments UK LLP Luxembourg Branch |
Aptiv Global Investments UK LLP |
Aptiv Manufacturing Management Services S.à r.l. |
Aptiv International Holdings 2 (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
Aptiv International Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
Aptiv International Operations Luxembourg S.à r.l. |
Aptiv Safety & Mobility Services Singapore Pte. Ltd. |
Aptiv Latin America Holdings (UK) LLP |
Aptiv Luxembourg Holdings (UK) Limited |
Aptiv Asia Pacific Holdings (UK) LLP |
Aptiv Holdings US Limited |
Aptiv Financial Holdings (UK) LLP |
Aptiv International Financial Services (UK) LLP |
Aptiv Financial Investment Services (UK) Limited |
Aptiv International Holdings (UK) LLP |
Aptiv International Holdings UK Two LLP |
Aptiv Financial Services (Luxembourg) S.à r.l. |
ANNEX A
a. |
Free-Writing Prospectuses |
None.
b. |
Information |
i. |
Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex B |
ANNEX B
Pricing Term Sheet dated as of June 9, 2020 |
Free Writing Prospectus | |
Filed pursuant to Rule 433 | ||
Relating to the | ||
Preliminary Prospectus Supplements each dated June 8, 2020 to the | ||
Prospectus dated October 26, 2018 | ||
Registration No. 333-228021 |
Aptiv PLC
Concurrent Offerings of
13,173,495 Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per Share (the Ordinary Shares)
(the Ordinary Shares Offering)
and
10,000,000 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per Share
(the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and, together with the Ordinary Share Offering, the Offerings)
The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and should be read together with (i) in the case of investors purchasing shares in the Ordinary Shares Offering, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 8, 2020 relating to the Ordinary Shares Offering (the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and (ii) the case of investors purchasing shares in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 8, 2020 relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and, in each case, the accompanying base prospectus dated October 26, 2018, each filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration No. 333-228021. Neither the Ordinary Shares Offering nor the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering is contingent on the successful completion of the other offering, and nothing contained in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement shall constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities being offered in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, and nothing contained in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement shall constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities being offered in the Ordinary Shares Offering. Terms not defined in this pricing term sheet have the meanings given to such terms in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as applicable. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.
Terms Applicable to the Offerings
Issuer: | Aptiv PLC | |
Ticker / Exchange for the Ordinary Shares: | APTV / The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). | |
Trade Date: | June 10, 2020. | |
Settlement Date: | June 12, 2020 (T + 2). | |
Use of Proceeds: | The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Ordinary Shares Offering will be approximately $969.0 million (or approximately $1,114.5 million if the underwriters for such offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares), after deducting |
underwriting discounts and commissions and the Issuers estimated offering expenses. In addition, the Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering will be approximately $969.0 million (or approximately $1,114.5 million if the underwriters for such offering exercise in full their over-allotment option), after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the Issuers estimated offering expenses.
The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation and in the Issuers sole discretion, funding potential future investments (including acquisitions), capital expenditures, working capital, repayment of outstanding indebtedness, and satisfaction of other obligations. The precise amount and timing of these uses of proceeds will depend on the Issuers funding requirements and those of the Issuers subsidiaries.
See Use of Proceeds in each of the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. |
Terms Applicable to the Ordinary Shares Offering
Ordinary Shares Offered: | 13,173,495 Ordinary Shares. | |
Option to Purchase Additional Ordinary Shares: | 1,976,024 additional Ordinary Shares. | |
NYSE Last Reported Sale Price of the Ordinary Shares on June 9, 2020: | $75.91 per share. | |
Public Offering Price: | $75.91 per share. | |
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: | $2.2773 per share. | |
Net Proceeds (before expenses): | Approximately $970.0 million (or approximately $1,115.5 million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares in full). | |
CUSIP / ISIN for the Ordinary Shares: | G6095L 109 / JE00B783TY65 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Barclays Capital Inc. BofA Securities, Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
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Senior Co-Managers: |
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. SG Americas Securities, LLC |
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Junior Co-Managers: |
BTIG, LLC MUFG Securities Americas Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC UniCredit Capital Markets LLC |
Terms Applicable to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offered: | 10,000,000 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares). | |
Over-Allotment Option: | 1,500,000 additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. | |
Public Offering Price: | $100.00 per share. | |
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: | $3.00 per share. | |
Net Proceeds (before expenses): | $970.0 million (or $1,115.5 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full). | |
Liquidation Preference: | $100.00 per share. | |
Dividends: |
5.50% of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share per year. Dividends will accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the first original issue date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and, to the extent the Issuers board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, declares a dividend payable with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Issuer will pay such dividends in cash, by delivery of Ordinary Shares or through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Issuer in its sole discretion (subject to certain limitations); provided that any unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate.
The expected dividend payable on the first Dividend Payment Date (as defined below) is approximately $1.42083 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share. Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $1.375 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share. |
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Dividend Record Dates: | The March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date. | |
Dividend Payment Dates: | March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on September 15, 2020 and ending on, and including, June 15, 2023. | |
Mandatory Conversion Date: | The second business day immediately following the last trading day of the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day immediately preceding June 15, 2023. The Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be June 15, 2023. |
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Initial Price: | Approximately $75.91, which is equal to $100.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as defined below). | |||
Threshold Appreciation Price: | Approximately $92.99, which represents an approximately 22.5% appreciation over the Initial Price and is equal to $100.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as defined below). | |||
Floor Price: | $26.57 (approximately 35% of the Initial Price), subject to adjustment as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. | |||
Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share: |
Upon conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date, each outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, unless previously converted, will automatically convert into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to not more than 1.3173 Ordinary Shares and not less than 1.0754 Ordinary Shares (respectively, the Maximum Conversion Rate and Minimum Conversion Rate), depending on the Applicable Market Value (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of the Ordinary Shares, as described below and subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments. The following table illustrates the conversion rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, based on the Applicable Market Value of the Ordinary Shares: |
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Applicable Market Value of
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Conversion Rate (number of Ordinary Shares
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Greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price |
1.0754 Ordinary Shares |
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Equal to or less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than or equal to the Initial Price |
Between 1.0754 and 1.3173 Ordinary Shares, determined by dividing $100.00 by the Applicable Market Value |
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Less than the Initial Price | 1.3173 Ordinary Shares | |||
Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder: |
Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), a holder of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares may, at any time prior to June 15, |
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2023, elect to convert such holders Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), at the Minimum Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, as described under Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred SharesEarly Conversion at the Option of the Holder in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. | ||
Conversion at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change: |
If a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) occurs on or prior to June 15, 2023, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), into Ordinary Shares at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) during the period beginning on, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of such Fundamental Change and ending at the close of business on the date that is 20 calendar days after such Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if later, the date that is 20 calendar days after holders receive notice of such Fundamental Change), but in no event later than June 15, 2023. Holders who convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares during that period will also receive a Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) and to the extent there is any, the Accumulated Dividend Amount (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).
The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share based on the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price: |
Fundamental Change Share Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fundamental Chan |
$ | 50.00 | $ | 60.00 | $ | 70.00 | $ | 75.91 | $ | 85.00 | $ | 92.99 | $ | 100.00 | $ | 110.00 | $ | 120.00 | $ | 130.00 | $ | 140.00 | $ | 150.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective Date |
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June 12, 2020 |
1.1977 | 1.1713 | 1.1492 | 1.1381 | 1.1237 | 1.1132 | 1.1054 | 1.0963 | 1.0891 | 1.0834 | 1.0789 | 1.0752 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2021 |
1.2289 | 1.1983 | 1.1710 | 1.1570 | 1.1383 | 1.1248 | 1.1149 | 1.1035 | 1.0946 | 1.0878 | 1.0826 | 1.0786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2022 |
1.2726 | 1.2392 | 1.2033 | 1.1832 | 1.1558 | 1.1359 | 1.1216 | 1.1059 | 1.0947 | 1.0868 | 1.0814 | 1.0777 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2023 |
1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.1765 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 |
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The exact Fundamental Change Share Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth on the table, in which case:
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is between two Fundamental Change Share Prices in the table or the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Prices and the earlier and later Fundamental Change Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is in excess of $150.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Share Prices above as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment; and
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than $50.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the prices in the Fundamental Change Share Prices above as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment. |
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Discount Rate for Purposes of Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount: |
The discount rate for purposes of determining the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount is 5.50% per annum. | |
Listing: |
The Issuer intends to apply to list the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares on the NYSE under the symbol APTV PR A. | |
CUSIP / ISIN for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares: |
G6095L 117 / JE00BMHMX696 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Barclays Capital Inc. BofA Securities, Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
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Senior Co-Managers: |
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. SG Americas Securities, LLC |
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Junior Co-Managers: |
MUFG Securities Americas Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC UniCredit Capital Markets LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
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The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplements for the Offerings) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for the Offerings to which this communication relates. Before you invest in either of the Offerings, you should read the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, the accompanying prospectus in that registration statement and the other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com or Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone at 1-800-831-9146 or by emailing prospectus@citi.com.
This communication should be read in conjunction with the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, and the accompanying prospectus. The information in this communication supersedes the information in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, and the accompanying prospectus to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.
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ANNEX C
Electronic road show or other written communications
1. Electronic (Netroadshow) investor presentation of the Issuer made available on June 8, 2020.
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ANNEX D
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
Aptiv PLC
Lock-Up Agreement
June 8, 2020
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
As representative of the several Underwriters
Named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement
c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282-2198
Re: |
Aptiv PLCLock-Up Agreement |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as representative (the Representative), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement on behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to such agreement (collectively, the Underwriters), with Aptiv PLC, a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey (the Company), providing for a public offering (the Offering) of ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to offer and sell certain Shares, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the Lock-Up Period (as defined below), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any Shares of the Company, or any options or warrants to purchase any Shares of the Company or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Shares of the Company (other than pursuant to employee share option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this agreement (this Lock-Up Agreement)), whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively the Undersigneds Shares). The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigneds Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigneds Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.
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The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue for 60 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus supplement used to sell certain Shares pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (the Lock-Up Period).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth herein do not apply (i) [reserved], (ii) to the sale of Shares in this Offering, (iii) in connection with the establishment of any sales plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 (a 10b5-1 Plan) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act); provided that no sales of Shares shall be made pursuant to such 10b5-1 Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, (iv) to a bona fide pledge of the Undersigneds Shares to a financial institution; provided that the financial institution, upon any foreclosure, agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement; and provided further that, in the case of any action pursuant to clause (iii) or this clause (iv), no filing by any party under the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be required or voluntarily made in connection therewith during the Lock-Up Period, and (v) transactions relating to Shares acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned will be permitted to transfer Shares to, or have Shares withheld by, the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising upon the vesting of equity awards outstanding on the date hereof or granted hereafter in accordance with the terms of the Companys compensation arrangements described in the prospectus supplement; provided that, to the extent any filing by, or on behalf of, any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required to be made with respect to such transfer, such filing shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the purpose of such transfer is to cover such tax withholding obligations or the payment of taxes due in connection with the vesting event, and no other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such disposition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigneds Shares (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, (ii) to any trust, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family (as defined below) of the undersigned, (iii) in the case of a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, to any shareholder, member or partner of such entity, as applicable, or any subsidiary or other affiliate of such entity, (iv) to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent, (v) by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order, divorce settlement, divorce decree or separation agreement, (vi) to the Company from an employee of the Company upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of such employee or (vii) with the prior written consent of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC; provided that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, the recipient agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement; provided further that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, (x) no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be
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made voluntarily in connection with such transfer during the Lock-Up Period; and (y) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value; and provided further that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clauses (v) or (vi) above, any public reports or filings, including filings under the Exchange Act, that shall be required to be made in connection with such transfer, shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto the reason for such transfer pursuant to the circumstances described above.
For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, immediate family shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated above, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigneds Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever, other than securities laws restrictions and any lock-up restrictions imposed by the Company. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigneds Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective by June 30, 2020, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Shares to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned under this Lock-Up Agreement shall be irrevocable and binding upon the undersigneds heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.
This Lock-Up Agreement and any matters related to this Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of New York. The undersigned agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Lock-Up Agreement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in the City and County of New York and the undersigned agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.
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Exhibit 1.2
Execution Version
APTIV PLC
10,000,000 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares
Underwriting Agreement
June 9, 2020
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC,
As Representative of the several Underwriters
named in Schedule I hereto,
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Aptiv PLC, a Jersey public limited company (the Issuer), proposes to issue and sell to the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the Underwriters), for whom Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is acting as representative (the Representative), an aggregate of 10,000,000 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share, with an initial liquidation preference of $100.00 per share (the Preferred Shares) of the Issuer (the Firm Securities) and, at the election of the Underwriters solely to cover over-allotments, if any, up to 1,500,000 additional Preferred Shares (the Optional Securities), of the Issuer (the Firm Securities and the Optional Securities that the Underwriters elect to purchase pursuant to Section 2 hereof being collectively called the Securities).
The Preferred Shares will be convertible into the Issuers ordinary shares, $0.01 par value per share (the Ordinary Shares), at a variable conversion rate set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below) (the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Preferred Shares, the Conversion Shares). The terms of the Preferred Shares will be set forth in the Statement of Rights (the Statement of Rights) to be filed by the Issuer with the Jersey Companies Registry.
Concurrently with this issuance and sale of the Securities, the Issuer is also issuing and selling pursuant to a public offering (the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering) its Ordinary Shares pursuant to a separate underwriting agreement and separate prospectus supplement. The offering of the Securities is not contingent upon the completion of the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering, the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering is not contingent upon the completion of the offering of the Securities, and Ordinary Shares are not being offered together with the Securities.
The Issuer hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:
1. Registration Statement. The Issuer has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), a
registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-228021), including a prospectus, relating to the Securities. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (Rule 430 Information), insofar as it relates to the issuance and sale of securities, is referred to herein as the Registration Statement; and as used herein, the term Preliminary Prospectus means the prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) at the time it became effective, and any prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act, and the term Prospectus means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities. Any reference in this underwriting agreement (this Agreement) to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be and any reference to amend, amendment or supplement with respect to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act) that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.
At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the Time of Sale), the Issuer had prepared the following information (collectively, the Pricing Disclosure Package): a Preliminary Prospectus dated June 8, 2020 (including the base prospectus included therein), and each free writing prospectus (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto solely as it relates to the offering of the Securities.
2. Purchase and Resale of the Securities by the Underwriters; Reimbursement of Issuer Expenses.
(a) The Issuer agrees to issue and sell the Firm Securities to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuer the respective number of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriters name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price per share of $97.00.
(b) In addition, in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Securities as provided in Section 2(c) below, the Issuer agrees to issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuer, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (a) of this Section 2 (provided that the purchase price per Optional Security shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Issuer and payable on the Firm Securities
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but not payable on the Optional Securities), that portion of the number of Optional Securities as to which such election shall have been exercised (to be adjusted by you so as to eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying such number of Optional Securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Optional Securities which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum number of Optional Securities that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.
(c) The Issuer hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 1,500,000 Optional Securities solely to cover over-allotments, if any, at the purchase price per share set forth in clause (b) of this Section 2, for the sole purpose of covering sales of shares in excess of the number of Firm Securities, provided that the purchase price per Optional Security shall be reduced by an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Issuer and payable on the Firm Securities but not payable on the Optional Securities. Any such election to purchase Optional Securities may be exercised only by written notice from you to the Issuer, given within a period of 30 calendar days after the date of this Agreement, setting forth the aggregate number of Optional Securities to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Closing Date or, unless you and the Issuer otherwise agree in writing, earlier than two or later than ten business days after the date of such notice.
(d) The Issuer understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities, and to initially offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package. The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.
(e) Payment for and delivery of the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Issuer to the Representative, at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 80 Pine Street, New York, New York 10005, (i) with respect to the Firm Securities, at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 12, 2020, or at such other time on the same or such other date, as the Representative and the Issuer may agree upon in writing, and (ii) with respect to the Optional Securities, 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representative in the written notice given by the Representative of the Underwriters election to purchase such Optional Securities (but no less than 48 hours after the delivery of such notice except to the extent such notice is given prior to the First Closing Date), or such other time and date as the Representative and the Issuer may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery of the Firm Securities is referred to herein as the First Closing Date, such time and date for delivery of the Optional Securities, if not the First Closing Date, is herein called the Second Closing Date, and each such date for delivery is herein called a Closing Date.
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(f) The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder, in definitive or book-entry form, and in such authorized denominations and registered in such names as the Representative may request upon at least forty-eight hours prior notice to the Issuer, shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Representative, through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, for the account of such Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price as set forth in clause (e) above. The certificates, if any, representing the Securities will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representative not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date with respect thereto.
(g) The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely in the capacity of an arms length contractual counterparty to the Issuer with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Issuer or any other person. Additionally, no Underwriter is advising the Issuer or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Issuer shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and no Underwriter shall have any responsibility or liability to the Issuer with respect thereto. Any review by any Underwriter of the Issuer, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of such Underwriter and shall not be on behalf of the Issuer or any other person.
3. Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:
(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(b) Pricing Disclosure Package. The Pricing Disclosure Package, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at each Closing Date, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any
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statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Issuer (including its agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Issuer or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, as constituting part of the Pricing Disclosure Package and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, including the investor presentation listed on Annex C hereto (the investor presentation), in each case approved by the Representative. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complies in all material respects with the Securities Act has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not at the Time of Sale, and at each Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(d) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement is an automatic shelf registration statement as defined under Rule 405 of the Securities Act that has been filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act has been received by the Issuer. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Issuer or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and
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will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of each Closing Date, the Prospectus will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Issuer makes no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
(e) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the Commission conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package prior to each Closing Date, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(f) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the Issuer and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Issuer and its subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
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(g) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Issuer included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of (x) the issuance of Ordinary Shares upon the exercise, if any, of stock options or the award, if any, of stock options or restricted stock in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Issuers equity plans that are described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (y) the issuance, if any, of stock upon conversion of Issuer securities as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus), long-term debt of the Issuer or any of its significant subsidiaries (as defined below), or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Issuer on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position or results of operations of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including, without limitation, changes in capital stock resulting from repurchases under the Issuers share repurchase program.
(h) Organization and Good Standing. The Issuer and each of its significant subsidiaries have been duly incorporated or organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization or incorporation, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Issuer and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under this Agreement (a Material Adverse Effect). The Issuer does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement, except for entities that have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(21) of Regulation S-K. The subsidiaries listed in Schedule 2 to this Agreement are the only significant subsidiaries of the Issuer.
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(i) Capitalization. The Issuer has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Issuer have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights and conform to the description of the capital stock thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary of the Issuer have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors qualifying shares) are owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, other than as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(j) Stock Options. The Issuer has not granted any stock options to any person and no such options are outstanding.
(k) Due Authorization. The Issuer has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby has been duly and validly taken.
(l) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer.
(m) The Securities. The Securities to be issued and sold by the Issuer to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized by the Issuer and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable, will have the rights, powers, preferences and designations as set forth in the Statement of Rights, and will conform to the description of the Preferred Shares contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(n) Conversion. Upon issuance of the Preferred Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the Prospectus and the filing and effectiveness of the Statement of Rights, the Preferred Shares will be convertible into the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares and the Statement of Rights; a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the sum of (x) the maximum number of Conversion Shares deliverable by the Issuer upon conversion of the Preferred Shares at the maximum conversion rate (as defined in the Pricing Disclosure Package), in accordance with the terms of the Statement
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of Rights, and (y) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares issuable in respect of accumulated dividends on the Preferred Shares (such amount in clauses (x) and (y), the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares), will be duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action prior to the Closing Date and such Conversion Shares and Ordinary Shares, when issued upon such conversion or payment of dividends in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Shares and the Statement of Rights will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.
(o) Execution and Delivery of Statement of Rights. The Statement of Rights has been duly authorized by the Issuer and will have been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer and duly filed with the Jersey Companies Registry or prior to the Closing Date. The Statement of Rights conforms in all material respects to the description thereof in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(p) Form of Certificate. The form of certificate used to evidence the Securities complies in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the laws of Jersey and the Issuers certificate of incorporation and memorandum and articles of association, and has been duly authorized and approved by the Issuer.
(q) Descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(r) No Violation or Default. Neither (i) the Issuer nor any of its significant subsidiaries is in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational or constitutional documents; (ii) the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries is in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(s) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement, the Statement of Rights, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Statement of Rights or the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of
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the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational or constitutional documents of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(t) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Agreement, the Statement of Rights, the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for the filing of the Statement of Rights with the Jersey Companies Registry, the registration of the Securities under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. and under the Control of Borrowing (Order) Jersey 1958 and the Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002 or other applicable foreign or state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters.
(u) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings (Actions) pending to which the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, would reasonably be expected to be, a party or to which any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is subject that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and to the knowledge of the Issuer no such Actions are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.
(v) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Issuer and its subsidiaries is an independent registered public accountant with respect to the Issuer and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.
(w) Title to Intellectual Property. (i) The Issuer and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their
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respective businesses; and (ii) the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict with any such rights of others, and the Issuer and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with any such rights of others, except in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(x) Investment Company Act. The Issuer is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities, the offering and sale of the Ordinary Shares in the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not be an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(y) Taxes. The Issuer and each of its subsidiaries have timely paid all material U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. taxes (including any interest, additions to tax and related penalties) and filed all material tax returns required to be filed by them (including as a withholding agent) through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Issuer or any of its significant subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.
(z) Licenses and Permits. The Issuer and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such revocation, modification or non-renewal would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(aa) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, is contemplated or threatened and the Issuer is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of the Issuers or any of the Issuers subsidiaries principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(bb) Compliance with Environmental Laws. (i) The Issuer and its subsidiaries (x) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety as such relates to exposure to hazardous or toxic substances, wastes, pollutants or contaminants, the environment, natural resources, or the release, discharge, storage, treatment, generation, use, transportation, recycling or disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, Environmental Laws), (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (z) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Issuer or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability (whether accrued, contingent, fixed, determinable, determined or otherwise), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party and (y) the Issuer and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants.
(cc) Disclosure Controls. The Issuer maintains an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Issuer in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Issuers management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Issuer has carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.
(dd) Accounting Controls. The Issuer maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and is maintained under the supervision of the principal executive and principal financial officers of the Issuer, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external
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purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Issuer maintains internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (v) interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Based on the Issuers most recent evaluation of its internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Rule 13a-15(c) of the Exchange Act, there are no material weaknesses in the Issuers internal controls.
(ee) Insurance. The Issuer and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as the Issuer believes are adequate to protect the Issuer and its subsidiaries and their respective businesses; and neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business, except in the cases referenced in (i) and (ii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ff) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Issuer nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law (such laws and regulations, the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws); or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. To the best of the Issuers knowledge and belief, no actions or investigations by any governmental or regulatory agency are ongoing or threatened against the Issuer or its subsidiaries, or any of their directors, officers or employees or anyone acting on their behalf in relation to an alleged breach of the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws. The Issuer and its subsidiaries have instituted and will maintain and enforce, policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Issuer and its subsidiaries with the Anti-Bribery and Corruption Laws.
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(gg) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Issuer and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened.
(hh) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. None of the Issuer, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries is (i) currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) (including, without limitation, the Ukraine-/Russia-related/Sectoral Sanctions Identification List sanctions program), the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury (HMT), or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, Sanctions) or (ii) owned 50% or more by or otherwise controlled by or acting on behalf of one or more persons or entities that are subject to Sanctions, nor is the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (including but not limited to Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea and the Crimean Region (each a Sanctioned Country)); and the Issuer will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) for the purpose of any activities of or business with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such use, is the subject of Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that would reasonably be expected, by the Issuer, to result in a violation by any person participating in the transaction, whether as Underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise, of Sanctions.
(ii) Cybersecurity. To the knowledge of the Issuer, (i)(x) there has been no security breach or other compromise of or relating to any of the Issuers or its subsidiaries information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology (collectively, IT Systems and Data) and (y) the Issuer and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data; (ii) the Issuer and its subsidiaries are presently in compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual
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obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification; and (iii) the Issuer and its subsidiaries have implemented backup and disaster recovery technology consistent with industry standards and practices, except as would not, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(jj) No Stabilization. The Issuer has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.
(kk) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Issuer as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(ll) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained or incorporated by reference in any of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(mm) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Issuer that has caused the Issuer to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
(nn) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Issuer or any of the Issuers directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(oo) Status under the Securities Act. At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Issuer or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Issuer was not and is not an ineligible issuer, and is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.
(pp) Passive Foreign Investment Company. Based on the Issuers operations, income assets and certain estimates and projections, including as to the relative values of its assets, the Issuer does not believe it was a passive foreign investment company (PFIC) as defined in Section 1297 of the Code for its most recently completed taxable year and the Issuer does not expect to be a PFIC in the foreseeable future.
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(qq) Dividends. (i) All dividends and other distributions declared and payable on the share capital of the Issuer, now or in the future, may, under the current laws and regulations of Jersey, be paid in United States Dollars that may be freely transferred out of Jersey; (ii) all such dividends and other distributions are not or will not be, as the case may be, subject to withholding or other taxes under the current laws and regulations of Jersey; and (iii) all such dividends and other distributions under such current laws and regulations are or will be otherwise free and clear of any other tax (save for any income tax that may be payable by the recipient of a distribution who is resident in Jersey), withholding or deduction in Jersey and without the necessity of obtaining any consent, approval, authorization or order in Jersey.
(rr) Stamp Taxes. There are no stamp or other issuance or transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, or of Jersey, required to be paid by or on behalf of the Underwriters in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Issuer of the Securities.
4. Further Agreements of the Issuer. The Issuer covenants and agrees with each Underwriter that:
(a) Required Filings. The Issuer will file the Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act and will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the Pricing Term Sheet referred to in Annex A hereto) to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; the Issuer will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Issuer with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and the Issuer will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Issuer will pay the registration fees for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the applicable Closing Date.
(b) Delivery of Copies. The Issuer will deliver, without charge, (i) to each Representative, two signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference therein; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein and each Free Writing Prospectus) as the Underwriters may reasonably
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request. As used herein, the term Prospectus Delivery Period means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities and prior to nine months after the applicable Closing Date a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer.
(c) Amendments or Supplements; Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, the Issuer will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to, distribute or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(d) Notice to the Representative. The Issuer will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (ii) when any supplement to the Prospectus or any amendment to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information; (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (v) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (vi) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (vii) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Issuer will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as practicable the withdrawal thereof.
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(e) Pricing Disclosure Package. If at any time prior to each Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Issuer will as soon as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters such amendments or supplements to any of the Pricing Disclosure Package (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.
(f) Ongoing Compliance. If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Issuer will as soon as practicable notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented (including such documents to be incorporated by reference) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law.
(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Issuer will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that the Issuer shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.
(h) Earning Statement. The Issuer will make generally available to its security holders and the Representative as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Issuer occurring after the effective date (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement.
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(i) Clear Market. During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing to and including the 60th day following the date of the Prospectus, the Issuer will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any securities of the Issuer that are substantially similar to the Preferred Shares or the Ordinary Shares, including but not limited to any options or warrants to purchase Ordinary Shares or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Ordinary Shares or any such substantially similar securities, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Preferred Shares, the Ordinary Shares or any such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Preferred Shares, Ordinary Shares or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, other than (t) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (u) any Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion of the Securities, (v) any Ordinary Shares issuable as dividends on the Securities, (w) pursuant to the issuance of the Ordinary Shares in the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering, (x) the issuance of up to 5% of the outstanding Ordinary Shares, or securities convertible into, exercisable for, or which are otherwise exchangeable for, Ordinary Shares, immediately following the Closing Date, in acquisitions or other similar strategic transactions, provided that such recipients enter into a lock-up agreement with the Underwriters, (y) pursuant to employee compensation plans existing on, or upon the vesting, conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities, RSUs, options or restricted stock outstanding as of, the date of this Agreement or (z) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 or other appropriate forms as required by the Securities Act, and any amendments to such forms, in respect of any Ordinary Shares or options issued pursuant to (y).
(j) Use of Proceeds. The Issuer will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Use of Proceeds.
(k) No Stabilization. Neither the Issuer not its subsidiaries will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities or the Ordinary Shares.
(l) Record Retention. The Issuer will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.
(m) Lock-up Agreements. The Issuer shall cause any officer or director that is appointed after the date hereof until the date that is 60 days after the public offering date set forth on the Prospectus to enter into a lock-up agreement, substantially in the form of Annex D hereto, relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Ordinary Shares or certain other securities, which shall be delivered to you on or before the date of such appointment.
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(n) Exchange Listing. The Issuer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Securities, and the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE).
(o) Statement of Rights. The Issuer agrees to duly execute the Statement of Rights, deliver a copy of the Statement of Rights to the Underwriters and duly file an original of the Statement of Rights with the Jersey Companies Registry.
(p) Reservation of Conversion Shares. The Issuer agrees to reserve and keep available at all times during the period from and including the Closing Date through and including the later of (i) the Mandatory Conversion Date (as defined in the Pricing Disclosure Package) and (ii) until all accumulated dividends on the Preferred Shares have been paid, free of preemptive or similar rights, the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares (subject to any adjustments as described in the Statement of Rights), less the aggregate number of Ordinary Shares issued in connection with the conversion of, or dividends on, Securities during such period.
(q) Conversion Rate Adjustments. The Issuer agrees, during the period from and after the date hereof through and including the earlier of (i) the purchase by the Underwriters of all of the Optional Securities and (ii) the expiration of the Underwriters option to purchase the Optional Securities, not to do or authorize or cause any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the Fixed Conversion Rates of the Securities (as defined in the Pricing Disclosure Package).
5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters. Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:
(a) It has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Issuer and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Issuer) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of its use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 3(c) or Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Issuer in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus).
(b) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering of the Securities (and will promptly notify the Issuer if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).
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6. Conditions of Underwriters Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date or the Optional Securities on the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Issuer of its covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:
(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representative.
(b) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Issuer contained herein shall be true and correct as of the Time of Sale and on and as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Issuer and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of such Closing Date.
(c) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries or any debt, convertible securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such term is defined under Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act; and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of any debt securities, convertible securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading), in each case other than relating to the Issuers existing negative watches previously disclosed to the Underwriters prior to the date hereof.
(d) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(g) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities being delivered on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
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(e) Officers Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of an officer of the Issuer (i) confirming that, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Issuer in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Issuer has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) above.
(f) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Issuer, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on such Closing Date shall use a cut-off date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date.
(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Issuer. (i) Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Issuer, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Issuer, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, (ii) Carey Olsen, local counsel to the Issuer in Jersey, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Issuer, their written opinion, dated as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and (iii) Arthur Cox, local counsel to the Issuer in Ireland, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Issuer, their written opinion, dated as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.
(h) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representative shall have received on and as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(i) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the First Closing Date or the Optional Securities on the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities.
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(j) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Issuer in its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation and its good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(k) Listing Application. The Issuer shall have filed the requisite listing application with the NYSE for the listing of the Securities and the Maximum Number of Conversion Shares on the NYSE.
(l) Lock-up Agreements. The lock-up agreements, each substantially in the form of Annex D hereto, between you and certain officers and directors of the Issuer relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Ordinary Shares or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be full force and effect on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be.
(m) Form of Certificate. The form of certificate used to evidence the Securities shall comply in all material respects with the law of Jersey and the Statement of Rights and will be duly authorized and approved by the board of directors of the Issuer.
(n) Filing of Statement of Rights. The Issuer shall have filed an original of the Statement of Rights with the Jersey Companies Registry and the Statement of Rights shall have become effective by the Closing Date, and the Issuer shall deliver to the Representative evidence of such filing and effectiveness of the Statement of Rights.
(o) Additional Documents. On or prior to the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, the Issuer shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.
All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.
7. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters. The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or
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are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in paragraph (b) below.
(b) Indemnification of the Issuer. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, each of its directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, in each case, to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Underwriter expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following under the heading Underwriting in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus: the fifth paragraph, the thirteenth paragraph and the fourteenth paragraph.
(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the Indemnified Person) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the Indemnifying Person) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of
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the Indemnified Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to one local counsel per jurisdiction) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by such Underwriter and any such separate firm for the Issuer, its directors and its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Issuer shall be designated in writing by the Issuer. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is
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not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuer from the sale of the Securities and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuer or by the Underwriters and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
(e) Limitation on Liability. The Issuer and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.
(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.
8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Issuer, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the First Closing Date or, in the case of the Optional Securities, prior to the Second Closing Date, (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Issuer shall have
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been suspended on any exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
9. Defaulting Underwriter.
(a) If, on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Issuer on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Issuer shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Issuer may postpone the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Issuer or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Issuer agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term Underwriter includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.
(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Issuer as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Securities that remain unpurchased on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate number of Securities to be purchased on such Closing Date, then the Issuer shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriters pro rata share (based on the number of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date) of the Securities of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.
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(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters and the Issuer as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Securities that remain unpurchased on the First Closing Date or the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, or if the Issuer shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Second Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Securities on the Second Closing Date, as the case may be, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Issuer, except that the Issuer will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 10 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.
(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Issuer or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.
10. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Issuer agrees to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its respective obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement of the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package, and the Prospectus (including any exhibit, amendment or supplement thereto) and the distribution thereof, and the filing of the Statement of Rights with the Jersey Companies Registry; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of this Agreement; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Issuers counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in an amount not to exceed $10,000); (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of Securities on the NYSE; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Issuer in connection with any road show presentation to potential investors, including the investor presentation; provided, that the Issuer will pay for only 50% of the expense of any chartered aircraft jointly used.
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(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 8, (ii) the Issuer for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Underwriters, or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement other than pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 8 or Section 9, the Issuer agrees to reimburse the Underwriters for all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, each Underwriter agrees, at its own expense, to pay the portion of all expenses not reimbursed by the Issuer pursuant to Section 10 hereof represented by such Underwriters pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities.
11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates, officers and directors of each Underwriter referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Issuer and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Issuer or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Issuer or the Underwriters.
13. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term affiliate has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term business day means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term subsidiary has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (d) the term significant subsidiary means, collectively, any significant subsidiary within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act listed on Schedule 2 hereto.
14. Compliance with USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Issuer, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.
15. 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.
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(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.
For purposes of this Section 15:
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).
Covered Entity means any of the following:
(i) a covered entity as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);
(ii) a covered bank as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or
(iii) a covered FSI as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).
Default Right 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.
U.S. Special Resolution Regime means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder
16. Miscellaneous.
(a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Underwriters hereunder may be taken by the Representative on behalf of the Underwriters and any such action taken by the Representative shall be binding upon the Underwriters.
(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representative c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department. Notices to the Issuer shall be given to them at Aptiv PLC, 5 Hanover Quay, Grand Canal Dock, Dublin 2 Ireland, Attention: Treasurer.
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(c) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
(d) Consent to Jurisdiction. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (Related Proceedings) shall be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the Specified Courts), and each of the Issuer and the other parties hereto irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such partys address set forth in paragraph (b) above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The Issuer and the other parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Related Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. To the extent that any party hereto has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process with respect to itself or its property, each such party irrevocably waives, to the full extent permitted by applicable law, such immunity in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Issuer hereby designates and appoints David Sherbin (the Process Agent), as its authorized agent, upon whom process may be served in any such legal suit, action or proceeding, it being understood that the designation and appointment of David Sherbin as such authorized agent shall become effective immediately without any further action on the part of the Issuer. Such appointment shall be irrevocable to the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the appointment of a successor agent in the United States on terms substantially similar to those contained herein and reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters. If the Process Agent shall cease to act as agent for services of process, the Issuer shall appoint, without unreasonable delay, another such agent, and notify the Underwriters of such appointment. The Issuer represents to the Underwriters that it has notified the Process Agent of such designation and appointment and that the Process Agent has accepted the same in writing. The Issuer further agrees that service of process upon the Process Agent and written notice of said service to such party shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Issuer in any such legal suit, action or proceeding brought in any New York Court. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Underwriters or the person controlling the Underwriters to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(e) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives any right to trial by jury in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement.
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(f) Currency. Any payment on account of an amount that is payable to any of the Underwriters in a particular currency (the Required Currency) that is paid to or for the account of such Underwriter in the lawful currency of any other jurisdiction (the Other Currency), whether as a result of any judgment or order or the enforcement thereof or the liquidation of the Issuer or for any other reason shall constitute a discharge of the obligation of the Issuer only to the extent of the amount of the Required Currency which the recipient could purchase in the New York or London foreign exchange markets with the amount of the Other Currency in accordance with normal banking procedures at the rate of exchange prevailing on the first day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks in New York or London are generally open for business following receipt of the payment first referred to above. If the amount of the Required Currency that could be so purchased (net of all premiums and costs of exchange payable in connection with the conversion) is less than the amount of the Required Currency originally due to the recipient, then the Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the recipient from and against all loss or damage arising out of or as a result of such deficiency. This indemnity shall constitute an obligation separate and independent from the other obligations of the Issuer, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any person owed such obligation from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum in respect of an amount due hereunder or any judgment or order.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The words execution, signed, signature, delivery, and words of like import in or relating to this Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, and the parties hereto consent to conduct the transactions contemplated hereunder by electronic means.
(h) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(i) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
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Very truly yours, | ||
APTIV PLC | ||
By: | /s/ Jane Wu | |
Name: Jane Wu | ||
Title: Vice President, Corporate Development and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares)]
Accepted:
GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
For itself and on behalf of the
several Underwriters listed
in Schedule 1 hereto.
By: | /s/ Adam T. Greene | |
Name: Adam T. Greene | ||
Title: Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement (Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares)]
SCHEDULE 1
Underwriters |
Total Number of
Firm Securities to be Purchased |
Number of Optional
Securities to be Purchased if Maximum Option Exercised |
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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
3,500,000 | 525,000 | ||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
1,500,000 | 225,000 | ||||||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
750,000 | 112,500 | ||||||
BofA Securities, Inc. |
750,000 | 112,500 | ||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. |
750,000 | 112,500 | ||||||
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
750,000 | 112,500 | ||||||
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. |
400,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. |
400,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
SG Americas Securities, LLC |
400,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
MUFG Securities Americas Inc. |
200,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
TD Securities (USA) LLC |
200,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
UniCredit Capital Markets LLC |
200,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
200,000 | 30,000 | ||||||
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Total |
10,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
SCHEDULE 2
Significant Subsidiaries
Aptiv Global Financing Limited
Aptiv Malta Holdings Limited
Aptiv Services US, LLC
Aptiv Technologies Limited (Barbados)
Aptiv Global Holdings 2 (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
Aptiv Global Investments UK LLP
Aptiv Holdings (US), LLC
Aptiv Corporation
Aptiv Services Deutschland GmbH
Aptiv Luxembourg Financial Services S.à r.l.
Aptiv Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
Aptiv Global Investments UK LLP Luxembourg Branch
Aptiv Global Investments UK LLP
Aptiv Manufacturing Management Services S.à r.l.
Aptiv International Holdings 2 (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
Aptiv International Holdings (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
Aptiv International Operations Luxembourg S.à r.l.
Aptiv Safety & Mobility Services Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Aptiv Latin America Holdings (UK) LLP
Aptiv Luxembourg Holdings (UK) Limited
Aptiv Asia Pacific Holdings (UK) LLP
Aptiv Holdings US Limited
Aptiv Financial Holdings (UK) LLP
Aptiv International Financial Services (UK) LLP
Aptiv Financial Investment Services (UK) Limited
Aptiv International Holdings (UK) LLP
Aptiv International Holdings UK Two LLP
Aptiv Financial Services (Luxembourg) S.à r.l.
ANNEX A
a. |
Free-Writing Prospectuses |
None.
b. |
Information |
i. |
Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex B |
ANNEX B
Pricing Term Sheet dated as of June 9, 2020 |
Free Writing Prospectus | |
Filed pursuant to Rule 433 | ||
Relating to the | ||
Preliminary Prospectus Supplements each dated June 8, 2020 to the | ||
Prospectus dated October 26, 2018 | ||
Registration No. 333-228021 |
Aptiv PLC
Concurrent Offerings of
13,173,495 Ordinary Shares, par value $0.01 per Share (the Ordinary Shares)
(the Ordinary Shares Offering)
and
10,000,000 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per Share
(the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and, together with the Ordinary Share Offering, the Offerings)
The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering and should be read together with (i) in the case of investors purchasing shares in the Ordinary Shares Offering, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 8, 2020 relating to the Ordinary Shares Offering (the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and (ii) the case of investors purchasing shares in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 8, 2020 relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, and, in each case, the accompanying base prospectus dated October 26, 2018, each filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration No. 333-228021. Neither the Ordinary Shares Offering nor the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering is contingent on the successful completion of the other offering, and nothing contained in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement shall constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities being offered in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering, and nothing contained in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement shall constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities being offered in the Ordinary Shares Offering. Terms not defined in this pricing term sheet have the meanings given to such terms in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as applicable. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.
Terms Applicable to the Offerings
Issuer: | Aptiv PLC | |
Ticker / Exchange for the Ordinary Shares: | APTV / The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). | |
Trade Date: | June 10, 2020. | |
Settlement Date: | June 12, 2020 (T + 2). | |
Use of Proceeds: | The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Ordinary Shares Offering will be approximately $969.0 million (or approximately $1,114.5 million if the underwriters for such offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares), after deducting |
underwriting discounts and commissions and the Issuers estimated offering expenses. In addition, the Issuer estimates that the net proceeds from the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering will be approximately $969.0 million (or approximately $1,114.5 million if the underwriters for such offering exercise in full their over-allotment option), after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the Issuers estimated offering expenses.
The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, without limitation and in the Issuers sole discretion, funding potential future investments (including acquisitions), capital expenditures, working capital, repayment of outstanding indebtedness, and satisfaction of other obligations. The precise amount and timing of these uses of proceeds will depend on the Issuers funding requirements and those of the Issuers subsidiaries.
See Use of Proceeds in each of the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. |
Terms Applicable to the Ordinary Shares Offering
Ordinary Shares Offered: | 13,173,495 Ordinary Shares. | |
Option to Purchase Additional Ordinary Shares: | 1,976,024 additional Ordinary Shares. | |
NYSE Last Reported Sale Price of the Ordinary Shares on June 9, 2020: | $75.91 per share. | |
Public Offering Price: | $75.91 per share. | |
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: | $2.2773 per share. | |
Net Proceeds (before expenses): | Approximately $970.0 million (or approximately $1,115.5 million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Ordinary Shares in full). | |
CUSIP / ISIN for the Ordinary Shares: | G6095L 109 / JE00B783TY65 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Barclays Capital Inc. BofA Securities, Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
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Senior Co-Managers: |
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. SG Americas Securities, LLC |
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Junior Co-Managers: |
BTIG, LLC MUFG Securities Americas Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC UniCredit Capital Markets LLC |
Terms Applicable to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offered: | 10,000,000 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, par value $0.01 per share (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares). | |
Over-Allotment Option: | 1,500,000 additional Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. | |
Public Offering Price: | $100.00 per share. | |
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions: | $3.00 per share. | |
Net Proceeds (before expenses): | $970.0 million (or $1,115.5 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option in full). | |
Liquidation Preference: | $100.00 per share. | |
Dividends: |
5.50% of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share per year. Dividends will accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the first original issue date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and, to the extent the Issuers board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, declares a dividend payable with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Issuer will pay such dividends in cash, by delivery of Ordinary Shares or through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares, as determined by the Issuer in its sole discretion (subject to certain limitations); provided that any unpaid dividends will continue to accumulate.
The expected dividend payable on the first Dividend Payment Date (as defined below) is approximately $1.42083 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share. Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $1.375 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share. |
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Dividend Record Dates: | The March 1, June 1, September 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date. | |
Dividend Payment Dates: | March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on September 15, 2020 and ending on, and including, June 15, 2023. | |
Mandatory Conversion Date: | The second business day immediately following the last trading day of the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day immediately preceding June 15, 2023. The Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be June 15, 2023. |
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Initial Price: | Approximately $75.91, which is equal to $100.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as defined below). | |||
Threshold Appreciation Price: | Approximately $92.99, which represents an approximately 22.5% appreciation over the Initial Price and is equal to $100.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as defined below). | |||
Floor Price: | $26.57 (approximately 35% of the Initial Price), subject to adjustment as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. | |||
Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share: |
Upon conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date, each outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, unless previously converted, will automatically convert into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to not more than 1.3173 Ordinary Shares and not less than 1.0754 Ordinary Shares (respectively, the Maximum Conversion Rate and Minimum Conversion Rate), depending on the Applicable Market Value (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of the Ordinary Shares, as described below and subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments. The following table illustrates the conversion rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, based on the Applicable Market Value of the Ordinary Shares: |
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Applicable Market Value of
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Conversion Rate (number of Ordinary Shares
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Greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price |
1.0754 Ordinary Shares |
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Equal to or less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than or equal to the Initial Price |
Between 1.0754 and 1.3173 Ordinary Shares, determined by dividing $100.00 by the Applicable Market Value |
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Less than the Initial Price | 1.3173 Ordinary Shares | |||
Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder: |
Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), a holder of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares may, at any time prior to June 15, |
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2023, elect to convert such holders Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), at the Minimum Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments, as described under Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred SharesEarly Conversion at the Option of the Holder in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. | ||
Conversion at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change: |
If a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) occurs on or prior to June 15, 2023, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), into Ordinary Shares at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) during the period beginning on, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of such Fundamental Change and ending at the close of business on the date that is 20 calendar days after such Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if later, the date that is 20 calendar days after holders receive notice of such Fundamental Change), but in no event later than June 15, 2023. Holders who convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares during that period will also receive a Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) and to the extent there is any, the Accumulated Dividend Amount (as defined in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement).
The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share based on the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price: |
Fundamental Change Share Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fundamental Chan |
$ | 50.00 | $ | 60.00 | $ | 70.00 | $ | 75.91 | $ | 85.00 | $ | 92.99 | $ | 100.00 | $ | 110.00 | $ | 120.00 | $ | 130.00 | $ | 140.00 | $ | 150.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Effective Date |
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June 12, 2020 |
1.1977 | 1.1713 | 1.1492 | 1.1381 | 1.1237 | 1.1132 | 1.1054 | 1.0963 | 1.0891 | 1.0834 | 1.0789 | 1.0752 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2021 |
1.2289 | 1.1983 | 1.1710 | 1.1570 | 1.1383 | 1.1248 | 1.1149 | 1.1035 | 1.0946 | 1.0878 | 1.0826 | 1.0786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2022 |
1.2726 | 1.2392 | 1.2033 | 1.1832 | 1.1558 | 1.1359 | 1.1216 | 1.1059 | 1.0947 | 1.0868 | 1.0814 | 1.0777 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2023 |
1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.1765 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 |
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The exact Fundamental Change Share Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth on the table, in which case:
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is between two Fundamental Change Share Prices in the table or the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be determined by straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Prices and the earlier and later Fundamental Change Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is in excess of $150.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Share Prices above as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment; and
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than $50.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the prices in the Fundamental Change Share Prices above as described in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment. |
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Discount Rate for Purposes of Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount: |
The discount rate for purposes of determining the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount is 5.50% per annum. | |
Listing: |
The Issuer intends to apply to list the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares on the NYSE under the symbol APTV PR A. | |
CUSIP / ISIN for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares: |
G6095L 117 / JE00BMHMX696 | |
Joint Book-Running Managers: |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Barclays Capital Inc. BofA Securities, Inc. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC |
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Senior Co-Managers: |
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. SG Americas Securities, LLC |
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Junior Co-Managers: |
MUFG Securities Americas Inc. TD Securities (USA) LLC UniCredit Capital Markets LLC U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. |
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The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplements for the Offerings) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for the Offerings to which this communication relates. Before you invest in either of the Offerings, you should read the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, the accompanying prospectus in that registration statement and the other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and the Ordinary Shares Offering and the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares Offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316 or by emailing prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com or Citigroup Global Markets Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone at 1-800-831-9146 or by emailing prospectus@citi.com.
This communication should be read in conjunction with the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, and the accompanying prospectus. The information in this communication supersedes the information in the Ordinary Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, and the accompanying prospectus to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus.
ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.
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ANNEX C
Electronic road show or other written communications
1. Electronic (Netroadshow) investor presentation of the Issuer made available on June 8, 2020.
ANNEX D
Form of Lock-Up Agreement
Aptiv PLC
Lock-Up Agreement
June 8, 2020
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
As representative of the several Underwriters
Named in Schedule I to the Underwriting Agreement
c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
200 West Street
New York, New York 10282-2198
Re: Aptiv PLCLock-Up Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned understands that you, as representative (the Representative), propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement on behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to such agreement (collectively, the Underwriters), with Aptiv PLC, a public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey (the Company), providing for a public offering (the Offering) of Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the Preferred Shares), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to offer and sell certain Preferred Shares, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the Lock-Up Period (as defined below), the undersigned will not offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any ordinary shares of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the Shares), or any options or warrants to purchase any Shares of the Company or any securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for, or that represent the right to receive, Shares of the Company (other than pursuant to employee share option plans existing on, or upon the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities outstanding as of, the date of this agreement (this Lock-Up Agreement)), whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the SEC (collectively the Undersigneds Shares). The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of the Undersigneds Shares even if such Shares would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include, without limitation, any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigneds Shares or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.
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The Lock-Up Period will commence on the date of this Lock-Up Agreement and continue for 60 days after the public offering date set forth on the final prospectus supplement used to sell certain Preferred Shares pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (the Lock-Up Period).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions set forth herein do not apply (i) [reserved], (ii) to the sale of Shares in the Concurrent Ordinary Shares Offering (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement), (iii) in connection with the establishment of any sales plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 (a 10b5-1 Plan) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act); provided that no sales of Shares shall be made pursuant to such 10b5-1 Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, (iv) to a bona fide pledge of the Undersigneds Shares to a financial institution; provided that the financial institution, upon any foreclosure, agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement; and provided further that, in the case of any action pursuant to clause (iii) or this clause (iv), no filing by any party under the Exchange Act or other public announcement shall be required or voluntarily made in connection therewith during the Lock-Up Period, and (v) transactions relating to Shares acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Offering.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned will be permitted to transfer Shares to, or have Shares withheld by, the Company to satisfy tax withholding obligations arising upon the vesting of equity awards outstanding on the date hereof or granted hereafter in accordance with the terms of the Companys compensation arrangements described in the prospectus supplement; provided that, to the extent any filing by, or on behalf of, any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Exchange Act shall be required to be made with respect to such transfer, such filing shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto that the purpose of such transfer is to cover such tax withholding obligations or the payment of taxes due in connection with the vesting event, and no other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such disposition.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigneds Shares (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts, (ii) to any trust, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family (as defined below) of the undersigned, (iii) in the case of a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, to any shareholder, member or partner of such entity, as applicable, or any subsidiary or other affiliate of such entity, (iv) to any beneficiary of the undersigned pursuant to a will or other testamentary document or applicable laws of descent, (v) by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order, divorce settlement, divorce decree or separation agreement, (vi) to the Company from an employee of the Company upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of such employee or (vii) with the prior written consent of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC; provided that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above, the recipient agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth in this Lock-Up Agreement; provided further that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, (x) no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or
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transferee) under the Exchange Act, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer during the Lock-Up Period; and (y) any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value; and provided further that, in the case of any transfer pursuant to clauses (v) or (vi) above, any public reports or filings, including filings under the Exchange Act, that shall be required to be made in connection with such transfer, shall clearly indicate in the footnotes thereto the reason for such transfer pursuant to the circumstances described above.
For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, immediate family shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. The undersigned now has, and, except as contemplated above, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigneds Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever, other than securities laws restrictions and any lock-up restrictions imposed by the Company. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Companys transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigneds Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the undersigned understands that, if the Underwriting Agreement does not become effective by June 30, 2020, or if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Preferred Shares to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement.
The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned under this Lock-Up Agreement shall be irrevocable and binding upon the undersigneds heirs, legal representatives, successors, and assigns.
This Lock-Up Agreement and any matters related to this Lock-Up Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflict of laws that would result in the application of any law other than the laws of the State of New York. The undersigned agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Lock-Up Agreement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in the City and County of New York and the undersigned agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.
[Signature Page Follows]
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Authorized Signature
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Exhibit 3.1
STATEMENT OF RIGHTS
OF
5.50% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES
OF
APTIV PLC
Pursuant to Article 54 of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991
Aptiv PLC, a par value public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey (the Company), hereby certifies that (a) on June 4, 2020 the board of directors of the Company (the Board of Directors), pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Memorandum and Articles of Association (as such may be amended, modified or restated from time to time, the Articles), delegated to a Pricing Committee (the Pricing Committee) the power to create, designate, authorize and provide for the issuance of shares of a new series of the Companys undesignated preferred shares, to be designated the 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and to establish the number of shares to be included in such series, and to fix the powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of the shares of such series and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof; (b) on June 9, 2020, the Pricing Committee adopted the resolutions approving the final terms and conditions of an offering relating to ordinary and preferred shares; and (c) on June 9, 2020, the Pricing Committee adopted the resolution set forth immediately below, which resolution is now, and at all times since its date of adoption has been, in full force and effect:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors by the resolutions of the Board of Directors dated as of June 4, 2020 and the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company, which authorizes the issuance of up to 50,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.01 per share, a series of Preferred Shares be, and hereby is, created and designated as the 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof, are as set forth in the statement of rights, as it may be amended from time to time (the Statement of Rights), to be entered into in accordance with these resolutions;
The terms of the Statement of Rights are as follows:
Part 1. Designation and Number of Shares. Pursuant to the Articles, there is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued preferred shares of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (Preferred Shares), a series of Preferred Shares consisting of 11,500,000 Preferred Shares designated as the 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares). Such number of shares may be redesignated by resolution of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the requirements of applicable law; provided that no redesignation shall reduce the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to a number less than the number of such shares then outstanding.
Part 2. Standard Provisions. The Standard Provisions contained in Annex A attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and shall be deemed to be a part of this Statement of Rights to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full in the Statement of Rights.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Statement of Rights to be signed by the undersigned, its authorized signatory, this 12th day of June, 2020.
APTIV PLC | ||
By: | /s/ David Sherbin | |
Name: David Sherbin | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary |
[Signature Page to Statement of Rights of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares]
ANNEX A
STANDARD PROVISIONS
Section 1. General Matters; Ranking. Each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall be identical in all respects to every other Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, with respect to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, as applicable, of the Company, shall rank (i) senior to each class or series of Junior Shares, (ii) on parity with each class or series of Parity Shares, (iii) junior to each class or series of Senior Shares and (iv) junior to the Companys existing and future indebtedness.
Section 2. Standard Definitions. As used herein with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares:
Accumulated Dividend Amount means, in connection with a Fundamental Change, the aggregate amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, for Dividend Periods prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date, including for the partial Dividend Period, if any, from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding such Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Effective Date, subject to the proviso in Section 9(a).
ADRs shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.
Agent Members shall have the meaning set forth in Section 20(a).
Applicable Market Value means the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the Settlement Period.
Articles shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Average Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(c)(iii).
Average VWAP per share over a certain period means the arithmetic average of the VWAP per share for each Trading Day in such period.
Averaging Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(v).
Board of Directors shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
Clause A Distribution shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).
Clause B Distribution shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).
Clause C Distribution shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).
close of business means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Companys duly appointed conversion and dividend disbursing agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and any successor appointed under Section 15.
Conversion Date shall mean the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Date or the Early Conversion Date, as applicable.
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Depositary means DTC or its nominee or any successor appointed by the Company.
Dividend Payment Date means March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15 of each year to, and including, June 15, 2023, commencing on September 15, 2020.
Dividend Period means the period from, and including, a Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date, except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on, and include, the Initial Issue Date and shall end on, and exclude, the September 15, 2020 Dividend Payment Date.
Dividend Rate shall have the meaning set for in Section 3(a).
Dollars and $ mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company.
Early Conversion shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).
Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(i).
Early Conversion Average Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(ii).
Early Conversion Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).
Early Conversion Settlement Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(ii).
Effective Date, as used in Section 13(a)(i) and Section 13(a)(xii), shall mean the first date on which the Ordinary Shares trade on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.
Ex-Date means the first date on which the Ordinary Shares trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Ordinary Shares on such exchange or market (in the form of due bills or otherwise) as determined by such exchange or market.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Exchange Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.
Expiration Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(v).
Fixed Conversion Rates means the Maximum Conversion Rate and the Minimum Conversion Rate.
Floor Price shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e)(ii).
A Fundamental Change shall be deemed to have occurred, at any time after the Initial Issue Date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, if any of the following occurs:
(i) |
any person or group (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable), other than the Company, any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or any of the Companys or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries employee benefit plans, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Ordinary Shares, unless such beneficial ownership arises solely as a result of a revocable proxy delivered in response to a public proxy or |
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consent solicitation made pursuant to the applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act and is not also then reportable on Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (or any successor schedule) under the Exchange Act; provided that no person or group shall be deemed to be the beneficial owner of any securities tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by or on behalf of such person or group until such tendered securities are accepted for purchase or exchange under such offer; |
(ii) |
the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Ordinary Shares (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination or change in par value) as a result of which the Ordinary Shares would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or a combination thereof); (B) any consolidation, merger or other combination of the Company or binding share exchange pursuant to which the Ordinary Shares will be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or a combination thereof); or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer or disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to any person other than one or more of its direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries; or |
(iii) |
the Ordinary Shares (or other common equity or depositary receipts in respect of common equity or similar certificates, in each case, underlying the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares) cease to be listed or quoted for trading on any of NYSE, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors). |
However, a transaction or transactions described in clause (i) or clause (ii) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of Ordinary Shares, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common equity, depositary receipts representing common equity interests or similar certificates, in each case, that are listed or quoted on any of NYSE, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions such consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) becomes the Exchange Property.
Fundamental Change Conversion shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a)(i).
Fundamental Change Conversion Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(c).
Fundamental Change Conversion Period means the period beginning on, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date and ending at the close of business on the date that is 20 calendar days after the Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if later, the date that is 20 calendar days after the date of the Fundamental Change Notice for such Fundamental Change), but in no event later than June 15, 2023.
Fundamental Change Conversion Rate means, for any Fundamental Change Conversion, the conversion rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share set forth in the table below for the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Share Price applicable to such Fundamental Change:
Fundamental Change Share Price | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fundamental Change
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$50.00 | $60.00 | $70.00 | $75.91 | $85.00 | $92.99 | $100.00 | $110.00 | $120.00 | $130.00 | $140.00 | $150.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 12, 2020 |
1.1977 | 1.1713 | 1.1492 | 1.1381 | 1.1237 | 1.1132 | 1.1054 | 1.0963 | 1.0891 | 1.0834 | 1.0789 | 1.0752 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2021 |
1.2289 | 1.1983 | 1.1710 | 1.1570 | 1.1383 | 1.1248 | 1.1149 | 1.1035 | 1.0946 | 1.0878 | 1.0826 | 1.0786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2022 |
1.2726 | 1.2392 | 1.2033 | 1.1832 | 1.1558 | 1.1359 | 1.1216 | 1.1059 | 1.0947 | 1.0868 | 1.0814 | 1.0777 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
June 15, 2023 |
1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.3173 | 1.1765 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 | 1.0754 |
The exact Fundamental Change Share Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:
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(i) |
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is between two Fundamental Change Share Price amounts in the table above or the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table above, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Share Price amounts and the earlier and later Fundamental Change Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365 or 366-day year, as applicable; |
(ii) |
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is in excess of $150.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Share Price in the column headings of the table above), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Minimum Conversion Rate; and |
(iii) |
if the Fundamental Change Share Price is less than $50.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Share Price in the column headings of the table above), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Maximum Conversion Rate. |
The Fundamental Change Share Prices in the column headings in the table above are each subject to adjustment as of any date on which the Fixed Conversion Rates are adjusted. The adjusted Fundamental Change Share Prices shall equal (x) the Fundamental Change Share Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Fundamental Change Share Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate as so adjusted. Each of the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth in the table above are each subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 13.
Fundamental Change Conversion Right shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).
Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a)(ii).
Fundamental Change Effective Date shall mean the effective date of the relevant Fundamental Change.
Fundamental Change Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b).
Fundamental Change Share Price means, for any Fundamental Change, (i) if all holders of Ordinary Shares receive only cash in exchange for their Ordinary Shares in such Fundamental Change, the amount of cash paid per Ordinary Share in such Fundamental Change, and (ii) in all other cases, the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date.
funds available to pay dividends shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
Global Preferred Share shall have the meaning set forth in Section 20(a).
Holder means each Person in whose name Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are registered, who shall be treated by the Company and the Registrar as the absolute owner of those Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes.
Initial Issue Date means June 12, 2020, the first original issue date of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
Initial Price means $100.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate, which quotient is initially equal to approximately $75.91.
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Junior Shares means (i) the Ordinary Shares and (ii) each other class or series of share capital of the Company established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which do not expressly provide that such class or series ranks either (x) senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights or distribution rights upon the Companys liquidation, winding-up or dissolution or (y) on parity with Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the Companys liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.
Liquidation Dividend Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a).
Liquidation Preference means, as to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, $100.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share.
Mandatory Conversion shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a).
Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c)(i).
Mandatory Conversion Date means the second Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the Settlement Period.
Mandatory Conversion Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Part 1 of this Statement of Rights.
Market Disruption Event means (i) a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange 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 Ordinary Shares 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 Ordinary Shares.
Maximum Conversion Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iii).
Minimum Conversion Rate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(i).
Nonpayment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).
Nonpayment Remedy shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(iii).
NYSE means The New York Stock Exchange.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.
open of business means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.
Ordinary Shares means the ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company, subject to Section 14.
Parity Shares means any class or series of share capital of the Company established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank on parity with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the Companys liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, in each case without regard to whether dividends accrue cumulatively or non-cumulatively.
Person means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.
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Preferred Share Directors shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(b)(i).
Preferred Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Part 1 of this Statement of Rights.
Pricing Committee shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Prospectus means the prospectus dated October 26, 2018, included in the Companys registration statement (file number 333-228021), relating to securities to be issued from time to time by the Company.
Prospectus Supplement means the preliminary prospectus supplement dated June 8, 2020 relating to the offering and sale of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet.
Record Date means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Ordinary Shares (or other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Ordinary Shares (or such other security) are exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Ordinary Shares (or such other security) entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof, statute, contract or otherwise).
Record Holder means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, a Holder of record of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as such Holder appears on the share register of the Company at the close of business on the related Regular Record Date.
Registrar initially means Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Companys duly appointed registrar for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any successor appointed under Section 15.
Regular Record Date means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date. These Regular Record Dates shall apply regardless of whether a particular Regular Record Date is a Business Day.
Relevant Stock Exchange means NYSE or, if the Ordinary Shares are not then listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed or, if the Ordinary Shares are not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed or admitted for trading.
Reorganization Event shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.
Scheduled Trading Day means any day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Senior Shares means each class or series of share capital of the Company established after the Initial Issue Date, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series shall rank senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the Companys liquidation, winding-up or dissolution.
Settlement Period means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding June 15, 2023.
Share Dilution Amount means the increase in the number of diluted Ordinary Shares outstanding (determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and as measured from the Initial Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to directors, employees and agents and equitably adjusted for any share split, share dividend, reverse share split, reclassification or similar transaction.
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Shelf Registration Statement means a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the issuance of or resales of Ordinary Shares issued as payment of a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion.
Spin-Off means a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Ordinary Shares of share capital of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange.
Statement of Rights shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
Threshold Appreciation Price means $100.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate, which quotient is initially equal to approximately $92.99.
Trading Day means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in Ordinary Shares generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange; provided that if the Ordinary Shares are not listed or admitted for trading on a Relevant Stock Exchange, Trading Day means a Business Day.
Transfer Agent shall initially mean Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Companys duly appointed transfer agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any successor appointed under Section 15.
Trigger Event shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).
Unit of Exchange Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.
Valuation Period shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13(a)(iii).
Voting Preferred Shares means any other class or series of Parity Shares upon which like voting rights for the election of directors as set forth in Section 6 have been conferred and are exercisable.
VWAP per Ordinary Share on any Trading Day means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed on Bloomberg page APTV<EQUITY>AQR (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is not available, the market value per Ordinary Share on such Trading Day as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose).
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person, except that, solely for purposes of this definition, the reference to more than 50% in the definition of Subsidiary shall be deemed to be replaced by a reference to 100%.
Section 3. Dividends.
(a) Rate. Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of the Companys share capital ranking senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to dividend rights, Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) out of funds legally available therefor under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended (collectively, the funds available to pay dividends), in the case of dividends paid in cash, and Ordinary Shares legally permitted to be issued, in the case of dividends paid in Ordinary Shares, cumulative dividends at the rate per annum of 5.50% of the Liquidation Preference (the Dividend Rate) (equivalent to $5.50 per annum per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), payable in cash, by delivery of Ordinary Shares or through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares pursuant to Section 3(c), as determined by the Company in its sole discretion (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(e)).
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If declared, dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date at such annual rate, and dividends shall accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the Initial Issue Date, whether or not in any Dividend Period or Dividend Periods there have been funds available to pay dividends.
If declared, dividends shall be payable on the relevant Dividend Payment Date to Record Holders on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date, whether or not such Record Holders early convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, or such shares are automatically converted, after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date. If a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, without any interest or other payment in lieu of interest accruing with respect to this delay.
The amount of dividends payable on each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share for each full Dividend Period (subsequent to the initial Dividend Period) shall be computed by dividing the Dividend Rate by four. Dividends payable on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for the initial Dividend Period and any other partial Dividend Period shall be computed based upon the actual number of days elapsed during such period over a 360-day year (consisting of twelve 30-day months). Accumulated dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not bear interest, nor shall additional dividends be payable thereon, if they are paid subsequent to the applicable Dividend Payment Date.
No dividend shall be paid unless and until the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee of the Board of Directors, declares a dividend payable with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. No dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares with respect to any Dividend Period unless all dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares have been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, whether payable in cash, property or Ordinary Shares, in excess of full cumulative dividends.
(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of Junior Shares, and no Ordinary Shares or any other class or series of Junior Shares or Parity Shares shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid in full in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares has been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to:
(i) any dividend or distribution payable in Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares, and, in each case, the payment of cash solely in lieu of fractional shares;
(ii) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Ordinary Shares, other Junior Shares or Parity Shares in connection with the administration of any benefit or other incentive plan (including any employment contract, employee benefit plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more employees, officers, directors, consultants or independent contractors), in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan, or acquisitions of Ordinary Shares surrendered, deemed surrendered or withheld in connection with the exercise of share options or the vesting of restricted stock, restricted stock units, restricted stock equivalents or similar instruments (provided that the number of shares purchased to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount);
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(iv) purchases of Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares existing prior to the immediately preceding Dividend Period, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan;
(v) any dividends or distributions of rights or Junior Shares in connection with a shareholders rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any shareholders rights plan;
(vi) the acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of record ownership in Ordinary Shares or other Junior Shares or Parity Shares for the beneficial ownership of any other Persons (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians;
(vii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Shares for or into other Junior Shares or of Parity Shares for or into other Parity Shares (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation preference) or Junior Shares and, in each case, the payment of cash solely in lieu of fractional shares; and
(viii) the deemed purchase or acquisition of fractional interests in Ordinary Shares, other Junior Shares or Parity Shares pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares or the security being converted or exchanged.
When dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (i) have not been paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Shares having dividend payment dates different from such Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a regular dividend period related to such Dividend Payment Date), or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of Ordinary Shares sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Regular Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any Parity Shares unless dividends are declared on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Shares shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and the holders of any Parity Shares then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the pro rata allocation of partial dividend payments, the Company shall allocate those payments so that the respective amounts of those payments for the declared dividend bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated and unpaid dividends per share on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and such Parity Shares bear to each other (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, out of funds available to pay dividends); provided that any unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will continue to accumulate. For purposes of this calculation, with respect to non-cumulative Parity Shares, the Company shall use the full amount of dividends that would be payable for the most recent dividend period if dividends were declared in full on such non-cumulative Parity Shares.
Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends as may be determined by the Board of Directors (or an authorized committee thereof) may be declared and paid (payable in cash or other property or securities) on any securities, including Ordinary Shares and other Junior Shares, from time to time out of funds available to pay dividends, and Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.
(c) Method of Payment of Dividends. (i) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3(e), the Company may pay any declared dividend (or any portion of any declared dividend) on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, whether or not for a current Dividend Period or any prior Dividend Period, as determined in the Companys sole discretion:
(A) |
in cash; |
(B) |
by delivery of Ordinary Shares; or |
(C) |
through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares. |
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(ii) The Company shall make each payment of a declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in cash, except to the extent the Company elects to make all or any portion of such payment in Ordinary Shares. The Company shall give notice to Holders of any such election, and the portion of such payment that will be made in cash and the portion that will be made in Ordinary Shares, no later than ten Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend, provided that if the Company does not provide timely notice of this election, the Company shall be deemed to have elected to pay the relevant dividend in cash.
(iii) All cash payments to which a Holder is entitled in connection with a declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares will be computed to the nearest cent. If the Company elects to make any such payment of a declared dividend, or any portion thereof, in Ordinary Shares, such shares shall be valued for such purpose, in the case of any dividend payment or portion thereof, at a price equal to (x) the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date (the Average Price) multiplied by (y) 97%.
(d) No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be delivered to the Holders in payment or partial payment of dividends. A cash adjustment (computed to the nearest cent) shall instead be paid by the Company to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an Ordinary Share based on the Average Price with respect to such dividend.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of Ordinary Shares delivered in connection with any declared dividend, including any declared dividend payable in connection with a conversion, exceed a number equal to:
(i) the declared dividend divided by
(ii) $26.57, subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to any anti-dilution adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate as provided in Section 13 (such dollar amount, as adjusted, the Floor Price).
To the extent that the amount of any declared dividend exceeds the product of (x) the number of Ordinary Shares delivered in connection with such declared dividend, as limited by the restriction described in this Section 3(e), and (y) 97% of the Average Price, the Company shall, if it is able to do so under applicable Jersey law, notwithstanding any notice by the Company to the contrary, pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent). To the extent that the Company is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable Jersey law, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount, and, for the avoidance of doubt, such amount shall not form a part of the cumulative dividends that may be deemed to accumulate on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
(f) To the extent that a Shelf Registration Statement is required in the Companys reasonable judgment in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, Ordinary Shares issued as payment of a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion, the Company shall, to the extent such a Shelf Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such Ordinary Shares have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares are freely tradable without registration by holders thereof that are not, and have not been within the three months preceding, affiliates of the Company for purposes of the Securities Act. To the extent applicable, the Company shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Ordinary Shares approved for listing on NYSE (or if the Ordinary Shares are not listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed), and qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required; provided that the Company will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it is not presently subject to taxation as a foreign corporation and such qualification or action would subject it to such taxation.
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Section 4. Liquidation Preference; Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. (a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company, each Holder shall be entitled to receive, per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, the Liquidation Preference of $100.00 per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, plus an amount (the Liquidation Dividend Amount) equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share, whether or not declared, to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution to be paid out of the assets of the Company legally available for distribution to its shareholders, after satisfaction of liabilities owed to the Companys creditors and holders of shares of any class or series of the Companys share capital ranking senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to distribution rights upon the Companys liquidation, winding-up or dissolution and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of shares of any class or series of the Companys share capital ranking junior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to distribution rights upon liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, including, without limitation, Ordinary Shares.
(b) If, upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company, the amounts payable with respect to (1) the Liquidation Preference plus the Liquidation Dividend Amount of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and (2) the liquidation preference of, and the amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution or winding up, on all Parity Shares, if applicable, are not paid in full, the Holders and all holders of any such Parity Shares shall share equally and ratably in any distribution of the Companys assets in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences and amounts equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends (if any) to which they are entitled.
(c) After the payment to any Holder of the full amount of the Liquidation Preference and the Liquidation Dividend Amount for each of such Holders Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, such Holder as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Company.
(d) Neither the sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets or business (other than in connection with the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company), nor the Companys merger or consolidation into or with any other Person, shall be deemed to be the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Company.
Section 5. No Sinking Fund.
Other than pursuant to the provisions set forth in this Section 5, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be subject to any redemption, sinking fund or other similar provisions. However, at the Companys option, it may purchase or otherwise acquire (including in an exchange transaction) (by way of converting the relevant Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares into redeemable shares and redeeming such shares) the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares from time to time in the open market, by tender or exchange offer or otherwise, without the consent of, or notice to, Holders.
Section 6. Voting Rights.
(a) General. Holders shall not have any voting rights other than those set forth in this Section 6, except as specifically required by Jersey law or by the Articles from time to time.
(b) Right to Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment. (i) Whenever dividends on any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of six or more Dividend Periods (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Dividend Period beginning on, and including, the Initial Issue Date and ending on, but excluding, September 15, 2020), whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a Nonpayment), the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall, at the next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders as provided below, automatically be increased by two and Holders, voting together as a single class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Shares then outstanding, shall be entitled, at the Companys next annual meeting of shareholders or at a special meeting of shareholders as provided below, to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the Preferred Share Directors); provided that the election of any such Preferred Share Directors will not cause the Company to violate the Articles or the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Companys securities may be listed or quoted); provided further that the Board of Directors shall, at no time, include more than two Preferred Share Directors.
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(ii) In the event of a Nonpayment, the Holders of at least 25% of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and holders of any other series of Voting Preferred Shares may request that a special meeting of shareholders be called to elect such Preferred Share Directors (provided, however, to the extent permitted by the Articles, if the next annual or a special meeting of shareholders is scheduled to be held within 90 days of the receipt of such request, the election of such Preferred Share Directors shall be included in the agenda for, and shall be held at, such scheduled annual or special meeting of shareholders). The Preferred Share Directors shall stand for reelection annually, at each subsequent annual meeting of the shareholders, so long as the Holders continue to have such voting rights. At any meeting at which the Holders are entitled to elect Preferred Share Directors, the holders of a majority of the then outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and all other series of Voting Preferred Shares, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum and the vote of the holders of a majority of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and other Voting Preferred Shares so present or represented by proxy at any such meeting at which there shall be a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the Preferred Share Directors. Whether a plurality, majority or other portion in voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any other Voting Preferred Shares have been voted in favor of any matter shall be determined by reference to the respective liquidation preference amounts of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and such other Voting Preferred Shares voted.
(iii) If and when all accumulated and unpaid dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares have been paid in full (a Nonpayment Remedy), the Holders shall immediately and, without any further action by the Company, be divested of the voting rights described in this Section 6(b), subject to the revesting of such rights in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment. If such voting rights for the Holders and all other holders of Voting Preferred Shares shall have terminated, the term of office of each Preferred Share Director so elected shall terminate at such time and the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two.
(iv) Any Preferred Share Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the Holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any other series of Voting Preferred Shares then outstanding (voting together as a single class) when they have the voting rights described in this Section 6(b). In the event that a Nonpayment shall have occurred and there shall not have been a Nonpayment Remedy, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Share Director (other than prior to the initial election of Preferred Share Directors after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Share Director remaining in office, except in the event that such vacancy is created as a result of such Preferred Share Director being removed or if no Preferred Share Director remains in office, such vacancy may be filled by a vote of the Holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and any other series of Voting Preferred Shares then outstanding (voting together as a single class) when they have the voting rights described above; provided that the election of any such Preferred Share Directors will not cause the Company to violate the Articles or the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Companys securities may be listed or quoted). The Preferred Share Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter that shall come before the Board of Directors for a vote.
(c) Other Voting Rights. So long as any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by the Articles, the Company shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least two-thirds in voting power of the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or by vote at an annual or special meeting of such shareholders:
(i) amend or alter the provisions of the Articles so as to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any Senior Shares;
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(ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Articles or this Statement of Rights so as to materially and adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares; or
(iii) consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or a merger or consolidation of the Company with another entity, unless in each case: (i) the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares remain outstanding and are not amended in any respect or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Company is not the surviving or resulting entity, are converted or reclassified into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent; and (ii) such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, taken as a whole, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares immediately prior to such consummation;
provided, however, that in the event a transaction would trigger voting rights under clauses (ii) and (iii) above, clause (iii) shall govern; provided, further, however, that for all purposes of this Section 6(c) each of:
(1) |
any increase in the amount of the Companys authorized but unissued Preferred Shares, |
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any increase in the amount of the Companys authorized or issued Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and |
(3) |
the creation or issuance, or an increase in the authorized or issued amount, of any other series of Parity Shares or any class or series of Junior Shares, |
shall be deemed not to adversely affect the special rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and shall not require the affirmative vote or consent of Holders.
(d) Without the consent of the Holders, so long as such action does not materially adversely affect the rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and limitations and restrictions thereof, the Company may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to:
(i) |
cure any ambiguity or mistake, or to correct or supplement any provision contained in this Statement of Rights that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained in this Statement of Rights; |
(ii) |
make any provision with respect to matters or questions relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Articles or this Statement of Rights; or |
(iii) |
waive any of the Companys rights with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. |
(e) Without the consent of the Holders, the Company may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to:
(i) |
conform the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to the description thereof in the Prospectus as supplemented and/or amended by the Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares section of the Prospectus Supplement; |
(ii) |
file a certificate of correction with respect to this Statement of Rights to the extent permitted by The Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, as amended; or |
(iii) |
amend this Statement of Rights in connection with a Reorganization Event pursuant to Section 14. |
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(f) Prior to the close of business on the applicable Conversion Date, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding and Holders shall have no voting rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, including the right to vote on any amendment to the Articles or this Statement of Rights that would adversely affect the rights of holders of the Ordinary Shares.
(g) The number of votes that each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share and any Voting Preferred Shares participating in any vote set forth in this Section 6 shall have shall be in proportion to the liquidation preference of such share.
(h) The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the Holders (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other procedural aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Articles, applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are listed or traded at the time.
Section 7. Mandatory Conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date. (a) Each outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall automatically convert (unless previously converted in accordance with Section 8 or Section 9) on the Mandatory Conversion Date (Mandatory Conversion), into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate.
(b) The Mandatory Conversion Rate shall, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 7(c), be as follows:
(i) if the Applicable Market Value is greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 1.0754 Ordinary Shares per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (the Minimum Conversion Rate);
(ii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation Price but equal to or greater than the Initial Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall be equal to $100.00 divided by the Applicable Market Value, rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth of an Ordinary Share; or
(iii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Initial Price, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 1.3173 Ordinary Shares per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share (the Maximum Conversion Rate);
provided that the Fixed Conversion Rates are each subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.
(c) If the Company declares a dividend for the Dividend Period ending on, but excluding, June 15, 2023, the Company shall pay such dividend to the Record Holders as of the immediately preceding Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 3. If on or prior to June 15, 2023, the Company has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares through June 15, 2023, the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that Holders receive an additional number of Ordinary Shares equal to:
(i) the amount of such accumulated and unpaid dividends that have not been declared (Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount), divided by
(ii) the greater of (x) the Floor Price and (y) 97% of the Average Price (calculated using June 15, 2023 as the applicable Dividend Payment Date).
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To the extent that the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and 97% of the Average Price, the Company shall, if it is able to do so under applicable Jersey law, pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) pro rata to the Holders. To the extent that the Company is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable Jersey law, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount.
Section 8. Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder. (a) Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period, subject to satisfaction of the conversion procedures set forth in Section 10, the Holders shall have the right to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share), at any time prior to June 15, 2023 (Early Conversion), into Ordinary Shares at the Minimum Conversion Rate.
(b) If, as of any Early Conversion Date, the Company has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends for all full Dividend Periods ending on or before the Dividend Payment Date immediately prior to such Early Conversion Date, the Minimum Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, with respect to the relevant Early Conversion, so that the Holders converting their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares at such time receive an additional number of Ordinary Shares equal to:
(i) such amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends that have not been declared for such full Dividend Periods (the Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount), divided by
(ii) the greater of (x) the Floor Price and (y) the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period (the Early Conversion Settlement Period) commencing on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Early Conversion Date (such average being referred to as the Early Conversion Average Price).
To the extent that the Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional Ordinary Shares and the Early Conversion Average Price, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver Ordinary Shares in respect of such shortfall.
Except as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 8(b), upon any Early Conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Company shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends on such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, unless such Early Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, in which case the Company shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holder of the converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as of such Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 3.
Section 9. Fundamental Change Conversion. (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to June 15, 2023, the Holders shall have the right (the Fundamental Change Conversion Right) during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period to:
(i) convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in whole or in part (but in no event less than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share) (any such conversion pursuant to this Section 9(a) being a Fundamental Change Conversion) into a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share;
(ii) with respect to such converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, receive an amount equal to the present value, calculated using a discount rate of 5.50% per annum, of all dividend payments on such shares (excluding any Accumulated Dividend Amount) for (a) the partial Dividend Period, if any, from, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date and (b) all the remaining full Dividend Periods from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date following the Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, June 15, 2023 (the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount), payable in cash to the extent the Company is legally permitted to do so; and
(iii) with respect to such converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, receive the Accumulated Dividend Amount payable in cash or Ordinary Shares,
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subject in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to the Companys right to deliver Ordinary Shares in lieu of all or part of such amounts as set forth in Section 9(d); provided that, if the Fundamental Change Effective Date or the Fundamental Change Conversion Date falls after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the next Dividend Payment Date, the Company shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holders as of such Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 3, and such dividend shall not be included in the Accumulated Dividend Amount, and the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount shall not include the present value of such dividend.
(b) To exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right, Holders must submit their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for conversion at any time during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period. Holders that submit their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares for conversion during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be deemed to have exercised their Fundamental Change Conversion Right. Holders who do not submit their shares for conversion during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall not be entitled to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares at the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Rate or to receive the relevant Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the relevant Accumulated Dividend Amount.
The Company shall provide written notice (the Fundamental Change Notice) to Holders of the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date no later than the second Business Day immediately following the actual Fundamental Change Effective Date. The Fundamental Change Notice shall state:
(i) the event causing the Fundamental Change;
(ii) the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date or actual Fundamental Change Effective Date, as the case may be;
(iii) that Holders shall have the right to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period;
(iv) the Fundamental Change Conversion Period; and
(v) the instructions a Holder must follow to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change.
(c) No later than the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the Company shall notify Holders of:
(i) the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate;
(ii) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and whether the Company will pay such amount in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable; and
(iii) the Accumulated Dividend Amount as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date and whether the Company will pay such amount in cash, Ordinary Shares or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable.
(d) (i) For any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that are converted during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period, in addition to the Ordinary Shares issued upon conversion at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, the Company shall at its option (subject to satisfaction of the requirements of this Section):
(A) pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent), to the extent the Company is legally permitted to do so;
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(B) increase the number of Ordinary Shares to be issued on conversion by a number equal to (x) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount divided by (y) the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price; or
(C) pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount in a combination of cash and Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) above.
(ii) In addition, to the extent that the Accumulated Dividend Amount exists as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the converting Holder shall be entitled to receive such Accumulated Dividend Amount upon such Fundamental Change Conversion. The Company shall, at its option, pay the Accumulated Dividend Amount (subject to satisfaction of the requirements of this Section):
(A) in cash (computed to the nearest cent), to the extent the Company is legally permitted to do so;
(B) in an additional number of Ordinary Shares equal to (x) the Accumulated Dividend Amount divided by (y) the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price; or
(C) through any combination of cash and Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) above.
(iii) The Company shall pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount and the Accumulated Dividend Amount in cash, except to the extent the Company elects on or prior to the second Business Day following the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date to make all or any portion of such payments in Ordinary Shares. If the Company elects to deliver Ordinary Shares in respect of all or any portion of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount, to the extent that the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount (or, if applicable, the dollar amount of any portion thereof paid in Ordinary Shares) exceeds the product of the number of additional shares the Company delivers in respect thereof and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the Company shall, if it is able to do so under applicable Jersey law, pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent). To the extent that the Company is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable Jersey law, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount.
(iv) No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be delivered by the Company to converting Holders in respect of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount. The Company shall instead pay a cash adjustment (computed to the nearest cent) to each converting Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of an Ordinary Share based on the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Date.
(v) If the Company is prohibited from paying or delivering, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount (whether in cash or in Ordinary Shares), in whole or in part, due to limitations of applicable Jersey law, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will instead be increased by a number of Ordinary Shares equal to:
(A) the cash amount of the aggregate unpaid and undelivered Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount, divided by
(B) the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price.
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To the extent that the cash amount of the aggregate unpaid and undelivered Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and 97% of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the Company shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver additional Ordinary Shares in respect of such amount.
Section 10. Conversion Procedures. (a) Pursuant to Section 7, on the Mandatory Conversion Date, any outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall automatically convert into Ordinary Shares.
If more than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share held by the same Holder is automatically converted on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares so converted. A Holder of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares that are mandatorily converted shall not be required to pay any transfer taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of the Ordinary Shares, except that such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of the Ordinary Shares in a name other than the name of such Holder.
A certificate representing the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares being converted are in global form, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Company to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the later of (i) the Mandatory Conversion Date and (ii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.
The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon Mandatory Conversion shall be treated as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares as of the close of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date. Except as provided under Section 13, prior to the close of business on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
(b) To effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 8, a Holder must:
(i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;
(ii) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent; and
(iii) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 8 of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares, the Holder must, in lieu of the foregoing, comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (or any other Depositary for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares appointed by the Company).
The Early Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (Early Conversion Date).
If more than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares so surrendered.
A Holder shall not be required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares upon conversion, but such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares in a name other than the name of such Holder.
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A certificate representing the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares being converted are in global form, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Company to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the latest of (i) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the Early Conversion Date, (ii) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the last day of the Early Conversion Settlement Period, and (iii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.
The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon Early Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares as of the close of business on the applicable Early Conversion Date. Except as set forth in Section 13, prior to the close of business on such applicable Early Conversion Date, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to such Ordinary Shares, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Ordinary Shares and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
In the event that an Early Conversion is effected with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares representing less than all the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by a Holder, upon such Early Conversion the Company shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a certificate evidencing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to which Early Conversion was not effected, or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares is held in book-entry form, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the Global Preferred Share or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.
(c) To effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 9, a Holder must:
(i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;
(ii) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent; and
(iii) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 9 of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares, the Holder must, in lieu of the foregoing, comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (or any other Depositary for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares appointed by the Company).
The Fundamental Change Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (the Fundamental Change Conversion Date).
If more than one Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares so surrendered.
A Holder shall not be required to pay any taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares upon conversion, but such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Ordinary Shares in a name other than the name of such Holder.
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A certificate representing the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares being converted are in global form, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Company to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, on the later of (i) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date and (ii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.
The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Ordinary Shares issuable upon such Fundamental Change Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares as of the close of business on the applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date. Except as set forth in Section 13, prior to the close of business on such applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date, the Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights with respect to the Ordinary Shares, including voting rights, rights to respond to tender offers for the Ordinary Shares and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Ordinary Shares, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
In the event that a Fundamental Change Conversion is effected with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares representing less than all the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by a Holder, upon such Fundamental Change Conversion the Company shall execute and instruct the Registrar and Transfer Agent to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a certificate evidencing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as to which Fundamental Change Conversion was not effected, or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares is held in book-entry form, the Company shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented by Global Preferred Shares by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the Global Preferred Share or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.
(d) In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which Ordinary Shares to be issued upon conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares should be registered or, if applicable, the address to which the certificate or certificates representing such Ordinary Shares should be sent, the Company shall be entitled to register such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder as shown on the records of the Company and, if applicable, to send the certificate or certificates representing such Ordinary Shares to the address of such Holder shown on the records of the Company.
(e) Any and all rights attaching to the relevant Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall cease on the applicable Conversion Date, subject to the right of Holders of such shares to receive Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and other amounts and Ordinary Shares, if any, to which they are entitled pursuant to Sections 7, 8 or 9, as applicable and, if the applicable Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, subject to the right of the Record Holders of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares on such Regular Record Date to receive payment of the full amount of such declared dividend on such Dividend Payment Date pursuant to Section 3. On any such Conversion Date, the relevant Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall automatically be converted into redeemable shares and shall be deemed for all purposes to cease to be outstanding and, subject to having complied with the relevant provisions of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991, such shares shall automatically be redeemed and cancelled by the Company as of such date for no consideration. If the Company has not complied with the relevant provisions of the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991 at any relevant time then such shares shall automatically be redeemed and cancelled for no consideration on such date when the Company has complied with such provisions.
Section 11. Reservation of Ordinary Shares. (a) The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares, solely for issuance upon the conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as herein provided, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the maximum number of Ordinary Shares deliverable upon conversion of all Mandatory
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Convertible Preferred Shares (which shall initially equal a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the sum of (x) the product of (i) 11,500,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and (ii) the initial Maximum Conversion Rate and (y) the product of (i) 11,500,000 Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, and (ii) the maximum number of Ordinary Shares that would be added to the Mandatory Conversion Rate assuming (A) the Company paid no dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date and (B) the Floor Price is greater than 97% of the relevant Average Price). For purposes of this Section 11(a), the number of Ordinary Shares that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to deliver upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares or as payment of any dividend on such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, as herein provided, Ordinary Shares reacquired and held in the treasury of the Company (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued Ordinary Shares), so long as any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).
(c) All Ordinary Shares delivered upon conversion of, or as payment of a dividend on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders) and free of preemptive rights.
(d) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Company shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.
(e) The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Ordinary Shares shall be listed on NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Company shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep listed, so long as the Ordinary Shares shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Ordinary Shares issuable upon conversion (including, without limitation, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount or Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount) of, or issuable in respect of the payment of dividends, the Accumulated Dividend Amount and the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares; provided, however, that if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Company to defer the listing of such Ordinary Shares until the earlier of (x) the first conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions hereof and (y) the first payment of any dividends, any Accumulated Dividend Amount or any Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, the Company covenants to list such Ordinary Shares issuable upon the earlier of (1) the first conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares and (2) the first payment of any dividends, any Accumulated Dividend Amount or any Fundamental Change Dividend Make-whole Amount on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.
Section 12. Fractional Shares. (a) No fractional Ordinary Shares shall be issued to Holders as a result of any conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
(b) In lieu of any fractional Ordinary Shares otherwise issuable in respect of the aggregate number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of any Holder that are converted on the Mandatory Conversion Date pursuant to Section 7 or at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 8 or Section 9, the Holder will be entitled to receive an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the product of (i) that same fraction and (ii) the Average VWAP of the Ordinary Shares over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date, Early Conversion Date or Fundamental Change Conversion Date, as applicable.
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Section 13. Anti-Dilution Adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates. (a) Each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as set forth in this Section 13, except that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates if Holders participate (other than in the case of a share split or share combination or a tender or exchange offer described in Section 13(a)(v)), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Ordinary Shares and solely as a result of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, in any of the transactions set forth in Sections 13(a)(i)-(v) without having to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as if they held a number of Ordinary Shares equal to (i) the Maximum Conversion Rate as of the Record Date for such transaction, multiplied by (ii) the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares held by such Holder.
(i) If the Company exclusively issues Ordinary Shares as a dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares, or if the Company effects a share split or share combination, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 × | OS1 | |||
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OS0 |
where,
CR0 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable; | |
CR1 = | such Fixed Conversion 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 applicable; | |
OS0 = | the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date or immediately prior to the open of business on such Effective Date, as applicable, before giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination; and | |
OS1 = | the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination. |
Any adjustment made under this Section 13(a)(i) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type set forth in this Section 13(a)(i) is declared but not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. For the purposes of this clause (i), the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the relevant Record Date or immediately prior to the open of business on the relevant Effective Date, as the case may be, and the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination shall, in each case, not include shares that the Company holds in treasury.
(ii) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares any rights, options or warrants (other than pursuant to a shareholders rights plan) entitling them, for a period of not more than 60 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares at a price per share that is less than the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share for the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 × | OS0 + X | |||
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OS0 + Y |
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where,
CR0 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such issuance; | |
CR1 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date; | |
OS0 = | the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date; | |
X = | the total number of Ordinary Shares issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and | |
Y = | the number of Ordinary Shares equal to (i) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by (ii) the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants. |
Any increase made under this Section 13(a)(ii) 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 issuance. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or Ordinary Shares are not delivered after the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of Ordinary Shares actually delivered, if any. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, or if no such rights, options or warrants are exercised prior to their expiration, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividends or distribution or upon such expiration, as the case may be, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Record Date for such issuance had not occurred.
For the purpose of this Section 13(a)(ii), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Ordinary Shares to subscribe for or purchase Ordinary Shares at less than such Average VWAP per share for the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such Ordinary Shares, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Company in good faith (which determination shall be final).
(iii) If the Company distributes shares of its share capital, evidences of the Companys indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its share capital or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares, excluding:
(A) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which the provisions set forth in Section 13(a)(i) or Section 13(a)(ii) shall apply;
(B) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in Section 13(a)(iv) shall apply;
(C) any dividends and distributions upon conversion of, or in exchange for, Ordinary Shares in connection with a recapitalization, reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or other combination, share exchange, or sale, lease or other transfer or disposition resulting in the change in the consideration due upon conversion as set forth under Section 14;
(D) except as otherwise set forth in Section 13(a)(vii), rights issued pursuant to a shareholder rights plan adopted by the Company; and
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(E) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 13(a)(iii) shall apply;
then each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 × | SP0 | |||
SP0 FMV |
where,
CR0 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution; | |
CR1 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on such Record Date; | |
SP0 = | the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution; and | |
FMV = | the fair market value (as determined by the Company in good faith) of the shares of share capital, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants so distributed, expressed as an amount per Ordinary Share on the Ex-Date for such distribution. |
Any increase made under the portion of this Section 13(a)(iii) will become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if FMV (as defined above) is equal to or greater than SP0 (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, in respect of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Ordinary Shares, the amount and kind of the Companys share capital, evidences of the Companys indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its share capital or other securities that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date for the distribution.
With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 13(a)(iii) where there has been a Spin-Off, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 × | FMV0 + MP0 | |||
MP0 |
where,
CR0 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off; | |
CR1 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off; | |
FMV0 = | the Average VWAP per share of the share capital or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Ordinary Shares applicable to one Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off (the Valuation Period); and | |
MP0 = | the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the Valuation Period. |
The increase to each Fixed Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will be calculated as of the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period but will be given retroactive effect as of immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Date of the Spin-Off. Because the Company shall make the
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adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate with retroactive effect, the Company shall delay the settlement of any conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares where any date for determining the number of Ordinary Shares issuable to a Holder occurs during the Valuation Period until the second Business Day after the last Trading Day of such Valuation Period. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
For purposes of this Section 13(a)(iii) (and subject in all respects to Section 13(a)(i) and Section 13(a)(ii)):
(A) rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all or substantially all holders of the Ordinary Shares entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Companys share capital, including Ordinary Shares (either initially or under certain conditions), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (Trigger Event):
(1) |
are deemed to be transferred with such Ordinary Shares; |
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are not exercisable; and |
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are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Ordinary Shares, |
shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 13(a)(iii) (and no adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this Section 13(a)(iii) shall be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be made under this Section 13(a)(iii).
(B) If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the Initial Issue Date, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Record Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof).
(C) In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding clause (B)) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this clause (iii) was made:
(1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or repurchase (x) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution pursuant to Section 13(a)(iv), equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by a holder or holders of Ordinary Shares with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Ordinary Shares as of the date of such redemption or repurchase; and
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(2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued;
provided that, in each case, such rights, options or warrants are deemed to be transferred with such Ordinary Shares and are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Ordinary Shares.
For purposes of Section 13(a)(i), Section 13(a)(ii) and this Section 13(a)(iii), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 13(a)(iii) is applicable includes one or both of:
(A) a dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares to which Section 13(a)(i) is applicable (the Clause A Distribution); or
(B) an issuance of rights, options or warrants to which Section 13(a)(ii) is applicable (the Clause B Distribution),
then:
(1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 13(a)(iii) is applicable (the Clause C Distribution) and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 13(a)(iii) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made; and
(2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 13(a)(i) and Section 13(a)(ii) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (I) the Record Date of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Record Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any Ordinary Shares included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on such Record Date or immediately prior to the open of business on such Effective Date within the meaning of Section 13(a)(i) or outstanding immediately prior to close of business on such Record Date within the meaning of Section 13(a)(ii).
(iv) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 × | SP0 | |||
SP0 C |
where,
CR0 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; | |
CR1 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; | |
SP0 = | the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution; and | |
C = |
the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares. |
Any increase made under this Section 13(a)(iv) shall become effective immediately after the close of business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if C (as defined above) is equal to or greater than SP0 (as defined above) in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, in respect of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Ordinary Shares, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate on the Record Date for such cash dividend or distribution.
(v) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for Ordinary Shares that is subject to the then-applicable tender offer rules under the Exchange Act (other than an odd lot tender offer), to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per Ordinary Share exceeds the Average VWAP per Ordinary Share over the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the Expiration Date), each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:
CR1 = CR0 x | AC + (SP1 x OS1) | |||
OS0 x SP1 |
where,
CR0 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date; | |
CR1 = | such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date; | |
AC = | the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Company in good faith) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer; | |
OS0 = | the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); | |
OS1 = | the number of Ordinary Shares outstanding immediately after the Expiration Date (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and | |
SP1 = | the Average VWAP of Ordinary Shares over the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date (the Averaging Period). |
The increase to each Fixed Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will be calculated at the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period but will be given retroactive effect as of immediately after the close of business on the Expiration Date. Because the Company will make the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate with retroactive effect, the Company shall delay the settlement of any conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares where any date for determining the number of Ordinary Shares issuable to a Holder occurs within the Averaging Period until the second Business Day after the last Trading Day of such Averaging Period. For the avoidance of doubt, no adjustment under this Section 13(a)(v) will be made if such adjustment would result in a decrease in any Fixed Conversion Rate, except as set forth in the immediately succeeding sentence.
In the event that the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase Ordinary Shares pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Company or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then each Fixed Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made (or had been made only in respect of the purchases that have been made and not rescinded).
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(vi) If:
(A) the Record Date for a dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares occurs after the end of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value and before the Mandatory Conversion Date; and
(B) such dividend or distribution would have resulted in an adjustment of the number of Ordinary Shares issuable to the Holders had such Record Date occurred on or before the last Trading Day of such 20-Trading Day period,
then the Company shall deem the Holders to be holders of record, for each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share, of a number of Ordinary Shares equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate for purposes of that dividend or distribution, and in such a case, the Holders would receive the dividend or distribution on Ordinary Shares together with the number of Ordinary Shares issuable upon Mandatory Conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
(vii) If the Company has a rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares, the Holders shall receive, in addition to any Ordinary Shares received in connection with such conversion, the rights under the rights plan. However, if, prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the Ordinary Shares in accordance with the provisions of the applicable rights plan, each Fixed Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of Ordinary Shares, shares of its share capital, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants as set forth in Section 13(a)(iii), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.
(viii) The Company may (but is not required to), to the extent permitted by law and the rules of NYSE or any other securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares is then listed, increase each Fixed Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if such increase is irrevocable during such 20 Business Days and the Company determines that such increase would be in the best interest of the Company. The Company may also (but is not required to) increase each Fixed Conversion Rate as it deems advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Ordinary Shares resulting from any dividend or distribution of Ordinary Shares (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire Ordinary Shares) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason. However, in either case, the Company may only make such discretionary adjustments if it makes the same proportionate adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate.
(ix) The Company shall not adjust the Fixed Conversion Rates:
(A) upon the issuance of Ordinary Shares pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on securities of the Company and the investment of additional optional amounts in Ordinary Shares under any plan;
(B) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares or options, rights or warrants to purchase such Ordinary Shares pursuant to any present or future benefit or other incentive plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(C) upon the issuance of any Ordinary Shares pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in (B) of this Section 13(a)(ix) and outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date;
(D) for a change in the par value of the Ordinary Shares;
(E) for sales of Ordinary Shares for cash, other than in a transaction described in Section 13(a)(ii) or Section 13(a)(iii);
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(F) for share repurchases that are not tender or exchange offers referred to in Section 13(a)(v), including structured or derivative transactions or pursuant to a share repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors; or
(G) for accumulated dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, except as described in Sections 7, 8 and 9.
(x) Adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate will be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of an Ordinary Share. No adjustment to any Fixed Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% to each of the Fixed Conversion Rates; provided that if an adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change each of the Fixed Conversion Rates by at least 1%, then such adjustment will be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each date for determining the number of Ordinary Shares issuable to a Holder upon any conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares the Company will give effect to all adjustments that it has otherwise deferred pursuant to this sentence, and those adjustments will no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Except as otherwise provided above, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Fundamental Change Share Price, the VWAPs, the Average VWAPs and the Fixed Conversion Rates of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares. The Company shall make these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Companys calculations will be final and binding.
(xi) For the avoidance of doubt, if an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates, no separate inversely proportionate adjustment will be made to the Initial Price or the Threshold Appreciation Price because the Initial Price is equal to $100.00 divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as adjusted in the manner described herein) and the Threshold Appreciation Price is equal to $100.00 divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as adjusted in the manner described herein).
(xii) Whenever any provision of this Statement of Rights requires the Company to calculate the VWAP per Ordinary Share over a span of multiple days, the Company shall make appropriate adjustments in good faith (including, without limitation, to the Applicable Market Value, the Early Conversion Average Price, the Fundamental Change Share Price and the Average Price, as the case may be) to account for any adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates (as the case may be) that become effective, or any event that would require such an adjustment if the Record Date, Ex-Date, Effective Date or Expiration Date, as the case may be, of such event occurs during the relevant period used to calculate such prices or values, as the case may be.
(b) Whenever the Fixed Conversion Rates and the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth in the table in the definition of Fundamental Change Conversion Rate are to be adjusted, the Company shall:
(i) compute such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates;
(ii) reasonably promptly after the Fixed Conversion Rates are to be adjusted, provide or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event; and
(iii) reasonably promptly after the Fixed Conversion Rates are to be adjusted, provide or cause to be provided, to the Holders, a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates were determined and setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates and Fundamental Change Conversion Rates.
Section 14. Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Ordinary Shares. In the event of:
(i) any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another Person;
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(ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company;
(iii) any reclassification of Ordinary Shares into securities (other than a share split or share combination) including securities other than Ordinary Shares; or
(iv) any statutory exchange of securities of the Company with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition),
in each case, as a result of which the Ordinary Shares would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (each, a Reorganization Event), each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall, without the consent of the Holders, become convertible into the kind of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that such Holder would have been entitled to receive if such Holder had converted its Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares into Ordinary Shares immediately prior to such Reorganization Event (such stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof), the Exchange Property, with each Unit of Exchange Property meaning the kind and amount of such Exchange Property that a holder of one Ordinary Share is entitled to receive), and, at the effective time of such Reorganization Event, the Company may amend this Statement of Rights without the consent of the Holders to provide for such change in the convertibility of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
If the transaction causes the Ordinary Shares to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election), the Exchange Property into which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of the Ordinary Shares in such Reorganization Event.
The number of Units of Exchange Property the Company shall deliver upon conversion of each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share or as a payment of dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, as applicable, following the effective date of such Reorganization Event shall be determined as if references in Section 7, Section 8 and/or Section 9 to Ordinary Shares, as the case may be, were to Units of Exchange Property (without interest thereon and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a Record Date that is prior to the date on which the holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares become holders of record of the underlying Ordinary Shares). For the purpose of determining which of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 7(b) shall apply upon Mandatory Conversion, and for the purpose of calculating the Mandatory Conversion Rate if clause (ii) of Section 7(b) is applicable, the value of a Unit of Exchange Property shall be determined in good faith by the Company (which determination will be final), except that if a Unit of Exchange Property includes common equity or American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, the value of such common equity or ADRs shall be the average over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value of the volume weighted Average Prices for such common equity or ADRs, as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg screen (as determined in good faith by the Company (which determination will be final)); or, if such price is not available, the average market value per share of such common equity or ADRs over such period as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Company for this purpose.
The above provisions of this Section 14 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events, and the provisions of Section 13 shall apply to any shares of common equity or ADRs of the Company (or any successor thereto) received by the holders of Ordinary Shares in any such Reorganization Event.
The Company (or any successor thereto) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 20 calendar days) after the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence and of the kind and amount of the cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 14.
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Section 15. Transfer Agent, Registrar, and Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent. The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Registrar and Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be Computershare Trust Company, N.A. The Company may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Company and the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent, as the case may be; provided that if the Company removes Computershare Trust Company, N.A., the Company shall appoint a successor transfer agent, registrar or conversion and dividend disbursing agent, as the case may be, who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders.
Section 16. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Holder of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes.
Section 17. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Statement of Rights, in the Articles and by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares are represented by Global Preferred Shares, such notices may also be given to the Holders in any manner permitted by DTC or any similar facility used for the settlement of transactions in Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
Section 18. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders shall have no preemptive or preferential rights to purchase or subscribe for any share capital, obligations, warrants or other securities of the Company of any class.
Section 19. Other Rights. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Articles or as provided by applicable Jersey law.
Section 20. Book-Entry Form. (a) The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares in definitive, fully registered form eligible for book-entry settlement with the global legend as set forth on the form of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, a Global Preferred Share), which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Statement of Rights. The Global Preferred Shares may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company). The Global Preferred Shares shall be deposited on behalf of the Holders represented thereby with the Registrar, at its New York office as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and countersigned and registered by the Registrar as hereinafter provided. The aggregate number of shares represented by each 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 nominee as hereinafter provided.
This Section 20(a) shall apply only to a Global Preferred Share deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary. The Company shall execute and the Registrar shall, in accordance with this Section 20(a), countersign and deliver any Global Preferred Shares 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 Statement of Rights 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 Company, the Registrar and any agent of the Company or the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Global Preferred Share for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Registrar or any agent of the Company or the Registrar from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary 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 Holder of the Global Preferred Shares may grant proxies or otherwise authorize any Person to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take pursuant to the Global Preferred Shares, this Statement of Rights or the Articles.
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Owners of beneficial interests in Global Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, unless (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Preferred Shares and the Company does not appoint a qualified replacement for the Depositary within 90 days or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and the Company does not appoint a qualified replacement for the Depositary within 90 days. In any such case, the Global Preferred Shares shall be exchanged in whole for definitive share certificates that are not issued in global form, with the same terms and of an equal aggregate Liquidation Preference, and such definitive share certificates shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Persons specified by the Depositary in a written instrument to the Registrar.
(b) Two Officers shall sign each Global Preferred Share for the Company, in accordance with the Articles and applicable law, by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Global Preferred Share no longer holds that office at the time the Registrar countersigned such Global Preferred Share, such Global Preferred Share shall be valid nevertheless. A Global Preferred Share shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Registrar manually countersigns such Global Preferred Share. Each Global Preferred Share shall be dated the date of its countersignature. The foregoing paragraph shall likewise apply to any certificate representing Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares.
Section 21. Listing. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that, if its listing application for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares is approved by NYSE, upon such listing, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares listed on NYSE so long as the Ordinary Shares are listed on NYSE.
If the Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented thereby shall be listed on NYSE or any other stock exchange, the Depositary may, with the written approval of the Company, appoint a registrar (acceptable to the Company) for registration of such Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented thereby in accordance with the requirements of such exchange. Such registrar (which may be the Registrar if so permitted by the requirements of such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Registrar upon the request or with the written approval of the Company. If the Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented thereby, are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Registrar will, at the request and expense of the Company, arrange such facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender and exchange of such Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented thereby as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange regulations.
Section 22. Share Certificates. (a) Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares may be represented by share certificates substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.
(b) Share certificates representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be signed by two Officers, in accordance with the Articles and applicable Jersey law, by manual or facsimile signature.
(c) A share certificate representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be valid until manually countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Each share certificate representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be dated the date of its countersignature.
(d) If any Officer of the Company who has signed a share certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Transfer Agent and Registrar countersigns the share certificate, the share certificate shall be valid nonetheless.
Section 23. Replacement Certificates. If any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall, at the expense of the Holder, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new
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Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent Liquidation Preference of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share certificate and bond of indemnity, if requested, in each case, reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF FACE OF 5.50% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES
CERTIFICATE]
[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 THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, 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 SUCCESSORS NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SHARES. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.
Certificate Number [ ]
[Initial] Number of Mandatory
Convertible Preferred Shares [ ]
CUSIP [_________]
ISIN [_________]
APTIV PLC
5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares
(par value $0.01 per share)
(Liquidation Preference as specified below)
Aptiv PLC, a par value public limited company formed under the laws of Jersey (the Company), hereby certifies that [ ] (the Holder), is the registered owner of [ ] [the number shown on Schedule I hereto of] fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Companys designated 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares, with a par value of $0.01 per share and a Liquidation Preference of $100.00 per share (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares). The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares 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 designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares represented hereby are and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Statement of Rights for the 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of Aptiv PLC dated June 12, 2020 as the same may be amended from time to time (the Statement of Rights). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Statement of Rights. The Company will provide a copy of the Statement of Rights to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Company at its principal place of business. In the case of any conflict between this Certificate and the Statement of Rights, the provisions of the Statement of Rights shall control and govern.
Reference is hereby made to the provisions of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares set forth on the reverse hereof and in the Statement of Rights, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Upon receipt of this executed certificate, the Holder is bound by the Statement of Rights and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
Unless the Transfer Agent and Registrar have properly countersigned, these Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Statement of Rights or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been executed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company this [ ] of [ ] [ ].
APTIV PLC | ||
By: | ||
Name: David Sherbin | ||
Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel, | ||
Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary |
By: | ||
Name: Jane Wu | ||
Title: Vice President, Corporate Development and Treasurer |
COUNTERSIGNATURE
These are Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares referred to in the within-mentioned Statement of Rights.
Dated: [ ], [ ]
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., | ||
as Registrar and Transfer Agent | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR 5.50% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED SHARES]
Cumulative dividends on each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share shall be payable at the applicable rate provided in the Statement of Rights.
The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares shall be convertible in the manner and accordance with the terms set forth in the Statement of Rights.
The Company shall furnish without charge to each Holder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class or series of shares of the Company and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.
NOTICE OF CONVERSION
(To be executed by the Holder
in order to convert 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares)
The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the Conversion) 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares), of Aptiv PLC (hereinafter called the Company), represented by share certificate No(s). [ ] (the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Certificates), into ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the Ordinary Shares) according to the conditions of the Statement of Rights of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares (the Statement of Rights), as of the date written below. Holders that submit Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be deemed to have exercised their Fundamental Change Conversion Right.
If Ordinary Shares are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto, if any. Each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Certificate (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) is attached hereto.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in or pursuant to the Statement of Rights.
Date of Conversion: |
Applicable Conversion Rate: |
Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares to be Converted: |
Ordinary Shares to be Issued:* |
Signature: |
Name: |
Address:** |
Fax No.: |
* |
The Company is not required to issue Ordinary Shares until the original Mandatory Convertible Preferred Share Certificate(s) (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) to be converted are received by the Company or the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent. |
** |
Address where Ordinary Shares and any other payments or certificates shall be sent by the Company. |
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers the 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares evidenced hereby to:
(Insert assignees social security or taxpayer identification number, if any)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints:
as agent to transfer the 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent. 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 Certificate) |
Signature Guarantee: |
(Signature must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, 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 Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)
SCHEDULE I
Aptiv PLC
Global Preferred Share 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares
Certificate Number:
The number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares initially represented by this Global Preferred Share shall be [ ]. Thereafter the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall note changes in the number of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares evidenced by this Global Preferred Share in the table set forth below:
Amount of Decrease
|
Amount of Increase in
Number of Shares Represented by this Global Preferred Share |
Number of Shares
Represented by this Global Preferred Share following Decrease or Increase |
Signature of
Authorized Officer of Transfer Agent and Registrar |
|||||||||
(I) |
Attach Schedule I only to Global Preferred Shares. |
Exhibit 5.1
Our ref Your ref |
GEC/DNA/KAT/1065189/0006/J16366591v2 | |||
Aptiv PLC Queensway House Hilgrove Street St Helier Jersey JE1 1ES
|
12 June 2020 |
Dear Sirs
Aptiv PLC (the Company) Registration of Shares under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)
1. |
Background |
1.1 |
We have acted as the Companys Jersey legal advisers in connection with the offer of up to 15,149,519 ordinary shares of US$0.01 each in the capital of the Company (the Shares), including up to 1,976,024 Shares pursuant to the option to purchase additional shares to be granted under the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below). |
1.2 |
The Company has asked us to provide this Opinion in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act. |
1.3 |
In this opinion, non-assessable means, in relation to a Share, that the purchase price for which the Company agreed to issue that Share has been paid in full to the Company, so that no further sum is payable to the Company by any holder of that Share in respect of the purchase price of that Share. |
2. |
Documents Examined |
2.1 |
For the purposes of this Opinion, we have examined and relied upon the following documents: |
2.1.1 |
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated 26 October 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in relation to, among other things, the shelf registration of the Shares under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the Registration Statement); |
2.1.2 |
the preliminary prospectus, comprised of the Registration Statement and a supplement to the Registration Statement dated 8 June 2020, in relation to the issue of the Shares (the Preliminary Prospectus); |
2.1.3 |
the pricing term sheet dated 9 June 2020 supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus (the Pricing Term Sheet); |
2.1.4 |
the final prospectus dated 9 June 2020, comprised of the Preliminary Prospectus as supplemented by the information set out in the Pricing Term Sheet (the Final Prospectus); |
2.1.5 |
a form of underwriting agreement dated 9 June 2020 relating to the Shares (the Underwriting Agreement) between the Company and the several underwriters named therein; |
2.1.6 |
resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 4 June 2020 and resolutions of the pricing committee of the Company dated 9 June 2020; |
2.1.7 |
the Companys certificate of incorporation and memorandum and articles of association as in force as at the date hereof; |
2.1.8 |
a consent dated 5 June 2020 granted to the Company pursuant to the Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002, as amended, to, among other things, the circulation of the Final Prospectus; and |
2.1.9 |
a consent to issue shares dated 1 January 2020 issued to the Company by the Jersey Financial Services Commission under the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958. |
2.2 |
For the purposes of this opinion, we have, with the Companys consent, relied upon certificates and other assurances of directors and other officers of the Company as to matters of fact, without having independently verified such factual matters. |
3. |
Assumptions |
3.1 |
For the purposes of giving this opinion we have assumed:- |
3.1.1 |
the authenticity, accuracy, completeness and conformity to original documents of all copy documents and certificates of officers of the Company examined by us; |
3.1.2 |
that the signatures on all documents examined by us are the genuine signatures of persons authorised to execute or certify such documents; |
3.1.3 |
the accuracy and completeness in every respect of all certificates of directors or other officers of the Company given to us for the purposes of giving this opinion and that (where relevant) such certificates would be accurate if they had been given as of the date hereof; |
3.1.4 |
that the Company will not issue any Shares in excess of the authorised share capital of the Company; |
3.1.5 |
that there is no provision of the law or regulation of any jurisdiction other than Jersey which would have any adverse implication in relation to the opinion expressed hereunder; and |
3.1.6 |
that no Shares shall be issued at a discount to their par value. |
4. |
Opinion |
As a matter of Jersey law, and on the basis of and subject to the above and the qualification below, we are of the following opinion:
4.1 |
The offer and issue of the Shares has been duly authorised and that, once (i) the Company has received in full the initial issue price payable for the Shares; and (ii) the relevant subscriber or its nominee has been entered into the Companys register of members as the holder of the relevant Shares, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. |
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4.2 |
The statements made in the section of the Preliminary Prospectus headed Tax ConsiderationsJersey Tax Considerations constitute our opinion with respect to the material tax consequences under Jersey law of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Shares. |
5. |
Qualification |
This Opinion is subject to any matter of fact not disclosed to us.
6. |
Governing Law, Limitations, Benefit and Disclosure |
6.1 |
This Opinion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Jersey and is limited to the matters expressly stated herein. |
6.2 |
This Opinion is limited to matters of Jersey law and practice as at the date hereof and we have made no investigation and express no opinion with respect to the law or practice of any other jurisdiction. |
6.3 |
We assume no obligation to advise you (or any other person who may rely on this Opinion in accordance with this paragraph), or undertake any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising after the date of this Opinion that might affect the opinions expressed herein. |
6.4 |
This Opinion is addressed only to you and is for your benefit in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and, save as set out in paragraph 6.5 below, except with our prior written consent it may not be disclosed to any other person or used for any other purpose or referred to or made public in any way. |
6.5 |
We consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.2 [to the Registration Statement] and to reference to us being made in the paragraph of the Registration Statement headed Validity of Securities. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act. |
Yours faithfully |
/s/ CAREY OLSEN JERSEY LLP |
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Exhibit 5.2
Our ref Your ref |
GEC/DNA/KAT/1065189/0006/J16365526v2 | |||
Aptiv PLC Queensway House Hilgrove Street St Helier Jersey JE1 1ES |
12 June 2020 |
Dear Sirs
Aptiv PLC (the Company) Registration of Shares under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act)
1. |
Background |
1.1 |
We have acted as the Companys Jersey legal advisers in connection with the offer of up to 11,500,000 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares of US$0.01 each in the capital of the Company (the Shares), including up to 1,500,000 Shares pursuant to the option to purchase additional shares to be granted under the Underwriting Agreement (as defined below). The Shares are being issued pursuant to the Statement of Rights of 5.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Shares dated 12 June 2020 (the Statement of Rights). The Shares will be convertible into ordinary shares of $0.01 each in the capital of the Company (the Underlying Shares), in accordance with the Statement of Rights. |
1.2 |
The Company has asked us to provide this Opinion in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act. |
1.3 |
In this opinion, non-assessable means, in relation to a Share, that the purchase price for which the Company agreed to issue that Share has been paid in full to the Company, so that no further sum is payable to the Company by any holder of that Share in respect of the purchase price of that Share. |
2. |
Documents Examined |
2.1 |
For the purposes of this Opinion, we have examined and relied upon the following documents: |
2.1.1 |
the Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated 26 October 2018 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in relation to, among other things, the shelf registration of the Shares under the US Securities Act of 1933 (the Registration Statement); |
2.1.2 |
the preliminary prospectus, comprised of the Registration Statement and a supplement to the Registration Statement dated 8 June 2020, in relation to the issue of the Shares (the Preliminary Prospectus); |
2.1.3 |
the pricing term sheet dated 9 June 2020 supplementing the Preliminary Prospectus (the Pricing Term Sheet); |
2.1.4 |
the final prospectus dated 9 June 2020, comprised of the Preliminary Prospectus as supplemented by the information set out in the Pricing Term Sheet (the Final Prospectus); |
2.1.5 |
a form of underwriting agreement dated 9 June 2020 relating to the Shares (the Underwriting Agreement) between the Company and the several underwriters named therein; |
2.1.6 |
the Statement of Rights; |
2.1.7 |
resolutions of the board of directors of the Company dated 4 June 2020 and resolutions of the pricing committee of the Company dated 9 June 2020; |
2.1.8 |
the Companys certificate of incorporation and memorandum and articles of association as in force as at the date hereof; |
2.1.9 |
a consent dated 5 June 2020 granted to the Company pursuant to the Companies (General Provisions) (Jersey) Order 2002, as amended, to, among other things, the circulation of the Final Prospectus; and |
2.1.10 |
a consent to issue shares dated 1 January 2020 issued to the Company by the Jersey Financial Services Commission under the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958. |
2.2 |
For the purposes of this opinion, we have, with the Companys consent, relied upon certificates and other assurances of directors and other officers of the Company as to matters of fact, without having independently verified such factual matters. |
3. |
Assumptions |
3.1 |
For the purposes of giving this opinion we have assumed:- |
3.1.1 |
the authenticity, accuracy, completeness and conformity to original documents of all copy documents and certificates of officers of the Company examined by us; |
3.1.2 |
that the signatures on all documents examined by us are the genuine signatures of persons authorised to execute or certify such documents; |
3.1.3 |
the accuracy and completeness in every respect of all certificates of directors or other officers of the Company given to us for the purposes of giving this opinion and that (where relevant) such certificates would be accurate if they had been given as of the date hereof; |
3.1.4 |
that the Company will not issue any Shares in excess of the authorised share capital of the Company; |
3.1.5 |
that there is no provision of the law or regulation of any jurisdiction other than Jersey which would have any adverse implication in relation to the opinion expressed hereunder; and |
3.1.6 |
that no Shares shall be issued at a discount to their par value. |
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4. |
Opinion |
As a matter of Jersey law, and on the basis of and subject to the above and the qualification below, we are of the following opinion:
4.1 |
The offer and issue of the Shares and the issue of the Underlying Shares has been duly authorised and that, once (i) the Company has received in full the initial issue price payable for the Shares; (ii) the relevant subscriber or its nominee has been entered into the Companys register of members as the holder of the relevant Shares, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; and (iii) the Underlying Shares, when issued and delivered in the manner provided in the Statement of Rights, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. |
4.2 |
The statements made in the section of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus headed Tax ConsiderationsJersey Tax Considerations constitute our opinion with respect to the material tax consequences under Jersey law of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Shares. |
5. |
Qualification |
This Opinion is subject to any matter of fact not disclosed to us.
6. |
Governing Law, Limitations, Benefit and Disclosure |
6.1 |
This Opinion shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Jersey and is limited to the matters expressly stated herein. |
6.2 |
This Opinion is limited to matters of Jersey law and practice as at the date hereof and we have made no investigation and express no opinion with respect to the law or practice of any other jurisdiction. |
6.3 |
We assume no obligation to advise you (or any other person who may rely on this Opinion in accordance with this paragraph), or undertake any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising after the date of this Opinion that might affect the opinions expressed herein. |
6.4 |
This Opinion is addressed only to you and is for your benefit in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and, save as set out in paragraph 6.5 below, except with our prior written consent it may not be disclosed to any other person or used for any other purpose or referred to or made public in any way. |
6.5 |
We consent to the filing of a copy of this opinion as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.2 to the Registration Statement and to reference to us being made in the paragraph of the Registration Statement headed Validity of Securities. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are included in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act. |
Yours faithfully
/s/ CAREY OLSEN JERSEY LLP
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