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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): October 27, 2022 (October 25, 2022)

 

 

View, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39470   84-3235065

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

195 South Milpitas Blvd.

Milpitas, California, 95035

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 263-9200

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   VIEW   The Nasdaq Global Market
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   VIEWW   The Nasdaq Global Market

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.

Private Placement of 6.00% / 9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027

Investment Agreement

On October 25, 2022, View, Inc. (the “Company” or “View”) entered into an Investment Agreement (the “Investment Agreement”) with the Purchasers (as defined in the Investment Agreement), including entities affiliated with RXR, USAA Real Estate, Anson Funds and BNP Paribas Asset Management, relating to the sale by the Company to the Purchasers of $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.00% / 9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes,” and the transactions contemplated by the Investment Agreement, the “Transactions”). On October 26, 2022, the Company completed the sale to the Purchasers of the Notes pursuant to the Investment Agreement.

The gross proceeds from the sale of the Notes were approximately $200.0 million, prior to deducting fees and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from this sale for general corporate purposes.

Subject to certain limitations, the Investment Agreement provides the Purchasers with certain registration rights for the shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants (as defined below). The Investment Agreement requires the Company to prepare and file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Notes, and in any event within ninety (90) days thereafter, to register the shares underlying the Notes and the Warrants, including shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes if the Company were to elect the “payment-in-kind” option for the Notes for every interest payment date until maturity.

The Purchasers include new investors as well as current Company stockholders (some of who are affiliates), an affiliate of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., placement agent for the Notes and the Company’s financial advisor in connection with past corporate transactions, and affiliates of RXR, a party with which the Company has an existing commercial relationship and with which it has engaged in prior corporate transactions.

Indenture and Issuance of Convertible Notes

The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of October 26, 2022, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. The Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company, bearing interest at a rate of 6.00% per annum, to the extent paid in cash (“Cash Interest”), and 9.00% per annum, to the extent paid in kind through an increase in the principal amount of the Notes (“PIK Interest”). The Company can elect to make any interest payment through Cash Interest, PIK Interest or any combination thereof. Any PIK Interest will be paid by issuing notes (“PIK Notes”) in the form of physical notes. Such PIK Notes will bear interest from and after the date of such PIK Interest payment. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1, commencing on April 1, 2023. It is expected that the Notes will mature on October 1, 2027, unless redeemed, repurchased or converted in accordance with their terms prior to such date.

The Notes are convertible at an initial conversion rate equal to 747.6636, subject to certain adjustments as provided in the Indenture. All conversions will be subject to an increased conversion rate in accordance with the Indenture, based on the Conversion Date (as defined in the Indenture).

Holders of the Notes will have the right to convert all or a portion of their Notes at any time prior to close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. Upon conversion, holders of the Notes will receive shares of Common Stock together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock unless the Company elects, and holders consent, to settle conversions by paying cash or delivering a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock.

The Company may not redeem the Notes prior to October 1, 2025. The Company may redeem the Notes in whole or in part, at its option, on or after October 1, 2025, and prior to the 41st scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date, for cash at the applicable redemption price if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock has been at least 150% of the conversion price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides the applicable redemption notice.


In the event of a fundamental change, holders of the Notes will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of their Notes at a price equal to 100% of the capitalized principal amount of Notes, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the repurchase date.

The Indenture includes customary terms and covenants, including certain events of default after which the maturity of the Notes is accelerated and the Notes become due and payable immediately. Such events of default include: (i) certain payment defaults on the Notes (which, in the case of a default in the payment of interest on the Notes, will be subject to a 30-day cure period); (ii) the Company’s failure to send certain notices under the Indenture within specified periods of time, in certain cases if such failure is not cured within five business days; (iii) the Company’s failure to comply with certain covenants in the Indenture relating to the Company’s ability to consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (as defined in the Indenture); (iv) the Company’s failure in its obligation to convert a Note, if such default is not cured within five business days; (v) a default by the Company in its other agreements under the Indenture or the Notes if such default is not cured within 60 days after notice is given in accordance with the Indenture; (vi) certain defaults by the Company or any “significant subsidiary” of the Company (within the meaning of Regulation S-X) with respect to indebtedness for borrowed money of at least $15,000,000; (vii) certain failures by the Company or any significant subsidiary of the Company with respect to the payment of final judgments of at least $15,000,000; and (viii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization involving the Company or any significant subsidiary of the Company.

The foregoing descriptions of the Indenture, the Notes and the Investment Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the terms and conditions of the Indenture, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1, and the Investment Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Strategic Agreement & Warrant Agreements

On October 25, 2022, the Company and RXR FP Services LLC (“RXR FP”) entered into an Agreement for Strategic Planning and Consulting Services (the “Strategic Agreement”). Pursuant to the Strategic Agreement, RXR FP was appointed to render strategic planning and consulting services to the Company.

In consideration of RXR FP’s performance of its obligations under the Strategic Agreement, the Company agreed to issue to RXR FP warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase, in the aggregate, 9,511,128 shares of Common Stock. On October 25, 2022, the Company issued the Warrants to RXR FP pursuant to certain Common Stock Purchase Warrant Agreements (the “Warrant Agreements”). The shares underlying the Warrants vest in equal tranches over the three-year period following the initial issuance date of the Warrants, with one-third of such shares vesting each year on the anniversary thereof, provided that all such shares shall vest immediately upon the occurrence of certain specified events (each, an “Early Exercise Event”). The Warrants are exercisable, to the extent vested and unexercised, (1) in the case of certain of the Warrants, upon the earlier of the applicable vesting date or an Early Exercise Event, and prior to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on October 25, 2032 (the “Warrant Termination Time”), at an exercise price of $0.01 per share of Common Stock, subject to certain adjustments (the “Exercise Price”), (2) in the case of certain of the Warrants, upon the earlier of the applicable vesting date or any later date, provided that the closing price of the Common Stock has exceeded $1.32 (as may be adjusted) for 20 of 30 consecutive trading days prior to such applicable vesting date or such later date, or an Early Exercise Event, and prior to the Warrant Termination Time, at the Exercise Price, and (3) in the case of certain of the Warrants, upon the earlier of the applicable vesting date or any later date, provided that the closing price of the Common Stock has exceeded $1.58 (as may be adjusted) for 20 of 30 consecutive trading days prior to such applicable vesting date or such later date, or an Early Exercise Event, and prior to the Warrant Termination Time, at the Exercise Price. The Warrants may also be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a “cashless exercise” for a number of shares as determined in the Warrant Agreements. The Warrants are subject to certain restrictions on transfer prior to their applicable exercise dates.

The Strategic Agreement provides RXR FP with a right of first offer, should the Company undertake a debt financing or equity capital raise, subject to certain exceptions, to participate in such financing or capital raise. The Strategic Agreement also gives RXR FP the right to designate one member of the Company’s board of directors (the “RXR Designee”), which designee shall be the Vice-Chairperson of the Company’s board of directors, until the earlier of (i) the fifth annual meeting of stockholders of the Company following the date of the Strategic Agreement and (ii) the end of the term of the Strategic Agreement, and provides that the Company shall enter into a customary indemnification and other agreements with the RXR Designee in connection with the RXR Designee’s role on the Company’s board of directors.


The Strategic Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest of (i) five (5) years from the date of the Strategic Agreement, (ii) the date on which it is finally judicially determined that RXR FP has materially breached its obligations under the Strategic Agreement, and (iii) the date mutually agreed in writing by RXR FP and the Company.

The foregoing descriptions of the Strategic Agreement and the Warrant Agreements do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the terms and conditions of the Strategic Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2, and the Warrant Agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Blocker Agreements

In connection with the execution of the aforementioned agreements, on October 26, 2022, the Company entered into a letter agreement with each of (i) CF Principal Investments LLC, (ii) RXR FP Investor LP and RXR FP Investor II LP, and (iii) RXR FP (each of the parties in (i), (ii) and (iii), a “Blocker Party,” and such letter agreements, collectively, the “Blocker Agreements”). The Blocker Agreements provide, among other things, that the Notes shall not be converted and the Warrants shall not be exercised, as applicable, to the extent that such conversion or exercise would cause a Blocker Party to beneficially own more than a specified threshold percentage (as may be increased or decreased by the applicable Blocker Party upon 61 days’ written notice) of the Common Stock outstanding immediately following such conversion or exercise.

The foregoing description of the Blocker Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Blocker Agreements, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03

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

The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03 to the extent required.

 

Item 3.02

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On October 25, 2022, the Company entered into the Investment Agreement, pursuant to which it agreed to sell $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, with the option to sell an additional $40.0 million Notes, to the Purchasers in a private placement pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Company is selling the Notes to the Purchasers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Company is relying on this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by the Purchasers in the Investment Agreement.

The Company is issuing the Warrants in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Company is relying on this exemption from registration based in part on representations made by RXR FP in the Warrant Agreements.

The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.02 to the extent required.

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 27, 2022, the Company issued a press release, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 (the “Press Release”), announcing the Transactions. All of the information in the Press Release is incorporated by reference herein. All such information is being furnished rather than “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference is a presentation first made available on October 27, 2022.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K and certain other materials View files with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as information included in oral statements or other written statements made or to be made by View, other than statements of historical fact, contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private


Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, assumptions, projections, and management’s beliefs, that are subject to change. There can be no assurance that these forward-looking statements will be achieved; these statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond View’s control and are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. View’s business is subject to a number of risks, which are described more fully in View’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. View undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

4.1+    Indenture, dated as of October 26, 2022, by and between View, Inc. and Wilmington Trust, National Association
4.2+    Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated as of October 25, 2022
4.3+    Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated as of October 25, 2022
4.4+    Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated as of October 25, 2022
10.1+    Investment Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2022, by and among View, Inc. and the other parties thereto
10.2+    Agreement for Strategic Planning and Consulting Services, dated as of October 25, 2022, by and between View, Inc. and RXR FP Services LLC
10.3    Letter Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2022, by and between View, Inc. and CF Principal Investments LLC
10.4    Letter Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2022, by and among View, Inc., RXR FP Investor LP and RXR FP Investor II LP
10.5    Letter Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2022, by and between View, Inc. and RXR FP Services LLC
99.1    Press Release, dated October 27, 2022
99.2    Presentation, dated October 27, 2022
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

+

Schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request.


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

VIEW, INC.
By:  

/s/ Bill Krause

Name:  

Bill Krause

Title:  

Chief Legal Officer

Dated: October 27, 2022

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION AGREEMENT

 

 

 

VIEW, INC.,

as the Company,

AND

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of October 26, 2022

6.00% / 9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE 1

 

Definitions

 

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

     1  

Section 1.02.

 

References to Interest

     13  
ARTICLE 2

 

Issue, Description, Execution, Registration and Exchange of Notes

 

Section 2.01.

 

Designation and Amount

     14  

Section 2.02.

 

Form of Notes

     14  

Section 2.03.

 

Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts

     15  

Section 2.04.

 

Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes

     18  

Section 2.05.

 

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary

     19  

Section 2.06.

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes

     26  

Section 2.07.

 

Temporary Notes

     27  

Section 2.08.

 

Cancellation of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc.

     27  

Section 2.09.

 

CUSIP Numbers

     27  

Section 2.10.

 

Additional Notes; Repurchases

     28  
ARTICLE 3

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

 

Section 3.01.

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

     28  
ARTICLE 4

 

Particular Covenants of the Company

 

Section 4.01.

 

Payment of Principal and Interest

     29  

Section 4.02.

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     29  

Section 4.03.

 

Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office

     30  

Section 4.04.

 

Provisions as to Paying Agent

     30  

Section 4.05.

 

Existence

     31  

Section 4.06.

 

Information Requirement and Annual Reports

     31  

Section 4.07.

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

     33  

Section 4.08.

 

Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults

     33  

Section 4.09.

 

Further Instruments and Acts

     33  

 

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ARTICLE 5

 

Lists of Holders and Reports by the Company and the Trustee

 

Section 5.01.

 

Lists of Holders

     33  

Section 5.02.

 

Preservation and Disclosure of Lists

     33  
ARTICLE 6

 

Defaults and Remedies

 

Section 6.01.

 

Events of Default

     34  

Section 6.02.

 

Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment

     35  

Section 6.03.

 

Additional Interest

     36  

Section 6.04.

 

Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor

     37  

Section 6.05.

 

Application of Monies Collected by Trustee

     39  

Section 6.06.

 

Proceedings by Holders

     39  

Section 6.07.

 

Proceedings by Trustee

     40  

Section 6.08.

 

Remedies Cumulative and Continuing

     41  

Section 6.09.

 

Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders

     41  

Section 6.10.

 

Notice of Defaults

     41  

Section 6.11.

 

Undertaking to Pay Costs

     42  
ARTICLE 7

 

Concerning the Trustee

 

Section 7.01.

 

Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee

     42  

Section 7.02.

 

Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc.

     44  

Section 7.03.

 

No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc.

     45  

Section 7.04.

 

Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents or Note Registrar May Own Notes

     45  

Section 7.05.

 

Monies and Shares of Common Stock to Be Held in Trust

     45  

Section 7.06.

 

Compensation and Expenses of Trustee

     46  

Section 7.07.

 

Officer’s Certificate as Evidence

     47  

Section 7.08.

 

Eligibility of Trustee

     47  

Section 7.09.

 

Resignation or Removal of Trustee

     47  

Section 7.10.

 

Acceptance by Successor Trustee

     48  

Section 7.11.

 

Succession by Merger, Etc.

     49  

Section 7.12.

 

Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company

     49  

 

ii


ARTICLE 8

 

Concerning the Holders

 

Section 8.01.

 

Action by Holders

     50  

Section 8.02.

 

Proof of Execution by Holders

     50  

Section 8.03.

 

Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners

     50  

Section 8.04.

 

Company-Owned Notes Disregarded

     50  

Section 8.05.

 

Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound

     51  
ARTICLE 9

 

Holders’ Meetings

 

Section 9.01.

 

Purpose of Meetings

     51  

Section 9.02.

 

Call of Meetings by Trustee

     52  

Section 9.03.

 

Call of Meetings by Company or Holders

     52  

Section 9.04.

 

Qualifications for Voting

     52  

Section 9.05.

 

Regulations

     52  

Section 9.06.

 

Voting

     53  

Section 9.07.

 

No Delay of Rights by Meeting

     53  
ARTICLE 10

 

Supplemental Indentures

 

Section 10.01.

 

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders

     54  

Section 10.02.

 

Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders

     55  

Section 10.03.

 

Effect of Supplemental Indentures

     56  

Section 10.04.

 

Notation on Notes

     56  

Section 10.05.

 

Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee

     56  
ARTICLE 11

 

Consolidation, Merger, Sale, Conveyance and Lease

 

Section 11.01.

 

Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms

     56  

Section 11.02.

 

[Reserved]

     57  

Section 11.03.

 

Successor Company to Be Substituted

     57  

Section 11.04.

 

Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee

     58  
ARTICLE 12

 

Immunity of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors

 

Section 12.01.

 

Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations

     58  

 

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ARTICLE 13

 

[RESERVED]

 

ARTICLE 14

 

Conversion of Notes

 

Section 14.01.

 

Conversion Privilege

     58  

Section 14.02.

 

Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion

     59  

Section 14.03.

 

Increased Conversion Rate

     64  

Section 14.04.

 

Adjustment of Conversion Rate

     66  

Section 14.05.

 

Adjustments of Prices

     76  

Section 14.06.

 

Shares to Be Fully Paid

     76  

Section 14.07.

 

Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock

     76  

Section 14.08.

 

Certain Covenants

     78  

Section 14.09.

 

Responsibility of Trustee

     78  

Section 14.10.

 

Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions

     79  

Section 14.11.

 

Stockholder Rights Plans

     80  

Section 14.12.

 

Exchange In Lieu Of Conversion

     80  
ARTICLE 15

 

Repurchase of Notes at Option of Holders

 

Section 15.01.

 

Intentionally Omitted

     81  

Section 15.02.

 

Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change

     81  

Section 15.03.

 

Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice

     84  

Section 15.04.

 

Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price

     84  

Section 15.05.

 

Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes

     85  
ARTICLE 16

 

Optional Redemption

 

Section 16.01.

 

Optional Redemption

     85  

Section 16.02.

 

Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes

     85  

Section 16.03.

 

Payment of Notes Called for Redemption

     87  

Section 16.04.

 

Restrictions on Redemption

     87  
ARTICLE 17

 

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Section 17.01.

 

Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors

     87  

Section 17.02.

 

Official Acts by Successor Entity

     87  

Section 17.03.

 

Addresses for Notices, Etc.

     88  

Section 17.04.

 

Governing Law; Jurisdiction

     88  

Section 17.05.

 

Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee

     89  

Section 17.06.

 

Legal Holidays

     90  

Section 17.07.

 

No Security Interest Created

     90  

Section 17.08.

 

Benefits of Indenture

     90  

Section 17.09.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

     90  

Section 17.10.

 

Authenticating Agent

     90  

Section 17.11.

 

Execution in Counterparts

     91  

 

iv


Section 17.12.

 

Severability

     92  

Section 17.13.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     92  

Section 17.14.

 

Force Majeure

     92  

Section 17.15.

 

Calculations

     92  

Section 17.16.

 

U.S.A. PATRIOT Act

     92  

Section 17.17.

 

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Stockholders

     93  
EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Note

     A-1  

Exhibit B

 

Conversion Share Cap Certification

     B-1  

 

 

v


INDENTURE, dated as of October 26, 2022 between VIEW, INC., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company”, as more fully set forth in Section 1.01) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”, as more fully set forth in Section 1.01).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company has duly authorized the issuance of its 6.00% / 9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), and in order to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Notes are to be authenticated, issued and delivered, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Form of Note, the certificate of authentication to be borne by each Note, the Form of Notice of Conversion, the Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice and the Form of Assignment and Transfer to be borne by the Notes are to be substantially in the forms hereinafter provided; and

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

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

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

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder,” and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular.

Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4.06(d) and Section 6.03, as applicable.

 

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Additional Shares” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the determination of whether one Person is an “Affiliate” of another Person for purposes of this Indenture shall be made based on the facts at the time such determination is made or required to be made, as the case may be, hereunder.

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

Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

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

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

Capitalization Amount” means, for any Interest PIK Date, an amount per Note equal to the interest accrued on the principal amount of such Note as of the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, if there is no immediately preceding Interest Payment Date, the interest accrued on the Initial Principal Amount) and not paid in cash, calculated at the PIK Interest Rate on the principal amount of such Note for which interest is not paid in cash for the period from, and including, such immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or, if there is no immediately preceding Interest Payment Date, from, and including, the issue date of such Notes or such other date from which such Note bears interest as stated on such Note) to, but excluding, such Interest PIK Date.

Capitalization Method” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.03(d)(i).

Capitalized Principal Amount” means, for any date, the principal amount per Note equal to the Initial Principal Amount of such Note, as increased on each Interest PIK Date occurring on or prior to such date by the Capitalization Amount for such Interest PIK Date, if any. When the term “principal” of any Note or “principal amount” of any Note, in each case, is used herein, such references shall be deemed to be references to the Capitalized Principal Amount of such Note, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

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Cash Interest Rate” means 6.00% per annum.

Cash Method” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.03(d)(i).

Cash Settlement” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a).

Clause A Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Clause B Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Clause C Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

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

Combination Settlement” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a).

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

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

Common Stock” means the Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, at the date of this Indenture, subject to Section 14.07.

Company” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article 11, shall include its successors and assigns.

Company Order” means a written order of the Company, signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any President or Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “President” or “Vice President”) or the Company’s Treasurer, and delivered to the Trustee.

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

Conversion Consideration” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.12(a).

Conversion Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(c).

Conversion Obligation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01.

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

Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01.

 

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Conversion Share Cap” means 19.9% of the Common Stock outstanding at the time the Notes are initially issued, subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 14.04.

Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business relating to this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1290, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, Attention: View Notes Administrator or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the designated corporate trust office of any successor trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust Company, with respect to the Global Notes or any successor entity thereto.

Daily Conversion Value” means, for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period, 2.5% of the product of (a) the Conversion Rate on such Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP on such Trading Day.

Daily Measurement Value” means the Specified Dollar Amount (if any), divided by 40.

Daily Settlement Amount,” for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Observation Period, shall consist of:

(a) cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Daily Measurement Value and (ii) the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day; and

(b) if the Daily Conversion Value on such Trading Day exceeds the Daily Measurement Value, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and the Daily Measurement Value, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

Daily VWAP” means the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “VIEW <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 unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “Daily VWAP” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

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

 

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

delivered” with respect to any notice to be delivered, given or mailed to a Holder pursuant to this Indenture, shall mean notice (x) given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices or procedures at the Depositary (in the case of a Global Note) or (y) mailed to such Holder by first class mail, postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Note Register, in each case in accordance with Section 17.03. Notice so “delivered” shall be deemed to include any notice to be “mailed” or “given,” as applicable, under this Indenture.

Depositary” means, with respect to each Global Note, the Person specified in Section 2.05(c) as the Depositary with respect to such Notes, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

Designated Institution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.12(a).

Distributed Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Effective Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(c), except that, as used in Section 14.04 and Section 14.05, “Effective Date” means the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

Equity Interests” means (a) for any entity, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that entity; provided, however, that “Equity Interests” does not include any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, “Equity Interests” described in clause (a) of this definition or for “Equity Interests” described in clause (a) of this definition and/or cash based on the value of such “Equity Interests.”

Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

Ex-Dividend Date” means the first date on which shares of the Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question, from the Company or, if applicable, from the seller of the Common Stock 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 promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Election” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.12(a).

 

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Form of Assignment and Transfer” means the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” means the “Form of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Form of Note” means the “Form of Note” attached hereto as Exhibit A.

Form of Notice of Conversion” means the “Form of Notice of Conversion” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

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

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

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

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

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

 

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provided, however, that a transaction or transactions described in clause (a) or (b) above shall not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the common stockholders of the Company, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ statutory appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Select Market or The Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions the Notes become convertible into such consideration, excluding cash payments for fractional shares and cash payments made in respect of dissenters’ statutory appraisal rights (subject to the provisions of Section 14.02 and Section 14.07). If any transaction in which the Common Stock is replaced by the securities of another entity occurs, following completion of any related Fundamental Change Period (or, in the case of a transaction that would have been a Fundamental Change but for the proviso in the immediately preceding paragraph, following the effective date of such transaction) references to the Company in this definition shall instead be references to such other entity.

For purposes of this definition of “Fundamental Change,” any transaction that constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to both clause (a) and clause (b) (excluding the proviso to such clause (b)) of such definition shall be deemed a Fundamental Change solely under clause (b) of such definition (subject to such proviso).

Fundamental Change Company Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(c).

Fundamental Change Period” means the period from, and including, the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

Fundamental Change Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(b)(i).

Fundamental Change Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).

Global Note” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).

Holder,” as applied to any Note, or other similar terms, means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Note Register.

Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.

 

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Initial Principal Amount” of any Note means the principal amount of such Note at the time of original issuance of such Note. For the avoidance of doubt, the “Initial Principal Amount” of each minimum denomination of Notes on their issue date shall be $1.00.

Interest Payment Date” means each April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2023.

Interest PIK Date” means each Interest Payment Date with respect to which the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to pay interest accrued on the Notes to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date by the Capitalization Method pursuant to Section 2.03(d) hereof.

Investment Agreement” means the agreement between the Company and the Purchasers (as defined therein) dated as of October 25, 2022, relating to the purchase and sale of the Notes.

Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on that date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant date, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose. The “Last Reported Sale Price” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of regular trading session hours.

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

Maturity Date” means October 1, 2027.

Merger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).

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

Note Register” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).

 

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Note Registrar” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).

Notice of Conversion” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(b).

Observation Period” with respect to any Note surrendered for conversion means: (i) subject to clause (ii), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs prior to July 1, 2027, the 40 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the second Trading Day immediately succeeding such Conversion Date; (ii) if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the related Redemption Period, the 40 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 41st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Redemption Date; and (iii) subject to clause (ii), if the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after July 1, 2027, the 40 consecutive Trading Days beginning on, and including, the 41st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

Officer” means, with respect to the Company or any other obligor under the Notes, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the General Counsel or any President or Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “President” or “Vice President”) of such Person.

Officer’s Certificate,” when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate that is delivered to the Trustee and that is signed by an Officer of the Company. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section. The Officer giving an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.08 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.

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

Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or other counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that is delivered to the Trustee, which opinion may contain customary exceptions and qualifications as to the matters set forth therein. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section 17.05.

Optional Redemption” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01.

outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

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

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

 

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(c) Notes that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course;

(d) Notes converted pursuant to Article 14 and required to be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.08;

(e) Notes redeemed pursuant to Article 16; and

(f) Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.10.

Partial Redemption Limitation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(d).

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

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

Physical Notes” means permanent certificated Notes in registered form issued in minimum denominations of $1.00 principal amount and integral multiples thereof.

Physical Settlement” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a).

PIK Interest” means any interest paid pursuant to Section 2.03(d) by the Capitalization Method.

PIK Interest Rate” means 9.00% per annum.

PIK Notes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.03(d)(ii).

PIK Payment” means the payment of any PIK Interest on the Notes.

Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of or in exchange for a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

Price Floor” means $1.07, subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Price in connection with any adjustment to the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 14.04.

 

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

Redemption Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).

Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).

Redemption Notice Date” means the date on which a Redemption Notice is delivered pursuant to Section 16.02.

Redemption Period” means the period from, and including, the relevant Redemption Notice Date until the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the related Redemption Date.

Redemption Price” means, for any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 16.01, 100% of the Capitalized Principal Amount of such Notes, plus any accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date will be paid in cash at the Cash Interest Rate to Holders of record of such Notes as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date (notwithstanding any prior election (or deemed election) by the Company to pay such interest pursuant to the Capitalization Method), and the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the Capitalized Principal Amount of such Notes).

Reference Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a)(iv).

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

Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter relating to this Indenture is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Restricted Securities” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).

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

 

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

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

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

Settlement Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a)(iv).

Settlement Method” means, with respect to any conversion of Notes, Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement, as elected (or deemed to have been elected) by the Company.

Settlement Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 14.02(a)(iii).

Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the Commission (or any successor rule).

Specified Dollar Amount” means the maximum cash amount per $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes to be received upon conversion as specified in the Settlement Notice related to any converted Notes (or deemed specified pursuant to Section 14.02(a)).

Spin-Off” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Stock Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(c).

Stock Reference Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(c).

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.

Successor Company” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).

Trading Day” means, except for determining amounts due upon conversion as set forth below, a day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on The Nasdaq Global Market or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on The Nasdaq Global Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or

 

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such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then traded and (ii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock (or closing sale price for such other security) is available on such securities exchange or market; provided that if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a Business Day; and provided, further, that for purposes of determining amounts due upon conversion only, “Trading Day” means a day on which (x) there is no Market Disruption Event and (y) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on The Nasdaq Global Market or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on The Nasdaq Global Market, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading, except that if the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

transfer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).“Trigger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.

Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

unit of Reference Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).

Valuation Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

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 replaced by a reference to “100%”.

Section 1.02. References to Interest. Unless the context otherwise requires, (x) any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note in this Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of Section 4.06(d) and Section 6.03; (y) any express mention of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made; and (z) any reference to accrued interest on, or in respect of, any Note that has not been paid or capitalized in this Indenture shall be deemed to refer to the amount of such interest that would have accrued as of the relevant time at the applicable Cash Interest Rate as if the Company had elected the Cash Method in respect of

 

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all of the relevant interest (whether or not the Company actually elected the Cash Method and notwithstanding any prior election (or deemed election) by the Company to pay such interest pursuant to the Capitalization Method).

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Designation and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as the “6.00% / 9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027.” The aggregate Initial Principal Amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to $200,000,000 (or $240,000,000 if the option set forth in Section 2.01(b) of the Investment Agreement is exercised in full), subject to Section 2.10 and except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon the issuance of PIK Notes or registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes to the extent permitted hereunder.

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

Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as the Officer executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

Each Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect PIK Interest, redemptions, repurchases, cancellations, conversions, transfers or exchanges permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or

 

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decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Company or the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, a Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.

Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts. (a) The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1.00 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. PIK Interest on the Notes shall be paid in minimum denominations of $1.00 and integral multiples thereof, rounded up to the nearest $1.00. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified on the face of such Note. Accrued interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed in a 30-day month.

(b) The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at the close of business on any Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. The Capitalized Principal Amount of any Note (x) in the case of any Physical Note, shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company designated by the Company for such purposes in the contiguous United States of America, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office and (y) in the case of any Global Note, shall be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Company shall pay (or cause the Paying Agent to pay to the extent funded by the Company) cash interest (i) on any Physical Notes (A) to Holders holding Physical Notes having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Notes at their address as it appears in the Note Register and (B) to Holders holding Physical Notes having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each such Holder or, upon application by such a Holder to the Note Registrar (containing the requisite information for the Trustee or Paying Agent to make such wire transfer) not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States of America, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Note Registrar to the contrary or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.

(c)Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date but shall accrue interest per annum at the Cash Interest Rate borne by the Notes from, and including, such relevant payment date, and such Defaulted Amounts together with such interest thereon shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:

(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special record date

 

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for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be delivered to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Note Register, or by electronic means to the Depositary in the case of Global Notes, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor having been so delivered, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.03(c). The Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever for the calculation of the Defaulted Amounts.

(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Amounts in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

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(d)    

(i) The Company may, at its option, elect to pay interest on the Notes on any Interest Payment Date (i) by paying an amount in cash on such Interest Payment Date equal to all or a portion of interest accrued from, and including, the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or if there is no immediately preceding Interest Payment Date, from, and including, the issue date of such Notes or such other date from which such Note bears interest as stated on such Note) on the principal amount as of the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or if there is no immediately preceding Interest Payment Date, on the Initial Principal Amount), calculated at the Cash Interest Rate (the “Cash Method”) and (ii) if not paid by the Cash Method, in the case of Global Notes, by payment-in-kind, by increasing the principal amount of such Global Notes by the Capitalization Amount for such Interest Payment Date or, in the case of Physical Notes, by issuing PIK Notes in the form of Physical Notes (the “Capitalization Method”); provided that on any Interest Payment Date on which the Company pays interest using the Capitalization Method, the Capitalization Amount shall be rounded up to the nearest $1.00; and provided further that for any Notes (1) surrendered for conversion after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date; (2) redeemed in connection with a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or (3) repurchased on a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, any Capitalization Amount which would have been paid as PIK Interest for such Notes on such corresponding Interest Payment Date shall instead be paid in cash at the Cash Interest Rate to the relevant Holder(s) of such Notes as of such Regular Record Date, and no such PIK Payment on account of such Notes (notwithstanding any prior election (or deemed election) by the Company to pay such interest pursuant to the Capitalization Method for such Notes) shall be paid. The Company shall elect the method of paying interest on an Interest Payment Date by delivering a notice to the Trustee and Holders on or prior to the 15th calendar day immediately preceding the relevant Interest Payment Date identifying the method selected and (a) the amount of cash interest to be paid and/or (b) the amount of PIK Interest to be paid, as applicable. In the absence of such an election with respect to an Interest Payment Date, the Company shall be deemed to have elected the Cash Method for all of the interest due on such Interest Payment Date. All interest payable in respect of the Interest Payment Date scheduled to occur on the Maturity Date shall be paid entirely by the Cash Method.

(ii) The Company shall make payments of interest by the Cash Method in accordance with Section 4.01 (and Section 2.03(c), in the case of Defaulted Amounts). The Company shall make payments of interest by the Capitalization Method, (x) if the Notes are represented by one or more Physical Notes, by issuing additional Physical Notes to the relevant record Holder on the relevant Interest Payment Date (the “PIK Notes”) in an aggregate principal

 

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amount equal to the relevant amount of interest to be paid by the Capitalization Method (rounded up to the nearest $1.00) and the Trustee will, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver such PIK Notes in the form of Physical Notes for original issuance to the Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date, as shown by the records of the Note Register and (y) if the Notes are represented by one or more Global Notes registered in the name of, or held by, the Depositary or its nominee on the relevant Regular Record Date, by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding Global Note by an amount equal to the amount of PIK Interest for the applicable interest period (rounded up to the nearest $1.00), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, will increase the principal amount of the outstanding Global Note by such amount. The issuance of any PIK Notes to any Holder shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder. Any PIK Notes issued as Physical Notes shall be dated as of the applicable Interest Payment Date and shall bear interest from and after such date. All PIK Notes issued pursuant to a PIK Payment shall be governed by, and subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, this Indenture and shall have the same rights and benefits as the Notes issued on the initial issue date of such Notes. Any PIK Notes shall be issued with the description “PIK Note” on the face of such Note. References in this Indenture and the Notes to the “principal amount” of the Notes shall include any increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Notes as a result of any PIK Payment. The Notes issued on the initial issue date, any increase in the balance of such Notes in connection with the payment of any PIK Interest and any PIK Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture.

(iii) Following an increase in the principal amount of the outstanding Global Notes as a result of a PIK Payment, the Global Notes shall bear interest on such increased principal amount from and after the date of such PIK Payment.

Section 2.04. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual, electronic or facsimile signature of any of its Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary or any of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes, without any further action by the Company hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of the Company with respect to the issuance, authentication and delivery of such Notes.

 

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Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the Form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually by an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 17.10), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

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

Section 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary. (a) The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-Note Registrars in accordance with Section 4.02. The Note Registrar shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office (or in any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02) a register (such register, the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Note Registrar shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. The Note Register shall reflect the name and address of each holder of Notes and the principal amounts of the Notes held by such holder. The Note Register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time. The entries in the Note Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Company and the Trustee and each holder of Notes shall, for all purposes of this Indenture, treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Note Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the owner of the applicable Notes.

The Notes will initially be issued in the form of Physical Notes. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Physical Note to the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Physical Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.

Physical Notes may be exchanged for other Physical Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Physical Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Physical Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may transfer or exchange such beneficial interest in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary.

 

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All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange, repurchase or conversion shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and the Note Registrar and duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar, any co-Note Registrar or the Paying Agent for any exchange or registration of transfer of Notes, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or other similar governmental charge required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of new Notes issued upon such exchange or registration of transfer being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer or otherwise required by law.

None of the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (i) any Notes surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Note is surrendered for conversion, such portion thereof surrendered for conversion, (ii) any Notes, or a portion of any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with Article 15 or (iii) any Notes selected for redemption in accordance with Article 16, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part or (iv) any Notes between a Regular Record Date and corresponding Interest Payment Date.

All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(b) In the event that the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, subject to the fourth paragraph from the end of Section 2.05(c) all Notes may, if the Company so elects, be represented by one or more Notes in global form (each, a “Global Note”) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. Each Global Note shall bear the legend required on a Global Note set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Physical Note shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the procedures of the Depositary therefor.

(c) Every Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (together with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes that is required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including those contained in the legend set forth below), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company, and the Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c) and Section 2.05(d), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.

 

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Any certificate evidencing a Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), if applicable) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Notes have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with notice thereof to the Trustee):

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

(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR AS DESCRIBED IN RULE 501(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF VIEW, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF,

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR , OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THE COMPANY TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

No transfer of any Note will be registered by the Note Registrar unless the applicable box on the Form of Assignment and Transfer has been checked.

Any Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) (i) that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become effective or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer or (ii) that has been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, may, upon surrender of such Note for exchange to the Note Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.05, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(c) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company shall be entitled to instruct the Custodian in writing to so surrender any Global Note as to which any of the conditions set forth in clause (i) to (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence have been satisfied, and, upon such instruction, the Custodian shall so surrender such Global Note for exchange, and any new Global Note so exchanged therefor shall not bear the restrictive legend specified in this Section 2.05(c) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing promptly after a registration statement, if any, with respect to the Notes or any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes has been declared effective under the Securities Act. Any exchange of a Global Note pursuant to this paragraph shall be in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the provisions set forth in this Section 2.05(c)), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole or in part except (i) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary and (ii) for exchange of a Global Note or a portion thereof for one or more Physical Notes in accordance with the second immediately succeeding paragraph.

The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to each Global Note. Initially, each Global Note shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for Cede & Co.

 

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If (i) the Depositary notifies the Company at any time that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing and, subject to the Depositary’s applicable procedures, a beneficial owner of any Global Note requests that its beneficial interest therein be issued as a Physical Note, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver (x) in the case of clause (iii), a Physical Note to such beneficial owner in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Note corresponding to such beneficial owner’s beneficial interest and (y) in the case of clause (i) or (ii), Physical Notes to each beneficial owner of the related Global Notes (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes, and upon delivery of the Global Notes to the Trustee such Global Notes shall be canceled.

Physical Notes issued in exchange for all or a part of the Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, or, in the case of clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the relevant beneficial owner, shall instruct the Trustee. Upon execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such Physical Notes to the Persons in whose names such Physical Notes are so registered.

At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been converted, canceled, redeemed, repurchased or transferred, such Global Note shall be, upon receipt thereof, canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Physical Notes, converted, canceled, redeemed, repurchased or transferred to a transferee who receives Physical Notes therefor or any Physical Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.

None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for the payment of amounts to owners of beneficial interest in a Global Note, for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of those interests by the Depositary, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of the Depositary relating to such beneficial ownership of those interests.

The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

 

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(d) Any stock certificate or book-entry representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of a Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless the Note or such Common Stock has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or such Common Stock has been issued upon conversion of Notes that have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company with written notice thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for the Common Stock):

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR AS DESCRIBED IN RULE 501(A) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF VIEW, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF,

(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THE COMPANY TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

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Any such Common Stock (i) that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer or (ii) that has been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock (or, if applicable, like interest in a beneficial interest in a global certificate representing a share of Common Stock), which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(d).

(e) Any beneficial interest in a Global Note or Common Stock issued upon the conversion or exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Note that is repurchased or owned by any Affiliate of the Company (or any Person who was an Affiliate of the Company at any time during the three months immediately preceding) may not be resold by such Affiliate (or such Person, as the case may be) unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Note or Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being a “restricted security” (as defined under Rule 144). The Company shall cause any Note that is repurchased or owned by it to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.08.

(f) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any securities laws or restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(g) Neither the Trustee nor any agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

(h) If a Holder of any Note or share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Note, or an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Note, or in a global certificate representing any share of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Note, transfers such Note or share in compliance with Rule 144 or pursuant to an effective registration statement and delivers to the Company a written request in customary form (including, if pursuant to Rule 144, a certification that it is not, and has not been at any time during the preceding three (3) months, an Affiliate of the Company) to reissue such Note or share without a restrictive legend, then the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to occur (and, if applicable, cause such Note or share to thereafter be represented by an “unrestricted” CUSIP or ISIN number in the facilities of the related depositary) within two (2) Business Days of such request (or, if despite using its commercially reasonable efforts the Company is unable to cause the same to occur within two (2) Business Days of such request, then the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to occur as promptly as practicable).

 

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Section 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Note, bearing a registration number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

The Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and deliver the same upon the receipt of such security or indemnity as the Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, such authenticating agent may require. No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar, any co-Note Registrar or the Paying Agent upon the issuance of any substitute Note, but the Company or the Trustee may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or other similar governmental charge and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its agents and attorneys) required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new substitute Note being different from the name of the Holder of the old Note that became mutilated or was destroyed, lost or stolen. In case any Note that has matured or is about to mature or has been surrendered for required repurchase or is about to be converted in accordance with Article 14 shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, in its sole discretion, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of or convert or authorize the conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment or conversion shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or Conversion Agent of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement, payment, conversion, redemption or repurchase of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement, payment, conversion, redemption or repurchase of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

 

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Section 2.07. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Physical Notes, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes in registered form (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Physical Notes but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Physical Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Physical Notes (other than any Global Note) and thereupon any or all temporary Notes (other than any Global Note) may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Physical Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.08. Cancellation of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc. The Company shall cause all Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, repurchase, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee (including any of the Company’s agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates), to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. All Notes delivered to the Trustee shall be canceled promptly by it, and, except for Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange, or as otherwise expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture, no Notes shall be authenticated in exchange therefor. The Trustee shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures and applicable law and, after such disposition and upon written request, shall deliver a certificate of such cancellation to the Company upon the Company’s written request. Except for Notes surrendered for transfer or exchange, no Notes shall be authenticated in exchange for any Notes cancelled as provided in this Indenture.

Section 2.09. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in all notices issued to Holders as a convenience to such Holders; provided that the Trustee shall have no liability for any defect in the CUSIP numbers as they appear on any Note, notice or elsewhere and that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or on such notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

 

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Section 2.10.Additional Notes; Repurchases. The Company may, with the consent of at least a majority of the Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes outstanding, such consent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld, reopen this Indenture and issue additional Notes hereunder with the same terms as the Notes initially issued hereunder (other than differences in the issue date, the issue price, interest accrued prior to the issue date of such additional Notes and, if applicable, restrictions on transfer in respect of such additional Notes (including pursuant to Section 2.05 hereunder)) in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes initially issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax or securities law purposes, such additional Notes shall have one or more separate CUSIP numbers. For the avoidance of doubt, no such Holder consent shall be required for any PIK Payment made in accordance with this Indenture. Any additional Notes will be treated as a single series for all purposes under this Indenture except as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 2.10. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such matters required by Section 17.05. In addition, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), repurchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives, in each case, without prior written notice to Holders. The Company shall cause any Notes so repurchased (other than Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.08 and such Notes shall no longer be considered outstanding under this Indenture upon their repurchase and, upon receipt of a Company Order and an Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall cancel all Notes so surrendered.

ARTICLE 3

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 3.01. Satisfaction and Discharge. This Indenture shall upon request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate cease to be of further effect, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute such instruments reasonably requested by the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (a) (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (x) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced, paid or converted as provided in Section 2.06 and (y) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 4.04(d)) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) the Company has deposited with the Trustee or delivered to Holders, as applicable, after the Notes have become due and payable, whether on the Maturity Date, any Redemption Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, upon conversion or otherwise, cash or cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, as applicable, solely to satisfy the Conversion Obligation, sufficient, without consideration of reinvestment, to pay all of the outstanding Notes and all other sums due and payable under this Indenture by the Company; and (b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.06 shall survive.

 

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ARTICLE 4

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and pay accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided in this Section 4.01, Section 2.03(c), Section 2.03(d) and in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest payable by the Cash Method shall be considered paid on the date due if by 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and cash interest then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. Payments of interest by the Capitalization Method shall be considered paid if the Trustee has received the Company Order required by Section 2.03(d) and, in the case of Physical Notes, PIK Notes in the form of Physical Notes executed by an Officer of the Company.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company shall have the right to deduct or withhold from any principal, premium or interest (including any Additional Interest) payments with respect to the Notes hereunder, such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payments under any applicable law. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for purposes of this Indenture as having been paid to the person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.

Section 4.02.Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in the contiguous United States of America an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange or for payment or repurchase (“Paying Agent”) or for conversion (“Conversion Agent”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office in the United States of America as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer.

The Company may also from time to time designate as co-Note Registrars one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the contiguous United States of America as a place for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The terms “Paying Agent” and “Conversion Agent” include any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.

 

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The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Custodian and Conversion Agent and the Corporate Trust Office as the office or agency in the contiguous United States of America where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange or for payment or repurchase or for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served; provided that the Corporate Trust Office shall not be a place for service of legal process on the Company.

Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustees Office. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.09, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent. (a) If the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:

(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;

(ii) that it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and

(iii) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.

The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum in immediately available U.S. Dollars sufficient to pay such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) or accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action; provided that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.

 

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(b) If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.

(c) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay, cause to be paid or deliver to the Trustee all sums or amounts held in trust by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such sums or amounts to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment or delivery by the Company or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Company or such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability but only with respect to such sums or amounts. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i), the Trustee shall automatically become the Paying Agent.

(d) Subject to applicable escheatment laws, any money or property deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on and the consideration due upon conversion of any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), interest or consideration due upon conversion has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust and the Trustee shall have no further liability with respect to such funds; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee, the Conversion Agent or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money and shares of Common Stock, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 4.05. Existence. Subject to Article 11, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

Section 4.06. Information Requirement and Annual Reports.

(a) [Reserved].

(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after the same are required to be filed with the Commission (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 (or any successor rule) under the Exchange Act), copies of any documents or reports that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding any such information, documents or reports, or portions thereof, subject to confidential treatment and any correspondence with the Commission). Any such document or report that the Company files with the Commission via the Commission’s EDGAR

 

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system (or any successor thereto) shall be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee for purposes of this Section 4.06(b) at the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system (or any successor thereto), it being understood that the Trustee shall not be responsible for determining whether such filings have been made or the contents thereof.

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

(d) If, at any time following six months after the date of original issuance of any Note, the Company fails to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than reports on Form 8-K), or any Note is not otherwise freely tradable pursuant to Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding (as a result of restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or such Note), the Company shall pay Additional Interest on such Note. Such Additional Interest shall accrue on any such Note at the rate of 0.50% per annum of the Capitalized Principal Amount of such Note outstanding for each day during such period for which the Company’s failure to file has occurred and is continuing or such Note is not otherwise freely tradable pursuant to Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates (or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months immediately preceding) as a result of restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or such Note. As used in this Section 4.06(d), documents or reports that the Company is required to “file” with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act does not include documents or reports that the Company furnishes to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(e) Additional Interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes.

(f) The Additional Interest that is payable in accordance with Section 4.06(d) shall be in addition to any Additional Interest that may accrue on the Notes as a result of the Company’s election pursuant to Section 6.03.

(g) If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 4.06(d), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the Persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

 

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Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023) an Officer’s Certificate stating whether the signers thereof know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during the previous year and, if so, specifying each such Default or Event of Default and what action has been taken in respect thereof.

In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any Event of Default or Default, its status and what action the Company is taking or proposing to take in respect thereof; provided that the Company will not be required to deliver such notice if such Event of Default or Default is no longer continuing or has been cured.

Section 4.09. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon written request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this Indenture.

ARTICLE 5

LISTS OF HOLDERS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01. Lists of Holders. The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semi-annually, not more than 5 days after each March 15 and September 15 in each year beginning with March 15, 2023, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 5 days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders as of a date not more than 15 days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Note Registrar.

Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists. The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

 

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ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default. Each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:

(a) default in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable, and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) default in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon Optional Redemption, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(c) failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Notes in accordance with this Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right, and such failure continues for a period of five (5) Business Days;

(d) failure by the Company to issue a Fundamental Change Company Notice when due in accordance with Section 15.02(c) and such failure continues for a period of five (5) Business Days;

(e) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 11;

(f) failure by the Company for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture;

(g) default by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $15,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Significant Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal of any such indebtedness when due and payable (after the expiration of all applicable grace periods) at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise and, in each such case, such indebtedness is not discharged, or such acceleration is not otherwise cured or rescinded, within 30 days (or, in the case of clause (ii) above, within the greater of (x) 30 days or (y) the duration of any grace period or extension of time for payment applicable thereto);

 

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(h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(i) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive days; or

(j) failure by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $15,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) other than any judgments covered by indemnities provided by, or insurance policies issued by, reputable and creditworthy companies, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed.

Section 6.02. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare 100% of the Capitalized Principal Amount of, and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Notes contained to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company occurs and is continuing, 100% of the Capitalized Principal Amount of, and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, if any, on, all Notes shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

The immediately preceding paragraph, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to

 

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pay installments of accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized upon all Notes and the principal of any and all Notes that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, and on such principal at the Cash Interest Rate borne by the Notes at such time) and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06, and if (1) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) any and all existing Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, if any, on Notes that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 6.09, then and in every such case (except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences and such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any Default or Event of Default resulting from (i) the nonpayment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, any Notes, (ii) a failure to repurchase any Notes when required or (iii) a failure to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes.

Section 6.03. Additional Interest. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) shall, for the first 360 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Notes at a rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the Capitalized Principal Amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during the first 180 calendar days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default during which such an Event of Default is continuing (or, if earlier, the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived as provided for in this Indenture) and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the Capitalized Principal Amount of the Notes outstanding for each day from, and including, the 181st calendar day to, but excluding, the 360th calendar day following the occurrence of such an Event of Default, in each case, during which such Event of Default is continuing (or, if earlier, the date on which such Event of Default is cured or waived as provided for in this Indenture). Additional Interest payable pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.06(d). If the Company so elects, such Additional Interest shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes. On the 361st day after such an Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) is not cured or waived prior to such 361st day), the Notes shall be subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. The provisions of this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders in the event of the occurrence of any Event of Default other than the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b). In the event the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 6.03 or the Company elected to make such payment but does not pay the Additional Interest when due, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.

 

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In order to elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 360 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) in accordance with the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company must notify all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent by delivering an Officer’s Certificate containing such election prior to the beginning of such 360-day period. Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such notice, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. The Officer’s Certificate under this Section 6.03 shall state (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is payable.

Section 6.04. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on any overdue principal and interest, if any, at the Cash Interest Rate borne by the Notes at such time, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06. If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.

In the event there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.04, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, if any, in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such other actions as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any

 

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other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including agents and counsel fees, and including any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06, incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property that the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting such Holder or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any such proceedings.

In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant to Section 6.09 or any rescission and annulment pursuant to Section 6.02 or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

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Section 6.05. Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any monies or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to the Notes shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

First, to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) under Section 7.06;

Second, in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on, and any cash due upon conversion of, the Notes in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest and cash due upon conversion, as the case may be, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon such overdue payments at the Cash Interest Rate borne by the Notes at such time, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

Third, in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount (including, if applicable, the payment of the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any cash due upon conversion) then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee, upon overdue installments of interest at the Cash Interest Rate borne by the Notes at such time, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any cash due upon conversion) and interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price and any cash due upon conversion) and accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized; and

Fourth, to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.

Section 6.06. Proceedings by Holders. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) or interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, no Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided;

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(c) such Holders shall have offered (and, if requested, provided) to the Trustee such security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense to be incurred therein or thereby;

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such security or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and

(e) no direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding within such 60-day period pursuant to Section 6.09,

it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Note with every other Holder and the Trustee that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee shall not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not any such action is unduly prejudicial to any other Holder), or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.06, each and every Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any Note, the right of any Holder to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, (y) accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, if any, on, and (z) the consideration due upon conversion of, such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Note or in this Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery, as the case may be, on or after such respective dates against the Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.07. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law. The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any Notes or does not produce any Notes in the proceeding.

 

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Section 6.08. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.06, every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

Section 6.09. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders. The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided, however, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability or for which it has not received indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against loss, liability or expense (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to determine whether any action is prejudicial to any Holder). The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, if any, on, or the principal (including any Redemption Price, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) of, the Notes when due that has not been cured pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, (ii) a failure by the Company to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due upon conversion of the Notes or (iii) a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 10 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.09, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.10. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence and continuance of a Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has been notified in writing or has actual knowledge, deliver to all Holders notice of all such Defaults, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable), or accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on, any of the Notes or a Default in the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon conversion, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

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Section 6.11. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.11 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, if any, on any Note (including, but not limited to, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to the Notes being repurchased as provided in this Indenture) on or after the due date expressed or provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Note in accordance with the provisions of Article 14.

ARTICLE 7

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice or has actual knowledge and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In the event an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has written notice or actual knowledge, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered (and, if requested, provided) to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

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

(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice or actual knowledge and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred:

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

(ii) in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively and without liability rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);

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

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section;

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

(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively and without liability rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred;

 

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(g) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or transfer agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 shall also be afforded to such Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or transfer agent; and

(h) under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Notes.

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

Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) The Trustee may conclusively and without liability rely and shall be fully protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, judgment, decree, bond, note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

(b) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or Board Resolution.

(c) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and require an Opinion of Counsel and any written or oral advice of such counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.

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

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

 

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(f) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties.

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

(h) The Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.

(i) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(j) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers.

In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any consequential, punitive, special, incidental or indirect loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been actually received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, from the Company or any Holder of the Notes, at the Corporate Trust Office and such notice references the Notes and/or this Indenture and states that it is a “notice of default.”

Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any provision of the Indenture.

Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents, Conversion Agents or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Note Registrar.

Section 7.05. Monies and Shares of Common Stock to Be Held in Trust. All monies and any shares of Common Stock received by the Trustee (or its designee) shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money and shares of Common Stock held by the Trustee or its designee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds or property except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest or investment income on any money or shares of Common Stock received by it (or its designee) hereunder except as may be agreed from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.

 

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Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee, in any capacity under this Indenture, from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to in writing between the Trustee and the Company, and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture in any capacity hereunder (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall have been caused by its gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee in any capacity under this Indenture and any other document or transaction entered into in connection herewith and its officers, directors, attorneys, employees and agents and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any Person), damage, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, its officers, directors, attorneys, agents or employees, or such agent or authenticating agent, as the case may be, as determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or in any other capacity hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim of liability in the premises and enforcing the Company’s obligations hereunder. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a senior lien to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except, subject to the effect of Section 6.05, funds held in trust herewith for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the payment or conversion of the Notes and the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The indemnification provided in this Section 7.06 shall extend to the officers, directors, attorneys, agents and employees of the Trustee.

Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

 

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Section 7.07. Officers Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officer’s Certificate, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 7.08. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act (as if, for this purpose, the Trust Indenture Act were applicable hereto) to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 7.09. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation to the Company, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten Business Days’ notice to the Company and the Holders and at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months (or since the date of this Indenture) may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee.

(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

(ii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

 

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then, in either case, the Company may by a Board Resolution remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months (or since the date of this Indenture) may, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, as determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee that shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless within ten days after notice to the Company of such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Holder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section 7.09(a) provided, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.09 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.10.

Section 7.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.09 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a senior lien to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.10, each of the Company and the successor trustee, at the written direction and at the expense of the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders. If the Company fails to deliver such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be delivered at the expense of the Company.

 

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Section 7.11. Succession by Merger, Etc. Any corporation or other entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture), shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that in the case of any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee such corporation or other entity shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

Section 7.12. Trustees Application for Instructions from the Company. Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other than with regard to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee that affects the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after notice to the Company has been deemed to have been given pursuant to Section 17.03, unless any such officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date), unless, prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in accordance with this Indenture in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

 

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ARTICLE 8

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

Section 8.01. Action by Holders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 9, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Company or the Trustee may fix, but shall not be required to, in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected shall be not more than fifteen days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Holders. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02 and Section 9.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register or by a certificate of the Note Registrar. The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06.

Section 8.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent and any Note Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Note shall be registered upon the Note Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Note (whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person other than the Company or any Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal (including any Redemption Price and any Fundamental Change Repurchase Price) of and (subject to Section 2.03) accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized on such Note, for conversion of such Note and for all other purposes under this Indenture; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Conversion Agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. The sole registered holder of a Global Note shall be the Depositary or its nominee. All such payments or deliveries so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums or shares of Common Stock so paid or delivered, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable or shares deliverable upon any such Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes following an Event of Default, any owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depositary or any other Person, such holder’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Physical Note in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Section 8.04. Company-Owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Notes that are owned by the Company, by any Subsidiary thereof or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or

 

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under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Subsidiary thereof shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes with respect to which a Responsible Officer has received written notice that such Notes are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to so act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary thereof or a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or a Subsidiary thereof. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision or indecision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

Section 8.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Note that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof.

ARTICLE 9

HOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Section 9.01. Purpose of Meetings. A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 for any of the following purposes:

(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Event of Default hereunder (in each case, as permitted under this Indenture) and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 6;

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(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Article 10; or

(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Notes under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.

Section 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 8.01, shall be delivered to Holders of such Notes. Such notice shall also be delivered to the Company. Such notices shall be delivered not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

Any meeting of Holders shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Notes then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Notes then outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.

Section 9.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Holders. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have delivered the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company or such Holders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by delivering notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.

Section 9.04. Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining to such meeting. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 9.05. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders, in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.

 

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The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders as provided in Section 9.03, in which case the Company or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, at any meeting of Holders each Holder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1.00 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him or her; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Notes held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Holders. Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 9.06. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was delivered as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the aggregate principal amount of the Notes voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.

Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

Section 9.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article 9 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes. Nothing contained in this Article 9 shall be deemed or construed to limit any Holder’s actions pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary so long as the Notes are Global Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 10

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 10.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holder, the Company and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:

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

(b) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture pursuant to Article 11;

(c) to add one or more guarantees with respect to the Notes;

(d) to secure the Notes;

(e) to add to the covenants or Events of Default of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company under this Indenture or the Notes;

(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder under this Indenture or the Notes, as determined by the Company in good faith;

(g) to increase the Conversion Rate as provided in this Indenture;

(h) to provide for the appointment of and acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee pursuant to Section 7.09 or to facilitate the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one trustee;

(i) [Reserved];

(j) to make PIK Payments or facilitate the same;

(k) to make provisions with respect to conversion rights of the Holders pursuant to Section 14.07 in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture; or

(l) to comply with the rules of the Depositary.

Upon the written request of the Company and subject to Section 10.05, the Trustee is hereby authorized to, and shall join with the Company in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, except that the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

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Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 10.01 may be executed by the Company and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.02.

Section 10.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (determined in accordance with Article 8 and including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, the Notes), the Company and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no such supplemental indenture shall:

(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;

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

(c) reduce the principal of or extend the Maturity Date of any Note;

(d) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Notes;

(e) reduce the Redemption Price or the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders the Company’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;

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

(g) change the ranking of the Notes;

(h) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Note; or

(i) make any change in this Article 10 that requires each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions in Section 6.02 or Section 6.09.

Upon the written request of the Company, and upon the delivery to the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the requisite Holders as aforesaid and subject to Section 10.05, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

 

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Holders do not need under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture. It shall be sufficient if such Holders approve the substance thereof. After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture.

Section 10.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 10.04. Notation on Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10 may, at the Company’s request and expense, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated upon receipt of a Company Order by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 17.10) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding.

Section 10.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished Trustee. In addition to the documents required by Section 17.05, the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 10 and is permitted or authorized by this Indenture and that the supplemental indenture constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

ARTICLE 11

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 11.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.03, the Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease in one transaction or a series of transactions all or substantially all of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another Person (other than any such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease to one or more of the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries), unless:

(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”), if not the Company, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture; and

 

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(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture.

For purposes of this Section 11.01, the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to another Person.

Section 11.02. [Reserved].

Section 11.03. Successor Company to Be Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease (other than any such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease to one or more of the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries) and upon the assumption by the Successor Company, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, of all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture, such Successor Company (if not the Company) shall succeed to and, except in the case of such a lease, shall be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part, and may thereafter exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture. Such Successor Company thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Company instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Company thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), upon compliance with this Article 11 the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 11) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

 

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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

Section 11.04. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee. No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease under this Article 11 shall be effective unless the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this Article 11.

ARTICLE 12

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 12.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or any accrued and unpaid interest on any Note, nor for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, nor because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent, Officer or director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any of its successor Persons, either directly or through the Company or any of its successor Persons, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Notes.

ARTICLE 13

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE 14

CONVERSION OF NOTES

Section 14.01. Conversion Privilege. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 14, each Holder of a Note shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to convert all or any portion (if the portion to be converted is $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount or any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof) of such Note at any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, in each case, at an initial conversion rate of 747.6636 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in this Article 14, including, for the avoidance of doubt, Section 14.03, the “Conversion Rate”) per $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes (subject to, and in accordance with, the settlement provisions of Section 14.02, the “Conversion Obligation”).

 

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Section 14.02. Conversion Procedure; Settlement Upon Conversion.

(a) Subject to this Section 14.02, Section 14.03(b) and Section 14.07(a), upon conversion of any Note, the Company shall satisfy its Conversion Obligation by paying or delivering, as the case may be, to the converting Holder, in respect of each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes being converted, cash (“Cash Settlement”), shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with subsection (j) of this Section 14.02 (“Physical Settlement”) or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with subsection (j) of this Section 14.02 (“Combination Settlement”), at its election, as set forth in this Section 14.02, but in any event subject to the consent of the converting Holder as specified in clause (iii) below in the event of any Settlement Method other than Physical Settlement.

(i) (x) For all conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the same Redemption Period and (y) all conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after July 1, 2027, the Company shall elect the same Settlement Method (but, for the avoidance of doubt, if a converting Holder does not consent to a Settlement Method other than Physical Settlement, conversions of Notes by such Holder shall be settled as though the Company had elected Physical Settlement and the Company may settle conversions by any consenting converting Holder pursuant to the Settlement Method elected by the Company).

(ii) Except for any such conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the same Redemption Period and any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after July 1, 2027, the Company shall use the same Settlement Method for all conversions occurring on the same Conversion Date (but, for the avoidance of doubt, if a converting Holder does not consent to a Settlement Method other than Physical Settlement, conversions of Notes by such Holder shall be settled as though the Company had elected Physical Settlement and the Company may settle conversions by any consenting converting Holder pursuant to the Settlement Method elected by the Company), but the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same Settlement Method with respect to conversions that occur on different Conversion Dates.

(iii) If, in respect of any Conversion Date (or one of the periods described below, as the case may be), the Company elects a Settlement Method other than Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver a written notice (the “Settlement Notice”) of the Settlement Method so elected in respect of such Conversion Date (or such period, as the case may be) to converting Holders (with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee)) no later than the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date (or, in the case of (x) any conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the related Redemption Period, in the related Redemption Notice or (y) any conversions of Notes for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs on or after July 1, 2027, no later than the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding July 1, 2027); provided that to the extent the Company elects any Settlement Method other than Physical

 

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Settlement in respect of any conversion, such election shall not be effective unless a converting Holder provides written consent to the Company (with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent) approving such Settlement Method election by the close of business on the day such Settlement Notice is delivered. If the Company does not timely elect a Settlement Method prior to the deadline set forth in the immediately preceding sentence (or if a converting Holder does not timely provide such written consent to the Company (with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent) with respect to any Settlement Method other than Physical Settlement), the Company shall no longer have the right to elect Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement for such conversion or during such period and the Company shall be deemed to have elected Physical Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation. Any Settlement Notice shall specify the relevant Settlement Method and in the case of an election of Combination Settlement, the relevant Settlement Notice shall indicate the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes. If the Company delivers a Settlement Notice electing Combination Settlement in respect of its Conversion Obligation and the converting Holder consents to such Settlement Method, but the Company does not timely notify converting Holders of the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes in such Settlement Notice, the Specified Dollar Amount per $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes shall be deemed to be $1,000.

(iv) The cash, shares of Common Stock or combination of cash and shares of Common Stock in respect of any conversion of Notes (the “Settlement Amount”) shall be computed as follows (for the avoidance of doubt, with pro-ration for any portion of the Capitalized Principal Amount subject to conversion that is not an integral multiple of $1,000):

(A) if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Physical Settlement, the Company shall deliver to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes being converted a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date;

(B) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Cash Settlement, the Company shall pay to the converting Holder in respect of each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes being converted cash in an amount equal to the sum of the Daily Conversion Values for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period; and

(C) if the Company elects to satisfy its Conversion Obligation in respect of such conversion by Combination Settlement, the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, in respect of each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes being converted, a Settlement Amount equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the related Observation Period.

 

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(v) The Daily Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Conversion Values (if applicable) shall be determined by the Company promptly following the last day of the Observation Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the Daily Settlement Amounts or the Daily Conversion Values, as the case may be, and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering fractional shares of Common Stock. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for any such determination.

(vi) Unless and until the Company obtains stockholder approval to issue shares of Common Stock such that a converting Holder may beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Conversion Share Cap upon conversion of such Holder’s Notes in accordance with the listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Market, the Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock to any such Holder such that such Holder would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock (including, for the purposes of such calculation, any shares of Common Stock issuable to such Holder in connection with the exercise of any warrants) in excess of the Conversion Share Cap immediately following any conversion. To the extent any conversion would otherwise result in the Company, if the Company were to elect or be deemed to elect Physical Settlement, being required to deliver any shares of Common Stock to any Holder such that such converting Holder would beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Conversion Share Cap immediately following such conversion, such conversion shall instead by deemed to be a partial conversion pursuant to Section 14.02(d), such that the Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes being converted would require the Company, if the Company were to elect or be deemed to elect Physical Settlement, to deliver the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that would not result in such converting Holder beneficially owning in excess of the Conversion Share Cap. The Conversion Share Cap will apply until the elimination of the Conversion Share Cap is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(b) Subject to Section 14.02(e), before any Holder of a Note shall be entitled to convert a Note as set forth above, such Holder shall (A) complete, manually sign and deliver to the Company a duly completed Conversion Share Cap Certification in the form of Exhibit B hereto and (B) (i) in the case of a Global Note, comply with the procedures of the Depositary in effect at that time for converting a beneficial interest in a Global Note and, if required, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 14.02(h) (and, if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes, if any, as set forth in Section 14.02(d) and Section 14.02(e)) and (ii) in the case of a Physical Note (1)

 

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complete, manually sign and deliver an irrevocable notice to the Conversion Agent as set forth in the Form of Notice of Conversion (or a facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission thereof) (a “Notice of Conversion”) at the office of the Conversion Agent and state in writing therein the principal amount of Notes to be converted and the name or names (with addresses) in which such Holder wishes the certificate or certificates for any shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon settlement of the Conversion Obligation to be registered, (2) surrender such Notes, duly endorsed to the Company or in blank (and accompanied by appropriate endorsement and transfer documents), at the office of the Conversion Agent, (3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and (4) if required, pay funds equal to any accrued interest that has not been capitalized and is payable on the next Interest Payment Date to which such Holder is not entitled as set forth in Section 14.02(h). The Trustee (and, if different, the Conversion Agent) shall notify the Company of any conversion pursuant to this Article 14 on the Conversion Date for such conversion. No Notes may be surrendered for conversion by a Holder thereof if such Holder has also delivered a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice to the Company in respect of such Notes and has not validly withdrawn such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with Section 15.03.

If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the Conversion Obligation with respect to such Notes shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted thereby) so surrendered.

(c) A Note shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the date (the “Conversion Date”) that the Holder has complied with the requirements set forth in subsection (b) above, as determined by the Company. Except as set forth in Section 14.03(b) and Section 14.07(a), the Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due in respect of the Conversion Obligation on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) Physical Settlement, or on the second Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period, in the case of any other Settlement Method; provided that, with respect to any Conversion Date occurring during a Redemption Period or after the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the Company will settle any such conversion for which Physical Settlement is applicable on the relevant Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable. If any shares of Common Stock are due to converting Holders, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, and deliver to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary for the full number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Company’s Conversion Obligation.

(d) In case any Note shall be surrendered for partial conversion, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver to or upon the written order of the Holder of the Note so surrendered a new Note or Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the surrendered Note, without payment of any service charge by the converting Holder but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or similar governmental charge required by law or that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such conversion being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such conversion.

 

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(e) If a Holder submits a Note for conversion, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or other similar governmental charge due on any issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon conversion, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests any such shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder shall pay that tax. The Conversion Agent or the Company’s stock transfer agent, as applicable, may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the shares of Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name until the Trustee receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax that is due by such Holder in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

(f) Except as provided in Section 14.04, no adjustment shall be made for dividends on any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of any Note as provided in this Article 14.

(g) Upon the conversion of an interest in a Global Note, the Trustee, or the Custodian at the direction of the Trustee, shall make a notation on such Global Note as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any conversion of Notes effected through any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee.

(h) Upon conversion, a Holder shall not receive any separate cash payment for any accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, except as set forth below. The Company’s settlement of the full Conversion Obligation shall be deemed to satisfy in full its obligation to pay the Capitalized Principal Amount of the Note and any accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date. As a result, any accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized to, but not including, the relevant Conversion Date shall be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Upon a conversion of Notes into a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized will be deemed to be paid first out of the cash paid upon such conversion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Notes are converted after the close of business on a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the open of business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, Holders of such Notes as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date will receive the full amount of interest payable on such Notes in cash at the Cash Interest Rate as if the Company had elected the Cash Method for all such interest (whether or not the Company actually elected the Cash Method) and the principal of such converted Notes shall not be increased by any Capitalization Amount (regardless of whether the Company elected or is deemed to have elected the Capitalization Method) on the corresponding Interest Payment Date notwithstanding the conversion. Notes surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the open of business on the immediately following Interest Payment Date must be accompanied by funds equal to the amount of interest payable on the Notes so converted (regardless of whether the converting Holder was the Holder of record on the corresponding Regular Record Date); provided that no such payment shall be required (1) for conversions following the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the

 

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Maturity Date; (2) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Repurchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Business Day immediately succeeding the corresponding Interest Payment Date; (3) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately succeeding the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or (4) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of conversion with respect to such Note. Therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, all Holders of record on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date shall receive the full interest payment due on the Maturity Date in cash regardless of whether their Notes have been converted following such Regular Record Date.

(i) The Person in whose name the certificate for any shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion is registered shall be deemed to be the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock as of the close of business on the relevant Conversion Date (if the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) to satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement) or the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (if the Company elects to satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Combination Settlement and the converting Holder consents to such Settlement Method), as the case may be. Upon a conversion of Notes, such Person shall no longer be a Holder of such Notes surrendered for conversion.

(j) The Company shall not issue any fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and shall instead pay cash in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon conversion based on the Daily VWAP on the relevant Conversion Date (in the case of Physical Settlement) or based on the Daily VWAP on the last Trading Day of the relevant Observation Period (in the case of Combination Settlement). For each Note surrendered for conversion, if the Company has elected Combination Settlement and the converting Holder consents to such Settlement Method, the full number of shares that shall be issued upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the relevant Observation Period and any fractional shares remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.

(k) If a Holder converts more than one Note on a Conversion Date, then the consideration due upon such conversion will (in the case of any Global Note, to the extent permitted by, and practicable under, the applicable procedures of the Depositary) be computed based on the total principal amount of Notes converted on such Conversion Date by that Holder.

Section 14.03. Increased Conversion Rate. (a) The Company shall increase the Conversion Rate for the Notes surrendered for conversion by a number of additional shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”), as described below.

(b) Upon surrender of Notes for conversion , the Company shall, at its option, satisfy the related Conversion Obligation by Physical Settlement, Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement in accordance with Section 14.02 (and subject to the consent of the converting Holders for any Settlement Method other than Physical Settlement) based on the Conversion Rate as increased to reflect the Additional Shares pursuant to the table below; provided, however, that if a Fundamental Change has occurred and the Reference Property in any Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change is composed entirely of

 

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cash, for any conversion of Notes following the Effective Date of such Fundamental Change, the Conversion Obligation shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of converted Notes equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by such Stock Price. In such event, the Conversion Obligation shall be determined and paid to Holders in cash on the second Business Day following the Conversion Date. The Company shall notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of the Effective Date of any Fundamental Change no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.

(c) The number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased for conversions shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on (1) (x) the Conversion Date, for any conversion other than as specified in the immediately succeeding clause (y) or (z), (y) the date on which the Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “Effective Date”) in the case of Notes for which the Conversion Date occurs during a Fundamental Change Period, or (z) the Redemption Notice Date, in the case of Notes for which the Conversion Date occurs during the relevant Redemption Period, and (2) the Stock Price. The “Stock Price” shall mean (1) for any conversion specified in clause (x) in the immediately preceding sentence, the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Conversion Date, (2) for any conversion specified in clause (y) in the immediately preceding sentence, the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the relevant Fundamental Change and (3) for any conversion specified in clause (z) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day Period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Redemption Notice Date; provided that, for any conversion specified in clause (y) of the immediately preceding sentence, if all holders of the Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in a Fundamental Change described in clause (b) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price shall be the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock. In the event that a Conversion Date occurs during both the relevant Redemption Period and a Fundamental Change Period, a Holder of any such Notes to be converted will be entitled to a single increase to the Conversion Rate with respect to the first to occur of the applicable Redemption Notice Date or Effective Date, and the later event shall be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of this Section 14.03. For purposes of this Section 14.03, the relevant Conversion Date, Effective Date or Redemption Notice Date, as applicable, for calculating the Stock Price is referred to as the “Stock Reference Date.”

(d) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate for the Notes is otherwise adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in the table below shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 14.04.

 

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(e) The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased per $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes pursuant to this Section 14.03 for each Stock Price and Stock Reference Date set forth below:

 

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Reference
Date

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$1.07

     $1.15      $1.20      $1.25      $1.34      $1.75      $2.01      $5.00      $7.50      $10.00      $12.50      $15.00      $17.50      $20.00  

October 26, 2022

     186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        174.9769        144.0698        40.7173        22.8682        14.5217        9.6547        6.4549        4.1864        2.4923  

October 1, 2023

     186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        157.1031        127.6092        34.6323        19.6185        12.6337        8.5532        5.8640        3.9536        0.0000  

October 1, 2024

     186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        134.2515        106.7363        27.4359        15.7489        10.2983        7.0933        4.9717        3.4605        0.0000  

October 1, 2025

     186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        186.9158        179.6994        104.1085        79.6608        19.1681        11.2478        7.4740        5.2289        3.7350        2.6685        0.0000  

October 1, 2026

     186.9158        186.9158        176.9678        158.2837        131.1590        61.7579        43.2474        10.0574        6.0627        4.0798        2.8905        2.0976        1.5313        0.0000  

October 1, 2027

     186.9158        121.9016        85.6697        52.3364        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000        0.0000  

The exact Stock Price and Stock Reference Date may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

(i) if the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table above or the Stock Reference Date is between two Stock Reference Dates in the table above, the number of Additional Shares by which the Conversion Rate shall be increased shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Stock Reference Dates, based on a 365-day year;

(ii) if the Stock Price is greater than $20.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate; and

(iii) if the Stock Price is less than $1.07 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to subsection (d) above), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Conversion Rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Conversion Rate per $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes exceed 934.5794 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04.

(f) Nothing in this Section 14.03 shall prevent an adjustment to the Conversion Rate that would otherwise be required pursuant to Section 14.04.

Section 14.04. Adjustment of Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company if any of the following events occurs, except that the Company shall not make any adjustments to the Conversion Rate if Holders of the Notes participate (other than in the case of (x) a share split or share combination or (y) a tender or exchange offer), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described in this Section 14.04, without having to convert their Notes, as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate for each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes held by such Holder.

 

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

 

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the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the open of business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;

 

CR’    =

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date;

 

OS0    =

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date (before giving effect to any such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination); and

 

OS’    =

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

Any adjustment made under this Section 14.04(a) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the open of business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 14.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Company determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(b) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock any rights, options or warrants entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the announcement date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR0    =

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance;

 

CR’    =

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

OS0    =

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

X    =

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

 

Y    =

the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants.

Any increase made under this Section 14.04(b) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that shares of the Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance had not occurred.

For purposes of this Section 14.04(b), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Company.

(c) If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the Company or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities of the Company, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding (i) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 14.04(a) or Section 14.04(b), (ii) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in Section 14.04(d) shall apply, (iii) distributions of Reference Property issued upon conversion of, or in exchange for, the

 

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Common Stock in a transaction described in Section 14.07 and (iv) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 14.04(c) shall apply (any of such shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, other assets or property or rights, options or warrants to acquire Capital Stock or other securities, the “Distributed Property”), then the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR0    =

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

 

CR’    =

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date;

 

SP0    =

the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and

 

FMV    =

the fair market value (as determined by the Company) of the Distributed Property with respect to each outstanding share of the Common Stock on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution.

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 14.04(c) above shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount thereof, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock receive the Distributed Property, the amount and kind of Distributed Property such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 14.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to any Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR0    =

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the end of the Valuation Period;

 

CR’    =

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the end of the Valuation Period;

 

FMV0    =

the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Capital Stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of the Common Stock applicable to one share of the Common Stock (determined by reference to the definition of Last Reported Sale Price as set forth in Section 1.01 as if references therein to Common Stock were to such Capital Stock or similar equity interest) over the first 10 consecutive Trading Day period after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and

 

MP0    =

the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph shall occur at the close of business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion of Notes for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the Valuation Period, references to “10” in the portion of this Section 14.04(c) related to Spin-Offs shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off to, and including, the Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Notes for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the Valuation Period, references to “10” in the portion of this Section 14.04(c) related to Spin-Offs shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of such Spin-Off to, and including, such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day. If any dividend or distribution that constitutes a Spin-Off is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately decreased, effective as of the date the Company determines not to pay or make such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared or announced.

For purposes of this Section 14.04(c) (and subject in all respect to Section 14.11), rights, options or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of the Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”): (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Common Stock; (ii) are not exercisable; and (iii) are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 14.04(c) (and no adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) will 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 Conversion Rate shall be made under this Section 14.04(c).

 

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If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the date of this Indenture, 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 Ex-Dividend 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). 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 sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Conversion Rate 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, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by a holder or holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants that shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued.

For purposes of Section 14.04(a), Section 14.04(b) and this Section 14.04(c), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) is applicable also includes one or both of:

(A) a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 14.04(a) is applicable (the “Clause A Distribution”); or

(B) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 14.04(b) is applicable (the “Clause B Distribution”),

then, in either case, (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 14.04(c) is applicable (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 14.04(c) 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 Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 14.04(a) and Section 14.04(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company (I) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any shares of Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or Clause B Distribution shall be deemed not to be “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date or Effective Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(a) or “outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(b).

 

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(d) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR0    =

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

 

CR’    =

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

 

SP0    =

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

 

C    =

the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock.

Any increase pursuant to this Section 14.04(d) shall become effective immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Company determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of a Note shall receive, for each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of the Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for the Common Stock (other than any odd-lot tender offer), to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer, the Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

CR0    =

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

 

CR’    =

the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

 

AC    =

the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Company) paid or payable for shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender or exchange offer;

 

OS0    =

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);

 

OS’    =

the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and

 

SP’    =

the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

The adjustment to the Conversion Rate under this Section 14.04(e) shall occur at the close of business on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires; provided that (x) in respect of any conversion of Notes for which Physical Settlement is applicable, if the relevant Conversion Date occurs during the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references to “10” or “10th” in this Section 14.04(e) shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the trading day next succeeding the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer to, and including, such Conversion Date in determining the Conversion Rate and (y) in respect of any conversion of Notes for which Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement is applicable, for any Trading Day that falls within the relevant Observation Period for such conversion and within the 10 Trading Days immediately following, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the expiration date of any tender or exchange offer, references to “10” or “10th” in this Section 14.04(e) shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the trading day next succeeding the expiration date of such tender or exchange offer to, and including, such Trading Day in determining the Conversion Rate as of such Trading Day.

 

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If the Company is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer described in this Section 14.04(e) but is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchase or all such purchases are rescinded, the applicable Conversion Rate will be readjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made or had been made only in respect of the purchases that have been made.

(f) Notwithstanding this Section 14.04 or any other provision of this Indenture or the Notes, if a Conversion Rate adjustment becomes effective on any Ex-Dividend Date, and a Holder that has converted its Notes on or after such Ex-Dividend Date and on or prior to the related Record Date would be deemed to be the record holder of the shares of Common Stock as of the related Conversion Date as described under Section 14.02(i) based on an adjusted Conversion Rate for such Ex-Dividend Date, then, notwithstanding the Conversion Rate adjustment provisions in this Section 14.04, the Conversion Rate adjustment relating to such Ex-Dividend Date shall not be made for such converting Holder. Instead, such Holder shall be treated as if such Holder were the record owner of the shares of Common Stock on an unadjusted basis and participate in the related dividend, distribution or other event giving rise to such adjustment.

(g) Except as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Conversion Rate for the issuance of shares of the Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of the Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of the Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.

(h) In addition to those adjustments required by clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 14.04, and subject to the applicable listing standards of The Nasdaq Global Market, the Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Company determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest. In addition, subject to the applicable listing standards of The Nasdaq Global Market, the Company may (but is not required to) increase the applicable Conversion Rate to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or rights to acquire shares of Common Stock) or similar event.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 14, the Conversion Rate shall not be adjusted:

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

(ii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit or incentive plan or program of or assumed by the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries;

 

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(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) of this subsection and outstanding as of the date the Notes were first issued

(iv) upon the repurchase of shares of Common Stock pursuant to an open-market share repurchase program or other buy-back transaction that is not a tender offer or exchange offer of the nature described in Section 14.04(e);

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

(vi) for accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized, if any.

(j) The Company shall not be required to make an adjustment pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 14.04 unless such adjustment would result in a change of at least 1% of the then effective Conversion Rate. However, the Company shall carry forward any adjustment that the Company would otherwise have to make and take that adjustment into account in any subsequent adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all such carried-forward adjustments shall be made with respect to the Notes (i) where the aggregate of all such carried-forward adjustments equals or exceeds 1% of the Conversion Rate and (ii) regardless of whether the aggregate adjustment is less than 1% of the Conversion Rate, (x) on the Conversion Date for any Notes (in the case of Physical Settlement) and (y) on each Trading Day of any Observation Period with respect to any Notes (in the case of Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement). All calculations and other determinations under this Article 14 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of a share.

(k) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee (and the Conversion Agent if not the Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the adjusted Conversion Rate, (ii) the subsection of this Section 14.04 pursuant to which such adjustment has been made, showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based and (iii) the date as of which such adjustment is effective (which certificates shall be conclusive evidence of the accuracy of such adjustment absent manifest error). Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a written notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall deliver such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to each Holder (with a copy to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee)). Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

 

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(l) For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Section 14.04 or in Section 14.03 to the contrary, in no event shall the Conversion Rate be increased if such increase would result in the Conversion Price being less than the Price Floor.

(m) For purposes of this Section 14.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company so long as the Company does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares of Common Stock issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock.

Section 14.05. Adjustments of Prices. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts over a span of multiple days (including, without limitation, an Observation Period and the period, if any, for determining the Stock Price), the Company shall make appropriate adjustments in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner to each to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date, Effective Date or expiration date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the Last Reported Sale Prices, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values or the Daily Settlement Amounts are to be calculated.

Section 14.06. Shares to Be Fully Paid. The Company shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient shares of Common Stock to provide for conversion of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for conversion (assuming (w) the Company elects to pay interest through PIK Payment on all Notes for every Interest Payment Date through, and including, the Maturity Date, (x) delivery of the maximum number of Additional Shares upon conversion of the Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Notes referred to in clause (w)) pursuant to Section 14.03, (y) that at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Notes would be converted by a single Holder and (z) that Physical Settlement is applicable).

Section 14.07. Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock.

(a) In the case of:

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

(ii) any consolidation, merger or combination or similar transaction involving the Company,

(iii) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety or

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in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “Merger Event”), then, at and after the effective time of such Merger Event, the right to convert each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes shall be changed into a right to convert such Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes into the kind and amount of shares of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Merger Event would have owned or been entitled to receive (the “Reference Property”, with each “unit of Reference Property” meaning the kind and amount of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive) upon such Merger Event and, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company or the successor or acquiring corporation, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture permitted under Section 10.01(k) providing for such change in the right to convert each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes; provided, however, that at and after the effective time of the Merger Event (A) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid or delivered, as the case may be, upon conversion of Notes subject to, and in accordance with, Section 14.02 and (B) (I) any amount payable in cash upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.02 shall continue to be payable in cash, (II) any shares of Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.02 shall instead be deliverable in the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have received in such Merger Event and (III) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of a unit of Reference Property.

If the Merger Event causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election), then (i) the Reference Property into which the Notes will be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock, and (ii) the unit of Reference Property for purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph shall refer to the consideration referred to in clause (i) attributable to one share of Common Stock. The Company shall notify Holders, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made. If all holders of the Common Stock receive only cash in such Merger Event, then for all conversions for which the relevant Conversion Date occurs after the effective date of such Merger Event (A) the consideration due upon conversion of each $1,000 Capitalized Principal Amount of Notes shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date, multiplied by the price paid per share of Common Stock in such Merger Event and (B) the Company shall satisfy the Conversion Obligation by paying cash to converting Holders on the second Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date.

Such supplemental indenture described in the second immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for anti-dilution and other adjustments that are as nearly equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article 14. If, in the case of any Merger Event, the Reference Property includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets of a Person other than the Company or the successor or purchasing corporation (excluding, for the avoidance

 

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of doubt, cash paid by such surviving company, successor or purchaser corporation, as the case may be, in such Merger Event), then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other Person and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders as the Company reasonably considers necessary by reason of the foregoing, including the provisions providing for the purchase rights set forth in Article 15.

(b) When the Company executes a supplemental indenture pursuant to subsection (a) of this Section 14.07, the Company shall promptly deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate briefly stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of cash, securities or property or asset that will comprise a unit of Reference Property after any such Merger Event, any adjustment to be made with respect thereto and that all conditions precedent have been complied with, and shall promptly deliver or cause to be delivered notice thereof to all Holders. The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be delivered to each Holder within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

(c) The Company shall not become a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 14.07. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a holder of Notes to convert its Notes into cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, as set forth in Section 14.01 and Section 14.02 prior to the effective date of such Merger Event.

(d) The above provisions of this Section shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.

Section 14.08. Certain Covenants. (a) The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of Notes will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Company and free from all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.

(b) The Company covenants that, if any shares of Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of conversion of Notes hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such shares of Common Stock may be validly issued upon conversion, the Company will, to the extent then permitted by the rules and interpretations of the Commission, secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.

(c) The Company further covenants that if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on any national securities exchange or automated quotation system the Company will list and keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, any Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

Section 14.09. Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Conversion Rate (or any adjustment thereto) or whether any facts exist that may require any adjustment (including any increase) of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the

 

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same. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent shall not be responsible for determining whether the Conversion Share Cap is applicable to any conversion or for calculating or verifying the calculations of any adjustments to the amount of notes being converted as the result of a Conversion Share Cap. The Trustee and the Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities, property or cash that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and the Trustee and the Conversion Agent make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 14.07 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Notes after any event referred to in such Section 14.07 or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may accept (without any independent investigation) as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in conclusively relying upon, the Officer’s Certificate (which the Company shall be obligated to deliver to the Trustee prior to the execution of any such supplemental indenture) with respect thereto. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, neither the Trustee nor any other agent acting under this Indenture (other than the Company, if acting in such capacity) shall have any obligation to make any calculation or to determine whether the Notes may be surrendered for conversion pursuant to this Indenture, or to notify the Company or the Depositary or any of the Holders if the Notes have become convertible pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

Section 14.10. Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions. In case of any:

(a) action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 14.04 or Section 14.11;

(b) Merger Event; or

(c) voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

then, in each case (unless notice of such event is otherwise required pursuant to another provision of this Indenture), the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee) and to be delivered to each Holder, as promptly as possible but in any event (in the case of clause (i) below) at least 20 days prior to, or (in the case of clause (ii) below) no later than, the applicable date herein after specified, a notice stating (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record are to be determined for the purposes of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) the date on which such Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-

 

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up has become effective or occured, and the date as of which holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such action by the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, Merger Event, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up.

Section 14.11. Stockholder Rights Plans. If the Company has a stockholder rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Notes, each share of Common Stock, if any, issued upon such conversion shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of rights, if any, and the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon such conversion shall bear such legends, if any, in each case as may be provided by the terms of any such stockholder rights plan, as the same may be amended from time to time. However, if, prior to any conversion of Notes, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable stockholder rights plan so that the Holders would not be entitled to receive any rights in respect of Common Stock, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Notes, the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock Distributed Property as provided in Section 14.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

Section 14.12. Exchange In Lieu Of Conversion. (a) When a Holder surrenders its Notes for conversion, the Company may, at its election, direct the Conversion Agent to surrender, on or prior to the Business Day immediately following the relevant Conversion Date, such Notes to one or more financial institutions designated by the Company (each, a “Designated Institution”) for exchange in lieu of conversion (an “Exchange Election”). In order to accept any Notes surrendered for conversion for exchange in lieu of conversion, the Designated Institution(s) must agree to timely pay or deliver, as the case may be, in exchange for such Notes, cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, at the Company’s election (and subject to the consent of the converting Holder if the Settlement Method is other than Physical Settlement), that would otherwise be due upon conversion as described in Section 14.02 above or such other amount agreed to by the converting Holder and the Designated Institution(s) (the “Conversion Consideration”). If the Company makes the election described above, the Company shall, by the close of business on the Business Day following the relevant Conversion Date, notify in writing the Holder surrendering Notes for conversion, the Trustee and the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee), that it has made such election, and the Company shall notify the Designated Institution(s) of the relevant deadline for delivery of the Conversion Consideration and the type of Conversion Consideration to be paid and/or delivered (unless the form of Conversion Consideration has been otherwise agreed by the Holder and the Designated Institution(s) as set forth in this Section 14.12). Any Notes exchanged by any Designated Institution will remain outstanding, subject to applicable procedures of the Depositary.

(b) If any Designated Institution agrees to accept any Notes for exchange but does not timely pay and/or deliver, as the case may be, the related Conversion Consideration to the Conversion Agent, or if such Designated Institution does not accept such Notes for exchange, the Company shall, within the time period specified in Section 14.02(c), pay or deliver, as the case

 

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may be, the Conversion Consideration in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.02 as if the Company had not made the Exchange Election.

(c) For the avoidance of doubt, in no event will the Company’s designation of a Designated Institution pursuant to this Section 14.12 require such Designated Institution to accept any Notes for exchange.

ARTICLE 15

REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

Section 15.01. Intentionally Omitted.

Section 15.02. Repurchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change. (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time prior to the Maturity Date, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion of the principal amount thereof properly surrendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to Section 15.03 that is equal to $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof, on the date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Date”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 or more than 35 Business Days following the date of the Fundamental Change Company Notice at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the Capitalized Principal Amount of such Notes, in each case, plus any accrued interest thereon that has not been paid or capitalized to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Price”), unless the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the Interest Payment Date to which such Regular Record Date relates, in which case the Company shall instead pay in cash at the Cash Interest Rate the full amount of accrued interest that has not been paid or capitalized (to, but excluding, such Interest Payment Date) to Holders of record as of such Regular Record Date (notwithstanding any prior election (or deemed election) by the Company to pay such interest pursuant to the Capitalization Method), and the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price shall be equal to 100% of the Capitalized Principal Amount of such Notes to be repurchased pursuant to this Article 15. Any Notes so repurchased by the Company shall be paid for in cash. The Fundamental Change Repurchase Date shall be subject to postponement in order to allow the Company to comply with applicable law as a result of changes to such applicable law occurring after the date of this Indenture.

(b) Repurchases of Notes under this Section 15.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:

(i) delivery to the Paying Agent by a Holder of a duly completed written notice (the “Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice”) in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A, if the Notes are Physical Notes, or in compliance with the Depositary’s procedures for surrendering interests in Global Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in each case on or before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date; and

 

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(ii) delivery of the Notes, if the Notes are Physical Notes, to the Paying Agent at any time after delivery of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice (together with all necessary endorsements for transfer) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Paying Agent, or book-entry transfer of the Notes, if the Notes are Global Notes, in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in each case such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price therefor.

The Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be repurchased shall state:

(i) in the case of Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be delivered for repurchase;

(ii) the portion of the principal amount of Notes to be repurchased, which must be $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof; and

(iii) that the Notes are to be repurchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture;

provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice must comply with appropriate Depositary procedures.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice contemplated by this Section 15.02 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 15.03.

The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

(c) On or before the 20th Business Day after the occurrence of the effective date of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders, the Trustee, the Conversion Agent and the Paying Agent (in the case of a Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a written notice (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) of the occurrence of the effective date of the Fundamental Change and of the resulting repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. In the case of Physical Notes, such notice shall be by first class mail or, in the case of Global Notes, such notice shall be delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;

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(iii) the last date on which a Holder may exercise the repurchase right pursuant to this Article 15;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price;

(v) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date;

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

(vii) if applicable, the Conversion Rate and any adjustments to the Conversion Rate as a result of such Fundamental Change ;

(viii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be converted only if the Holder validly withdraws the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and

(ix) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to repurchase their Notes.

No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 15.02.

At the Company’s written request, given at least five days prior to the date the Fundamental Change Company Notice is to be sent, the Trustee shall give such notice in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of such Fundamental Change Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company on any date at the option of the Holders upon a Fundamental Change if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price with respect to such Notes), or any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary shall be deemed to have been cancelled, and, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

(e) The Company shall not be required to repurchase or make an offer to repurchase Notes upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change otherwise required under this Section 15.02 if a third party makes such an offer to purchase Notes in the same manner, at the same time and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company as set forth in this Indenture and such third party purchases all Notes properly surrendered and not validly withdrawn under such offer to purchase.

 

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Section 15.03. Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice. (a) A Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 15.03 at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, specifying:

(i) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted,

(ii) if Physical Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the Notes in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, and

(iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Fundamental Change Repurchase Notice, which portion must be in principal amounts of $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof;

provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the notice must comply with appropriate procedures of the Depositary.

Section 15.04. Deposit of Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. (a) The Company will deposit with the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company, or if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04) on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date an amount of money sufficient to repurchase all of the Notes to be repurchased at the appropriate Fundamental Change Repurchase Price. Subject to receipt of funds and/or Notes by the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company), payment for Notes surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date) will be made on the later of (i) the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date (provided the Holder has satisfied the conditions in Section 15.02) and (ii) the time of book-entry transfer or the delivery of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 15.02 by mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the Note Register; provided, however, that payments to the Depositary shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. The Trustee shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

(b) If by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) holds money sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price of the Notes to be repurchased on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date, then, with respect to the Notes that have been properly

 

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surrendered for repurchase to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) and have not been validly withdrawn in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, (i) such Notes will cease to be outstanding, (ii) interest will cease to accrue on such Notes (whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company)) and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price).

(c) Upon surrender of a Note that is to be repurchased in part pursuant to Section 15.02, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unrepurchased portion of the Note surrendered.

Section 15.05. Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Repurchase of Notes. In connection with any repurchase offer pursuant to this Article 15, the Company will, if required:

(a) comply with the provisions of any tender offer rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable;

(b) file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act; and

(c) otherwise comply with all federal and state securities laws in connection with any offer by the Company to repurchase the Notes;

in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under this Article 15 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in this Article 15.

ARTICLE 16

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

Section 16.01. Optional Redemption. The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to October 1, 2025. On or after October 1, 2025 and prior to the 41st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem (an “Optional Redemption”) for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at the Redemption Price (subject to the Partial Redemption Limitation set forth in Section 16.02(d)), if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock has been at least 150% of the Conversion Price then in effect for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive Trading Day period (including the last Trading Day of such period) ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides the Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 16.02.

Section 16.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. (a) In case the Company exercises its Optional Redemption right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 16.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (each, a “Redemption Date”) and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not less than 5 Business Days prior to the date such Redemption Notice is to be sent (or such shorter period of time as may be

 

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acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall deliver or cause to be delivered a written notice of such Optional Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”) not less than 45 nor more than 60 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date to the Trustee, the Conversion Agent (if other than the Trustee), the Paying Agent, and each Holder of Notes; provided that, if the Company shall give such notice, it shall also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee. The Redemption Date must be a Business Day.

(b) The Redemption Notice, if delivered in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such Redemption Notice or any defect in the Redemption Notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

(c) Each Redemption Notice shall specify:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

(iv) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;

(v) that Holders of Notes called for redemption may surrender their Notes to be redeemed for conversion at any time prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date;

(vi) the Conversion Rate and, if applicable, the number of Additional Shares added to the Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 14.03;

(vii) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Notes; and

(viii) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued, which principal amount must be $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof.

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(d) If fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, at least $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes must be outstanding and not subject to Optional Redemption as of the date of the relevant Redemption Notice (such requirement, the “Partial Redemption Limitation”). If fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Notes to be redeemed will be selected according to the Depositary’s applicable procedures, in the case of Notes represented by a Global Note, or, in the case of Notes represented by Physical Notes, the Trustee shall select, by lot or on a pro rata basis or in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, Notes to be redeemed in whole or in part. If any Note selected for partial redemption is submitted for conversion in part after such selection, the portion of the Note submitted for conversion shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be the portion selected for redemption, subject, in the case of Notes represented by a Global Note, to the Depositary’s applicable procedures.

Section 16.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption. (a) If any Redemption Notice has been given in respect of the Notes in accordance with Section 16.02, the Notes shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice and at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation and surrender of the Notes at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice, the Notes shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price.

(b) Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 7.05 an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date), sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on such Redemption Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for the Notes to be redeemed shall be made on the Redemption Date for such Notes. The Paying Agent shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Redemption Price.

Section 16.04. Restrictions on Redemption. The Company may not redeem any Notes on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Redemption Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to such Notes).

ARTICLE 17

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 17.01. Provisions Binding on Companys Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company contained in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

Section 17.02. Official Acts by Successor Entity. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or Officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.

 

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Section 17.03. Addresses for Notices, Etc. Any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders on the Company shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed (until another address is delivered by the Company to the Trustee) to View, Inc., 195 S Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035, Attention: General Counsel. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if it is in writing and given or made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or sent electronically in PDF format. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Indenture, notices to the Trustee shall only be deemed received upon actual receipt thereof by a Responsible Officer.

The Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication delivered or to be delivered to a Holder of Physical Notes shall be mailed to it by first class mail, postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to it if so mailed within the time prescribed. Any notice or communication delivered or to be delivered to a Holder of Global Notes shall be delivered in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary and shall be sufficiently given to it if so delivered within the time prescribed.

Failure to mail or deliver a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed or delivered, as the case may be, in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Section 17.04. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

The Company irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Notes and the Trustee, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Indenture or the Notes may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and, until amounts due and to become due in respect of the Notes have been paid, hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.

 

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The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Indenture brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 17.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and, if requested by the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel stating that such action is permitted by the terms of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to such action have been complied with; provided that no Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered in connection with the removal of the restricted CUSIP of the Restricted Securities to an unrestricted CUSIP pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary upon the Notes becoming freely tradable by non-Affiliates of the Company under Rule 144, unless either a new Note is to be issued and authenticated (in which case the Opinion of Counsel required by Section 2.04 shall be delivered); provided further that no Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered in connection with a request by the Company that the Trustee deliver a notice to Holders under the Indenture where the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate with respect to such notice. With respect to matters of fact, an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

Each Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel provided for, by or on behalf of the Company in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with this Indenture (other than the Officer’s Certificates provided for in Section 4.08) shall include (a) a statement that the person signing such certificate is familiar with the requested action and this Indenture; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement contained in such certificate is based; (c) a statement that, in the judgment of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed judgment as to whether or not such action is permitted by this Indenture; and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the judgment of such person, such action is permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent thereto have been complied with.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 17.05, if any provision in this Indenture specifically provides that the Trustee shall or may receive an Opinion of Counsel in connection with any action to be taken by the Trustee or the Company hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to such Opinion of Counsel.

 

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Section 17.06. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, any Redemption Date, any Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or the Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest shall accrue on such payment in respect of the delay.

Section 17.07. No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.

Section 17.08. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Holders, the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Conversion Agent, any authenticating agent, any Note Registrar and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 17.09. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 17.10. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.07, Section 10.04 and Section 15.04 as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.08.

Any corporation or other entity into which any authenticating agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation or other entity is otherwise eligible under this Section 17.10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation or other entity.

 

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

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

The provisions of Section 7.02, Section 7.03, Section 7.04, Section 8.03 and this Section 17.10 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

If an authenticating agent is appointed pursuant to this Section 17.10, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

__________________________,

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

 

By:    
Authorized Signatory

Section 17.11. Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or such other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. Unless otherwise provided in this Indenture or in any Note, the words “execute,” “execution,” “signed” and “signature” and words of similar import used in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture, any Note or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including amendments, waivers, consents and other modifications) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures and 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 in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as applicable, to the fullest extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act and any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee is not under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Trustee pursuant to procedures approved by the Trustee.

 

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Section 17.12. Severability. In the event any provision of this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

Section 17.13. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 17.14. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee or any of the agents be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, pandemics, epidemics, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility; it being understood that the Trustee or any of the agents, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 17.15. Calculations. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Stock Price, the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, the Daily VWAPs, the Daily Conversion Values, the Conversion Share Cap, the Daily Settlement Amounts, accrued interest payable on the Notes (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Additional Interest payable under this Indenture), the Conversion Rate and the Conversion Price of the Notes. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any registered Holder upon the written request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company. Neither the Trustee nor the Conversion Agent shall have any responsibility to make calculations under this Indenture nor shall either of them have any responsibility to determine whether the circumstances requiring changes to the Conversion Rate have occurred.

Section 17.16. U.S.A. PATRIOT Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.

 

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Section 17.17. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Stockholders. None of the Company’s past, present or future directors, officers, employees or stockholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of the Company’s obligations under the Notes or this Indenture or for any claim based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of the consideration for the Notes.

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

 

VIEW, INC.
By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]


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

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:   /s/ Barry D. Somrock
  Name: Barry D. Somrock
  Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

Exhibit 4.2

Execution Version

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

VIEW, INC.

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

Initial Issuance Date: October 25, 2022

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (this “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, RXR FP Services LLC or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, to subscribe for and purchase from View, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 3,170,376 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). The Holder agrees that the Warrant Shares shall vest in equal tranches over the three-year period following the Initial Issuance Date, with one-third of the Warrant Shares vesting each year on the anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date (each anniversary, a “Vesting Date”); provided that all of the Warrant Shares shall vest immediately upon the occurrence of an Early Exercise Event (as defined below). The Holder may subscribe for and purchase the Warrant Shares that have vested and have not already been purchased upon the earlier to occur of (i) the applicable Vesting Date or (ii) the date of an Early Exercise Event (as defined below) (each of (i) and (ii), an “Exercise Date”). In order to receive the Warrant Shares, the Holder must exercise the Warrant for the Warrant Shares on or prior to 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on October 25, 2032 (the “Termination Date”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price (defined below) as adjusted herein.

Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1:

(a) “affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person.

(b) “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in the City of Milpitas, State of California.

(c) “Early Exercise Event” means the earliest to occur of (i) the two business days prior to the date the Common Stock ceases to be admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market or (ii) fifteen (15) business days before the scheduled closing date of any Fundamental Transaction (as defined herein).

(d) “Governmental Authority” means any United States or foreign federal, state, provincial or local government or other political subdivision thereof, any entity, authority or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of any such government or political subdivision, and any supranational organization of sovereign states exercising such functions for such sovereign states.

(e) “Law” means any law (including common law), order, writ, judicial decision, injunction, decree, judgment, statute, treaty, rule, regulation, ordinance or code.

(f) “Person” means any natural person or any corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability, joint stock or other company or trust.


(g) “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.

(h) “Taxes” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority, including all income, gross receipts, license, payroll, recapture, net worth, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs, duties, capital stock, ad valorem, value added, inventory, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, governmental charges, duties, levies and other similar charges imposed by a Governmental Authority in the nature of a tax, alternative or add-on minimum, or estimated taxes, and including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto.

(i) “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (defined below) or, if the Common Stock is not traded on a Trading Market, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded.

(j) “Trading Market” means, the New York Stock Exchange or any tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

(k) “VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (i) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (ii) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a Trading Market or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (iii) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

Section 2. Exercise.

(a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”); provided, that, upon delivery of a Notice of Exercise within two (2) Trading Days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, subject to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below being specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, or where permitted by law and provided that a public market for the Common Stock exists, through a “same day sale” commitment from the Holder and a broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of Securities Dealers (a “FINRA Dealer”), whereby the Holder irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and to sell a portion of the Warrant Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise Price directly to the Company. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.


(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.01, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

(c) Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing ((A-B) (X)) by (A), where:

(A) = the volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five Trading Days immediately preceding the date on which the Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

(d) Mechanics of Exercise.

(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (assuming cashless exercise of this Warrant), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Notice of Exercise by the date that is three Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required), and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above, including by means of a “cashless exercise” (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date this Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all Taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(v) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless and until the Company obtains stockholder approval to issue shares of Common Stock such that the converting Holder may beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Conversion Share Cap (as defined in the Indenture, dated October 26, 2022, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association) upon conversion of the Holder’s Warrant in accordance with the listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Market, the Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock to the Holder such that the Holder would beneficially own (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) a number of shares of Common Stock (including, for the purposes of such calculation, any shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with the exercise of any notes or warrants) in excess of the Conversion Share Cap in connection with any conversion. The Conversion Share Cap will apply until the elimination of the Conversion Share Cap is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(ii) Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant certificate evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.

(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise which right shall not impair the right of the Holder to sue for reasonably foreseeable damages if the Holder does not elect to rescind.


(iv) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

(v) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which Taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form, attached hereto as Exhibit B, duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer and other Taxes incidental thereto.

(vi) Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, Company, Transfer Agent, and their respective representatives, as applicable, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amount payable pursuant to this Warrant any such Taxes as may be required to be deducted and withheld from such amounts (and any other amounts treated as paid for applicable Tax Law) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) or any other applicable Tax Law (as determined in good faith by the party so deducting or withholding in its sole discretion). To the extent that any amounts are so deducted and withheld, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Warrant as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

(vii) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

(b) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator shall be such volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five trading days preceding such record date less the then per share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company in good faith, and of which the denominator shall be the volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five trading days preceding the record date mentioned above. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a


statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

(c) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.

(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

(e) Notice to Holder.

(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall, at the request of the Holder, promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable) and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder.

(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets, or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of


the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register (defined below) of the Company, at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, prior to the Exercise Date, solely to one or more of (i) RXR FP Services LLC and/or its successors whether by way of merger, business combination, sale of assets or reincorporation, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation, amalgamation, or similar transactions or otherwise or (ii) one of its subsidiaries or affiliates (each a “Permitted Assignee”) and on or after the Exercise Date, any Person, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. This Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by (x) prior to the Exercise Date, any Permitted Assignee and (y) on or after the Exercise Date, any Person for the purchase of Warrant Shares, without having a new Warrant issued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, any assignment or transfer of this Warrant to any party that is not a United States person within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall be void ab initio.

(b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

(c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

(d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, provides to the Company a customary certificate, the form and substance of which certificate shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the transfer of this Warrant does not require registration under the Securities Act.


Section 5. Representations. By accepting this Warrant, and in connection with the offer and delivery of this Warrant and the acquisition of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, Holder makes the following representations:

(a) Purchase for Own Account. Holder is acquiring the Warrant and Warrant Shares for its own account, not as nominee or agent, for investment and not for, with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act. Holder does not presently have any contract, undertaking or agreement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participation rights to such person or to any other person with respect to the Warrant or any of the Shares of Common Stock acquired by Holder hereunder. Holder has not been organized solely for purposes of acquiring the Warrant or the shares of Common Stock.

(b) Restricted Securities. Holder understands that the Warrant and the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon the exercise of the Warrant are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and Holder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Holder set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Holder to acquire the Warrant and Shares of Common Stock. Holder understands that the Shares of Common Stock, when issued, shall be “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws the Shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. Consequently, Holder may have to bear the risk of owning the shares for an indefinite period of time. Holder is familiar with Rule 144 under the Securities Act as presently in effect.

(c) Holder Status. At the time Holder was offered this Warrant, it was, and as of the date of this Warrant is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D, Rule 501(a), promulgated under the Securities Act.

(d) Knowledge and Experience of Holder. Holder has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon exercise of the Warrant, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Holder has had the opportunity to review the Company’s documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the officers of the Company concerning the Company, including its financial condition, results of operation and prospects, and the terms and conditions of the Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment. Holder has received all of the information it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to acquire the Shares to be acquired upon any exercise of the Warrant. Holder understands that its acquisition of any Shares issuable upon the exercise thereto involves a significant degree of risk. Holder understands that the market price of the Common Stock has been volatile and that no representation is being made as to the future value of the Common Stock. Holder is able to bear the economic risk of acquiring the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon exercise of the Warrant, and is able to afford a complete loss of such acquisition. Holder has sought, or has had the opportunity to seek, such tax advice as Holder has considered necessary regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exercise of the Warrant. Holder acknowledges that the Holder shall be responsible for any of the Holder’s tax liabilities that may arise upon any exercise of the Warrant, and that the Company has not provided any tax advice or any other representation or guarantee regarding the tax consequences of the exercise of the Warrant.

(e) Legend. Holder understands that, until such time as a registration statement has been declared effective or the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the certificates evidencing the Shares of Company Common Stock will bear with one or all of the following restrictive legends:

(i) THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD


EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; and

(ii) any legend required by the securities laws of any state.

(f) Affiliate Status. Holder is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company and has not been an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company within the three months immediately preceding the issuance of this Warrant.

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

(d) Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all Taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than Taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

(e) Governing Law; Venue. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of this Warrant shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.


(f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

(g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

(h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered as follows:

If to View, Inc.:

View, Inc.

195 South Milpitas Blvd

Milpitas, CA 95035

Attn: Chief Legal Officer

Email: bill.krause@view.com

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Attn: Michael J. Mies

Email: michael.mies@skadden.com

If to Holder:

RXR FP Services LLC

625 RXR Plaza

Uniondale, NY 11556

Attn: Jason Barnett, Steven Fields and Andrew Min

Email: jbarnett@rxr.com; sfields@rxr.com; amin@rxr.com

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

RXR FP Services LLC

75 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 500

New York, NY 10019

Attn: Jason Barnett, Steven Fields and Andrew Min

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

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-5306

Attn: Evan D’Amico; Stewart McDowell

Email: edamico@gibsondunn.com; smcdowell@gibsondunn.com


(i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

(j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder; provided, however, that any assignment or transfer of this Warrant to any party that is not a United States person within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall be void ab initio. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

(l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder of this Warrant, on the other hand.

(m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

(n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

VIEW, INC.
By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT]

Exhibit 4.3

Execution Version

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

VIEW, INC.

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

Initial Issuance Date: October 25, 2022

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (this “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, RXR FP Services LLC or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, to subscribe for and purchase from View, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 3,170,376 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). The Holder agrees that the Warrant Shares shall vest in equal tranches over the three-year period following the Initial Issuance Date, with one-third of the Warrant Shares vesting each year on the anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date (each anniversary, a “Vesting Date”); provided that all of the Warrant Shares shall vest immediately upon the occurrence of an Early Exercise Event (as defined below). The Holder may subscribe for and purchase the Warrant Shares that have vested and have not already been purchased upon the earlier to occur of (i) the applicable Vesting Date or any date following such applicable Vesting Date; provided that the Common Stock closing price has exceeded $1.32 (as the same may be adjusted as provided below, the “Target Price”) for 20 of 30 consecutive Trading Days prior to such applicable Vesting Date or such later date or (ii) the date of an Early Exercise Event (as defined below) (each of (i) and (ii), an “Exercise Date”). In order to receive the Warrant Shares, the Holder must exercise the Warrant for the Warrant Shares on or prior to 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on October 25, 2032 (the “Termination Date”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price (defined below) as adjusted herein.

Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1:

(a) “affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person.

(b) “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in the City of Milpitas, State of California.

(c) “Early Exercise Event” means the earliest to occur of (i) the two business days prior to the date the Common Stock ceases to be admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market or (ii) fifteen (15) business days before the scheduled closing date of any Fundamental Transaction (as defined herein).

(d) “Governmental Authority” means any United States or foreign federal, state, provincial or local government or other political subdivision thereof, any entity, authority or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of any such government or political subdivision, and any supranational organization of sovereign states exercising such functions for such sovereign states.

(e) “Law” means any law (including common law), order, writ, judicial decision, injunction, decree, judgment, statute, treaty, rule, regulation, ordinance or code.

(f) “Person” means any natural person or any corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability, joint stock or other company or trust.


(g) “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.

(h) “Taxes” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority, including all income, gross receipts, license, payroll, recapture, net worth, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs, duties, capital stock, ad valorem, value added, inventory, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, governmental charges, duties, levies and other similar charges imposed by a Governmental Authority in the nature of a tax, alternative or add-on minimum, or estimated taxes, and including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto.

(i) “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (defined below) or, if the Common Stock is not traded on a Trading Market, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded.

(j) “Trading Market” means, the New York Stock Exchange or any tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

(k) “VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (i) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (ii) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a Trading Market or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (iii) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

Section 2. Exercise.

(a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”); provided, that, upon delivery of a Notice of Exercise within two (2) Trading Days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, subject to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below being specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, or where permitted by law and provided that a public market for the Common Stock exists, through a “same day sale” commitment from the Holder and a broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of Securities Dealers (a “FINRA Dealer”), whereby the Holder irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and to sell a portion of the Warrant Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise Price directly to the Company. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.


(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.01, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

(c) Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing ((A-B) (X)) by (A), where:

(A) = the volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five Trading Days immediately preceding the date on which the Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

(d) Mechanics of Exercise.

(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (assuming cashless exercise of this Warrant), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Notice of Exercise by the date that is three Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required), and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above, including by means of a “cashless exercise” (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date this Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all Taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(v) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless and until the Company obtains stockholder approval to issue shares of Common Stock such that the converting Holder may beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Conversion Share Cap (as defined in the Indenture, dated October 26, 2022, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association) upon conversion of the Holder’s Warrant in accordance with the listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Market, the Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock to the Holder such that the Holder would beneficially own (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) a number of shares of Common Stock (including, for the purposes of such calculation, any shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with the exercise of any notes or warrants) in excess of the Conversion Share Cap in connection with any conversion. The Conversion Share Cap will apply until the elimination of the Conversion Share Cap is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(ii) Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant certificate evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.


(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise which right shall not impair the right of the Holder to sue for reasonably foreseeable damages if the Holder does not elect to rescind.

(iv) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

(v) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which Taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form, attached hereto as Exhibit B, duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer and other Taxes incidental thereto.

(vi) Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, Company, Transfer Agent, and their respective representatives, as applicable, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amount payable pursuant to this Warrant any such Taxes as may be required to be deducted and withheld from such amounts (and any other amounts treated as paid for applicable Tax Law) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) or any other applicable Tax Law (as determined in good faith by the party so deducting or withholding in its sole discretion). To the extent that any amounts are so deducted and withheld, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Warrant as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

(vii) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price and the Target Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

(b) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, then in each such case the Exercise Price and the Target Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator shall be such volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five trading days preceding such record date less the then per share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the


Company in good faith, and of which the denominator shall be the volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five trading days preceding the record date mentioned above. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

(c) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.

(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

(e) Notice to Holder.

(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall, at the request of the Holder, promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable) and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder.

(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets,


or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register (defined below) of the Company, at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, prior to the Exercise Date, solely to one or more of (i) RXR FP Services LLC and/or its successors whether by way of merger, business combination, sale of assets or reincorporation, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation, amalgamation, or similar transactions or otherwise or (ii) one of its subsidiaries or affiliates (each a “Permitted Assignee”) and on or after the Exercise Date, any Person, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. This Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by (x) prior to the Exercise Date, any Permitted Assignee and (y) on or after the Exercise Date, any Person for the purchase of Warrant Shares, without having a new Warrant issued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, any assignment or transfer of this Warrant to any party that is not a United States person within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall be void ab initio.

(b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

(c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

(d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities


Act, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, provides to the Company a customary certificate, the form and substance of which certificate shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the transfer of this Warrant does not require registration under the Securities Act.

Section 5. Representations. By accepting this Warrant, and in connection with the offer and delivery of this Warrant and the acquisition of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, Holder makes the following representations:

(a) Purchase for Own Account. Holder is acquiring the Warrant and Warrant Shares for its own account, not as nominee or agent, for investment and not for, with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act. Holder does not presently have any contract, undertaking or agreement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participation rights to such person or to any other person with respect to the Warrant or any of the Shares of Common Stock acquired by Holder hereunder. Holder has not been organized solely for purposes of acquiring the Warrant or the shares of Common Stock.

(b) Restricted Securities. Holder understands that the Warrant and the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon the exercise of the Warrant are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and Holder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Holder set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Holder to acquire the Warrant and Shares of Common Stock. Holder understands that the Shares of Common Stock, when issued, shall be “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws the Shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. Consequently, Holder may have to bear the risk of owning the shares for an indefinite period of time. Holder is familiar with Rule 144 under the Securities Act as presently in effect.

(c) Holder Status. At the time Holder was offered this Warrant, it was, and as of the date of this Warrant is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D, Rule 501(a), promulgated under the Securities Act.

(d) Knowledge and Experience of Holder. Holder has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon exercise of the Warrant, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Holder has had the opportunity to review the Company’s documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the officers of the Company concerning the Company, including its financial condition, results of operation and prospects, and the terms and conditions of the Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment. Holder has received all of the information it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to acquire the Shares to be acquired upon any exercise of the Warrant. Holder understands that its acquisition of any Shares issuable upon the exercise thereto involves a significant degree of risk. Holder understands that the market price of the Common Stock has been volatile and that no representation is being made as to the future value of the Common Stock. Holder is able to bear the economic risk of acquiring the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon exercise of the Warrant, and is able to afford a complete loss of such acquisition. Holder has sought, or has had the opportunity to seek, such tax advice as Holder has considered necessary regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exercise of the Warrant. Holder acknowledges that the Holder shall be responsible for any of the Holder’s tax liabilities that may arise upon any exercise of the Warrant, and that the Company has not provided any tax advice or any other representation or guarantee regarding the tax consequences of the exercise of the Warrant.

(e) Legend. Holder understands that, until such time as a registration statement has been declared effective or the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the certificates evidencing the Shares of Company Common Stock will bear with one or all of the following restrictive legends:


(i) THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; and

(ii) any legend required by the securities laws of any state.

(f) Affiliate Status. Holder is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company and has not been an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company within the three months immediately preceding the issuance of this Warrant.

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

(d) Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all Taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than Taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

(e) Governing Law; Venue. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of this Warrant shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and


all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

(f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

(g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

(h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered as follows:

If to View, Inc.:

View, Inc.

195 South Milpitas Blvd

Milpitas, CA 95035

Attn: Chief Legal Officer

Email: bill.krause@view.com

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Attn: Michael J. Mies

Email: michael.mies@skadden.com

If to Holder:

RXR FP Services LLC

625 RXR Plaza

Uniondale, NY 11556

Attn: Jason Barnett, Steven Fields and Andrew Min

Email: jbarnett@rxr.com; sfields@rxr.com; amin@rxr.com

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

RXR FP Services LLC

75 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 500

New York, NY 10019

Attn: Jason Barnett, Steven Fields and Andrew Min

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

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-5306

Attn: Evan D’Amico; Stewart McDowell

Email: edamico@gibsondunn.com; smcdowell@gibsondunn.com


(i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

(j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder; provided, however, that any assignment or transfer of this Warrant to any party that is not a United States person within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall be void ab initio. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

(l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder of this Warrant, on the other hand.

(m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

(n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

VIEW, INC.
By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

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Exhibit 4.4

Execution Version

NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR THE SECURITIES FOR WHICH THIS SECURITY IS EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

VIEW, INC.

COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT

Initial Issuance Date: October 25, 2022

THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (this “Warrant”) certifies that, for value received, RXR FP Services LLC or its assigns (the “Holder”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set forth, to subscribe for and purchase from View, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), 3,170,376 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) (as subject to adjustment hereunder, the “Warrant Shares”). The Holder agrees that the Warrant Shares shall vest in equal tranches over the three-year period following the Initial Issuance Date, with one-third of the Warrant Shares vesting each year on the anniversary of the Initial Issuance Date (each anniversary, a “Vesting Date”); provided that all of the Warrant Shares shall vest immediately upon the occurrence of an Early Exercise Event (as defined below). The Holder may subscribe for and purchase the Warrant Shares that have vested and have not already been purchased upon the earlier to occur of (i) the applicable Vesting Date or any date following such applicable Vesting Date; provided that the Common Stock closing price has exceeded $1.58 (as the same may be adjusted as provided below, the “Target Price”) for 20 of 30 consecutive Trading Days prior to such applicable Vesting Date or such later date or (ii) the date of an Early Exercise Event (as defined below) (each of (i) and (ii), an “Exercise Date”). In order to receive the Warrant Shares, the Holder must exercise the Warrant for the Warrant Shares on or prior to 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on October 25, 2032 (the “Termination Date”). The purchase price of one share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be equal to the Exercise Price (defined below) as adjusted herein.

Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Warrant, the following terms have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1:

(a) “affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person.

(b) “Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in the City of Milpitas, State of California.

(c) “Early Exercise Event” means the earliest to occur of (i) the two business days prior to the date the Common Stock ceases to be admitted for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ Stock Market or (ii) fifteen (15) business days before the scheduled closing date of any Fundamental Transaction (as defined herein).

(d) “Governmental Authority” means any United States or foreign federal, state, provincial or local government or other political subdivision thereof, any entity, authority or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of any such government or political subdivision, and any supranational organization of sovereign states exercising such functions for such sovereign states.

(e) “Law” means any law (including common law), order, writ, judicial decision, injunction, decree, judgment, statute, treaty, rule, regulation, ordinance or code.

(f) “Person” means any natural person or any corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability, joint stock or other company or trust.


(g) “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.

(h) “Taxes” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority, including all income, gross receipts, license, payroll, recapture, net worth, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs, duties, capital stock, ad valorem, value added, inventory, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, governmental charges, duties, levies and other similar charges imposed by a Governmental Authority in the nature of a tax, alternative or add-on minimum, or estimated taxes, and including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto.

(i) “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market (defined below) or, if the Common Stock is not traded on a Trading Market, then on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the Common Stock is then traded.

(j) “Trading Market” means, the New York Stock Exchange or any tier of The Nasdaq Stock Market.

(k) “VWAP” means, for any date, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (i) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time)), (ii) if the Common Stock is not then listed on a Trading Market or quoted for trading on the OTC Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported in the “Pink Sheets” published by OTC Markets Group Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (iii) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder, the fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.

Section 2. Exercise.

(a) Exercise of Warrant. Exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at any time or times on or after the Exercise Date and on or before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company of a duly executed facsimile copy or PDF copy submitted by e-mail (or e-mail attachment) of the Notice of Exercise in the form annexed hereto (the “Notice of Exercise”); provided, that, upon delivery of a Notice of Exercise within two (2) Trading Days following the date of exercise as aforesaid, subject to the cashless exercise procedure specified in Section 2(c) below being specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder shall deliver the aggregate Exercise Price for the shares specified in the applicable Notice of Exercise by wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States bank, or where permitted by law and provided that a public market for the Common Stock exists, through a “same day sale” commitment from the Holder and a broker-dealer that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority of Securities Dealers (a “FINRA Dealer”), whereby the Holder irrevocably elects to exercise this Warrant and to sell a portion of the Warrant Shares so purchased to pay for the Exercise Price directly to the Company. No ink-original Notice of Exercise shall be required, nor shall any medallion guarantee (or other type of guarantee or notarization) of any Notice of Exercise be required. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and this Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three (3) Trading Days of the date on which the final Notice of Exercise is delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an amount equal to the applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver any objection to any Notice of Exercise within one (1) Business Day of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be less than the amount stated on the face hereof.


(b) Exercise Price. The exercise price per share of Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.01, subject to adjustment hereunder (the “Exercise Price”).

(c) Cashless Exercise. This Warrant may be exercised, in whole or in part, by means of a “cashless exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing ((A-B) (X)) by (A), where:

(A) = the volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five Trading Days immediately preceding the date on which the Holder elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of Exercise;

(B) = the Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder; and

(X) = the number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless exercise.

(d) Mechanics of Exercise.

(i) Delivery of Warrant Shares Upon Exercise. The Company shall cause the Warrant Shares purchased hereunder to be transmitted by the Company’s transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s or its designee’s balance account with The Depository Trust Company through its Deposit or Withdrawal at Custodian system (“DWAC”) if the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A) there is an effective registration statement permitting the issuance of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by the Holder or (B) the Warrant Shares are eligible for resale by the Holder without volume or manner of sale limitations pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (assuming cashless exercise of this Warrant), and otherwise by physical delivery of a certificate, registered in the Company’s share register in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of Warrant Shares to which the Holder is entitled pursuant to such exercise to the address specified by the Notice of Exercise by the date that is three Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of the Notice of Exercise, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if required), and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set forth above, including by means of a “cashless exercise” (such date, the “Warrant Share Delivery Date”). The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued, and the Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares for all purposes, as of the date this Warrant has been exercised, with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price and all Taxes required to be paid by the Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(v) prior to the issuance of such shares, having been paid.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless and until the Company obtains stockholder approval to issue shares of Common Stock such that the converting Holder may beneficially own a number of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Conversion Share Cap (as defined in the Indenture, dated October 26, 2022, by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association) upon conversion of the Holder’s Warrant in accordance with the listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Market, the Company will not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock to the Holder such that the Holder would beneficially own (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) a number of shares of Common Stock (including, for the purposes of such calculation, any shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holder in connection with the exercise of any notes or warrants) in excess of the Conversion Share Cap in connection with any conversion. The Conversion Share Cap will apply until the elimination of the Conversion Share Cap is approved by the Company’s stockholders.

(ii) Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise. If this Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant certificate, at the time of delivery of the Warrant Shares, deliver to the Holder a new Warrant certificate evidencing the rights of the Holder to purchase the unpurchased Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.


(iii) Rescission Rights. If the Company fails to cause the Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then the Holder will have the right to rescind such exercise which right shall not impair the right of the Holder to sue for reasonably foreseeable damages if the Holder does not elect to rescind.

(iv) No Fractional Shares or Scrip. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise, the Company shall, at its election, either pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the Exercise Price or round up to the next whole share.

(v) Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Issuance of Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of the issuance of such Warrant Shares, all of which Taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company, and such Warrant Shares shall be issued in the name of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the Holder; provided, however, that, in the event that Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be accompanied by the Assignment Form, attached hereto as Exhibit B, duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it for any transfer and other Taxes incidental thereto.

(vi) Withholding. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, Company, Transfer Agent, and their respective representatives, as applicable, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any amount payable pursuant to this Warrant any such Taxes as may be required to be deducted and withheld from such amounts (and any other amounts treated as paid for applicable Tax Law) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”) or any other applicable Tax Law (as determined in good faith by the party so deducting or withholding in its sole discretion). To the extent that any amounts are so deducted and withheld, such deducted and withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Warrant as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

(vii) Closing of Books. The Company will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms hereof.

Section 3. Certain Adjustments.

(a) Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding: (i) pays a stock dividend or otherwise makes a distribution or distributions on shares of its Common Stock or any other equity or equity equivalent securities payable in shares of Common Stock (which, for avoidance of doubt, shall not include any shares of Common Stock issued by the Company upon exercise of this Warrant), (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, (iii) combines (including by way of reverse stock split) outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or (iv) issues by reclassification of shares of the Common Stock any shares of capital stock of the Company, then in each case the Exercise Price and the Target Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event, and the number of shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant shall be proportionately adjusted such that the aggregate Exercise Price of this Warrant shall remain unchanged. Any adjustment made pursuant to this Section 3(a) shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a subdivision, combination or re-classification.

(b) Pro Rata Distributions. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, shall distribute to all holders of Common Stock (and not to the Holder) evidences of its indebtedness or assets (including cash and cash dividends) or rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any security, then in each such case the Exercise Price and the Target Price shall be adjusted by multiplying the Exercise Price in effect immediately prior to the record date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction of which the numerator shall be such volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five trading days preceding such record date less the then per share fair market value at such record date of the portion of such assets or evidence of indebtedness so distributed applicable to one outstanding share of Common Stock as determined by the Board of Directors of the


Company in good faith, and of which the denominator shall be the volume weighted average of the VWAP on each of the five trading days preceding the record date mentioned above. In either case the adjustments shall be described in a statement provided to the Holder of the portion of assets or evidences of indebtedness so distributed or such subscription rights applicable to one share of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made and shall become effective immediately after the record date mentioned above.

(c) Fundamental Transaction. If, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another Person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of Persons whereby such other Person or group acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, at the option of the Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration it receives upon any exercise of this Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction.

(d) Calculations. All calculations under this Section 3 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as the case may be. For purposes of this Section 3, the number of shares of Common Stock deemed to be issued and outstanding as of a given date shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock (excluding treasury shares, if any) issued and outstanding.

(e) Notice to Holder.

(i) Adjustment to Exercise Price. Whenever the Exercise Price is adjusted pursuant to any provision of this Section 3, the Company shall, at the request of the Holder, promptly compute such adjustment, in good faith, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable) and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder.

(ii) Notice to Allow Exercise by Holder. If (A) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution in whatever form) on the Common Stock, (B) the Company shall declare a special nonrecurring cash dividend on or a redemption of the Common Stock, (C) the Company shall authorize the granting to all holders of the Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any rights, (D) the approval of any stockholders of the Company shall be required in connection with any reclassification of the Common Stock, any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, any sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its assets,


or any compulsory share exchange whereby the Common Stock is converted into other securities, cash or property, or (E) the Company shall authorize the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then, in each case, the Company shall cause to be delivered by email to the Holder at its last email address as it shall appear upon the Warrant Register (defined below) of the Company, at least 10 calendar days prior to the applicable record or effective date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, redemption, rights or warrants, or if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of the Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distributions, redemption, rights or warrants are to be determined or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange is expected to become effective or close, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of the Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of the Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or share exchange; provided that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein or in the delivery thereof shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be specified in such notice. To the extent that any notice provided in this Warrant constitutes, or contains, material, non-public information regarding the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Company shall simultaneously file such notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a Current Report on Form 8-K. The Holder shall remain entitled to exercise this Warrant during the period commencing on the date of such notice to the effective date of the event triggering such notice except as may otherwise be expressly set forth herein.

Section 4. Transfer of Warrant.

(a) Transferability. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth in Section 4(d) hereof, this Warrant and all rights hereunder (including, without limitation, any registration rights) are transferable, in whole or in part, prior to the Exercise Date, solely to one or more of (i) RXR FP Services LLC and/or its successors whether by way of merger, business combination, sale of assets or reincorporation, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation, amalgamation, or similar transactions or otherwise or (ii) one of its subsidiaries or affiliates (each a “Permitted Assignee”) and on or after the Exercise Date, any Person, upon surrender of this Warrant at the principal office of the Company or its designated agent, together with a written assignment of this Warrant substantially in the form attached hereto duly executed by the Holder or its agent or attorney and funds sufficient to pay any transfer taxes payable upon the making of such transfer. Upon such surrender and, if required, such payment, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Warrant evidencing the portion of this Warrant not so assigned, and this Warrant shall promptly be cancelled. This Warrant, if properly assigned in accordance herewith, may be exercised by (x) prior to the Exercise Date, any Permitted Assignee and (y) on or after the Exercise Date, any Person for the purchase of Warrant Shares, without having a new Warrant issued. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Warrant, any assignment or transfer of this Warrant to any party that is not a United States person within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall be void ab initio.

(b) New Warrants. This Warrant may be divided or combined with other Warrants upon presentation hereof at the aforesaid office of the Company, together with a written notice specifying the names and denominations in which new Warrants are to be issued, signed by the Holder or its agent or attorney. Subject to compliance with Section 4(a), as to any transfer which may be involved in such division or combination, the Company shall execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants in exchange for the Warrant or Warrants to be divided or combined in accordance with such notice. All Warrants issued on transfers or exchanges shall be dated the initial issuance date of this Warrant and shall be identical with this Warrant except as to the number of Warrant Shares issuable pursuant thereto.

(c) Warrant Register. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

(d) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of the surrender of this Warrant in connection with any transfer of this Warrant, the transfer of this Warrant shall not be either (i) registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or (ii) eligible for resale without volume or manner-of-sale restrictions or current public information requirements pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities


Act, the Company may require, as a condition of allowing such transfer, that the Holder or transferee of this Warrant, as the case may be, provides to the Company a customary certificate, the form and substance of which certificate shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that the transfer of this Warrant does not require registration under the Securities Act.

Section 5. Representations. By accepting this Warrant, and in connection with the offer and delivery of this Warrant and the acquisition of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant, Holder makes the following representations:

(a) Purchase for Own Account. Holder is acquiring the Warrant and Warrant Shares for its own account, not as nominee or agent, for investment and not for, with a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution or public offering thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act. Holder does not presently have any contract, undertaking or agreement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participation rights to such person or to any other person with respect to the Warrant or any of the Shares of Common Stock acquired by Holder hereunder. Holder has not been organized solely for purposes of acquiring the Warrant or the shares of Common Stock.

(b) Restricted Securities. Holder understands that the Warrant and the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon the exercise of the Warrant are being offered and sold to it in reliance upon specific exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and state securities laws and that the Company is relying upon the truth and accuracy of, and Holder’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgments and understandings of Holder set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of Holder to acquire the Warrant and Shares of Common Stock. Holder understands that the Shares of Common Stock, when issued, shall be “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering and that under such laws the Shares may be resold without registration under the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. Consequently, Holder may have to bear the risk of owning the shares for an indefinite period of time. Holder is familiar with Rule 144 under the Securities Act as presently in effect.

(c) Holder Status. At the time Holder was offered this Warrant, it was, and as of the date of this Warrant is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D, Rule 501(a), promulgated under the Securities Act.

(d) Knowledge and Experience of Holder. Holder has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon exercise of the Warrant, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. Holder has had the opportunity to review the Company’s documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and to ask questions of, and receive answers from, the officers of the Company concerning the Company, including its financial condition, results of operation and prospects, and the terms and conditions of the Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Warrant sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment. Holder has received all of the information it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to acquire the Shares to be acquired upon any exercise of the Warrant. Holder understands that its acquisition of any Shares issuable upon the exercise thereto involves a significant degree of risk. Holder understands that the market price of the Common Stock has been volatile and that no representation is being made as to the future value of the Common Stock. Holder is able to bear the economic risk of acquiring the Shares of Common Stock to be acquired upon exercise of the Warrant, and is able to afford a complete loss of such acquisition. Holder has sought, or has had the opportunity to seek, such tax advice as Holder has considered necessary regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the exercise of the Warrant. Holder acknowledges that the Holder shall be responsible for any of the Holder’s tax liabilities that may arise upon any exercise of the Warrant, and that the Company has not provided any tax advice or any other representation or guarantee regarding the tax consequences of the exercise of the Warrant.

(e) Legend. Holder understands that, until such time as a registration statement has been declared effective or the Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrant may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act without any restriction as to the number of securities as of a particular date that can then be immediately sold, the certificates evidencing the Shares of Company Common Stock will bear with one or all of the following restrictive legends:


(i) THE SHARES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS; and

(ii) any legend required by the securities laws of any state.

(f) Affiliate Status. Holder is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company and has not been an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company within the three months immediately preceding the issuance of this Warrant.

Section 6. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Rights as Stockholder Until Exercise; No Settlement in Cash. This Warrant does not entitle the Holder to any voting rights, dividends or other rights as a stockholder of the Company prior to the exercise hereof as set forth in Section 2(d)(i), except as expressly set forth in Section 3. Without limiting any rights of a Holder to receive Warrant Shares on a “cashless exercise” pursuant to Section 2(c) or to receive cash payments pursuant to Section 2(d)(i) and Section 2(d)(iv) herein, in no event shall the Company be required to net cash settle an exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. The Company covenants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant or any stock certificate relating to the Warrant Shares, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it (which, in the case of the Warrant, shall not include the posting of any bond), and upon surrender and cancellation of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such cancellation, in lieu of such Warrant or stock certificate.

(c) Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall not be a Business Day, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding Business Day.

(d) Authorized Shares. The Company covenants that, during the period this Warrant is outstanding, it will reserve from its authorized and unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of the Warrant Shares upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of issuing the necessary Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this Warrant. The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary to assure that such Warrant Shares may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of the Trading Market upon which the Common Stock may be listed. The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant will, upon exercise of the purchase rights represented by this Warrant and payment for such Warrant Shares in accordance herewith, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all Taxes, liens and charges created by the Company in respect of the issue thereof (other than Taxes in respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

(e) Governing Law; Venue. All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Warrant shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of conflict of laws thereof. Each party agrees that all legal proceedings concerning the interpretation, enforcement and defense of this Warrant shall be commenced in the state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan (the “New York Courts”). Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the New York Courts for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such New York Courts, or such New York Courts are improper or inconvenient venue for such proceeding. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and


all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant. If any party shall commence an action or proceeding to enforce any provisions of this Warrant, then the prevailing party in such action or proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its attorneys’ fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation, preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

(f) Restrictions. The Holder acknowledges that the Warrant Shares acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, and the Holder does not utilize cashless exercise, will have restrictions upon resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

(g) Nonwaiver and Expenses. No course of dealing or any delay or failure to exercise any right hereunder on the part of Holder shall operate as a waiver of such right or otherwise prejudice the Holder’s rights, powers or remedies. Without limiting any other provision of this Warrant, if the Company willfully and knowingly fails to comply with any provision of this Warrant, which results in any material damages to the Holder, the Company shall pay to the Holder such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover any costs and expenses including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees, including those of appellate proceedings, incurred by the Holder in collecting any amounts due pursuant hereto or in otherwise enforcing any of its rights, powers or remedies hereunder.

(h) Notices. Any notice, request or other document required or permitted to be given or delivered to the Holder by the Company shall be delivered as follows:

If to View, Inc.:

View, Inc.

195 South Milpitas Blvd

Milpitas, CA 95035

Attn: Chief Legal Officer

Email: bill.krause@view.com

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Attn: Michael J. Mies

Email: michael.mies@skadden.com

If to Holder:

RXR FP Services LLC

625 RXR Plaza

Uniondale, NY 11556

Attn: Jason Barnett, Steven Fields and Andrew Min

Email: jbarnett@rxr.com; sfields@rxr.com; amin@rxr.com

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

RXR FP Services LLC

75 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 500

New York, NY 10019

Attn: Jason Barnett, Steven Fields and Andrew Min


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

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-5306

Attn: Evan D’Amico; Stewart McDowell

Email: edamico@gibsondunn.com; smcdowell@gibsondunn.com

(i) Limitation of Liability. No provision hereof, in the absence of any affirmative action by the Holder to exercise this Warrant to purchase Warrant Shares, and no enumeration herein of the rights or privileges of the Holder, shall give rise to any liability of the Holder for the purchase price of any Common Stock or as a stockholder of the Company, whether such liability is asserted by the Company or by creditors of the Company.

(j) Remedies. The Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Warrant. The Company agrees that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of the provisions of this Warrant and hereby agrees to waive and not to assert the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(k) Successors and Assigns. Subject to applicable securities laws, this Warrant and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the successors and permitted assigns of Holder; provided, however, that any assignment or transfer of this Warrant to any party that is not a United States person within the meaning of section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall be void ab initio. The provisions of this Warrant are intended to be for the benefit of any Holder from time to time of this Warrant and shall be enforceable by the Holder or holder of Warrant Shares.

(l) Amendment. This Warrant may be modified or amended or the provisions hereof waived with the written consent of the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder of this Warrant, on the other hand.

(m) Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Warrant shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Warrant shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provisions or the remaining provisions of this Warrant.

(n) Headings. The headings used in this Warrant are for the convenience of reference only and shall not, for any purpose, be deemed a part of this Warrant.

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(Signature Page Follows)


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above indicated.

 

VIEW, INC.

By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT]

Exhibit 10.1

INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

by and among

VIEW, INC.

and the

PURCHASERS

Dated as of October 25, 2022


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

       PAGE  
 

ARTICLE 1

  
 

DEFINITIONS

  
Section 1.01.  

Definitions

     1  
Section 1.02.  

General Interpretive Principles

     9  
 

ARTICLE 2

  
 

SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE NOTES

  
Section 2.01.  

Sale and Purchase of the Notes

     9  
Section 2.02.  

The Closing

     10  
Section 2.03.  

Termination

     12  
Section 2.04.  

Additional Closings

     13  
 

ARTICLE 3

  
 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  
Section 3.01.  

Representations and Warranties of the Company

     13  
Section 3.02.  

Representations and Warranties of Each Purchaser

     24  
 

ARTICLE 4

  
 

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

  
Section 4.01.  

Taking of Necessary Action

     26  
Section 4.02.  

Securities Laws

     26  
Section 4.03.  

Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Securities

     26  
Section 4.04.  

Antitrust Approval

     27  
Section 4.05.  

Conversion Price Matters

     27  
Section 4.06.  

Nasdaq Approval

     27  
Section 4.07.  

[Reserved]

     27  
Section 4.08.  

Authorized and Reserved Company Common Stock

     27  
Section 4.09.  

Indemnification

     28  
Section 4.10.  

Certain Tax Matters

     29  
Section 4.11.  

Not an Affiliate

     30  
 

ARTICLE 5

  
 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

  
Section 5.01.  

Registration Statement

     30  
Section 5.02.  

Registration Limitations and Obligations

     31  
Section 5.03.  

Registration Procedures

     35  
Section 5.04.  

Expenses

     38  
Section 5.05.  

Registration Indemnification

     38  
Section 5.06.  

Facilitation of Sales Pursuant to Rule 144

     41  

 

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ARTICLE 6

  
 

MISCELLANEOUS

  
Section 6.01.  

Survival of Representations and Warranties

     41  
Section 6.02.  

Notices

     41  
Section 6.03.  

Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries; Amendment

     42  
Section 6.04.  

Counterparts

     42  
Section 6.05.  

Public Announcements

     43  
Section 6.06.  

Expenses

     43  
Section 6.07.  

Successors and Assigns

     44  
Section 6.08.  

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

     44  
Section 6.09.  

Severability

     45  
Section 6.10.  

Specific Performance

     45  
Section 6.11.  

Headings

     45  
Section 6.12.  

Non-Recourse

     45  

Schedules and Exhibits

Schedule 1: Purchasers – Initial Notes

Schedule 2: Purchasers – Additional Notes

Exhibit A: Form of Indenture

Exhibit B: Form of Joinder

 

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INVESTMENT AGREEMENT

This INVESTMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated as of October 25, 2022 by and among View, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with any successor or assign pursuant to Section 6.07, the “Company”), and the several Purchasers listed on Schedule 1 hereto (together with their successors and permitted assigns, each a “Purchaser” and, collectively, the “Purchasers”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined where used shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Article 1.

WHEREAS, each Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, and the Company desires to issue and sell to such Purchaser, severally and not jointly, the respective principal amount of the Company’s 6.00% / 9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (referred to herein as the “Note” or the “Notes”) set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Notes”) plus up to an additional amount of Notes (the “Additional Notes”) set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule 2 hereto, to be issued in accordance with the terms and conditions of the indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below), by and among the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Indenture”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Company and each Purchaser desire to enter into certain agreements set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, prior to the execution hereof, the Board of Directors (as defined below) approved and authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements (as defined below) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Action” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.09.

Additional Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a).

Additional Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.


Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each Purchaser (i) the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries shall not be considered Affiliates of such Purchaser or any of such Purchaser’s Affiliates and (ii) no portfolio company of a Purchaser or its Affiliates shall be deemed an Affiliate of such Purchaser and its other Affiliates. As used in this definition, “control” (including its correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise).

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

Announcement 8-K” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.05.

Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(n)(ii).

Associate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act; provided that with respect to each Purchaser (i) the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries will not be considered Associates of such Purchaser or any of its Affiliates and (ii) no portfolio company of such Purchaser or its other Affiliates will be deemed Associates of such Purchaser or any of its other Affiliates.

Available” means, with respect to a Registration Statement, that such Registration Statement is effective and there is no stop order with respect thereto and such Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading such that such Registration Statement will be available for the resale of Registrable Securities.

Beneficially Own,” “Beneficially Owned” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Blackout Period” means in the event that the Company determines in good faith that any registration or sale pursuant to any registration statement would reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect or materially interfere with any bona fide financing of the Company or any material transaction under consideration by the Company or would require disclosure of information that has not been, and is not otherwise required to be, disclosed to the public, the premature disclosure of which would adversely affect the Company in any material respect, a period of up to sixty (60) days; provided that a Blackout Period may not be called by the Company more than twice in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months and the aggregate length of Blackout Periods in any period of twelve (12) consecutive months may not exceed ninety (90) days.

Board of Directors” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

Breach” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(r).

 

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Business Day” shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

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

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

(i) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and the employee benefit plans of the Company and its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect Beneficial Owner of the Common Stock representing more than 50% of the voting power of the Common Stock;

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

(iii) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Closing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02.

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

 

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

Company Common Stock” shall mean the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.

Company Owned Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(o).

Company Reports” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(g)(i).

Company Underwriter Cutback” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(f).

Company Underwritten Offering” shall mean a sale of Common Stock by the Company for its own account to an underwriter or underwriters for reoffering to the public.

Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in the Indenture.

Data Security Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(q).

DTC” means the Depositary Trust Company.

End Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).

Enforceability Exceptions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

Environmental Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(s).

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

GAAP” shall mean U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Governmental Entity” shall mean any court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, whether federal, state, local or foreign, and any applicable industry self-regulatory organization.

HSR Act” shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Indemnification Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.09(b).

Indemnified Persons” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a).

Indemnitee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.09(a).

Indenture” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Initial Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Initiating Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).

 

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Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(o).

IT Systems and Data” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(r).

Joinder” shall mean, with respect to any Person permitted to sign such document in accordance with the terms hereof, a joinder executed and delivered by such Person, providing such Person to have all the rights and obligations of a Purchaser under this Agreement, in form and substance substantially as attached hereto as Exhibit B or such other form as may be agreed to by the Company and a Purchaser.

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.05(a).

Majority in Interest of Selling Holders” shall mean the Initiating Holder(s) and/or Participating Holders for a particular Underwritten Offering that hold a majority of the applicable Subject Securities being offered and sold by all Initiating Holder(s) and Participating Holders in such Underwritten Offering.

Material Adverse Effect” shall mean: any events, changes or developments that, individually or in the aggregate:

(i) have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any event, change or development resulting from or arising out of the following:

(a) events, changes or developments generally affecting the economy, the financial or securities markets, or political, legislative or regulatory conditions, in each case in the United States or elsewhere in the world;

(b) events, changes or developments in the industries in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary conducts its business;

(c) any adoption, implementation, promulgation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation or proposal of any rule, regulation, ordinance, order, protocol or any other law of or by any national, regional, state or local Governmental Entity, or market administrator;

(d) any changes in GAAP or accounting standards or interpretations thereof;

(e) epidemics, pandemics, earthquakes, any weather-related or other force majeure event or natural disasters or outbreak or escalation of hostilities or acts of war or terrorism or cyberattacks;

(f) the announcement or the existence of, compliance with or performance under, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby;

(g) any taking of any action at the request of any Purchaser;

 

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(h) any failure by the Company to meet any financial projections or forecasts or estimates of revenues, earnings or other financial metrics for any period (provided that the exception in this clause (h) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any event, change, effect or development underlying such failure has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect so long as it is not otherwise excluded by this definition); or

(i) any changes in the share price or trading volume of the Company Common Stock or in the Company’s credit rating (provided that the exception in this clause (i) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that any event, change, effect or development underlying such change has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect so long as it is not otherwise excluded by this definition);

except, in each case with respect to subclauses (a) through (e), to the extent that such event, change or development disproportionately affects the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated companies in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate; or

(ii) materially and adversely affect or delay the Company’s power or ability to consummate the Transactions or perform their respective obligations under the Transaction Agreements.

Nasdaq” means Nasdaq, Inc.

Note” or “Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Open Source Software” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(p).

Option Deadline” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(b).

Orderly Sale Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(c)

Participating Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).

Permitted Counterparty” means a nationally recognized financial institution that enters into one or more swap, hedging or other derivative arrangements with one or more Purchasers in connection with a bona fide financing of the purchase of the Notes.

Person” or “person” shall mean an individual, corporation, limited liability or unlimited liability company, association, partnership, trust, estate, joint venture, business trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or other entity of any kind or nature.

Personal Data” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(q).

Piggyback Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(f).

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(f).

 

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Piggyback Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(f).

Purchase Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

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

Purchaser Affiliates” means, collectively and individually, the Affiliates and Associates of each Purchaser.

Registrable Securities” shall mean the Subject Securities; provided that any Subject Securities will cease to be Registrable Securities when

 

  (w)

such Subject Securities have been sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an effective Registration Statement or in compliance with Rule 144 and any restrictive legend has been removed in connection therewith;

 

  (x)

such Subject Securities cease to be outstanding; or

 

  (y)

if the Company consolidates or merges with or into any Person in a transaction that constitutes a Change in Control and the Subject Securities are converted into or exchanged for securities of a different issuer and/or cash and such other securities are not listed on the Nasdaq Global Market, the New York Stock Exchange or any other nationally recognized securities exchange;

provided that any security that has ceased to be Registrable Securities in accordance with the foregoing definition shall not thereafter become Registrable Securities and any security that is issued or distributed in respect of securities that have ceased to be Registrable Securities are not Registrable Securities.

Registration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(a).

Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred by the Company in complying with Article 5, including all registration, listing and filing fees, printing expenses, fees and disbursements of counsel and independent public accountants for the Company and reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to the Selling Holders (not to exceed $100,000), fees and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with complying with state securities or “blue sky” laws, fees of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., transfer taxes, and fees of transfer agents and registrars, but excluding any underwriting fees, discounts and selling commissions, agency fees, brokers’ commissions and transfer taxes, in each case to the extent applicable to the Registrable Securities of the Selling Holders.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company filed or to be filed with the SEC under the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act, including the related prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, and including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

Registration Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(b).

 

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Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Rule 405” shall mean Rule 405 promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such rule.

Sanctions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(n)(iii)(A).

SEC” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Selling Holders” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.03(a)(i).

Specified Persons” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.12.

Subject Securities” shall mean:

(i) the shares of Company Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion of the Notes or exercise of any Warrants; and

(ii) any securities issued as or pursuant to (or issuable upon the conversion, exercise or exchange of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as or pursuant to) a dividend, stock split, combination or any reclassification, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange or any other distribution or reorganization with respect to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, the securities referenced in clause (i) (without giving effect to any election by the Company regarding settlement options upon conversion) above or this clause (ii).

Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which 50% or more of the shares of the voting securities or other voting interests are owned or controlled, or the ability to select or elect 50% or more of the directors or similar managers is held, directly or indirectly, by such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such first Person, or by such first Person and one or more of its Subsidiaries.

Take-Down Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).

Take-Down Participation Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.02(b).

Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean all federal, state, local, and foreign income, excise, gross receipts, gross income, ad valorem, profits, gains, property, capital, sales, transfer, use, payroll, employment, severance, withholding, duties, intangibles, franchise, backup withholding, value-added, and other taxes imposed by a Governmental Entity, together with all interest, penalties and additions to tax imposed with respect thereto.

 

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Tax Return” shall mean a report, return or other document (including any amendments thereto) required to be supplied to a Governmental Entity with respect to Taxes.

Transaction Agreements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

Transactions” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c).

Trustee” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Underwritten Offering” shall mean a sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Take-Down Notice to an underwriter or underwriters for reoffering to the public, including in a block trade offered and sold through an underwriter or underwriters.

Warrant” means any warrant to purchase Common Stock held by any Purchaser, excluding any warrant to purchase Common Stock held by any Purchaser prior to the date hereof.

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 replaced by a reference to “100%.”

WKSI” means a “well known seasoned issuer,” as defined under Rule 405.

Section 1.02. General Interpretive Principles. Whenever used in this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, any noun or pronoun shall be deemed to include the plural as well as the singular and to cover all genders. The name assigned to this Agreement and the section captions used herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof. Whenever the words “include,” “includes,” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Unless otherwise specified, the terms “hereto,” “hereof,” “herein” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole (including the exhibits, schedules and disclosure statements hereto), references to “the date hereof” refer to the date of this Agreement and references herein to Articles or Sections refer to Articles or Sections of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Notes will have any right to vote or any right to receive any dividends or other distributions that are made or paid to the holders of the shares of Company Common Stock, except as otherwise provided in the Indenture. References to any law or statute shall be deemed to refer to such law or statute as amended from time to time and, if applicable, to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, except as otherwise provided herein or in the Indenture.

ARTICLE 2

SALE AND PURCHASE OF THE NOTES

Section 2.01. Sale and Purchase of the Notes.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, and such Purchaser shall purchase and acquire from the Company, the applicable principal amount of Initial Notes at the Closing listed opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule 1 hereto for a purchase price equal to the principal amount of such Notes (such price, the “Purchase Price”).

 

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(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the option of each Purchaser that may be exercised at any time on or before December 26, 2022 (the “Option Deadline”), the Company shall issue and sell to each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, and such Purchaser shall purchase and acquire from the Company, up to the applicable principal amount of Additional Notes at the Additional Closing(s) listed opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule 2 hereto at the Purchase Price. In the event that any Purchaser does not exercise its option to purchase Additional Notes by the Option Deadline, each other Purchaser may elect to purchase additional Additional Notes, with such opportunity allocated pro rata among such electing Purchasers, up to an aggregate amount of $40,000,000 principal amount of Additional Notes.

(c) Payment for the Initial Notes shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available against delivery of such Notes for the respective accounts of the several Purchasers on the Closing Date. Payment for any Additional Notes shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available against delivery of such Notes for the respective accounts of the several Purchasers on the applicable Additional Closing Date (as defined below). The Notes shall initially be Physical Notes (as defined in the Indenture). The Notes shall be delivered for the respective accounts of each several Purchaser, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Notes to the Purchasers duly paid by the Company, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor.

Section 2.02. The Closing.

(a) Subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions for the Closing set forth in this Section 2.02, the Closing (the “Closing”) of the purchase and sale of the Initial Notes hereunder shall take place at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 525 University Avenue, Suite 1400, Palo Alto, CA 94301 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time on October 26, 2022, or at such other place, time or date as may be mutually agreed upon in writing by the Company and the Purchasers (the date on which the Closing actually occurs, the “Closing Date”).

(b) To effect the purchase and sale of Initial Notes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing:

(i) the Company and the Trustee shall deliver the applicable portion of the Notes against payment in full by or on behalf of such Purchaser of the applicable Purchase Price for the applicable portion of the Initial Notes;

(ii) each Purchaser shall cause a wire transfer to be made in same day funds to an account of the Company designated in writing by the Company to the Purchasers in an amount equal to the Purchase Price for the applicable Initial Notes; and

(iii) each Purchaser shall have caused to be delivered to the Company a duly completed and executed version of the appropriate IRS Form W-8 or IRS W-9, as applicable.

 

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(c) The obligations of the Company and each Purchaser to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following condition:

(i) the purchase and sale of the Notes shall not be prohibited by law or enjoined by any governmental authority of competent jurisdiction.

(d) The obligations of each Purchaser to consummate the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:

(i) (A) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Sections 3.01(a), 3.01(c) and (e) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date; (B) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in (x) Section 3.01(b), (y) the last sentence of Section 3.01(g)(i) and (z) Section 3.01(h) shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date and (C) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.01, other than as described in the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date (without giving effect to materiality, Material Adverse Effect, or similar phrases in the representations and warranties), except where the failure of such representations and warranties referenced in this clause (C) to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(ii) the Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and obligations required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing;

(iii) each Purchaser shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by an executive officer of the Company on behalf of the Company, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 2.02(d)(i) and 2.02(d)(ii) have been satisfied;

(iv) the Company and the Trustee shall have executed the applicable Notes and delivered a copy to each Purchaser, and the originals of such Notes to the Custodian (as defined in the Indenture);

(v) the Company and the Trustee shall have executed the Indenture, and copies of the Indenture shall have been delivered to each Purchaser;

(vi) the Company shall have provided the applicable listing of additional shares notification to Nasdaq, and received notification from Nasdaq that the listing of additional shares review process has been completed, and Nasdaq shall not have made any objection (not subsequently withdrawn) that the consummation of the Transactions would violate Nasdaq listing rules applicable to the Company;

(vii) the Company Common Stock shall not have been delisted from the Nasdaq nor shall the Company have received notice of the potential delisting of the Company Common Stock from the Nasdaq;

(viii) the expense reimbursement contemplated by Section 6.06 shall have been satisfied (which shall be substantially simultaneous with the Closing if not earlier paid in full); and

 

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(ix) the Purchasers purchasing an aggregate of at least 95% of the Initial Notes to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and obligations required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing.

(e) The obligations of the Company to sell the Initial Notes to each Purchaser are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions as of the Closing:

(i) the representations and warranties of each Purchaser set forth in Section 3.02 shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date;

(ii) each Purchaser shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and obligations required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date; and

(iii) the Company shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, duly executed by an authorized person of each Purchaser, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 2.02(e)(i) and 2.02(e)(ii) have been satisfied.

Section 2.03. Termination.

(a) This Agreement may be terminated before the Closing:

(i) by mutual written agreement of the Company and each Purchaser (solely with respect to itself);

(ii) by either the Company or a Purchaser (solely with respect to itself), if:

(A) the Closing has not been consummated on or before the 20th Business Day following the date of this Agreement (the “End Date”); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.03(a)(ii) shall not be available to any party whose breach of any provision of this Agreement results in the failure of the Closing to be consummated by such time; or

(B) the purchase and sale of the Notes shall have been (1) prohibited by law or (2) enjoined by any governmental authority of competent jurisdiction, and such injunction shall have become final and nonappealable.

(iii) by a Purchaser (solely with respect to itself), if a breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall have occurred that would cause the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(d)(i) and Section 2.02(d)(ii) not to be satisfied, and such conditions are incapable of being satisfied by the End Date; or

(iv) by the Company, if a breach of any representation or warranty or failure to perform any covenant or agreement on the part of one or more Purchasers purchasing an aggregate of more than 5.00% of the Initial Notes to be purchased pursuant to this Agreement shall have occurred that would cause the conditions set forth in Section 2.02(e)(i) and Section 2.02(e)(ii) not to be satisfied, and such conditions are incapable of being satisfied by the End Date.

 

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(b) If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 2.03(a), this Agreement shall become void and of no effect without liability of any party (or any stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent, consultant or representative of such party) to the other party hereto; provided that, if such termination shall result from the intentional (i) failure of either party to fulfill a condition to the performance of the obligations of the other party or (ii) failure of either party to perform a covenant hereof, such party shall be fully liable for any and all liabilities and damages incurred or suffered by the other party as a result of such failure. The provisions of this Section 2.03(b) and Sections 6.06, 6.08, 6.10 and 6.12 shall survive any termination hereof pursuant to Section 2.03.

(c) Following the Closing, this Agreement may only be terminated by the mutual written agreement by the Company and each Purchaser.

Section 2.04. Additional Closings.

(a) In the event that any Purchaser desires to exercise its option to purchase Additional Notes, it shall send a notice to the Company no later than the Option Deadline (an “Additional Notes Notice”), which shall include an indication as to whether such Purchaser would purchase additional Additional Notes in the event that any Purchaser does not elect to purchase Additional Notes. Any sale and issuance of Additional Notes (each, an “Additional Closing”) shall occur on the second Business Day following the date of an Additional Notes Notice (each, an “Additional Closing Date”), subject to reasonable adjustment of such Additional Closing date to minimize the number of Additional Closings.

(b) At any Additional Closing, (i) the Company and the Trustee shall deliver the applicable portion of the Additional Notes against payment in full by or on behalf of the applicable Purchaser of the applicable Purchase Price for the applicable portion of the Additional Notes and (ii) each Purchaser shall cause a wire transfer to be made in same day funds to an account of the Company designated in writing by the Company to the Purchasers in an amount equal to the Purchase Price for the applicable Additional Notes.

ARTICLE 3

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties of the Company. Except as disclosed in the Company Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC and publicly available prior to the date hereof (excluding in each case any disclosures included therein to the extent they are predictive or forward-looking in nature), the Company represents and warrants to the Purchasers, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Existence and Power.

 

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(i) The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has the corporate power and authority to own or lease its property and to conduct its business as it is being conducted on the date of this Agreement, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii) Each Company Subsidiary has been duly incorporated, organized or formed, is validly existing as a corporation or other business entity in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, organization or formation (to the extent that the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction), has the corporate or other business entity power and authority to own or lease its property and to conduct its business as it is being conducted on the date of this Agreement, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing (to the extent that the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business or its ownership or leasing of property requires such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing (to the extent that the concept of good standing is applicable in such jurisdiction) would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Company Subsidiary have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

(b) Capitalization. The authorized share capital of the Company consists of 600,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of September 30, 2022, there were (i) 221,390,799 shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding and no shares of preferred stock of the Company issued and outstanding, (ii) options to purchase an aggregate of 49,153,378 shares of Company Common Stock outstanding, (iii) 6,750,000 shares of Company Common Stock underlying the Company’s outstanding restricted stock unit awards (assuming maximum vesting of such awards) and (iv) warrants to purchase 21,305,462 shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding. Since September 30, 2022, (A) the Company has only issued restricted stock unit awards or other rights to acquire shares of Company Common Stock in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) the only shares of capital stock issued by the Company were pursuant to exercise of outstanding warrants, outstanding options, restricted stock unit awards and other compensatory rights to purchase shares of Company Common Stock granted to employees, directors or other service providers. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and are not subject to and were not issued in violation of any preemptive or similar right, purchase option, call or right of first refusal or similar right. Except as disclosed in the Company Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC and publicly available since January 1, 2022 and as provided in this Agreement and the Notes, there are no existing options, warrants, calls, preemptive (or similar) rights, subscriptions or other rights, agreements or commitments obligating the Company to issue, transfer or sell, or cause to be issued, transferred or sold, any capital stock of the Company or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for such capital stock and there are no current outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its shares of capital stock, except with respect to the acquisition of shares of Company Common Stock by the Company to satisfy the payment of the applicable exercise price or withholding taxes for equity awards. The Company has not declared or paid any dividends.

 

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(c) Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes (collectively, the “Transaction Agreements”) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and therein (collectively, the “Transactions”) have been duly authorized by the Board of Directors and all other necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each Purchaser, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to the limitation of such enforcement by (A) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, conservatorship, arrangement, moratorium, fraudulent transfer, preference or other laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally or (B) the rules governing the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (the “Enforceability Exceptions”). On the Closing Date, the Indenture will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, will be a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

(d) General Solicitation; No Integration; Private Placement. Neither the Company nor any other Person or entity authorized by the Company to act on its behalf has engaged in a general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D of the Securities Act) of investors with respect to offers or sales of the Notes. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which, to its knowledge, is or will be integrated with the Notes sold pursuant to this Agreement. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02(d), the offer, sale and issuance of the Notes pursuant to this Agreement is exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(e) Valid Issuance. The Notes have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company. When issued and sold against receipt of the consideration therefor, the Notes will be valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms against it, subject to the limitation of such enforcement by the Enforceability Exceptions. The Company has available and has reserved for issuance the maximum number of shares (including make-whole shares) of Company Common Stock initially issuable upon conversion of the Notes if such conversion were to occur immediately following Closing (assuming fully physical share settlement). The Company Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes has been duly authorized and reserved for issuance, and when issued upon conversion of the Notes, all such Company Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of pre-emptive or similar rights.

(f) Non-Contravention/No Consents. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements, the issuance of the shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes in accordance with their terms and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions, does not conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (i) the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Company (each, as amended or amended and restated from time to time), (ii) any mortgage, note,

 

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indenture, deed of trust, lease, license, loan agreement or other agreement binding upon the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (iii) any permit, license, judgment, order, decree, ruling, injunction, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary other than in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii) as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Assuming the accuracy of the representations of each Purchaser set forth herein, other than (A) any required filings or approvals under the HSR Act or any foreign antitrust or competition laws, requirements or regulations in connection with the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon the conversion of the Notes, (B) pursuant to any requirements or regulations in connection with the issuance of Company Common Stock upon the conversion of the Notes, including the filing of a listing notice with Nasdaq or filings under state securities or “blue sky” laws, (C) any required filings pursuant to the Exchange Act or the rules of the SEC, Nasdaq or state regulators, or (D) as have been obtained prior to the date of this Agreement, no consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company a of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions (in each case other than the transactions contemplated by Article 5), except for any consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration, filing, exemption or review the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g) Reports; Financial Statements.

(i) The Company has filed or furnished with the SEC, as applicable, (A) its annual report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, (B) its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended March 31 and June 30, 2022, (C) its definitive proxy statement relating to the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Company held in 2022, and (D) all other forms, reports, schedules and other statements required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since January 1, 2022 (collectively, the “Company Reports”). As of its respective date, and, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, each Company Report complied in all material respects (except with respect to timeliness) as to form with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to such Company Report. As of its respective date, and, if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment, no Company Report contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(ii) Each of the consolidated balance sheets, and the related consolidated statements of operations, income, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows, included in the Company Reports filed with the SEC under the Exchange Act (A) have been prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (B) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates shown and the results of the consolidated operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the respective fiscal periods or as of the respective dates therein set forth, (C) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied during the periods involved, except as otherwise set forth therein or in the notes thereto and (D) otherwise comply in all material respects with the requirements of the SEC.

 

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(iii) Except as disclosed in Company Reports, the Company and its Subsidiaries have established and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and the preparation of Company financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP.

(iv) Except as disclosed in Company Reports and other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, there has been no transaction, or series of related transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings, nor is there any proposed transaction, or series of related transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings, that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Act that have not been disclosed in the Company Reports.

(h) Absence of Certain Changes. Since January 31, 2022, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) no events, changes or developments have occurred that, individually or in the aggregate, have had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) No Undisclosed Liabilities, etc. As of the date hereof, there are no liabilities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary that would be required by GAAP to be reflected on the face of the balance sheet, except (i) liabilities reflected or reserved against in the financial statements or disclosed in the notes thereto contained in the Company Reports, (ii) liabilities incurred since January 1, 2022 in the ordinary course of business and (iii) liabilities that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Compliance with Applicable Law. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied in all respects with, and is not in default or violation in any respect of, any law, statute, order, rule, regulation, policy or guideline of any federal, state or local or international Governmental Entity having jurisdiction or otherwise applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(k) Legal Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or to which any of the properties of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is subject that would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any order, judgment or decree of a Governmental Entity that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date hereof, except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, to the knowledge of the Company, there is no investigation or review pending or threatened by any Governmental Entity with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(l) Demand Rights. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company that are not already registered as of the date hereof.

(m) Real Property. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries do not own any real property. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them which is material to the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its Subsidiaries; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and would not be reasonably expected to materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and each Company Subsidiary.

(n) Anti-Corruption, Anti-Money Laundering, and Economic Sanctions Compliance.

(i) (A) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or affiliate, or any director, officer, or employee thereof, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent or representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or affiliate, has taken or will take any action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment, giving or receipt of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any government official (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office) in order to influence official action, or to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws; (B) the Company and each Company Subsidiary and their respective affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and have instituted and maintained and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws and with the representations and warranties contained herein; and (C) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any person in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.

(ii) The operations of the Company and each Company Subsidiary are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with all applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company and each Company Subsidiary conduct business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.

 

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(iii) None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or any director, officer, or employee thereof, or, to the Company’s knowledge, any agent, affiliate or representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by one or more Persons that are:

(A) the subject of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), or

(B) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions (as of the date of this Agreement, the so–called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so–called Luhansk People’s Republic, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Syria).

(iv) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

(A) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of or with any Person or in any country or territory that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject of Sanctions; or

(B) in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise).

(v) The Company and each Company Subsidiary have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not engage in, any dealings or transactions with any Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject of Sanctions.

(o) Intellectual Property. Except to the extent it would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company and each Company Subsidiary own or have a valid license to use any and all patents, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, processes or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, software, data and other worldwide intellectual property or similar proprietary rights, including any and all registrations and applications for registration thereof and any and all goodwill associated therewith (collectively, “Intellectual Property Rights”), in each case, used in or reasonably necessary to the conduct of their businesses as currently conducted; (ii) the Intellectual Property Rights owned or purported to be owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (the “Company Owned Intellectual Property Rights”), are solely and exclusively owned by the Company or the Company Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, defects or similar encumbrances or other restrictions, other than non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business,

 

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(iii) the Company Owned Intellectual Property Rights and, to the Company’s knowledge, the Intellectual Property Rights licensed to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, are valid, subsisting and enforceable, and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by a third party (A) challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of any such Intellectual Property Rights or (B) alleging that the Company or any Company Subsidiary has infringed, misappropriated or violated any Intellectual Property Rights of any third party; (iv) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written notice alleging any infringement, misappropriation or other violation of Intellectual Property Rights; (v) to the Company’s knowledge, no third party is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating or has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, any Company Owned Intellectual Property Rights; (vi) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates, or has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated, any Intellectual Property Rights; (vii) all employees or contractors engaged in the development of Intellectual Property Rights on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary have executed an invention assignment agreement whereby such employees or contractors presently assign all of their right, title and interest in and to such Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or a Company Subsidiary, and to the Company’s knowledge no such agreement has been breached or violated; and (viii) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries use, and have used, commercially reasonable efforts to appropriately maintain the confidentiality of all information intended to be maintained as a trade secret (including proprietary confidential software source code).

(p) Open Source Software. Except to the extent it would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries use and have used any and all software and other materials distributed under a “free,” “open source,” or similar licensing model (including but not limited to the MIT License, Apache License, GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License and GNU Affero General Public License) (“Open Source Software”) in compliance with all license terms applicable to such Open Source Software; and (ii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary uses or distributes or has used or distributed any Open Source Software in any manner that requires or has required (A) the Company or any Company Subsidiary to permit reverse engineering of any software code or other technology owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (B) any software code or other technology owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary to be (1) disclosed or distributed in source code form, (2) licensed for the purpose of making derivative works or (3) redistributed at no charge.

(q) Data Security; Privacy. The Company and each Company Subsidiary: (i) have complied and are presently in compliance in all material respects with all internal and external written privacy policies, contractual obligations, applicable laws, statutes, judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or other governmental or regulatory authority and any other applicable legal obligations, in each case, relating to the collection, use, transfer, import, export, storage, protection, disposal, disclosure or other processing by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary of personal data, personal information, personally identifiable information, and any similar term as defined by applicable law (“Data Security Obligations”, and such data and information, “Personal Data”); (ii) maintain and have maintained commercially reasonable policies and procedures designed to ensure the Company’s, and the Company Subsidiaries’ compliance with the Data Security Obligations except to the extent it would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) have not received any notification of

 

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or complaint regarding, and are unaware of any other facts that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably indicate non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation. There is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency or authority pending or threatened in writing against the Company or any Company Subsidiary alleging non-compliance with any Data Security Obligation.

(r) Information Technology Systems and Data. Except to the extent it would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the information technology assets, equipment, computers, systems, networks, hardware, software, internet websites, applications, data and databases (including the Personal Data, the data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any other third party data maintained, processed or transmitted by or on behalf of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) used by or on behalf of the Company and Company Subsidiaries (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”) are reasonably adequate for, and operate and perform as required in connection with, the operation of the businesses of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as currently conducted, free and clear of all bugs, errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants. The Company and each Company Subsidiary take and have taken all reasonable technical and organizational measures necessary to protect the IT Systems and Data. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have used commercially reasonable efforts to establish and maintain, and have established, maintained, implemented and complied with, reasonable information technology, information security, cyber security and data protection controls, policies and procedures, including oversight, access controls, encryption, technological and physical safeguards and business continuity/disaster recovery and security plans, consistent with industry standards and practices, that are designed to protect against and prevent the breach, destruction, loss, unauthorized distribution, use, access, disablement, misappropriation or modification, or any other compromise or misuse, in each case, of or relating to any IT Systems and Data (“Breach”). There has been no Breach, and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not been notified of and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any Breach except as would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) Environmental Laws.

(i) The Company and each Company Subsidiary (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except where such noncompliance with Environmental Laws, failure to receive required permits, licenses or other approvals or failure to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, licenses or approvals would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii) There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) which would, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(t) Labor Disputes. No material labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any Company Subsidiary exists, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent; and the Company is not aware of any existing, threatened or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors that could, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and immediately after receipt of payment for the Notes at the Closing and the transactions contemplated by the other Transaction Agreements, will not be, required to register as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(v) Insurance. The Company and each Company Subsidiary are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged; neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has 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 from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a cost that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(w) Certificates; Authorizations. The Company and each Company Subsidiary possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Internal Controls. The Company and each Company Subsidiary maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (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. Since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, in each case, other than as disclosed in any Company Reports.

 

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(y) Taxes and Tax Returns. The Company and each Company Subsidiary have filed all federal, state, local and foreign Tax Returns required to be filed by them and have paid all taxes required to be paid by it (other than taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP), except in each case, where the failure to file or pay could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No tax deficiency has been asserted or assessed against the Company or any Company Subsidiary (nor does the Company nor any Company Subsidiary have any notice or knowledge of any proposed tax deficiency) which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.

(z) Statistical Data. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any securities rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

(aa) Brokers and Finders. The Company has not retained, utilized or been represented by, or otherwise become obligated to, any broker, placement agent, financial advisor or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements whose fees the Purchasers would be required to pay.

(bb) No Additional Representations.

(i) The Company acknowledges that each Purchaser makes no representation or warranty as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in Section 3.02 or in any certificate delivered by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, and the Company has not relied on or been induced by such information or any other representations or warranties (whether express or implied or made orally or in writing) not expressly set forth in Section 3.02 or in any certificate delivered by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

(ii) The Company acknowledges and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in Section 3.02 or in any certificate delivered by each Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, (i) no person has been authorized by such Purchaser to make any representation or warranty relating to such Purchaser or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and if made, such representation or warranty must not be relied upon by the Company as having been authorized by such Purchaser, and (ii) any materials or information provided or addressed to the Company or any of its Affiliates or representatives are not and shall not be deemed to be or include representations or warranties of such Purchaser unless any such materials or information are the subject of any express representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.02 of this Agreement or in any certificate delivered by such Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.02. Representations and Warranties of Each Purchaser. Each Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date and the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Organization; Ownership. Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties and to carry on its business as it is being conducted on the date of this Agreement.

(b) Authorization; Sufficient Funds; No Conflicts.

(i) Purchaser has the power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the purchase of the Notes. The execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action by Purchaser. No other proceedings on the part of Purchaser are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Purchaser. Assuming this Agreement constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, this Agreement is a valid and binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the limitation of such enforcement by the Enforceability Exceptions.

(ii) Purchaser has as of the date hereof, and will have as of the Closing, cash in immediately available funds or uncalled and unrestricted capital commitments in excess of the Purchase Price payable by it.

(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements to which Purchaser is a party by Purchaser, the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the compliance by Purchaser with any of the provisions thereof will not conflict with, violate or result in a breach of any provision of, or constitute a default under, or result in the termination of or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (A) any provision of Purchaser’s organizational documents, (B) any mortgage, note, indenture, deed of trust, lease, license, loan agreement or other agreement binding upon Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or (C) any permit, license, judgment, order, decree, ruling, injunction, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, other than in the cases of clauses (B) and (C) as would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect or delay the consummation of the Transactions.

(c) Consents and Approvals. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or exemption or review by, any Governmental Entity is required on the part of Purchaser in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Purchaser of this Agreement, and the consummation by Purchaser of the Transactions to which it is a party, except for any required filings or approvals under the HSR Act or any foreign antitrust or competition laws, requirements or regulations in connection with the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon the conversion of the Notes and any consent, approval, order, authorization, registration, declaration, filing, exemption or review the failure of which to be obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect or delay the consummation of the Transactions by Purchaser.

 

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(d) Securities Act Representations. Purchaser is an accredited investor (as defined in Rule 501 of the Securities Act) and is aware that the sale of the Notes is being made in reliance on a private placement exemption from registration under the Securities Act and may be resold only if registered pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act or if an exemption from registration is available. Purchaser is acquiring the Notes (and any shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes) for its own account, and not with a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of any federal or state securities or “blue sky” law, or with any present intention of distributing or selling such Notes (or any shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes) in violation of the Securities Act. Purchaser has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in such Notes (and any shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes) and is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment. Purchaser has been provided a reasonable opportunity to undertake and has undertaken such investigation and has been provided with and has evaluated such documents and information as it has deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed and intelligent decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. Such Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to its acquisition of the Notes.

(e) Brokers and Finders. Purchaser has not retained, utilized or been represented by, or otherwise become obligated to, any broker, placement agent, financial advisor or finder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement whose fees the Company would be required to pay.

(f) No Additional Representations.

(i) Purchaser acknowledges that the Company does not make any representation or warranty as to any matter whatsoever except as expressly set forth in Section 3.01 or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, and specifically (but without limiting the generality of the foregoing), that, except as expressly set forth in Section 3.01 or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to (A) any matters relating to the Company, its business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects or otherwise, (B) any projections, estimates or budgets delivered or made available to Purchaser (or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or other representatives) of future revenues, results of operations (or any component thereof), cash flows or financial condition (or any component thereof) of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (C) the future business and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and Purchaser has not relied on or been induced by such information or any other representations or warranties (whether express or implied or made orally or in writing) not expressly set forth in Section 3.01 or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.

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representation or warranty relating to itself or its business or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and if made, such representation or warranty must not be relied upon by Purchaser as having been authorized by the Company, and (ii) any estimates, projections, predictions, data, financial information, memoranda, presentations or any other materials or information provided or addressed to Purchaser or any of its Affiliates or representatives are not and shall not be deemed to be or include representations or warranties of the Company unless any such materials or information are the subject of any express representation or warranty set forth in Section 3.01 of this Agreement or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 4

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

Section 4.01. Taking of Necessary Action. Each party hereto agrees to use its reasonable efforts promptly to take or cause to be taken all action and promptly to do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the sale and purchase of the Notes hereunder, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and compliance with applicable law. In case at any time before or after the Closing any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of the sale and purchase of the Notes, the proper officers, managers and directors of each party to this Agreement shall take all such necessary action as may be reasonably requested by, and the sole expense of, the requesting party.

Section 4.02. Securities Laws. Each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the issuance and sale of the Notes (and the shares of Company Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion of the Notes) have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state and that they may be sold or otherwise disposed of only in one or more transactions registered under the Securities Act and, where applicable, such laws, or as to which an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and, where applicable, such laws, is available. Each Purchaser acknowledges that, except as provided in Article 5 with respect to shares of Company Common Stock and the Notes, such Purchaser has no right to require the Company or any Company Subsidiary to register the shares of Company Common Stock that are issuable upon conversion of the Notes. Each Purchaser also acknowledges and agrees that the Notes and underlying shares of Company Common Stock may be notated with a restrictive legend, subject to the terms of the Indenture and the Notes.

Section 4.03. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Securities. Upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any certificate for any security of the Company and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an undertaking by the holder thereof to indemnify the Company (and, if requested by the Company, the delivery of an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company to protect the Company from any loss it may suffer if a certificate is replaced), or, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company will issue a new certificate or, at the Company’s option, a share ownership statement representing such securities for an equivalent number of shares or another security of like tenor, as the case may be.

 

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Section 4.04. Antitrust Approval. The Company and the Purchasers acknowledge that one or more filings under the HSR Act or foreign antitrust laws may be necessary in connection with the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion. Each Purchaser will promptly notify the Company if any such filing is required on the part of such Purchaser. To the extent reasonably requested, the Company, such Purchaser and any other applicable Purchaser Affiliate will use reasonable best efforts to cooperate in timely making or causing to be made all applications and filings under the HSR Act or any foreign antitrust requirements in connection with the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion of Notes held by such Purchaser or any Purchaser Affiliate in a timely manner and as required by the law of the applicable jurisdiction; provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company shall not have any responsibility or liability for failure of such Purchaser or any of its Affiliates to comply with any applicable law. The Company and each Purchaser shall cooperate, provide all necessary information, and keep each other fully apprised with respect to such filing and regulatory processes. For as long as there are Notes outstanding and owned by a Purchaser or its Affiliates, the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable provide (no more than four (4) times per calendar year) such information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries as the Purchasers may reasonably request in order to determine what foreign antitrust requirements may exist with respect to any potential conversion of the Notes. Each party shall be responsible for the payment of the filing fees and any other costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with any such applications or filings made by such party.

Section 4.05. Conversion Price Matters. Within four (4) Business Days of the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall file a current report on Form 8-K relating to this Agreement (the “Announcement 8-K”). The Company shall provide the Purchaser with an opportunity to comment on a draft of the Announcement 8-K prior to filing the Announcement 8-K with the SEC, and shall give reasonable consideration to all such comments. As promptly as practicable after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall issue an initial press release relating to this Agreement in the form mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Purchaser.

Section 4.06. Nasdaq Approval. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to submit to Nasdaq an additional shares notification form with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes if such conversion were to occur immediately following Closing (assuming fully physical share settlement).

Section 4.07. [Reserved].

Section 4.08. Authorized and Reserved Company Common Stock. For so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall cause the authorized capital stock of the Company to include a sufficient number of authorized but unissued shares of Company Common Stock to satisfy the conversion requirements of all Notes then outstanding (giving effect to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to the Notes and assuming upon conversion the only settlement option under the Notes and the Indenture was for settlement in shares of Company Common Stock), and shall reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Company Common Stock such number of shares thereof for issuance upon conversion of the Notes.

 

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Section 4.09. Indemnification.

(a) Each Purchaser, its Affiliates and its and their respective officers, directors, members, employees, managers, general partners, advisors and agents (each, an “Indemnitee”) shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by law by the Company, jointly and severally, for any and all Losses to which such Indemnitees may become subject as a result of, arising in connection with, or relating to any actual or threatened claim, suit, action, arbitration, cause of action, complaint, allegation, criminal prosecution, investigation, inquiry, demand letter, or proceeding, whether at law or at equity, direct or derivative and whether public or private, before or by any Governmental Entity, any arbitrator or other tribunal (each, and including any appeals therefrom, an “Action”) by any third party (including, without limitation, any stockholder of the Company or any regulator and including Losses arising from Actions not directly against an Indemnitee, such as witness expenses or responding to inquiries from a Governmental Entity) related to the Transactions; provided that the Company shall not be liable to indemnify any Indemnitee for any such Losses to the extent that such Losses (i) have resulted from a Purchaser’s breach of this Agreement, (ii) related to any transaction or arrangement, including any financing or hedging arrangement or trading in Company Common Stock, of such Purchaser or its Affiliates in connection with the applicable Purchaser’s or its Affiliates’ investment in the Notes or (iii) have resulted from an Indemnitee’s bad faith, gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud in connection with the Transactions; provided, further, that the Company shall not be liable to indemnify an Indemnitee or its Affiliates and its and their respective officers, directors, members, employees, managers, general partners, advisors and agents under this Section 4.09 unless such Indemnitee provides notice of an Action for which indemnification is sought no later than twelve (12) months following the Closing Date, in which case the Company’s indemnification obligations under this Section 4.09 shall cover such Action and any appeals therefrom. The parties agree, for the avoidance of doubt, that this Section 4.09 shall not apply to any matter for which indemnification is otherwise provided in Section 5.05.

(b) Each Indemnitee shall give the Company prompt written notice (an “Indemnification Notice”) of any Action it has knowledge of that might give rise to Losses for which an Indemnitee would reasonably be likely to be entitled to indemnification under this Section 4.09, which notice shall set forth a description of those elements of such Action of which such Indemnitee has knowledge and promptly deliver to the Company any complaints such Action or other documents provided to such Indemnitee in connection with; provided, that any delay or failure to give such Indemnification Notice shall not affect the indemnification obligations of the Company hereunder except to the extent the Company are materially prejudiced by such delay or failure.

(c) The Company shall have the right, exercisable by written notice to the applicable Indemnitee within thirty (30) days of receipt of the applicable Indemnification Notice, to select counsel to defend and control the defense of any third party claim set forth in such Indemnification Notice and the Company shall pay all reasonable and documented fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, that the Company shall not be entitled to so select counsel or control the defense of any claim to the extent that (i) such claim seeks primarily non-monetary or injunctive relief against the Indemnitee or alleges any violation of criminal law, (ii) the Company does not, subsequent to its assumption of such defense in accordance with this clause (c), conduct the defense of such claim in good faith, (iii) any of the Indemnitees reasonably determines upon the

 

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advice of counsel that representation of all such Indemnitees by the same counsel would be prohibited by applicable codes of professional conduct, or (iv) in the event that, based on the reasonable advice of counsel for the applicable Indemnitee, there are one or more material defenses available to the applicable Indemnitee that are not available to other defendants. If the Company does not assume the defense of any third party claim in accordance with this clause (c), the applicable Indemnitee may continue to defend such claim at the sole cost of the Company and the Company may still participate in, but not control, the defense of such third party claim at the Company’s sole cost and expense. In no event shall the Company, in connection with any Action or separate but substantially similar Actions arising out of the same general allegations, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for all Indemnitees chosen by the applicable Purchaser together with its Affiliates, and one separate firm of local counsel, in addition to regular counsel, to the extent required in order to effectively defend the Action.

(d) No Indemnitee shall consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any claim for which such Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 4.09, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Except with the prior written consent of the applicable Indemnitee (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Company, in the defense of any claim for which such Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 4.09, shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement unless such settlement includes (i) an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. In any such third party claim where the Company has assumed control of the defense thereof pursuant to clause (c), the Company shall keep the applicable Indemnitee reasonably informed as to the status of such claim at all stages thereof (including all settlement negotiations and offers), promptly submit to such Indemnitee copies of all pleadings, responsive pleadings, motions and other similar legal documents and paper received or filed in connection therewith, permit such Indemnitee and their respective counsels to confer with the Company and its counsel with respect to the conduct of the defense thereof, and permit such Indemnitee and their respective counsel a reasonable opportunity to review all legal papers to be submitted prior to their submission; provided that the Company shall not be obligated to provide materials, documents or information the disclosure of which would reasonably be likely to jeopardize the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel or violate applicable law.

Section 4.10. Certain Tax Matters.

(a) Each of the Company and each Purchaser agrees to treat the Notes as not a “section 871(m) transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.871-15(a)(12) and agrees not to take any position contrary thereto in any tax return or tax proceeding unless required by a determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall have the right to deduct and withhold (i) from any payment or distribution made with respect to the Notes (or the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion or repurchase by the Company of the Notes) and (ii) in connection with any adjustment to the conversion rate of the Notes, in each case, such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to such payment, distribution, issuance, or

 

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adjustment under any applicable Tax law; provided that the Company shall notify the affected Purchaser(s) at least five (5) days prior to any such deduction or withholding and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Purchaser(s) in seeking to reduce or eliminate any such deduction or withholding. If the Company is required to withhold or otherwise remit any Taxes with respect to a Purchaser in connection with an adjustment to the conversion rate of the Notes or other deemed distribution, it may deduct and withhold the required amount from actual payments of interest or any other amount payable on the Notes (including payments of PIK Interest or any payment of Common Stock in connection with a conversion of the Notes) or pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Purchaser. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld as described in this Section 4.10, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made. In the event the Company previously remitted any amounts to a Governmental Entity on account of Taxes required to be deducted or withheld in respect of any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) on any Notes, the Company shall be entitled to effect any such amounts against any amounts otherwise payable in respect of such Notes (or the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon conversion or repurchase by the Company of the Notes).

(b) Each of the Company and each Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, for U.S. federal and other applicable income tax purposes, (i) neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall treat the Notes as “contingent payment debt instruments” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1275-4, (ii) neither the Company nor any Purchaser shall treat interest on the Notes as “qualified stated interest” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1273-1(c)(1)(i), and (iii) original issue discount on the Notes shall be calculated by assuming that the Company elects to use the Cash Method pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1272-1(c)(5), adjusted appropriately for any “change in circumstances” described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1272-1(c)(6), in each case, except as required by a determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code.

Section 4.11. Not an Affiliate. The Company, as of the date of this Agreement, has no reason to believe that, as of the date hereof, any Purchasers are Affiliates of the Company (including for purposes of Rule 144 under the Securities Act).

ARTICLE 5

REGISTRATION RIGHTS

Section 5.01. Registration Statement.

(a) As soon as reasonably practicable after the issuance of the Notes, the Company will use reasonable efforts to prepare and file (and in any event, filing within ninety (90) days after the issuance of the Notes), and use reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective or otherwise become effective pursuant to the Securities Act (the “Registration Date”) a Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to an existing Registration Statement in order to register the issuance of the Registrable Securities (which shall cover the maximum number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable assuming the combination of all of the following: (x) full “physical” settlement of conversions the Notes into shares of Company Common Stock, (y) the maximum number of additional shares of Company Common Stock that may be issuable pursuant

 

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to conversions of the Notes if the Company were to elect the “payment-in-kind” option for the Notes for every interest payment date until maturity and (z) the maximum “make-whole” adjustment to the conversion rate, in each case, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture) and to provide for resales of the Registrable Securities to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (subject to the availability of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or any successor form thereto), which Registration Statement will (except to the extent the SEC objects in written or oral comments upon the SEC’s review of such Registration Statement) include a plan of distribution and selling stockholder disclosure reasonably requested by a Purchaser. In addition, the Company will from time to time, after the initial Registration Statement has been declared effective, use reasonable efforts to file such additional Registration Statements to cover resales of any Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale pursuant to a pre-existing Registration Statement and will use its reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective or otherwise to become effective under the Securities Act and will use its reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act at all times until the Registration Termination Date. Any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Article 5 shall cover only Registrable Securities, shall be on Form S-3 (or a successor form) if the Company is eligible to use such form and shall be an automatically effective Registration Statement if the Company is a WKSI.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5.02, and further subject to the availability of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto) to the Company pursuant to the Securities Act and the rules and interpretations of the SEC, the Company will use its reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement (or any replacement Registration Statement) continuously effective until the earlier of (such earlier date, the “Registration Termination Date”): (i) the date on which all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement have been sold thereunder in accordance with the plan and method of distribution disclosed in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement or (ii) there otherwise cease to be any Registrable Securities.

(c) During such period of time that the Company is not eligible or ceases to be eligible to file or use a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or any successor form thereto), upon the written request of any holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to file a Registration Statement on Form S-1 (or any successor form) under the Securities Act covering the Registrable Securities of the requesting party and use reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective pursuant to the Securities Act as soon as reasonably practicable after filing thereof and use reasonable efforts to file and cause to become effective such amendments thereto as are necessary in order to keep such Registration Statement continuously available. When the Company regains ability to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities it shall use reasonable efforts to do so as promptly as practicably do so in accordance with Section 5.01(a).

Section 5.02. Registration Limitations and Obligations.

(a) Subject to Section 5.01, the Company will use reasonable efforts to prepare such supplements or amendments (including a post-effective amendment), if required by applicable law, to each applicable Registration Statement and file any other required document so that such Registration Statement will be Available at all times during the period for which such Registration

 

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Statement is, or is required pursuant to this Agreement to be, effective; provided, that no such supplement, amendment or filing will be required during a Blackout Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall be entitled, from time to time, by providing written notice to the holders of Registrable Securities, to require such holders to suspend the use of the prospectus for sales of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement during any Blackout Period; provided, for purposes of this Section 5.02, the Company shall only be obligated to provide written notice to any holder or Beneficial Owner of Registrable Securities of any such Blackout Period if such holder or Beneficial Owner has specified in writing to the Company for purposes of receiving such notice such holder’s or Beneficial Owner’s address and contact information. No sales may be made under the applicable Registration Statement during any Blackout Period of which the holders of Registrable Securities have received notice. In the event of a Blackout Period, the Company shall notify each holder of Registrable Securities promptly upon each of the commencement and the termination of each Blackout Period, which notice of termination shall be delivered to each holder of Registrable Securities no later than the close of business of the last day of the Blackout Period. In connection with the expiration of any Blackout Period and without any further request from a holder of Registrable Securities, the Company to the extent necessary and as required by applicable law shall as promptly as reasonably practicable prepare supplements or amendments, including a post-effective amendment, to the Registration Statement or the prospectus, or any document incorporated therein by reference, or file any other required document so that the Registration Statement will be Available. A Blackout Period shall be deemed to have expired when the Company has notified the holders of Registrable Securities that the Blackout Period is over and the Registration Statement is Available. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the absence of an Available Registration Statement at any time from and after the Registration Date shall be considered a Blackout Period and subject to the limitations therein.

(b) At any time that a Registration Statement is effective and prior to the Registration Termination Date, if a holder of Registrable Securities (the “Initiating Holder”) delivers a notice to the Company (a “Take-Down Notice”) stating that it, together with any other Persons, including any Participating Holders, intend to sell at least $50,000,000 in aggregate of Registrable Securities held by such holder and such other Persons, in each case, pursuant to the Registration Statement, then, no more than two (2) times in any twelve (12)-month period, the Company shall (i) within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the Take-Down Notice, deliver a written notice (a “Take-Down Participation Notice”) of any such request to all other holders of Registrable Securities, which Take-Down Participation Notice shall offer each such holder the opportunity to include in such registration that number of Registrable Securities to be offered by the Initiating Holder as each such holder (a “Participating Holder”) may request; and (ii) amend or supplement the Registration Statement as may be necessary and to the extent required by law so that the Registration Statement remains Available in order to enable such Registrable Securities to be distributed in an Underwritten Offering. The Company shall include in such registration all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received from a holder entitled to receive a Take-Down Participation Notice pursuant to the preceding sentence written requests for inclusion therein within two (2) Business Days after the date the Take-Down Participation Notice was delivered; provided, that each Selling Holder will retain the right to withdraw their Registrable Securities from such registration in writing to the underwriters prior to the pricing of the applicable offering. In connection with any Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities for which an Initiating Holder delivers a Take-Down Notice and satisfies the dollar thresholds set forth in first

 

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sentence above, and where the Take-Down Notice contemplates marketing efforts not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours by the Company and the underwriters, the Company will use reasonable efforts to cooperate and make its senior officers available for participation in such marketing efforts (which marketing efforts will not, for the avoidance of doubt, include a “road show” requiring such officers to travel outside of the city in which they are primarily located). The Company shall select the underwriters (including the managing underwriters) for each Underwritten Offering; provided that the bookrunning underwriters shall be “bulge-bracket” investment banks reasonably acceptable to the Selling Holders. The Company shall select the counsel for the underwriters; provided that such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the managing underwriters and the Selling Holders. A Majority in Interest of Selling Holders shall determine (x) the pricing of the Registrable Securities offered pursuant to any such Registration Statement, including the underwriting discount and fees payable by the Selling Holders to the underwriters in such Underwritten Offering and other financial terms of the Underwritten Offering and (y) the timing of any such registration and sale, which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. Each Selling Holder shall be solely responsible for the discounts and fees payable to the underwriters with respect to the Registrable Securities sold by such Selling Holder in such Underwritten Offering. Without the consent of the Initiating Holder, no Underwritten Offering pursuant to this Agreement shall include any securities other than Registrable Securities.

(c) If the managing underwriter or underwriters of any firm commitment Underwritten Offering advise the Selling Holders in such offering in writing that, in their view, the total amount of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in such Underwritten Offering exceeds the largest amount (the “Orderly Sale Amount”) that can be sold in an orderly manner in such Underwritten Offering within a price range acceptable to the Majority in Interest of Selling Holders, then there shall be included in such firm commitment Underwritten Offering an amount of Registrable Securities not exceeding the Orderly Sale Amount, and such included amount of Registrable Securities shall be allocated pro rata among the Selling Holders with respect to such Underwritten Offering on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by each such Selling Holder.

(d) In connection with an Underwritten Offering, the Company and its directors and officers shall, to the extent requested by managing underwriters of such a distribution, be subject to a customary lockup agreement with a restricted period of the same length of time as such holder agrees with the managing underwriters (but not to exceed 90 days) during which the Company may not issue or transfer, and its officers and directors may not transfer, shares of Company Common Stock or any securities exchangeable or exercisable for, or convertible into, shares of Company Common Stock, subject to customary carve-outs agreed with the managing underwriters, which may include, but are not limited to: (i) issuances pursuant to the Company’s employee or director stock plans and issuances of shares upon the exercise of options or other equity awards under such stock plans, (ii) sales in connection with the settlement of equity awards to cover tax withholding obligations, and (iii) sales under trading plans pursuant to Rule 10b5-1, and (iv) in connection with acquisitions, joint ventures and other strategic transactions (which, in the case of this clause (iv), would not exceed up to 10% of the outstanding Company Common Stock at the time of such Underwritten Offering).

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(f) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, if at any time the Company files a registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to a Company Underwritten Offering of Common Stock by the Company for its own account, then the Company shall promptly give written notice of such filing to the Purchasers, which notice shall be given, to the extent reasonably practicable, no later than ten (10) Business Days before the filing or launch date (the “Piggyback Notice”). The Piggyback Notice and the contents thereof shall be kept confidential by the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates and representatives. The Piggyback Notice shall offer each Purchaser the opportunity to include (or cause to be included) in the registration statement for such Company Underwritten Offering, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the number of Registrable Securities as such investor may request (a “Piggyback Registration”). Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall include in each such Piggyback Registration all Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received from a Purchaser a written request for inclusion therein (a “Piggyback Request”) within five (5) Business Days following receipt of any Piggyback Notice by such Purchaser (but in any event not later than one (1) Business Day prior to the filing date of a Piggyback Registration Statement), which Piggyback Request shall specify the maximum number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of by such Selling Holder. The Selling Holders shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of the Registrable Securities from a Piggyback Registration at any time at least one (1) Business Day prior to the effective date of the registration statement relating to such Piggyback Registration. If the managing underwriter(s) of the Company Underwritten Offering subject to this Section 5.02(f) advise the Company in writing that it is their good faith opinion that the total amount of Registrable Securities requested to be so included, together with the shares of Common Stock that the Company intends to include in such offering (a “Company Underwriter Cutback”), exceeds the total number or dollar amount of such securities that can be sold without having an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the Common Stock that the Company intends to include in such offering, then there shall be included in such firm commitment underwritten offering the number of Registrable Securities that in the good faith opinion of such managing underwriter(s) can be sold without so adversely affecting such offering, and such number of Registrable Securities and shares of Common Stock intended to be sold by the Company shall be allocated for inclusion as follows: (A) first, all shares of Common Stock being sold by the Company for its own account; (B) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (A) have been included, all Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by the Selling Holders, pro rata, based on the number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Holders; and (C) third, and only if all the securities referred to in clauses (A) and (B) have been included, all shares of Common Stock of any other holders thereof (other than the Company and the Selling Holders) requesting inclusion in such Underwritten Offering, allocated pro rata on the basis of the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each such holder of Common Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, in any Company Underwritten Offering, the Company shall select the underwriters and counsel for the underwriters and shall determine (x) the pricing of the Common Stock offered pursuant to any such Company Underwritten Offering, including the underwriting discount and fees payable per share to the underwriters in such Company Underwritten Offering and other financial terms of the offering, (y) the timing of any such Company Underwritten Offering. Each Selling Holder shall be solely responsible for the discounts and fees payable to the underwriters with respect to the Registrable Securities sold by such Selling Holder in such Company Underwritten Offering.

 

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Section 5.03. Registration Procedures.

(a) If and whenever the Company is required to use reasonable efforts to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act and in connection with any distribution of Registrable Securities pursuant thereto as provided in this Agreement (including any sale referred to in any Take-Down Notice), the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:

(i) use reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement to effect such registration in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution of such securities and thereafter use reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become and remain effective pursuant to the terms of this Article 5; provided, however, that the Company may discontinue any registration of its securities which are not Registrable Securities at any time prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement relating thereto; provided, further, that before filing such registration statement or any amendments or supplements thereto, including any prospectus supplements in connection with a sale referred to in a Take-Down Notice or Piggyback Registration, the Company will furnish to the holders which are including Registrable Securities in such registration including, in the case of a Take-Down Notice, any Initiating Holder and Participating Holders with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering (such holders, the “Selling Holders”) and the lead managing underwriters, if any, copies of all such documents proposed to be filed, which documents will be subject to the review and reasonable comment (which comments will be considered in good faith by the Company) of the counsel (if any) to such holders and counsel (if any) to such underwriters, and other documents reasonably requested by any such counsel, including any comment letter from the SEC, and, if requested by any such counsel, provide such counsel and the lead managing underwriters, if any, reasonable opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Registration Statement and each prospectus (including any prospectus supplement) included or deemed included therein and such other opportunities to conduct a customary and reasonable due diligence investigation (in the context of a registered underwritten offering) of the Company, including reasonable access to (including responses to any reasonable inquiries by the lead managing underwriters and their counsel) the Company’s books and records, officers, accountants and other advisors; provided that the same occurs during normal business hours after reasonable notice and does not materially interfere with the business of the Company; provided further that such persons shall first agree in writing with the Company that any information that is designated by the Company as confidential at the time of delivery shall be kept confidential by such persons subject to customary exceptions;

(ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary and to the extent required by applicable law to keep such Registration Statement effective and Available pursuant to the terms of this Article 5;

(iii) if requested by the lead managing underwriters, promptly include in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the lead managing underwriters, if any, and such holders may reasonably request in order to permit the intended method of distribution of such securities and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received such request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to take any actions under this Section 5.03(a)(iii) that are not, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance with applicable law;

 

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(iv) furnish to the Selling Holders and each underwriter, if any, of the securities being sold by such Selling Holders such number of conformed copies of such Registration Statement and of each amendment and supplement thereto, such number of copies of the prospectus and any prospectus supplement contained in or deemed part of such Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus supplement) utilized in connection therewith and any other prospectus filed under Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as such Selling Holders and underwriters, if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holders;

(v) use reasonable efforts to cause such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

(vi) use reasonable efforts to provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

(vii) as promptly as practicable notify in writing the holders of Registrable Securities and the underwriters, if any, of the following events: (A) the filing of the Registration Statement, any amendment thereto, the prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement utilized in connection therewith, and, with respect to such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, when the same has become effective; (B) any request by the SEC or any other U.S. or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or the prospectus or for additional information; (C) the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings by any person for that purpose; (D) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose; (E) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Company contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) related to such registration cease to be true and correct in any material respect; and (F) upon the happening of any event that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such registration statement, prospectus or documents so that, in the case of such Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, in the case of clause (F), that such notice need not include the nature or details concerning such events;

 

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(viii) use reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement, or the lifting of any suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction at the earliest reasonable practicable date, except that the Company shall not for any such purpose be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (viii) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(ix) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter or agent participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; and

(x) prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use reasonable efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the Selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of those jurisdictions within the United States as any holder reasonably requests in writing to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective until the Registration Termination Date; provided, that the Company will not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction wherein it would not but for the requirements of this clause (xi) be obligated to be so qualified, (B) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction or (C) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction;

(xi) use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates or book-entry securities representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to the Registration Statements, which certificates or book-entry securities shall be free, to the extent permitted by the Indenture and applicable law, of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such holders may request in writing; and in connection therewith, if required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company will promptly after the effectiveness of the Registration Statement cause to be delivered to its transfer agent when and as required by such transfer agent from time to time, any authorizations, certificates, directions and other evidence required by the transfer agent which authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Registrable Securities without legend upon sale by the holder of such shares of Registrable Securities under the Registration Statement; and

(xii) agrees with each holder of Registrable Securities that, in connection with any Underwritten Offering or other resale pursuant to the Registration Statement in accordance with the terms hereof, it will use reasonable efforts to negotiate in good faith and execute all customary indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements (in each case on terms reasonably acceptable to the Company), including using reasonable efforts to procure customary legal opinions and auditor “comfort” letters.

 

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(b) The Company may require each Selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, to (i) furnish the Company in writing such information regarding each Selling Holder or underwriter and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing to complete or amend the information required by such Registration Statement and/or any other documents relating to such registered offering, and (ii) execute and deliver, or cause the execution or delivery of, and to perform under, or cause the performance under, any agreements and instruments reasonably requested by the Company to effectuate such registered offering, including, without limitation, opinions of counsel and questionnaires. If the Company requests that the holders of Registrable Securities take any of the actions referred to in this Section 5.03(b), such holders shall take such action promptly and as soon as reasonably practicable following the date of such request.

(c) Each Selling Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in clauses (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of Section 5.03(a)(vii), such Selling Holder shall forthwith discontinue such Selling Holder’s disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement and prospectus relating thereto until such Selling Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus. The Company shall use reasonable efforts to cure the events described in clauses (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) of Section 5.03(a)(vii) so that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed at the earliest reasonably practicable moment.

Section 5.04. Expenses. The Company shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with a registration pursuant to this Article 5; provided that each holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering shall pay any applicable underwriting fees, discounts, selling commissions, agency fees, brokers’ commissions and transfer taxes, if any, on the Registrable Securities sold by such holder and similar charges.

Section 5.05. Registration Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees, without limitation as to time, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Selling Holder and its Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys, advisors and agents and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such Selling Holder or such other indemnified Person and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys, advisors and agents of each such controlling Person, each underwriter, if any, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) such underwriter (collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”), from and against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, expenses (including reasonable and documented expenses of investigation and reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties, charges and amounts paid in settlement (collectively, the “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus, in each case related to such Registration Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 5.05(a)) will reimburse each such Selling Holder, each of its Affiliates, and each of their

 

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respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys, advisors and agents and each such Person who controls each such Selling Holder and the officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, managers, partners, accountants, attorneys, advisors and agents of each such controlling Person, each such underwriter and each such Person who controls any such underwriter, for any legal and any other expenses which are documented and reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, except insofar as the same are caused by any information regarding a holder of Registrable Securities or underwriter furnished in writing to the Company by any such person or any Selling Holder or underwriter expressly for use therein.

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Selling Holder is participating, without limitation as to time, each such Selling Holder shall, severally and not jointly, indemnify the Company, its directors and officers, and each Person who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) the Company, from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising out of, caused by, resulting from or relating to any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any omission (or alleged omission) of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (without limitation of the preceding portions of this Section 5.05(b)) will reimburse the Company, its directors and officers and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act) for any legal and any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating and defending or settling any such claim, Loss, damage, liability or action, in each case solely to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is made in such registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information regarding the Selling Holder furnished to the Company by such Selling Holder for inclusion in such registration statement, prospectus or preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto.

(c) Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification; provided, however, the failure to give such notice shall not release the indemnifying party from its obligation, except to the extent that the indemnifying party has been actually and materially prejudiced by such failure to provide such notice on a timely basis.

(d) In any case in which any such action is brought against any indemnified party, the indemnified party shall promptly notify in writing the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent that it may wish, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and acknowledging the obligations of the indemnifying party with respect to such proceeding, the indemnifying party will not (so long as it shall continue to have the right to defend, contest, litigate and settle the matter in question in accordance with this paragraph) be liable to such indemnified party hereunder for any legal or other expense subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable and documented costs of investigation, supervision and monitoring (unless (i) such indemnified party

 

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reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that there may be defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such indemnifying party and, as a result, a conflict of interest exists or (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed within a reasonable period of time to assume such defense and the indemnified party is or would reasonably be expected to be materially prejudiced by such delay, in either event the indemnified party shall be promptly reimbursed by the indemnifying party for the reasonable and documented expenses incurred in connection with retaining one separate legal counsel (for the avoidance of doubt, for all indemnified parties in connection therewith)). For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding any such assumption by an indemnifying party, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such matter and participate in the defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party except as provided in the previous sentence. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of an action or claim effected without its consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). No matter shall be settled by an indemnifying party without the consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such claim or proceeding, (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 party and (z) is settled solely for cash for which the indemnified party would be entitled to indemnification hereunder. The failure of an indemnified party to give notice to an indemnifying party of any action brought against such indemnified party shall not relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations or liabilities pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent such failure adversely prejudices the indemnifying party.

(e) The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall survive the sale or other transfer of the Registrable Securities and the termination of this Agreement.

(f) If recovery is not available under the foregoing indemnification provisions for any reason or reasons other than as specified therein, any Person who would otherwise be entitled to indemnification by the terms thereof shall nevertheless be entitled to contribution with respect to any Losses with respect to which such Person would be entitled to such indemnification but for such reason or reasons, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party, the Persons’ relative knowledge and access to information concerning the matter with respect to which the claim was asserted, the opportunity to correct and prevent any statement or omission, and other equitable considerations appropriate under the circumstances. It is hereby agreed that it would not necessarily be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no holder of Registrable Securities shall be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of its net proceeds from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to any actions or proceedings over the amount of any damages, indemnity or contribution that such holder 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 found guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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(g) The indemnification and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5.05 are in addition to any liability that the indemnifying party may have to the indemnified party and do not limit other provisions of this Agreement that provide for indemnification.

Section 5.06. Facilitation of Sales Pursuant to Rule 144. For as long as any Purchaser or its Affiliates Beneficially Owns Notes or any Company Common Stock issued or issuable upon conversion thereof, to the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Company shall use reasonable efforts to timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraphs (c)(1) and (i)(2) of Rule 144, but excluding Form 8-K reports) and submit all required Interactive Data Files (as defined in Rule 11 of Regulation S-T of the SEC), and shall use reasonable efforts to take such further necessary action as any holder of Subject Securities may reasonably request in connection with the removal of any restrictive legend on the Subject Securities being sold, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell the Subject Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the exemption provided by Rule 144 (including those referred to in subparagraph (i) of Rule 144), provided that such holder of Subject Securities and its broker(s) execute customary representation letters and provide such other documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Company or its transfer agent in connection therewith.

ARTICLE 6

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 6.01. Survival of Representations and Warranties. All covenants and agreements contained herein, other than those which by their terms apply in whole or in part at or after the Closing (which shall survive the Closing), shall terminate as of the Closing, provided nothing herein shall relieve any party of liability for any breach of such covenant or agreement before it terminated. The representations and warranties made herein shall survive for six (6) months following the Closing Date and shall then expire; provided that nothing herein shall relieve any party of liability for any inaccuracy or breach of such representation or warranty to the extent that any good faith allegation of such inaccuracy or breach is made in writing prior to such expiration.

Section 6.02. Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered personally, sent by overnight courier or sent via email (with receipt confirmed) as follows:

(a) If to any Purchaser, to the notice information set forth on the signature page hereto.

(b) If to the Company, to:

195 S. Milpitas Blvd.

Milpitas, CA 95035

Attention: Bill Krause, Chief Legal Officer

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

Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Attention: Michael J. Mies

Email: michael.mies@skadden.com

or to such other address or addresses as shall be designated in writing. All notices shall be deemed effective (a) when delivered personally (with written confirmation of receipt, by other than automatic means, whether electronic or otherwise), (b) when sent by email if received before 5:00 pm Eastern Time; or (c) one (1) Business Day following the day sent by overnight courier.

Section 6.03. Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries; Amendment.

(a) This Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements set forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the Transactions, supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both oral and written, among the parties and their respective Affiliates with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

(b) This Agreement is not intended to and shall not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto, their successors and permitted assigns any rights or remedies hereunder, provided that (i) Section 4.09 and Section 5.05 shall be for the benefit of and fully enforceable by each of the Indemnified Persons; and (ii) Section 6.12 shall be for the benefit of and fully enforceable by each of the Specified Persons.

(c) Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part at any time by an agreement in writing between the parties hereto executed in the same manner as this Agreement. No failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise by any party of any right preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

Section 6.04. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to constitute any original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same document. Signatures to this Agreement transmitted by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail in “portable document format” (“.pdf”) form, or by any other electronic means intended to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document will have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing the original signature. 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.

 

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Section 6.05. Public Announcements. The initial press release related to this Agreement and the Transactions shall be a joint press release to be agreed upon by the Company and Purchaser. Thereafter, either party may issue or make one or more press releases or public announcements related to this Agreement or the Transactions (in which case the other party shall (to the extent permitted by applicable law) be provided an opportunity to review and reasonably comment on such press release or announcement prior to issuance, distribution or publication); provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any press release or other public announcement to the extent that it contains substantially the same factual information related to this Agreement and the Transactions as previously communicated publicly by one or more of the parties in accordance with this Section 6.05. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company may file this Agreement with the SEC and may provide information about the subject matter of this Agreement in connection with equity or debt issuances, share repurchases, or marketing, informational or reporting activities.

Section 6.06. Expenses. No later than the first to occur of (i) the Closing Date, (ii) the date this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms or (iii) the End Date, the Company shall pay or reimburse RXR Realty LLC for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (not to exceed an amount equal, in the aggregate, to (x) $400,000 plus (y) 2% of the gross proceed invested in the Notes by RXR Realty LLC or its Affiliates) incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of the Transaction Agreements, and any amendment waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated), and the consummation and administration of the transaction contemplated hereby and thereby (including all reasonable and documented attorney’s fees for any and all of the foregoing in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, to occur on or prior to or otherwise in connection with the Closing); provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, the Company shall have no obligation to pay or reimburse the Purchasers under this Section 6.06 for any costs or expenses incurred by the Purchasers in connection with any filing made under the HSR Act or other applicable antitrust or investment control laws; provided further the cap set forth above shall not apply to any of the Company’s obligations under Section 4.09 or Article 5.

 

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Section 6.07. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company’s successors and assigns and each Purchaser’s successors and assigns, and no other person; provided, that neither the Company nor any Purchaser may assign its respective rights or delegate its respective obligations under this Agreement without the written consent of such Purchaser or the Company, as applicable, whether by operation of law or otherwise, and any assignment by the Company or such Purchaser in contravention hereof shall be null and void; provided further that (i) any Purchaser may assign all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or, in the case of this Agreement, any portion thereof, to one or more Affiliates who execute and deliver to the Company a Joinder and a duly completed and executed IRS Form W-8 or W-9, as applicable, and any such assignee who executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder shall be deemed a Purchaser hereunder and have all the rights and obligations of such Purchaser so assigned; provided that no such assignment will relieve such assigning Purchaser of its obligations hereunder until the Closing; (ii) if the Company consolidates or merges with or into any Person and the Company Common Stock is, in whole or in part, converted into or exchanged for securities of a different issuer in a transaction that does not constitute a Change in Control, then as a condition to such transaction the Company will cause such issuer to assume all of the Company’s rights and obligations under this Agreement in a written instrument delivered to such Purchaser; and (iii) any Purchaser may assign all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Permitted Counterparty. In addition to the foregoing, the rights of a holder of Registrable Securities under Article V may be transferred but only together with Subject Securities (x) in a transfer of Notes in an aggregate principal amount of at least $15,000,000 or the number of shares of Common Stock received upon conversion of such principal amount; and (y) to an Affiliate of the transferor, in each case that executes and delivers to the Company a Joinder.

Section 6.08. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. In addition, each of the parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder brought by the other party hereto or its successors or assigns, may be brought and determined in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or any New York State court sitting in New York City and hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve in accordance with this Section 6.08(a), (ii) any claim that it or its property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, any claim that (A) the suit, action or proceeding in such court is brought in an

 

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inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper or (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts. Each of the parties hereby agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses set forth in Section 6.02 shall be effective service of process for any suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

(b) EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION 6.08.

Section 6.09. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect provided that the economic and legal substance of, any of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. In the event of any such determination, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement to fulfill as closely as possible the original intent and purpose hereof. To the extent permitted by law, the parties hereby to the same extent waive any provision of law that renders any provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.

Section 6.10. Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, each party agrees that in the event of any breach or threatened breach by any other party of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement, the non-breaching party shall be entitled (in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it, whether in law or equity) to obtain (i) a decree or order of specific performance to enforce the observance and performance of such covenant or obligation, and (ii) an injunction restraining such breach or threatened breach. Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that any other party has an adequate remedy at law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity. Any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

Section 6.11. Headings. The headings of Articles and Sections contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and are not part of this Agreement.

Section 6.12. Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may only be brought against the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any Person that executes and delivers a Joinder). Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partners, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney,

 

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advisor or representative of any party hereto or any of such party’s Affiliates (collectively, the “Specified Persons”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of any party hereto under this Agreement or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby. All obligations of any Purchaser hereunder shall be several obligations of such Purchaser and, for the avoidance of doubt, not joint or joint and several obligations.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

VIEW, INC.
By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

RXR FP INVESTOR LP, a Delaware limited partnership

By: RXR FP GP LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company, its general partner

By:   /s/ Scott Rechler
  Name: Scott Rechler
  Title: Authorized Person
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:
RXR FP INVESTOR II LP, a Delaware limited partnership

By: RXR FP GP LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company, its general partner

By:   /s/ Scott Rechler
  Name: Scott Rechler
  Title: Authorized Person
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Madrone Partners, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Tom Patterson

  Name: Tom Patterson
  Title: Managing Member
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Anson Investments Master Fund LP
By:  

/s/ Amin Nathoo

  Name: Amin Nathoo
  Title: Director
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Anson East Master Fund LP
By:  

/s/ Amin Nathoo

  Name: Amin Nathoo
  Title: Director
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Anson North Star Tactical Equity Fund LP
By:  

/s/ Amin Nathoo

  Name: Amin Nathoo
  Title: Director
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Arch Anson Tactical Real Estate Fund LP
By:  

/s/ Amin Nathoo

  Name: Amin Nathoo
  Title: Director
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Arch Anson Tactical Real Estate NR Fund LP
By:  

/s/ Amin Nathoo

  Name: Amin Nathoo
  Title: Director
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

The Kaul Family Trust
By:  

/s/ Samir Kaul

  Name: Samir Kaul
  Title: Trustee
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Orsak Family Trust
By:  

/s/ Mike Orsak

  Name: Mike Orsak
  Title: Trustee
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

CEDRIC ANDRE HENRI BRU TRUST, dated April 28, 2017
By:  

/s/ Cedric Andre Henri Bru

  Name: Cedric Andre Henri Bru
  Title: Trustee
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

BNP Paribas Asset Management UK LTD
By:  

/s/ Edward Lees

  Name: Edward Lees
  Title: Sr Portfolio Manager
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Handler Revocable Trust
By:  

/s/ Bradley A. Handler

  Name: Bradley A. Handler
  Title: Trustee
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

US RE Company, LLC
By:  

/s/ Leonard J. O’Donnell

  Name: Leonard J. O’Donnell
  Title: President & CEO
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Bridger Holdings, LP
By:  

/s/ James A. Davidson

  Name: James A. Davidson
  Title: Management Committee Member
By:  

/s/ Fritz H. Wolff

  Name: Fritz H. Wolff
  Title: Management Committee Member
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

NBT Capital, LLC
By:  

/s/ James A. Davidson

  Name: James A. Davidson
  Title: Manager
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Fox Hollow Ventures
By:  

/s/ Scott D. Cook

  Name: Scott D. Cook
  Title: Authorized Signatory
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

CF Principal Investments, LLC
By:  

/s/ Mark Kaplan

  Name: Mark Kaplan
  Title: Global Chief Operating Officer
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto or by their respective duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.

 

Future Solution Investments, LLC
By:  

/s/ Michael Solomon

  Name: Michael Solomon
  Title: Manager
Notice Information:
Address:
Email:

 

[Signature Page to Investment Agreement]

Exhibit 10.2

Execution Version

AGREEMENT FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING

AND CONSULTING SERVICES

THIS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 25, 2022 (the “Effective Date”) by and between RXR FP Services LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“RXR Realty”), and View, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“View” and, each of RXR Realty and View, a “Party”).

WHEREAS, RXR Realty, by and through its officers, employees, agents and Affiliates has developed in connection with the conduct of its business and affairs various areas of expertise in owning, investing, operating and developing real estate; and

WHEREAS, View desires to avail itself of the expertise of RXR Realty in those areas hereinabove enumerated and in which RXR Realty is acknowledged to have expertise, for a period of at least five (5) years from the Effective Date, subject to earlier termination pursuant to Section 1, said period being referred to as the “Term”; and

WHEREAS, concurrent with the execution of this Agreement and effective as of the date hereof, an affiliate of RXR Realty LLC, RXR FP Services LLC, and View will enter into the warrant agreements, in substantially the forms attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Warrant Agreements”).

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby agree as follows:

1. Appointment; Termination.

(a) View hereby appoints RXR Realty to render strategic planning and consulting services to View during the Term as herein contemplated. Nothing in this Agreement shall confer or be deemed to confer any corporate or managerial authority over any of the business affairs of View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates.

(b) This Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earlier of (i) the end of the Term, (ii) the date that it is finally judicially determined that RXR Realty has materially breached its obligations under this Agreement, and (iii) the date mutually agreed in writing by the parties hereto. Section 10 and Sections 12 through 23 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

2. Services. During the Term, RXR Realty shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to render to View, by and through such of its officers, employees, agents and Affiliates as RXR Realty, in its sole discretion, shall designate from time to time, the strategic planning and corporate consulting services set forth on Schedule I hereto (the “Services”).

3. Warrants. In consideration of RXR Realty’s performance of the above-described Services during the Term, View agrees to issue to RXR Realty a warrant to purchase $10,000,000 of shares of View Class A common stock on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreements (the “Warrant Consideration”), and each Party hereto shall execute and deliver the Warrant Agreements concurrently with the delivery hereof.


4. Right of First Offer. If View, whether directly or through its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, determines to undertake a Debt financing or equity capital raise (excluding (i) loans between or among View and its Subsidiaries, (ii) an asset backed facility or revolving loan facility, or (iii) equipment leases) from third-Persons during the Term (a “Future Financing”), then View shall first present RXR Realty with a notice including the proposed material terms for a Future Financing. RXR Realty shall then have a period of ten (10) business days from its receipt of such notice to provide View with the terms on which RXR Realty (either directly or through a Subsidiary or Affiliate) is willing to participate in such Future Financing (the “Notice of Terms”), and View and its representatives shall negotiate with RXR Realty and its advisors during such ten (10) business day period and, if the Notice of Terms is accepted, the ten (10) business day period described in the next sentence. Should View elect to proceed with a Future Financing substantially on the terms presented in the Notice of Terms, then View shall notify RXR Realty of its intent in writing with ten (10) business days after View’s receipt of the Notice of Terms (the “Acceptance Notice”), and the parties shall thereafter endeavor in good faith to agree and execute definitive agreements on customary terms for a transaction such as the Future Financing; provided that View may engage in discussions with other third-party financing sources for such Future Financing at all times, but will not enter into definitive agreement until following the end of such ten (10) business day Acceptance Notice period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, View may determine in its sole discretion whether or not to consummate any Future Financing with RXR Realty, any third party, or if at all, and this Section 4 does not represent a commitment by View or RXR Realty (or their respective Affiliates) to fund or otherwise consummate any Future Financing, which obligation will be set forth in, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of, a definitive agreement providing for such Future Financing.

5. Board of Directors.

(a) During the Term, View agrees to take all Necessary Action to cause one individual designated by RXR Realty (the “RXR Designee”), which RXR Designee shall initially be Scott Rechler, to be appointed to the Board of Directors of View (the “Board”) on the condition that the RXR Designee enters into customary indemnification and other agreements with View in connection with the RXR Designee’s role on the Board. RXR Realty understands and acknowledges that the RXR Realty Designee will be required to recuse himself or herself from any and all deliberations relating to any matters relating to the provision of Services or financing involving a member of the RXR Realty Group to which Section 4, Section 6 or Section 9 may be applicable.

(b) (i) Any RXR Designee may resign at any time upon written notice to the Board. RXR Realty shall have the exclusive right to remove the RXR Designee from the Board for a reason other than for cause, and View shall take all Necessary Action to cause the removal of any such RXR Designee at the written request of RXR Realty, and (ii) RXR Realty shall have the exclusive right, in accordance with Section 5(a) to designate a director for election to the Board to fill vacancies created by reason of death, removal, disqualification or resignation of the RXR Designee, and View shall take all Necessary Action to cause any such vacancies to be filled by a replacement RXR Designee as promptly as reasonably practicable.

 

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(c) Until the earlier of (i) the fifth annual meeting of View’s stockholders following the date hereof and (ii) the end of the Term, View shall not take any action to cause the removal of the RXR Designee unless such removal is for cause. Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 1(b)(ii), RXR Realty shall take all Necessary Action to remove the RXR Designee or cause the RXR Designee to resign within five (5) Business Days following expiration of the Term.

(d) View agrees to take all Necessary Action to cause the Vice-Chairperson of the Board to be Mr. Rechler. Following Mr. Rechler’s resignation or removal from the Board or resignation as Vice-Chairperson of the Board, the Board will have the right to select the director that will serve as the Vice-Chairperson, if any.

6. View Indebtedness. View will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt during the Term without the prior consent of RXR Realty; provided, however, that View and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to incur and have outstanding up to $50 million principal amount of Debt at any time during the Term (excluding the View’s Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes (the “Notes”) and any other Debt that View has incurred prior to, or is outstanding as of, the Effective Date); provided that (i) such Debt is either (A) unsecured and pari passu with or junior to View’s Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes (the “Notes”) expected to be issued by View or (B) secured only by equipment owned by View and purchased by View after the date hereof (excluding equipment purchased to replace equipment existing as of the date hereof), and (ii) the proceeds from such Debt shall not be used to repay the principal amount or interest accrued on the principal amount of the Notes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, this Section 6 shall terminate and be of no further force and effect on the date by which RXR Realty, whether directly or through affiliated entities, holds less than (x) $25 million of View’s Debt (including the Notes) and (y) $25 million of View’s equity interests (calculated after giving effect to any warrants held by RXR Realty or such affiliated entities on an as-converted and net exercise basis) in the aggregate.

7. Representations and Warranties of RXR Realty. RXR Realty hereby represents and warrants to View as follows.

(a) Organization and Standing. RXR Realty is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b) Authorization. RXR Realty has all requisite power and authority to execute this Agreement, to carry out and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated to be performed by it hereunder. The execution, deliver and performance by RXR Realty of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary action of RXR Realty.

(c) Binding Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered on behalf of RXR Realty and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by View, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of RXR Realty enforceable against RXR Realty in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equity principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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(d) Consents. No material declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of, other action by, any Governmental Authority or any third party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by RXR Realty of this Agreement or the Warrant Agreements or the consummation by RXR Realty of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement or the Warrant Agreements.

(e) No Conflict. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Warrant Agreements by RXR Realty, nor the consummation by RXR Realty of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (i) violate, conflict with, result in the breach of, constitute a default under, be prohibited by, require any additional approval under, accelerate the performance provided by, or give any Person a right to terminate or receive any payment or other compensation under, any (x) terms, conditions or provisions of the organizational documents of RXR Realty, (y) material contract to which RXR Realty is now a party or by which it is bound or (z) material Requirement of Law applicable to View.

(f) Approvals. There are no notices, reports or other filings required to be made by RXR Realty with, or consents, permits, licenses, exemptions, orders, clearances, waivers or other authorizations or approvals required to be obtained by RXR Realty from, any Person in order for RXR Realty to execute or deliver this Agreement or the Warrant Agreements, or to perform or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

8. Representations and Warranties of View. View hereby represents and warrants to RXR Realty as follows:

(a) Organization and Standing. View is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

(b) Authorization. View has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute this Agreement and the Warrant Agreements, to carry out and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Warrant Agreements, and to consummate the transactions contemplated to be performed by it hereunder and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by View of this Agreement and the Warrant Agreements, and the consummation of the transaction contemplated hereunder and thereunder, have been duly and validly authorized by all Necessary Action of View.

(c) Binding Agreement. This Agreement and the Warrant Agreements have been duly and validly executed and delivered on behalf of View and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of RXR Realty of this Agreement, each of them constitutes the legal and binding obligation of View enforceable against View in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general equity principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

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(d) Consents. No material declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, or authorization, consent or approval of, other action by, any Governmental Authority or any third party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by View of this Agreement or the Warrant Agreements or the consummation by View of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement or the Warrant Agreements.

(e) No Conflict. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Warrant Agreements by View, nor the consummation by View of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will (i) violate, conflict with, result in the breach of, constitute a default under, be prohibited by, require any additional approval under, accelerate the performance provided by, or give any Person a right to terminate or receive any payment or other compensation under, any (x) terms, conditions or provisions of the organizational documents of View, (y) material contract to which View is now a party or by which it is bound or (z) material Requirement of Law applicable to RXR Realty.

(f) Approvals. There are no notices, reports or other filings required to be made by View with, or consents, permits, licenses, exemptions, orders, clearances, waivers or other authorizations or approvals required to be obtained by View from, any Person in order for View to execute or deliver this Agreement or the Warrant Agreements, or to perform or consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

9. Permissible Activities. Subject to compliance with its obligations pursuant to Section 10 and Section 11 herein, this Agreement shall not in any way preclude RXR Realty or any other member of the RXR Realty Group (as defined below) from engaging in any business activities or from performing services for its own account or for the account of others, in addition to performing the Services hereunder. Subject to compliance with its obligations pursuant to Section 10 and Section 11 herein, and except as may otherwise be agreed in writing after the date hereof: (a) each member of the RXR Realty Group shall have the right to, and shall have no duty (contractual or otherwise) not to, directly or indirectly: (i) engage in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates, or advise, manage, supervise or monitor any company or business, including any and all existing and future portfolio companies of any Affiliate of RXR Realty, whether or not such company or business competes with the business of View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates, and (ii) do business with any client, customer or competitor of View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates and (b) no member of the RXR Realty Group nor the RXR Designee shall be obligated to disclose to View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates any information related to their respective businesses or opportunities, including acquisition opportunities, or to refrain from or in any respect to be restricted in competing against View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates in any such business or as to any such opportunities, or to present any particular investment or business opportunity to View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates.

10. Confidentiality; Intellectual Property.

(a) Each Party agrees that any Confidential Information of the other Party received in the course of performance under this Agreement shall be kept strictly confidential by such other Party, except that RXR Realty may disclose View’s Confidential Information for the sole purpose of providing Services pursuant to this Agreement to any Affiliate or third-party subcontractor of RXR Realty that provides such Services, in whole or in part, on behalf of RXR Realty to the extent such disclosure is used in the provision of such Services; provided that RXR

 

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Realty shall ensure that any such Affiliate or third party is bound in writing by obligations of confidentiality consistent in all material respects with those contained herein. RXR Realty shall be responsible for any such Affiliate or third-party keeping confidential such Confidential Information of View. Each Party further agrees (i) not to use the other Party’s Confidential Information except to perform its obligations or exercise its rights under this Agreement, and (ii) to take the same care with the other Party’s Confidential Information as it does with its own, but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care. Upon the termination of this Agreement, upon the written request of a Party, the other Party shall return to such requesting Party or, at the option of the requesting Party, destroy all of such requesting Party’s Confidential Information and instruct any Affiliate or third-party subcontractor who is in possession of Confidential Information to return to such requesting Party or destroy all of such Confidential Information. If a Party is requested to disclose any of the other Party’s Confidential Information pursuant to any judicial or governmental order, such requested Party will, to the extent practicable under the circumstances and permitted under applicable Law, promptly notify the other Party of such order so that such other Party, in its sole discretion and at its sole expense, may seek an appropriate protective order or take any other action to prevent or minimize the breadth of such disclosure. “Confidential Information” means all (i) non-public information and material of a Party or its Affiliates (including non-public information and material of a third-party with which such Party has entered into confidentiality agreements to the extent such third-party’s information or material is in the possession of such party) that a Party obtains knowledge of or access to; (ii) non-public intellectual property of a Party; and (iii) business and financial information of a Party, including pricing, business plans, forecasts, revenues, expenses, earnings projections, sales data and any and all other non-public financial information; provided, however, that “Confidential Information” of a Party does not include information that: (i) is or becomes public knowledge without any fault of the other Party or its Affiliates or contractors authorized by RXR Realty; (ii) is independently developed by such other Party or its Affiliates without reference to or use of the Confidential Information of a Party and is so documented; (iii) is obtained by such other Party or its Affiliates without restrictions on use or disclosure from a third-party who, to the knowledge after due inquiry of such other Party or its Affiliates, does not owe a duty of confidentiality in respect of such Confidential Information to the disclosing Party; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10(a) shall be subject, to and shall not restrict View’s exercise of, the licenses granted in Section 10(b).

(b) Each Party agrees that the disclosure of any proprietary or confidential information or other embodiments of intellectual property rights by either Party under this Agreement shall not change, alter or affect such Party’s or its Affiliates’ ownership of any intellectual property rights or other rights in or to any such proprietary or confidential information or other embodiments owned by such Party or its Affiliates prior to the Effective Date or owned by such Party or its Affiliates after the Effective Date to the extent developed independently of this Agreement or the Services and without reference to any confidential or proprietary information of the other party (“Background IP”). Subject to the foregoing, as between the parties, View shall own all intellectual property rights conceived, developed or reduced to practice (excluding (i) the Background IP of RXR Realty or (ii) RXR Realty’s improvements to or derivative works of the Background IP of RXR Realty, including, without limitation, RXR Realty’s intellectual property rights utilized in performing or embodied in the manner in which the Services are performed (collectively, the “RXR Realty Background IP Improvements”)) by either Party in connection with the performance of the Services or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement (“Foreground IP”).

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, (i) Foreground IP owned by View shall include implementations of View’s products developed through RXR Realty’s provision of the Services or pursuant to View’s product specifications provided by View to RXR Realty and (ii) RXR Realty shall retain ownership of its Background IP and RXR Realty Background IP Improvements (to the extent such improvements do not embody or disclose View’s Confidential Information disclosed by View to RXR Realty) and nothing herein shall be construed as preventing or precluding RXR Realty from developing, using or providing all or any part of the RXR Realty Background IP Improvements or any services similar to the Services to any third party (even if the results of such activities are similar to the Foreground IP), provided that such services or improvements do not embody or disclose View’s Confidential Information disclosed by View to RXR Realty. RXR Realty hereby assigns, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, all of its and their right, title and interest in or to any Foreground IP. Solely to the extent any Foreground IP is not assignable pursuant to the foregoing sentence, RXR Realty, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby grants View an exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), transferable, perpetual and irrevocable license under all Foreground IP for any and all purposes. RXR Realty, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby grants View a non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable (through multiple tiers), transferable, perpetual and irrevocable license under all RXR Realty Background IP and the RXR Realty Background IP Improvements disclosed by RXR Realty to View, and any tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing disclosed by RXR Realty to View in connection with RXR Realty’s performance of the Services solely as necessary to the use or exploitation of any Foreground IP or any other materials, documents, deliverables or other work product provided by RXR Realty to View in connection with the Services. View, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby grants to RXR Realty and its Affiliates a non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable (solely to third-party contractors pursuant to Section 10(a)) license under all Background IP of View to use, copy and modify such Background IP solely for purposes of performing the Services and developing Foreground IP pursuant to this Agreement. Except as expressly set forth in this Section 10(b), nothing in this Agreement is intended to grant to either Party (by license or otherwise): (i) any intellectual property rights of the other Party; or (ii) any rights to any confidential or proprietary information of the other Party.

11. Provisions Regarding Services.

(a) Without limiting Section 2, RXR Realty will not be obligated to: (i) maintain the employment of any specific employee; (ii) take any action that is reasonably likely to result in infringement, misappropriation, misuse or violation of any intellectual property rights of any third party; (iii) purchase, lease, license or otherwise acquire or maintain any material assets, equipment or software; (iv) engage any alternate supplier of Services; (v) violate applicable Law or any contract or agreement with a third party, or (vi) modify, alter or amend any business, operations or policies or procedures of RXR Realty or its Affiliates.

(b) To the extent that any Services involve RXR Realty providing access to properties or facilities of RXR Realty, View shall, and shall cause its employees, agents and representatives to, comply with applicable workplace security, administrative, environmental, safety and other Laws and policies and procedures applicable to such properties or facilities. To the extent that any Services involve View providing access to properties or facilities of View, RXR Realty shall, and shall cause its employees, agents and representatives to, comply with applicable workplace security, administrative, environmental, safety and other Laws and policies and procedures applicable to such properties or facilities.

 

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(c) Nothing in this Agreement represents a commitment by View or RXR Realty (or their respective Affiliates) to sell or purchase any products, and neither party shall be under any obligation to sell or purchase any products or any volume of products except as may be set forth in any separate agreement or purchase order that the parties may execute.

12. Liability; Indemnification.

(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, RXR Realty makes no warranties as to the Services, and RXR Realty hereby disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for any particular purposes or non-infringement of third-party rights or title. Neither RXR Realty, any of its Affiliates, Subsidiaries, joint ventures, nor any of its or their respective partners, directors, officers, members, employees or agents (collectively, the “RXR Realty Group”) shall be liable to View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates for any loss, liability, damage or expense (including attorney’s fees and expenses) (collectively, a “Loss”) arising out of or in connection with the performance of Services contemplated by this Agreement, except to the extent such Loss shall have been found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from a material breach of this Agreement or the gross negligence or bad faith on the part of such member of the RXR Realty Group. Except with respect to breaches of Section 10, in no event will any member of the RXR Realty Group, View, View’s Subsidiaries, or any of their Affiliates be liable (x) for any indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, including lost profits or savings, whether or not such damages are foreseeable or (y) except in connection with indemnification obligations under this Section 12, in respect of any Losses relating to any third-party claims (whether based in contract, tort or otherwise) other than for the Losses directly relating to the services which may be provided by RXR Realty hereunder. Except with respect to breaches of Section 10, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event shall the RXR Realty Group be liable for any Losses hereunder in excess of the aggregate value of the Warrants actually received by RXR Realty in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(b) RXR Realty shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless View and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “View Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Losses to the extent arising out of or resulting from third-party claims asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by any View Indemnified Party resulting from or arising out of (a) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of RXR Realty, any of its Affiliates or any of their respective employees, subcontractors, officers or directors; (b) any material breach by RXR Realty of any of its obligations under this Agreement; or (c) actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or violation of a third party’s intellectual property arising out of or in connection with the receipt or use of the Services provided by or on behalf of RXR Realty (excluding any actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or violation of a third-party’s intellectual property (A) to the extent resulting from the operation of the Business in substantially the same manner as conducted prior to the Effective Date or (B) to the extent arising out of or in connection with (x) any instruction, information, designs, specifications, or other materials provided by View to RXR Realty, (y) use of the Services in combination with any materials or equipment not supplied or specified by RXR Realty, or (z) any modifications or changes made to the Services by or on behalf of any Person other than RXR Realty).

 

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(c) View shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless RXR Realty and its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, the “RXR Realty Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all Losses to the extent arising out of or resulting from third-party claims asserted against, imposed upon or incurred by any RXR Realty Indemnified Party resulting from or arising out of (a) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of View, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective employees, subcontractors, officers or directors; or (b) actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or violation of a third party’s intellectual property arising out of or in connection with the supply or provision of the Services provided by or on behalf of RXR Realty (excluding any actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or violation of a third party’s intellectual property (A) to the extent resulting from the operation of the Business in the same manner as conducted prior to the Effective Date or (B) to the extent arising out of or in connection with (x) any instruction, information, designs, specifications, or other materials comprising RXR Realty Background IP in the form provided by RXR Realty to View, (y) provision of the Services in combination with any materials or equipment not supplied, procured or specified by or for View or its customers or (z) any modifications or changes made to the Services not at the request or instruction of View).

13. Amendments. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or consent to any departure by either party from any such provision, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties to this Agreement and then such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

14. Notices. Any and all notices hereunder shall, in the absence of receipted hand delivery, be deemed duly given when mailed, if the same shall be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the mailing date shall be deemed the date from which all time periods pertaining to a date of notice shall run. Notices shall be addressed to the parties at the following addresses:

If to RXR Realty, to:

RXR FP Services LLC

625 RXR Plaza

Uniondale, NY 11556

Attn: Jason Barnett, Steven Fields and Andrew Min

Email: jbarnett@rxr.com; sfields@rxr.com; amin@rxr.com

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

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-5306

Attn: Evan D’Amico; Stewart McDowell

Email: edamico@gibsondunn.com; smcdowell@gibsondunn.com

 

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If to View, to:

195 South Milpitas Blvd

Milpitas, CA 95035

Attn: Chief Legal Officer

Email: bill.krause@view.com

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Avenue, Suite 1400

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Attn: Michael J. Mies

Email: michael.mies@skadden.com

15. Public Announcements. Unless otherwise required by applicable Law or stock exchange requirements, neither party shall make any public announcements regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent of the other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and shall supersede all previous oral and written (and all contemporaneous oral) negotiations, commitments, agreements and understandings relating hereto.

17. Assignment. This Agreement shall be assignable by either party hereto only if the non-assigning party consents in writing to such assignment.

18. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of Delaware (without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof or of any other jurisdiction) and shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, RXR Realty and View and their respective successors and assigns.

19. Consent to Jurisdiction. With respect to any suit, action or proceeding (“Proceeding”) arising out of or relating to this Agreement, each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably (a) submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware and the appellate courts therefrom or to the extent such courts do not have subject matter jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware (the “Selected Courts”) and waives any objection to venue being laid in the Selected Courts whether based on the grounds of forum non conveniens or otherwise and hereby agrees not to commence any such Proceeding other than before one of the Selected Courts; provided, however, that a party may commence any Proceeding in a court other than a Selected Court solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the Selected

 

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Courts; (b) consents to service of process in any Proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by recognized international express carrier or delivery service to the last address on file with View; provided, however, that nothing herein will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by law; and (c) TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AND AGREES THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT AMONG THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND TO HAVE ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING WITHOUT A JURY.

20. No Continuing Waiver. The waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed to be a waiver of any subsequent breach.

21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

22. No Joint Venture. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or should be construed as creating any relationship of partnership, joint venture or agency between any member of the RXR Realty Group, on the one hand, and View or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand.

23. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such first Person.

(b) “Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication: (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (iii) all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments; (iv) obligations of such Person as lessee under any capital lease in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate; (v) all indebtedness of other Persons guaranteed by such Person to the extent so guaranteed; and (vi) all Debt of other Persons secured by a lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Debt” shall not include (1) any lease, concession or license of property (or guarantee thereof) accounted for as an operating lease in accordance with GAAP, (2) contingent liabilities in the ordinary course of business, other than guarantees or other assumptions of Debt, (3) deferred or prepaid revenues in the ordinary course of business, (4) accrued expenses, accounts payables, taxes

 

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payable and other short-term payables in the ordinary course of business; (5) any contingent obligations in respect of workers’ compensation claims, early retirement or termination obligations, pension fund obligations or contributions or similar claims, obligations or contributions or social security or wage taxes; or (6) any indebtedness, guarantees or liens between or among View and any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries.

(c) “Governmental Authority” means any United States or foreign federal, state, provincial or local government or other political subdivision thereof, any entity, authority or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of any such government or political subdivision, and any supranational organization of sovereign states exercising such functions for such sovereign states.

(d) “Law” means any law (including common law), order, writ, judicial decision, injunction, decree, judgment, statute, treat, rule, regulation, ordinance or code.

(e) “Necessary Action” means, with respect to a specified result, all actions (to the extent such actions are not prohibited by applicable law and within such party’s control, and in the case of any action that requires a vote or other action on the part of the Board, to the extent such action is consistent with fiduciary duties that View’s directors may have in such capacity) necessary or desirable to cause such result, including (i) calling special meetings of stockholders, (ii) seeking the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the Organizational Documents, (iii) executing agreements and instruments, (iv) making, or causing to be made, with Governmental Authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are required to achieve such result and (v) nominating certain Persons for election to the Board in connection with the annual or special meeting of stockholders of View.

(f) “Organizational Documents” means (i) the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of View in effect as of the date hereof, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time, and (ii) the Amended and Restated Bylaws of View, as amended on November 8, 2021, as the same may be amended from time to time.

(g) “Person” means any natural person or any corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, limited liability, joint stock or other company or trust.

(h) “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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or agent as set forth below.

 

RXR FP SERVICES LLC
By:   /s/ Scott Rechler
 

Name: Scott Rechler

Title: Authorized Person

 

VIEW, INC.
By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

[Signature Page to Agreement for Strategic Planning and Consulting Services]

Exhibit 10.3

Execution Version

View, Inc.

195 S. Milpitas Blvd.

Milpitas, CA 95035

October 26, 2022

CF Principal Investments LLC

499 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention: COO

General Counsel

Facsimile: (212) 829-4708

Email:       CFPINotices@cantor.com

#legal-IBD@cantor.com

To whom it may concern:

Reference is hereby made to the $11,850,000.00 aggregate principal amount of the 6.00%/9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”) issued by View, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the Indenture, dated October 26, 2022 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, and held by CF Principal Investments LLC (the “Investor”). In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, the Investor and the Company agree, to the extent the Notes held by Investor are not Global Notes (as defined in the Indenture), as follows:

 

A.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Notes or the Indenture to the contrary, and subject to paragraph E below, any Notice of Conversion (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes delivered by or on behalf of the Investor (or any Investor Holder) shall be deemed automatically not to have been so delivered, and the Company shall have no obligation to deliver any shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or make any other delivery with respect to such Notice of Conversion, to the extent that the delivery of any shares of Common Stock or any other security otherwise deliverable upon such conversion would result in the Investor, together with its affiliates or other persons whose beneficial ownership would be aggregated with the Investor’s (the “Investor Holders”), in the aggregate, having “beneficial ownership,” as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including the definition of any “group” of which the Investor is a member (“Beneficial Ownership”), of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).

(ii) For purposes of calculating Beneficial Ownership, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor Holders shall include (a) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes held by the Investor Holders; (b) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor Holders; and (c) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon


exercise, conversion or exchange of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Investor Holders; provided that such calculation shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of the unexercised, unconverted or unexchanged portion of the Notes and any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Investor Holders (including, without limitation, any convertible or exchangeable notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to the limitation on Beneficial Ownership described in this agreement or a limitation on conversion, exchange or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this agreement. Any purported delivery to the Investor (or any Investor Holder) of a number of shares or any other security upon conversion of the Notes, in either case, shall be void and have no effect to the extent, and only to the extent, that after such delivery, the Investor (or any Investor Holder) would have Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Investor (or any Investor Holder) upon conversion of Notes results in the Investor Holders being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), the shares issued in connection with such conversion of Notes (the “Conversion Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Investor Holders shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Conversion Shares.

 

B.

For purposes of this agreement, “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall mean 9.99% of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. Subject to paragraph E, the Investor (or any Investor Holder) may, from time to time by written notice to the Company, increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other percentage specified in such notice (subject to the provisions of Section 14.02(a)(vi) of the Indenture); provided that any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

 

C.

For purposes of this agreement, the Investor shall be solely responsible for determining the number of shares that it and the other Investor Holders beneficially own.

 

D.

For purposes of this agreement, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Investor (or any Investor Holder) may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (i) the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) any other more recent written notice by the Company, in each case setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written request of the Investor (or any Investor Holder), the Company shall within two (2) business days confirm in writing to the Investor the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.

 

E.

The provisions of this agreement shall be construed, corrected and implemented in a manner so as to comply with the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and so as to effectuate the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained. The shares underlying the Notes in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Investor Holders for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act.

 

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This agreement may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the Company. This agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Investor and the Company and their respective permitted assigns, and no other person shall have any rights or obligations hereunder.

 

F.

The Company shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to the Investor to determine the Investor’s Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock, nor shall the Company have any responsibility to determine or monitor compliance with the terms of this agreement, and the Company shall have no liability to the Investor in connection with the provisions of this agreement. The Company shall have no liability to the Investor under the Indenture or the Notes in connection with any action or inaction of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture or the Notes to the extent such action is taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to the provisions of this agreement.

 

G.

This agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

H.

This agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such state that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

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This agreement may be executed in multiple counterpart copies, each of which shall be considered an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument binding on all parties.

 

Very truly yours,
VIEW, INC.
By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

CF PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Kaplan
  Name: Mark Kaplan
  Title: Global Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature Page to Blocker Agreement]

Exhibit 10.4

Execution Version

VIEW, INC.

October 26, 2022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the $107,927,000.00 aggregate principal amount of the 6.00%/9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”) issued by View, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the Indenture, dated October 26, 2022 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, and held by RXR FP Investor LP and RXR FP Investor II LP (each, an “Investor”) and the Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued by the Company, dated October 25, 2022 (“Warrants”) to RXR FP Services LLC (the “Warrant Holder”). In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, each Investor and the Company agree, for the Notes, as follows:

 

A.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Notes, the Indenture or Warrants to the contrary, and subject to paragraph F below, any Notice of Conversion (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to the Notes delivered by or on behalf of an Investor shall be deemed automatically not to have been so delivered, and the Company shall have no obligation to deliver any shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or make any other delivery with respect to such Notice of Conversion, to the extent that the delivery of any shares of Common Stock or any other security otherwise deliverable upon such conversion would result in the Investors, together with their affiliates or other persons whose beneficial ownership would be aggregated with the Investors’ (including the Warrant Holder) (the “Investor Holders”), in the aggregate, having “beneficial ownership,” as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including the definition of any “group” of which either Investor is a member (“Beneficial Ownership”), of shares of Common Stock or any other class of any equity security of the Company that is registered pursuant to Section 12 or Section 15 of the Exchange Act (a “Class”) in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).

(ii) For purposes of calculating Beneficial Ownership, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor Holders shall include (a) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants held by the Investor Holders; (b) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor Holders; and (c) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Investor Holders; provided that such calculation shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of the unexercised, unconverted or unexchanged portion of the Notes, the Warrants and any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Investor Holders (including, without limitation, any convertible or exchangeable notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to the limitation on Beneficial Ownership described in this agreement or a limitation on conversion, exchange or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this agreement. Any purported delivery to either Investor of a number of shares or any other


security upon conversion of the Notes, shall be void and have no effect to the extent, and only to the extent, that after such delivery, either of the Investors would have Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock or any Class in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to an Investor upon conversion of Notes results in the Investor Holders being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), the shares issued in connection with such conversion of Notes (the “Conversion Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Investor Holders shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Conversion Shares.

 

B.

For purposes of this agreement, “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall mean 4.99% of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock or other Class, as applicable, in each case outstanding immediately after giving effect to such conversion. Subject to paragraph F, either Investor may, from time to time by written notice to the Company, increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other percentage specified in such notice (subject to the provisions of Section 14.02(a)(vi) of the Indenture); provided that any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

 

C.

For purposes of this agreement, each Investor shall be solely responsible for determining the number of shares that it and the other Investor Holders beneficially own.

 

D.

For purposes of this agreement, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Investors may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (i) the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) any other more recent written notice by the Company, in each case setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written request of either Investor, the Company shall within two (2) business days confirm in writing to such Investor the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.

 

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F.

The provisions of this agreement shall be construed, corrected and implemented in a manner so as to comply with the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and so as to effectuate the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained. The shares underlying the Notes and Warrants in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Investor Holders for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act.

This agreement may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the Company. This agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each Investor and the Company and their respective permitted assigns, and no other person shall have any rights or obligations hereunder.

 

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G.

The Company shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to either Investor to determine either Investor’s Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock or any Class, nor shall the Company have any responsibility to determine or monitor compliance with the terms of this agreement, and the Company shall have no liability to either Investor in connection with the provisions of this agreement. The Company shall have no liability to either Investor under the Indenture, the Notes or the Warrants in connection with any action or inaction of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture, the Notes or the Warrants to the extent such action is taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to the provisions of this agreement.

 

H.

This agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

I.

This agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such state that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

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This agreement may be executed in multiple counterpart copies, each of which shall be considered an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument binding on all parties.

 

Very truly yours,
RXR FP INVESTOR LP, a Delaware limited partnership
By: RXR FP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its general partner
By:   /s/ Scott Rechler
  Name: Scott Rechler
  Title: Authorized Person
RXR FP INVESTOR II LP, a Delaware limited partnership
By: RXR FP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its general partner
By:   /s/ Scott Rechler
  Name: Scott Rechler
  Title: Authorized Person

 

VIEW, INC.
By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

 

[Signature Page to Blocker Agreement (Notes)]

Exhibit 10.5

Execution Version

VIEW, INC.

October 26, 2022

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the $107,927,000.00 aggregate principal amount of the 6.00%/9.00% Convertible Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”) issued by View, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to the Indenture, dated October 26, 2022 (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, and held by RXR FP Investor LP and RXR FP Investor II LP (each, a “Note Investor”) and the Common Stock Purchase Warrants issued by the Company, dated October 25, 2022 (“Warrants”) to RXR FP Services LLC (the “Warrant Holder”). In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, the Warrant Holder and the Company agree, for the Warrants, as follows:

 

A.

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of the Notes, the Indenture or Warrants to the contrary, and subject to paragraph F below, any Notice of Exercise (as defined in the Warrants) with respect to the Warrants delivered by or on behalf of the Warrant Holder shall be deemed automatically not to have been so delivered, and the Company shall have no obligation to deliver any shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) or make any other delivery with respect to such Notice of Exercise, to the extent that the delivery of any shares of Common Stock or any other security otherwise deliverable upon such exercise would result in the Warrant Holder, together with its affiliates or other persons whose beneficial ownership would be aggregated with the Warrant Holder’s (including the Note Investors) (the “Investor Holders”), in the aggregate, having “beneficial ownership,” as determined in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including the definition of any “group” of which the Warrant Holder is a member (“Beneficial Ownership”), of shares of Common Stock or any other class of any equity security of the Company that is registered pursuant to Section 12 or Section 15 of the Exchange Act (a “Class”) in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as defined below).

(ii)For purposes of calculating Beneficial Ownership, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor Holders shall include (a) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes and exercise of the Warrants held by the Investor Holders; (b) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by the Investor Holders; and (c) the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Investor Holders; provided that such calculation shall exclude the number of shares of Common Stock which are issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of the unexercised, unconverted or unexchanged portion of the Notes, the Warrants and any other securities of the Company beneficially owned by the Investor Holders (including, without limitation, any convertible or exchangeable notes, convertible stock or warrants) that are subject to the limitation on Beneficial Ownership described in this agreement or a limitation on conversion, exchange or exercise analogous to the limitation contained in this agreement. Any purported delivery to the Warrant Holder of a number of shares or any


other security upon exercise of the Warrants shall be void and have no effect to the extent, and only to the extent, that after such delivery, the Warrant Holder would have Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock or any Class in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation. In the event that the issuance of shares of Common Stock to the Warrant Holder upon exercise of the Warrants results in the Investor Holders being deemed to beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than the Beneficial Ownership Limitation (as determined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), the shares issued in connection with such exercise (the “Conversion Shares”) shall be deemed null and void and shall be cancelled ab initio, and the Investor Holders shall not have the power to vote or to transfer the Conversion Shares.

 

B.

For purposes of this agreement, “Beneficial Ownership Limitation” shall mean 4.99% of the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock or other Class, as applicable, in each case outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. Subject to paragraph F, the Warrant Holder may, from time to time by written notice to the Company, increase or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation to any other percentage specified in such notice (subject to the provisions of Section 14.02(a)(vi) of the Indenture); provided that any such increase will not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Company.

 

C.

For purposes of this agreement, the Warrant Holder shall be solely responsible for determining the number of shares that it and the other Investor Holders beneficially own.

 

D.

For purposes of this agreement, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the Warrant Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (i) the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, Annual Report on Form 10-K, Current Report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, (ii) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (iii) any other more recent written notice by the Company, in each case setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Upon the written request of the Warrant Holder, the Company shall within two (2) business days confirm in writing to the Warrant Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding.

 

E.

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F.

The provisions of this agreement shall be construed, corrected and implemented in a manner so as to comply with the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and so as to effectuate the intended beneficial ownership limitation herein contained. The shares underlying the Notes and Warrants in excess of the Beneficial Ownership Limitation shall not be deemed to be beneficially owned by the Investor Holders for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 13(d) or Rule 16a-1(a)(1) of the Exchange Act.

This agreement may not be assigned without the prior written consent of the Company. This agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Warrant Holder and the Company and their respective permitted assigns, and no other person shall have any rights or obligations hereunder.

 

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G.

The Company shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility the Warrant Holder to determine the Warrant Holder’s Beneficial Ownership of shares of Common Stock or any Class, nor shall the Company have any responsibility to determine or monitor compliance with the terms of this agreement, and the Company shall have no liability to the Warrant Holder in connection with the provisions of this agreement. The Company shall have no liability to the Warrant Holder under the Indenture, the Notes or the Warrants in connection with any action or inaction of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture, the Notes or the Warrants to the extent such action is taken or omitted to be taken pursuant to the provisions of this agreement.

 

H.

This agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding between the parties hereto with regard to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all prior oral or written agreements or understandings with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

I.

This agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to the choice of law provisions of such state that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

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This agreement may be executed in multiple counterpart copies, each of which shall be considered an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument binding on all parties.

 

Very truly yours,
RXR FP SERVICES LLC
By:   /s/ Scott Rechler
  Name: Scott Rechler
  Title: Authorized Person

 

VIEW, INC.
By:   /s/ Bill Krause
  Name: Bill Krause
  Title: Chief Legal Officer

 

[Signature Page to Blocker Agreement (Warrants)]

Exhibit 99.1

View Raises $200M in Convertible Senior Notes

Investment led by an affiliate of RXR, with participation from leading real estate firms USAA Real Estate, Anson Funds, and the Environmental Strategies Group of BNP Paribas Asset Management. Scott Rechler to join View Board of Directors.

MILPITAS, Calif. – October 27, 2022 – View (NASDAQ: VIEW) (“View” or the “Company”) today announced it has raised $200 million in Convertible Senior Notes, which supports View’s continuing growth and path to profitability, following the inclusion of its smart windows in the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) within the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The investment is led by RXR-affiliated investment vehicles, with participation from USAA Real Estate, Anson Funds, and the Environmental Strategies Group of BNP Paribas Asset Management, as well as other new and existing investors. Scott Rechler, Chairman and CEO of RXR, will join the Company’s Board of Directors.

“At View, we are committed to creating sustainable, experiential, healthier, and smarter buildings. With the products and operations already in place, this capital allows us to scale our business to broad market adoption and profitability,” said Dr. Rao Mulpuri, CEO of View. “We’re excited to have such strong endorsements from leaders across the real estate industry. I’m thrilled to welcome Scott to our Board of Directors. As the leader of one of the most innovative real estate developers, his knowledge of the real estate ecosystem, and his drive for positive change in the industry match perfectly with our mission. He also adds substantial expertise to our Board with his deep public-company experience.”

“Smart windows represent one of the most impactful ways to reduce energy usage and carbon emissions from real estate,” said Scott Rechler, Chairman and CEO of RXR. “View has thoughtfully built the intellectual property, full-stack products, manufacturing capacity, operational infrastructure, and most importantly, a delighted customer base needed to transform the real estate industry. I’m looking forward to working with Rao and the team to rapidly scale this platform into an even more successful business.”

Scott Rechler is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of RXR. In addition to his role at RXR, Scott serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Chair of the Regional Plan Association (RPA), Trustee and Vice Chair of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, Member of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), Chair of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Member of the Board of Trustees at Northwell Health, Member of the NYU Real Estate Institute Advisory Committee, Co-Chair on the Board of the Tribeca Film Institute, Member of the Board of the Drum Major Institute, Convene, Kitchen United, and the Hospital for Special Surgery. From 2011 to 2016, Scott served on the Board of Commissioners as Vice Chairman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and later served on the Board of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) from 2017 to 2019. He previously was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Reckson Associates Realty Corp. (NYSE: RA) and served on the Board of Directors of American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE: ACC).


“USAA Real Estate has firsthand experience with View Smart Windows as they have continued to refine their products over the last several years,” said Len O’Donnell, CEO of USAA Real Estate. “This is an amazing technology that offers the potential to transform our industry, and with the addition of the recent tax credit, it’s economically attractive for anyone in the real estate industry to deploy in their entire portfolio. We could not be more excited to be part of View’s growth story.”

“We urgently need to reduce the carbon footprint of our built environment. View offers one of the best solutions to do this while also making buildings smarter, healthier, and more efficient,” said Edward Lees, Co-Head of the Environmental Strategies Group at BNP Paribas Asset Management. “The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which includes Smart Windows in the ITC, will now accelerate the roll-out of this innovative product that is already used in a growing number of leading buildings.”

“Anson is delighted to be participating in this strategic financing round that will enable View to embark on its next stage of growth,” said Moez Kassam, CIO of Anson Funds, a leading alternative asset management company with a core focus on global real estate securities. “View has proven out their smart window technology, helping their high-quality customer base reduce its environmental impact and we believe the ITC will help speed up adoption of this next-generation technology.”

For further details regarding the investment, please see the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on October 27, 2022.

The management presentation can be found on View’s investor relations website investors.view.com/investor-relations

Forward-Looking Statements

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About View

View is the leader in smart building technologies that transform buildings to improve human health and experience, reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, and generate additional revenue for building owners. View Smart Windows use artificial intelligence to automatically adjust in response to outdoor conditions, eliminating the need for blinds and increasing access to natural light. Every View installation includes a cloud-connected smart building platform that can easily be extended to reimagine the occupant experience. View’s products are installed in offices, apartments, airports, hotels, and educational facilities. For more information, please visit: www.view.com.

About RXR

RXR is an innovative investor, developer and place-maker committed to applying a customer and community-centered approach to building properties, services, and products that create enduring value for all stakeholders. Headquartered in New York with a national platform strategy, RXR is a 500+ person, vertically integrated operating and development company with expertise in a wide array of value creation activities, including ground up real estate, infrastructure and industrial development, uncovering value in underperforming properties, repurposing well-located iconic properties, incorporating cutting edge technologies and value-added lending. The RXR platform manages 93 commercial real estate properties and investments with an aggregate gross asset value of approximately $22.3 billion, comprising approximately 30.3 million square feet of commercial properties, a multi-family residential portfolio of approximately 7,600 units under operation or development, and control of development rights for an additional approximately 3,800 multi-family and for sale units as of June 30, 2022. Gross asset value was compiled by RXR in accordance with company fair value measurement policy and is comprised of capital invested by RXR and its partners, as well as leverage. Visit RXR.com for more information.

About USAA Real Estate

Along with its affiliate companies, USAA Real Estate invests across the risk spectrum for a global client base, managing over $35 billion in net assets under management within a diversified portfolio across North America and Europe. USAA Real Estate provides strategic equity and debt capital, including to capitalize on the accelerating demand for technology-driven real estate assets, to meet the critical need for housing solutions, and for other market and capital structure opportunities exhibiting compelling risk-return characteristics. For more information, please visit: www.usrealco.com.

Exhibit 99.2 1 Bower, Boston


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Viewers of this Presentation should each make their own evaluation of View and of the relevance and adequacy of the information herein and should make such other investigations as they deem necessary. Nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute investment, legal, tax, financial, accounting or other advice. Forward-Looking Statements This Presentation, and certain materials View files with the SEC, as well as information included in oral or written statements made or to be made by View, other than statements of historical fact, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements may be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “strive,” “would,” “will” and similar expressions. 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Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the expectations, estimates, assumptions, projections, forecasts or beliefs prove incorrect, actual results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to: actual or anticipated variations in View’s quarterly operating results; results of operations that vary from the expectations of View or of securities analysts and investors; the impact of the global COVID 19 pandemic; changes in financial estimates by View or by any securities analysts who might cover View’s securities; conditions or trends in the industries in which View operates; changes in the market valuations of similar companies; changes in the markets in which View operates; stock market price and volume fluctuations of comparable companies and, in particular, those that operate in the smart glass industry; disruptions to View’s business relationships, performance, current plans, employee retention and business generally; publication of research reports about View or View’s industry or positive or negative recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage by securities analysts; announcements by View or View’s competitors of significant contracts, acquisitions, joint marketing relationships, joint ventures, capital commitments, strategic partnerships or divestitures; investors’ general perceptions of View’s company and View’s business; announcements by third parties or the outcome of any claims or legal proceedings that may be instituted against View; the ability to maintain compliance with the continued listing requirements of, and to maintain the listing of View’s securities on, The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC; volatility in the price of View’s securities due to a variety of factors, including downturns or other changes in the highly competitive and regulated industries in which View operates, variations in performance across competitors, and changes in laws and regulations affecting View’s business; View’s ability to implement business plans, forecasts and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; actions by stockholders, including the sale of shares of View’s common stock; speculation in the press or investment community; recruitment or departure of key personnel; overall performance of the equity markets; disputes or other developments relating to intellectual property rights, including patents, litigation matters and View’s ability to obtain, maintain, defend, protect and enforce patent and other intellectual property rights for its technologies, and the potential infringement on the intellectual property rights of others; cyber security risks or potential breaches of data security; uncertainty regarding economic events; changes in interest rates; general market, political and economic conditions, including an economic slowdown, recession or depression; View’s operating performance and the performance of other similar companies; View’s ability to accurately project future results and View’s ability to achieve those and other industry and analyst forecasts; new legislation or other regulatory developments that adversely affect View or the markets or industries in which View operates; View’s ability to continue as a going concern; View’s ability to raise additional capital on acceptable terms or at all; and other risks and uncertainties described in View’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (the “Form 10-K”), and in its subsequent periodic reports or other documents filed by View from time to time with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by investors as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Form 10-K and View’s subsequent periodic reports. These filings identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties may be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused significant economic uncertainty. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and View assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law. View does not give any assurance that it will achieve its expectations. 2


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Financial Information; Non-GAAP Financial Measures Certain financial information and data contained in this Presentation is unaudited and does not conform to Regulation S-X. Accordingly, such information and data may not be included in, may be adjusted in or may be presented differently in, View’s periodic reports. This Presentation contains certain financial information and data that was not prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including non-GAAP cost of revenues, non-GAAP research and development expense, non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expense, non-GAAP loss from operations, non-GAAP net loss, and non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA. These non-GAAP measures, and other measures that are calculated using such non-GAAP measures, are an addition to, and not a substitute for or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to any performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP. View presents these non-GAAP amounts because management believes they provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to View’s financial condition and results of operations, and they assist management and investors in comparing View’s performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis. View’s management uses these non-GAAP measures for trend analyses, for purposes of determining management incentive compensation and for budgeting and planning purposes. View believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating operating results and trends in and in comparing View’s financial measures with other similar companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. View’s management does not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. However, there are a number of limitations related to the use of these non-GAAP measures and their nearest GAAP equivalents. For example, other companies may calculate non-GAAP measures differently, or may use other measures to calculate their financial performance, and therefore View’s non-GAAP measures may not be directly comparable to similarly-titled measures of other companies. 3


Company Highlights Massive addressable market Disrupting the day-to-day window is a $1 trillion opportunity Investment Tax Credit: gamechanger for adoption of Smart Windows The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 brings cost parity to conventional windows Secular megatrends are driving industry transformation ESG/climate change, human experience, health and wellness, smart buildings Proven product and benefits Over 40 million square feet of installations with market-leading customers Deep-tech, full-stack innovation Over 15 years and $1 billion invested in R&D. 1,400 patents and applications Investments to date lead to scale and operating leverage Over $400 million invested in capex; factory is expected to support >$2 billion revenue Revenue growth drives profitability Continued high growth and execution accelerates time to profitability 4 View installation at 49 Van Ness Ave | San Francisco, CA


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Investment Tax Credit (ITC) 6 View installation at SFO| San Francisco, CA View installation at 400 N Aberdeen | Chicago, IL


View Smart Windows now Eligible for a 30-50% Tax Credit The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes Electrochromic Windows as a new energy property for the Investment Tax Credit % total tax credit, on total cost basis 50% Energy Community Credit 10% If project is in a brownfield site or otherwise designated census tract 40% Domestic Content Credit 10% Made in the USA, View qualifies for the domestic content credit 30% 40% tax credit with a View 20% Smart Window system Bonus Rate Credit 30% View Smart Windows are eligible for 5x the base credit of 6% that is 10% provided for energy-efficient property 0 7


ITC is Expected to Bring Smart Windows to Cost Parity with Conventional Windows $200 $200 $80 Tax Credit $150 $120 $100 Net Cost to $120 the $50 Customer 0 View Smart Conventional View Smart Windows Windows Windows with ITC Example conventional commercial window cost for illustrative purposes 8 Window Cost ($/SF)


ITC has been a Gamechanger for Solar Adoption Installed capacity, renewable energy statistics 2022, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) 9


ITC Turbo-Charges Smart Window Adoption >100% Growth $100-$110M $74M $33M FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022E FY 2023E 10


Market 11 View installation at Lake Nona Hotel | Lake Nona, FL


Multi-decade Growth Trends In Real Estate Sustainability and a path to net zero 1 • Buildings consume 39% of all energy 1 • All sectors of society addressing sustainability Superior experiences 2 • People spend 90% of time inside buildings 2 • Customer experiences are now driving amenity decisions Improving human health in buildings • COVID has accelerated awareness of health and space 3 • Improve wellness and human performance Enabling the future of smart buildings • Enterprise-grade infrastructure and cybersecurity 4 • Lower carbon, efficient operations, enhanced connectivity 1. U.S. Energy Information Administration. How much energy is consumed in U.S. buildings? May 2022 2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1989. Report to Congress on indoor air quality: Volume 2. EPA/400/1-89/001C. Washington, DC. 12 View installation at 400 N Aberdeen | Chicago, IL


Success with Market-leading Customers I N S T I T U T I O N A L C O R P O R A T E L I F E S C I E N C E H E A L T H C A R E M U L T I F A M I L Y A V I A T I O N D E V E L O P E R S I N V E S T O R S 13


Select Projects – Commercial Related Google Uber Independent Financial Amazon 111 Wall St San Francisco, CA Dallas, TX McKinney, TX Snitzer|Redmond, WA Nightingale Partners|New York, NY Oxford Properties|New York, NY 14


Select Projects – Residential Sven Bower Exo Parque Kirkland Carlisle Square 80 Bond Durst Organization | New York, NY Green Cities Co.| Boston, MA Greystar | Reston, VA Henbart | Kirkland, WA Nickel Dev.| St. Catharines, Atria Dev. | Oshawa, ON ON 15


Select Projects – Institutional Boston Logan International Airport Dallas Fort Worth International Airport San Francisco International Airport Calgary Cancer Center Methodist Hospital Humber River Hospital Boston, MA Dallas, TX San Francisco, CA Alberta, Canada Memphis, TN Toronto, Canada 16


Compelling Value Propositions and Benefits People Planet Profit 1 • Better views without glare and heat• 30% reduction in base • Competitive edge building loads 2 • >50% reduction in headaches, • Premium experience eyestrain, and drowsiness• Improved resiliency • Premium rents 3 • 37 mins more sleep• Accelerates path to • Premium values net zero 3 • 14% higher productivity • Future proofing 1 – Represents efficiency analysis for a typical View installation in a renovation. 15% reduction in base building loads for new buildings. 2 – Cornell University. Hedge A and Nou D. (2018). Worker Reactions to Electrochromic and Low-E Glass Office Windows. Ergonomics International Journal, 2(7): 000167. DOI: 10.23880/eoij-16000166. 17 3 - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and SUNY Upstate Medical University. Boubekri M, Lee J, MacNaughton P, Woo M, Schuyler L, Tinianov B, Satish U. The Impact of Optimized Daylight and Views on Sleep Duration and Cognitive Performance of Office Workers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020, 17(9), 3219.


View Accelerates the Path to Net Zero Base building energy Peak demand reduction reduction Existing buildings retrofit with View 30% 40% New buildings with View 15% 20% Represents efficiency analysis for a typical View installation in both renovations and new buildings 18 Base building energy consumption is defined as all building energy use excluding plug and process loads. View installation at 49 Van Ness Ave | San Francisco, CA


View improves comfort and space utilization Visual Experience Thermal Experience Space Utilization Floor plan showing discomfort zone Feels Like 83 °F 84 ºF 87 ºF Before Floor plan showing 27% reclaimed area Feels Like 72 °F 72 ºF 72 ºF After Based on actual measurements at 730 Third Ave. NY 19 Feels Like Temperature (Standard Effective Temperature) combines the effect of radiant temperature, air temperature, humidity, air velocity, clothing and metabolic rate. View Smart Glass Traditional Glass


View Improves Human Health and Productivity 51% 77% 63% 1 Reduced eyestrain Less likely to report Fewer 2 1 depression headaches 42% 14% 37mins Higher cognitive 3 Increased More sleep 3 4 ability productivity View installation at Lake Nona Hotel| Lake Nona, Fl 20


View Delivers Premium Outcomes Multifamily Office Unobstructed views, better sleep and smart home experience Unobstructed views, comfort and natural light $100-$150 per month higher rent 14% higher productivity Aviation Healthcare Passenger experience and comfort Patient experience, infection control and natural light 8.5% Faster patient recovery 102% increased concession revenue 1 Russo P. Durst Tower Tallest Multifamily Building to Feature View Smart Windows. https://commercialobserver.com/2022/02/durst-sven-windows-view-smart/ 2 MacNaughton P et al. Economic implications of access to daylight and views in office buildings from improved productivity. J Appl Soc Psychol. 2021; 51: 1176– 1183. 21 3 Hedge et al. Electrochromic Glass Enhances the Passenger Experience in Airports. Ergonomics International Journal. 2018; 2(6). 4 Ulrich RS. View through a window may influence recovery from surgery. Science. 1984.


Readiness to Scale 22 View installation at SFO| San Francisco, CA View installation at 400 N Aberdeen | Chicago, IL


Innovation to Industrialization and Commercialization Innovation Industrialization Growth Product Expansion ✓ Smart Building Platform Medium Large Gen 3 Gen 4 ✓ Smart Building Technologies Small 2007 2015 2017 2021 2022 2026 Panel Scale-up Improved Performance Improved Performance & Aesthetics ✓ Performance✓ Process scale up completed– Increase market adoption ✓ Size✓ Nameplate throughput achieved– Full capacity ramp ✓ Durability✓ Converged, Secure Network– Growth capital ✓ Smart Glass Tinting✓ Contract manufacturing and supply chain optimization – Improving utilization and yields 23


Precision Manufacturing at Scale • 850,000 SF manufacturing facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi • Over $400M invested in capital equipment • Factory expected to support over $2B annual revenue Virtual Factory Tour 24


View’s Customer Support Infrastructure View provides a white gloved end-to-end customer support from concept design through building operations The View Team Design and Procurement Customer Planning and Execution Success Energy & Daylight Field Service Project Managers Modelers Engineers Glazing Certification Customer Success Consultants Managers Expertise Low Voltage Architects SOC/ROC Support Engineers 25


View is Well Established in the Top Markets in North America 26


Financials 27 View installation at iA Financial HQ| Quebec City, Quebec


Strong Operating Leverage, Infrastructure in Place for Profitability EBITDA+ achievable on current production line REVENUE GROWTH CAPACITY F I X E D C O S T L E V E R A G E O P E X L E V E R A G E Strong top line No material Infrastructure to reach No material increase growth increase in OPEX to profitability in place in fixed costs to achieve EBITDA+ achieve EBITDA+ • ITC turbocharges • Current investment is adoption expected to support • R&D – Mainstream • 80% of unit economics $800M annual revenue ‘Gen4’ product improvement through • Expected revenue developed and higher volumes driving growth >100% in 2023 • Capacity to support launched fixed cost leverage $2B annual revenue achieved with $90M • SG&A – Commercial incremental capex team and infrastructure to reach EBITDA+ in place The Company does not provide reconciliations of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures. The Company is unable to provide such reconciliations without unreasonable efforts due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying certain amounts that are necessary for such reconciliations, the probable significance of which cannot be determined. 28


Growth and Profitability 2021 2022 2023 $74M $100-$110M >100% Revenue, met guidance Revenue guidance in the range of Revenue Growth of $70 to $80M $100 to $110M 125% ITC GM+ Revenue growth Approved Quarterly run rate The Company does not provide reconciliations of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP financial measures. The Company is unable to provide such reconciliations without unreasonable efforts due to the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying certain amounts that are necessary for such reconciliations, the probable significance of which cannot be determined. 29


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