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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 11, 2023

 

 

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-41197   86-3155788
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

9 West 57th Street, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10019

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 515-3200

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading
Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock   APO   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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 3.03

Material Modification of Rights of Security Holders.

On August 11, 2023, Apollo Global Management, Inc. (the “Company”) issued 28,750,000 shares, or $1.438 billion aggregate liquidation preference, of its 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”) (including 3,750,000 shares, or $187.5 million aggregate liquidation preference, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock issued upon exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option in full) pursuant to a previously announced underwritten public offering (the “Offering”). The Offering was upsized from the previously announced size of 20,000,000 shares, or $1.0 billion aggregate liquidation preference, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. In connection with the issuance of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations (the “Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 11, 2023 to establish the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including the dividend rate, the amount payable with respect thereto in the event of the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series, the terms and conditions of conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the voting rights of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designations became effective upon such filing.

Subject to certain exceptions, so long as any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution will be declared or paid on shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Common Stock”), or any other class or series of stock ranking junior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and no Common Stock or any other class or series of stock ranking junior to or on parity with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be purchased, redeemed, or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Company or any of its subsidiaries unless, in each case, all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock has been set aside for the payment of such dividends, on all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. In addition, when dividends on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (i) have not been declared and paid in full on any dividend payment date (or, in the case of any parity stock having dividend payment dates different from such dividend payment dates on a dividend payment date falling within a regular dividend period related to such dividend payment date), or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the holders thereof on the applicable regular record date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any parity stock unless dividends are declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such shares of parity stock shall be allocated pro rata among the holders of the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares of parity stock then outstanding.

Unless converted earlier in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, each share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will automatically convert on the mandatory conversion date, which is expected to be July 31, 2026, into between 0.5052 shares and 0.6062 shares of Common Stock, in each case, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments described in the Certificate of Designations. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion will be determined based on the average volume weighted average price per share of Common Stock over the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day immediately prior to July 31, 2026.

Dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be payable on a cumulative basis when, as and if declared by the Company’s board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, at an annual rate of 6.75% on the liquidation preference of $50.00 per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and may be paid in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in shares of Common Stock or, subject to certain limitations, any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. If declared, dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be payable quarterly on January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year to, and including, July 31, 2026, commencing on October 31, 2023.

Whenever dividends on any shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid for six or more dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, then, subject to the other provisions of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the authorized number of directors on the Company’s board of directors will,


at the next annual meeting of stockholders or at a special meeting of stockholders, if any, automatically increase by two and the holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class with the holders of each class or series of voting parity stock, if any, will be entitled to vote for the election of two directors to fill such two new directorships at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or at a special meeting of stockholders, if any.

Holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have the option to convert all or any portion of their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at any time prior to the mandatory conversion date. Early conversions that are not in connection with a Fundamental Change (as defined in Certificate of Designations) will be settled at the minimum conversion rate of 0.5052 shares of Common Stock per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (subject to anti-dilution adjustments). In addition, the conversion rate applicable to any such early conversion may in certain circumstances be increased to compensate holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for certain unpaid accumulated dividends.

If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to July 31, 2026, then holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to convert all or any portion of their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) for a specified period of time and to also receive an amount to compensate them for certain unpaid accumulated dividends and any remaining future scheduled dividend payments.

The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will not be subject to redemption at the Company’s option.

Upon the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, each holder of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive a liquidation preference in the amount of $50.00 per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on such shares, whether or not declared, to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, to be paid out of the Company’s assets legally available for distribution to its stockholders after satisfaction of debt and other liabilities owed to the Company’s creditors and holders of shares of its stock ranking senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of any stock ranking junior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, Common Stock.

The foregoing description of the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the Certificate of Designations in this Item 3.03 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Designations, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Registration Statement (as defined below).

 

Item 5.03

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The information set forth above under Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 5.03.

 

Item 8.01

Other Events.

The information set forth above under Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01.

The Offering was registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-271275) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on April 14, 2023. The terms of the Offering are described in a Prospectus dated April 14, 2023, as supplemented by a Prospectus Supplement dated August 8, 2023.

On August 8, 2023, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to the Offering, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Registration Statement.


The legality opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, issued in connection with the Offering, is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1 and is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

The net proceeds from the Offering were approximately $1,402 million, after deducting underwriting discounts but before offering expenses payable by the Company.

This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of the Company’s Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Common Stock or any other securities, and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.  

Description

3.1   Certificate of Designations of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of Apollo Global Management, Inc.
4.1   Form of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate (included within Exhibit 3.1)
5.1   Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP regarding the legality of the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, dated August 11, 2023
23.1   Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
99.1   Underwriting Agreement relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, dated as of August 8, 2023, among Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)


SIGNATURES

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

 

    APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
Date: August 11, 2023     By:  

/s/ Jessica L. Lomm

    Name:   Jessica L. Lomm
    Title:   Vice President & Secretary

Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS

OF

6.75% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Apollo Global Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 103, 141 and 151 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, (a) on July 31, 2023, the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (as such may be amended, modified or restated from time to time, the “Charter”), delegated to the Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Pricing Committee”), the power to create, designate, authorize and provide for the issuance of shares of a new series of the Corporation’s undesignated preferred stock and to establish the number of shares to be included in such series, and to fix the powers, preferences and rights of the shares of such series and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof; and (b) on August 8, 2023, the Pricing Committee adopted the resolution set forth immediately below, which resolution is now, and at all times since its date of adoption has been, in full force and effect:

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Charter, which authorizes the issuance of up to 10,000,000,000 shares of preferred stock of the Corporation, par value $0.00001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), and delegated to the Pricing Committee, a series of Preferred Stock be, and hereby is, created and designated 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and that the designation and number of shares of such series, and the voting powers, designations, preferences and rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, are as set forth in this certificate of designations, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Designations”), as follows:

Section 1. Designation and Number of Shares. Pursuant to the Charter, there is hereby created out of the authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock, a series of Preferred Stock consisting of 28,750,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as the “6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”). Such number of shares may be increased or decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors or any duly authorized committee thereof, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and the requirements of applicable law; provided that (i) no increase shall cause the number of authorized shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to exceed the total number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock and (ii) no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to a number less than the number of such shares then outstanding.

Section 2. General Matters; Ranking. Each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be identical in all respects to every other share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and/or distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, as applicable, of the Corporation, shall rank (i) senior to each class or series of Junior Stock, (ii) on parity with each class or series of Parity Stock, (iii) junior to each class or series of Senior Stock and (iv) junior to the Corporation’s existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities. In addition, with respect to dividend rights and distribution rights upon the liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be structurally subordinated to any existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of each of its Subsidiaries.

Section 3. Standard Definitions. As used herein with respect to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:

Accumulated Dividend Amount” means, with respect to any Fundamental Change, the aggregate amount of undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, for Dividend Periods prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date, including (but subject to the second sentence of Section 10(a)) for the partial Dividend Period, if any, from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date immediately preceding such Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Effective Date, subject to the last sentence of Section 10(a).


ADRs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.

Agent Members” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 21(a).

Applicable Market Value” means the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the Settlement Period.

Average Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(c)(iii).

Average VWAP” per share over a certain period means the arithmetic average of the VWAP per share for each Trading Day in the relevant period.

Averaging Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(v).

Board of Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

Bylaws” means the Bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be amended or restated from time to time.

Certificate of Designations” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Charter” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Clause A Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(iii).

Clause B Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(iii).

Clause C Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(iii).

Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Corporation, subject to Section 15.

Continuing Apollo Person” means, immediately prior to and immediately following any relevant date of determination, (a) an individual who is an executive or other employee of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and/or its Subsidiaries who, as of any date of determination each has devoted substantially all of his or her business and professional time to the activities of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and/or its Subsidiaries during the 12-month period immediately preceding such date, (b) any Person in which any one or more of such individuals directly or indirectly, singly or as a group, holds a majority of the controlling interests, (c) any Person that is a family member of such individual or individuals or (d) any trust, foundation or other estate planning vehicle for which such individual acts as a trustee or beneficiary (any Person referred to in clause (b), (c) or (d) is referred to as a “Related Party”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the executive officers of Apollo Global Management, Inc. and any Related Party of each such executive officer shall be deemed to be a Continuing Apollo Person.

Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Corporation’s duly appointed conversion and dividend disbursing agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and any successor appointed under Section 16.

 

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Conversion Date” shall mean the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Date or the Early Conversion Date, as applicable.

Corporation” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Depositary” means DTC or its nominee or any successor appointed by the Corporation.

Dividend Payment Date” means January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year to, and including, July 31, 2026, commencing on October 31, 2023.

Dividend Period” means the period from, and including, a Dividend Payment Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date, except that the initial Dividend Period shall commence on, and include, the Initial Issue Date and shall end on, and exclude, the October 31, 2023 Dividend Payment Date.

Dividend Rate” shall have the meaning set for in Section 4(a).

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

Early Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(a).

Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b)(i).

Early Conversion Average Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b)(ii).

Early Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(b).

Early Conversion Settlement Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b)(ii).

Effective Date” shall mean the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the Relevant Stock Exchange, regular way, reflecting the relevant share split or share combination, as applicable.

Ex-Date” means the first date on which the shares of 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 Corporation 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 thereunder.

Exchange Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.

Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(v).

Fixed Conversion Rates” means the Maximum Conversion Rate and the Minimum Conversion Rate.

Floor Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(e)(ii).

A “Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to have occurred, at any time after the Initial Issue Date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, if any of the following occurs:

(i) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination or change in par value) 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 a combination thereof); (B) any consolidation, merger or other combination of the Corporation or binding share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into, or

 

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exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or a combination thereof); or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer or disposition in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to any person other than a Continuing Apollo Person or one or more of the Corporation’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries;

(ii) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, whether or not applicable), other than the Corporation, any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, a Continuing Apollo Person or any of the Corporation’s or its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries’ employee benefit plans (or any person or entity acting solely in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), filing a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power in the aggregate of all classes of capital stock then outstanding entitled to vote generally in elections of the Corporation’s directors; or

(iii) the Common Stock (or other common stock constituting Exchange Property) ceases to be listed or quoted for trading on NYSE, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or another U.S. national securities exchange or any of their respective successors).

However, a transaction or transactions described in clause (i) or clause (ii) above will not constitute a Fundamental Change if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of the Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights, in connection with such transaction or transactions consists of shares of common stock that are listed or quoted on any of NYSE, the Nasdaq Global Select Market or the Nasdaq Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or will be so listed or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or transactions and as a result of such transaction or transactions such consideration (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) becomes the Exchange Property.

Fundamental Change Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(i).

Fundamental Change Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(c).

Fundamental Change Conversion Period” means the period beginning on, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date and ending at the Close of Business on the date that is 20 calendar days after the Fundamental Change Effective Date (or, if later, the date that is 20 calendar days after the date of notice of such Fundamental Change) but in no event later than July 31, 2026. If the Corporation provides the Fundamental Change Notice later than the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be extended by a number of days equal to the number of days from, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, the date of such Fundamental Change Notice; provided, however, that the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall not be extended beyond July 31, 2026.

Fundamental Change Conversion Rate” means, for any Fundamental Change Conversion, the conversion rate per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth in the table below for the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Stock Price applicable to such Fundamental Change:

 

     Fundamental Change Stock Price  

Fundamental Change Effective Date

   $ 30.00      $ 45.00      $ 60.00      $ 82.48      $ 90.00      $ 95.00      $ 98.97      $ 115.00      $ 130.00      $ 145.00      $ 160.00      $ 175.00  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

August 11, 2023

     0.5014        0.5211        0.5178        0.5048        0.5011        0.4991        0.4976        0.4933        0.4911        0.4900        0.4897        0.4898  

July 31, 2024

     0.5358        0.5500        0.5429        0.5215        0.5152        0.5117        0.5092        0.5017        0.4978        0.4958        0.4949        0.4947  

July 31, 2025

     0.5706        0.5802        0.5741        0.5423        0.5315        0.5252        0.5208        0.5085        0.5028        0.5004        0.4996        0.4995  

July 31, 2026

     0.6062        0.6062        0.6062        0.6062        0.5556        0.5263        0.5052        0.5052        0.5052        0.5052        0.5052        0.5052  

 

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The exact Fundamental Change Stock Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth in the table, in which case:

 

  (i)

if the Fundamental Change Stock Price is between two Fundamental Change Stock Price amounts in the table above or the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table above, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Stock Price amounts and the earlier and later Fundamental Change Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;

 

  (ii)

if the Fundamental Change Stock Price is in excess of $175.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Stock Prices in the column headings of the table above), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Minimum Conversion Rate; and

 

  (iii)

if the Fundamental Change Stock Price is less than $30.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as adjustments are made to the Fundamental Change Stock Prices in the column headings of the table above), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate shall be the Maximum Conversion Rate.

The Fundamental Change Stock Prices in the column headings in the table above are each subject to adjustment as of any date on which the Fixed Conversion Rates are adjusted. The adjusted Fundamental Change Stock Prices shall equal (x) the Fundamental Change Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately prior to the adjustment giving rise to the Fundamental Change Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Minimum Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth in the table above will be each subject to adjustment in the same manner and at the same time as each Fixed Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 14.

Fundamental Change Conversion Right” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a).

Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(a)(ii).

Fundamental Change Effective Date” shall mean the effective date of the relevant Fundamental Change.

Fundamental Change Notice” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b).

Fundamental Change Stock Price” means, for any Fundamental Change, the price paid (or deemed paid) per share of Common Stock in the Fundamental Change, which shall equal (i) if all holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such Fundamental Change, the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Change, and (ii) in all other cases, the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Effective Date.

Global Preferred Certificate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 21(a).

Global Preferred Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 21(a).

Holder” means each Person in whose name shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are registered, who shall be treated by the Corporation and the Registrar as the absolute owner of those shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the purpose of making payment and settling conversions and for all other purposes.

Initial Dividend Threshold” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(iv).

Initial Issue Date” means August 11, 2023, the first original issue date of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

Initial Price” means $50.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate, which quotient is initially equal to approximately $82.48.

 

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

Liquidation Dividend Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).

Liquidation Preference” means, as to Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, $50.00 per share.

Mandatory Conversion” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(a).

Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(c)(i).

Mandatory Conversion Date” means the second Business Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the Settlement Period. The Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be July 31, 2026. If the Mandatory Conversion Date occurs after July 31, 2026 (whether because a Scheduled Trading Day during the Settlement Period is not a Trading Day due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event or otherwise), no interest or other amounts will accrue as a result of such postponement.

Mandatory Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).

Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of this Certificate of Designations.

Market Disruption Event” means (i) a failure by the Relevant Stock Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session; or (ii) the occurrence or existence, prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Scheduled Trading Day for the Common Stock, for more than a 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.

Maximum Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(iii).

Minimum Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(i).

Nonpayment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b).

Nonpayment Remedy” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(iii).

NYSE” means The New York Stock Exchange.

Officer” means the Chairman, any Vice Chairman, any Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Treasurer, any Vice President, any Assistant Treasurer, the Principal Accounting Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, the General Counsel, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, as the case may be.

Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m., New York City time.

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

 

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Person” means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity of whatever nature.

Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1 of this Certificate of Designations.

Preferred Stock Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(b)(i).

Prospectus Supplement” means the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 7, 2023, relating to the offering and sale of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet.

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

Record Holder” means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, a Holder of record of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as such Holder appears on the stock register of the Corporation at the Close of Business on the related Regular Record Date.

Registrar” initially means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Corporation’s duly appointed registrar for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any successor appointed under Section 16.

Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date. These Regular Record Dates shall apply regardless of whether a particular Regular Record Date is a Business Day.

Relevant Stock Exchange” means NYSE or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on NYSE, 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.

Reorganization Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.

Reorganization Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.

Reorganization Valuation Percentage” for any Reorganization Event shall be equal to (x) the Average VWAP of one share of the relevant Reorganization Common Stock over the relevant Reorganization Valuation Period (determined as if references to “Common Stock” in the definition of “VWAP” were references to the “Reorganization Common Stock” for such Reorganization Event), divided by (y) the Average VWAP of one share of Common Stock over the relevant Reorganization Valuation Period.

Reorganization Valuation Period” for any Reorganization Event means the five consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding, but excluding, the effective date for such Reorganization Event.

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

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

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

 

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Settlement Period” means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding July 31, 2026.

Share Dilution Amount” means the increase in the number of diluted shares of Common Stock outstanding (determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and as measured from the Initial Issue Date) resulting from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation in respect of current or former directors, employees, consultants, partners and members and equitably adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.

Shelf Registration Statement” means a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, shares of Common Stock issued as payment of a dividend on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion.

Spin-Off” means a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of capital stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Corporation that are, or, when issued, will be, listed or admitted for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange.

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

Threshold Appreciation Price” means $50.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate, which quotient is initially equal to approximately $98.97.

Trading Day” means a day on which (i) there is no Market Disruption Event and (ii) trading in Common Stock generally occurs on the Relevant Stock Exchange; provided that if the Common Stock is not listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means any Business Day.

Transfer Agent” shall initially mean American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Corporation’s duly appointed transfer agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any successor appointed under Section 16.

Trigger Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(iii).

Unit of Exchange Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.

Valuation Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14(a)(iii).

Voting Preferred Stock” means any other class or series of Parity Stock upon which like voting powers for the election of directors as set forth in Section 7 have been conferred and are exercisable.

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

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

 

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Section 4. Dividends.

(a) Rate. Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of Senior Stock, Holders shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, out of funds of the Corporation legally available for payment, in the case of dividends paid in cash, and shares of Common Stock legally permitted to be issued, in the case of dividends paid in shares of Common Stock, cumulative dividends at the rate per annum of 6.75% of the Liquidation Preference per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Dividend Rate”) (equivalent to $3.375 per annum per share), payable in cash, by delivery of shares of Common Stock or through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock pursuant to Section 4(c), as determined by the Corporation in its sole discretion (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4(e)).

If declared, dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be payable quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date at such annual rate, and dividends shall accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from the Initial Issue Date, whether or not in any Dividend Period or Dividend Periods there have been funds legally available or shares of Common Stock legally permitted to be issued for the payment of such dividends.

If declared, dividends shall be payable on the relevant Dividend Payment Date to Record Holders on the immediately preceding Regular Record Date, whether or not such Record Holders convert their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, or such shares are automatically converted, after such Regular Record Date and on or prior to such immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date; provided that the Regular Record Date for any such dividend shall not precede the date on which such dividend was so declared. If a Dividend Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, without any interest or other payment in lieu of interest accruing with respect to this delay.

The amount of dividends payable on each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for each full Dividend Period (subsequent to the initial Dividend Period) shall be computed by dividing the Dividend Rate by four. Dividends payable on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the initial Dividend Period and any partial Dividend Period shall be computed based upon the actual number of days elapsed during such period over a 360-day year (consisting of twelve 30-day months). Accumulated dividends on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not bear interest, nor shall additional dividends be payable thereon, if they are paid subsequent to the applicable Dividend Payment Date.

No dividend shall be paid unless and until the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee of the Board of Directors, declares a dividend payable with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. No dividend shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to any Dividend Period unless all dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock has been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

Holders shall not be entitled to any dividends on Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, whether payable in cash, property or shares of Common Stock, in excess of full cumulative dividends.

Except as described in this Section 4(a), dividends on shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock converted to Common Stock shall cease to accumulate, and all other rights of Holders will terminate, from and after the applicable Conversion Date (other than the right to receive the consideration due upon such conversion as described herein).

(b) Priority of Dividends. So long as any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution shall be declared or paid on the Common Stock or any other class or series of Junior Stock, and no Common Stock or any other class or series of Junior Stock or Parity Stock shall be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries unless, in each case, all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding Dividend Periods have been declared and paid in full in cash, shares of the Common Stock or a combination thereof, or a sufficient sum of cash or number of shares of the Common Stock has been set apart for the payment of such dividends, on all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to:

(i) any dividend or distribution payable in shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock, together with cash in lieu of any fractional share;

 

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(ii) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Common Stock or other Junior Stock or Parity Stock in connection with the administration of any benefit or other incentive plan, including any employment or compensation agreement, including, without limitation, (x) purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan, provided that any purchases to offset the Share Dilution Amount shall in no event exceed the Share Dilution Amount, (y) the forfeiture of unvested shares of restricted stock or share withholding or other acquisitions or surrender of shares or derivative securities to which the holder may otherwise be entitled upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards (whether in payment of applicable taxes, the exercise price or otherwise), and (z) the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares;

(iii) purchases or deemed purchases or acquisitions of fractional interests in shares of any Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of such shares of other Junior Stock or any securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock or other Junior Stock;

(iv) any dividends or distributions of rights or Common Stock or other Junior Stock in connection with a stockholders’ rights plan or any redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant to any stockholders’ rights plan;

(v) purchases of Common Stock or other Junior Stock pursuant to a contractually binding requirement to buy Common Stock or other Junior Stock, including under a contractually binding stock repurchase plan, in each case, existing prior to the date of the Prospectus Supplement;

(vi) the acquisition by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries of record ownership in Common Stock or other Junior Stock or Parity Stock for the beneficial ownership of any other persons (other than the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries), including as trustees or custodians, and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares; and

(vii) the exchange or conversion of Junior Stock for or into other Junior Stock or of Parity Stock for or into other Parity Stock (with the same or lesser aggregate liquidation preference) or Junior Stock and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares.

When dividends on shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (i) have not been declared and paid in full on any Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of Parity Stock having dividend payment dates different from such Dividend Payment Dates, on a dividend payment date falling within a regular dividend period related to such Dividend Payment Date), or (ii) have been declared but a sum of cash or number of shares of Common Stock sufficient for payment thereof has not been set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Regular Record Date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any shares of Parity Stock unless dividends are declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock such that the respective amounts of such dividends declared on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such shares of Parity Stock shall be allocated pro rata among the Holders of the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the holders of any shares of Parity Stock then outstanding. For purposes of calculating the pro rata allocation of partial dividend payments, the Corporation shall allocate those payments so that the respective amounts of those payments for the declared dividend bear the same ratio to each other as all accumulated and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all declared and unpaid dividends per share on such shares of Parity Stock bear to each other (subject to their having been declared by the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, out of legally available funds); provided that any unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will continue to accumulate, except as described herein. For purposes of this calculation, with respect to non-cumulative Parity Stock, the Corporation shall use the full amount of dividends that would be payable for the most recent dividend period if dividends were declared in full on such non-cumulative Parity Stock.

 

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Subject to the foregoing, and not otherwise, such dividends as may be determined by the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, may be declared and paid (payable in cash, securities or other property) on any securities, including Common Stock and other Junior Stock, from time to time out of any funds legally available for such payment, and Holders shall not be entitled to participate in any such dividends.

(c) Method of Payment of Dividends. (i) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 4(e), the Corporation may pay any declared dividend (or any portion of any declared dividend) on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (whether or not for a current Dividend Period or any prior Dividend Period, including in connection with the payment of declared and unpaid dividends pursuant to Section 8 or Section 10), as determined in the Corporation’s sole discretion:

(A) in cash;

(B) by delivery of shares of Common Stock; or

(C) through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock.

(ii) The Corporation shall make each payment of a declared dividend on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in cash, except to the extent the Corporation elects to make all or any portion of such payment in shares of Common Stock. The Corporation shall give notice to Holders of any such election, and the portion of such payment that will be made in cash and the portion that will be made in shares of Common Stock, no later than 10 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend; provided, however, that if the Corporation does not provide timely notice of this election, the Corporation will be deemed to have elected to pay the relevant dividend in cash.

(iii) All cash payments to which a Holder is entitled in connection with a declared dividend on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be rounded to the nearest cent. If the Corporation elects to make any such payment of a declared dividend, or any portion thereof, in shares of Common Stock, such shares shall be valued for such purpose, in the case of any dividend payment or portion thereof, at 97% of the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the sixth Scheduled Trading Day prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date (such average, the “Average Price”). If the five Trading Day period to determine the Average Price ends on or after the relevant Dividend Payment Date (whether because a Scheduled Trading Day is not a Trading Day due to the occurrence of a Market Disruption Event or otherwise), then the Dividend Payment Date will be postponed until the second Business Day after the final Trading Day of such five Trading Day period; provided that no interest or other amounts shall accrue as a result of such postponement.

(d) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be delivered to the Holders in payment or partial payment of a dividend. The Corporation shall instead, to the extent it is legally permitted to do so, pay a cash amount (computed to the nearest cent) to each Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Common Stock based on the Average Price with respect to such dividend.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered in connection with any declared dividend, including any declared dividend payable in connection with a conversion, exceed a number equal to:

(i) the declared dividend, divided by

(ii) $28.87, subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to any anti-dilution adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate as provided in Section 14 (such dollar amount, as adjusted, the “Floor Price”).

To the extent that the amount of any declared dividend exceeds the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock delivered in connection with such declared dividend and (y) 97% of the Average Price, the Corporation shall, if it is legally able to do so, and to the extent permitted under the terms of the documents governing the Corporation’s indebtedness, notwithstanding any notice by the Corporation to the contrary, pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent). To the extent that the Corporation is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under

 

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applicable law and in compliance with its indebtedness, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount, and such amount shall not form a part of the cumulative dividends that may be deemed to accumulate on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(f) To the extent that a Shelf Registration Statement is required in the Corporation’s reasonable judgment in connection with the issuance of, or for resales of, Common Stock issued as payment of a dividend on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including dividends paid in connection with a conversion, the Corporation shall, to the extent such a Shelf Registration Statement is not currently filed and effective, use its commercially reasonable efforts to file and maintain the effectiveness of such a Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of such time as all such shares of Common Stock have been resold thereunder and such time as all such shares would be freely tradable without registration by holders thereof that are not (and were not at any time during the preceding three months) “affiliates” of the Corporation for purposes of the Securities Act. To the extent applicable, the Corporation shall also use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such shares of the Common Stock approved for listing on NYSE (or if the Common Stock is not listed on NYSE, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed), and qualified or registered under applicable state securities laws, if required; provided that the Corporation will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it is not presently subject to taxation as a foreign corporation and such qualification or action would subject it to such taxation.

Section 5. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-Up.

(a) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, each Holder shall be entitled to receive, per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Liquidation Preference of $50.00 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, plus an amount (the “Liquidation Dividend Amount”) equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share, whether or not declared, to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, such amount to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation legally available for distribution to its stockholders, after satisfaction of debt and other liabilities owed to the Corporation’s creditors and holders of shares of any Senior Stock and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of any Junior Stock, including, without limitation, Common Stock.

(b) If, upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to (1) the Liquidation Preference plus the Liquidation Dividend Amount on the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and (2) the liquidation preference of, and the amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends (to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation, winding-up or dissolution) on, all Parity Stock, if applicable, are not paid in full, the Holders and all holders of any such Parity Stock shall share equally and ratably in any distribution of the Corporation’s assets in proportion to their respective liquidation preferences and amounts equal to the accumulated and unpaid dividends to which they are entitled.

(c) After the payment to any Holder of the full amount of the Liquidation Preference and the Liquidation Dividend Amount for such Holder’s shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, such Holder as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

(d) Neither the sale, lease nor exchange of all or substantially all of Corporation’s assets or business, nor its merger or consolidation into or with any other Person, shall be deemed to be the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution of the Corporation.

Section 6. No Redemption; No Sinking Fund.

The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be subject to any redemption rights, sinking fund or other similar provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may, at its option, purchase or exchange the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock from time to time in the open market, by tender or exchange offer or otherwise, without the consent of, or notice to, Holders on such terms as the Holder thereof and the Corporation may agree.

 

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Section 7. Voting Power.

(a) General. Holders shall not have any voting rights or powers other than those set forth in this Section 7, except as specifically required by Delaware law or by the Charter from time to time.

(b) Right to Elect Two Directors Upon Nonpayment. (i) Whenever dividends on any shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid for the equivalent of six or more Dividend Periods, whether or not for consecutive Dividend Periods (a “Nonpayment”), the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall, at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of the stockholders or at a special meeting of stockholders as provided below, automatically be increased by two and Holders, voting together as a single class with holders of any and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding, shall be entitled, at the Corporation’s next annual meeting of stockholders or at a special meeting of stockholders, if any, as provided below, to vote for the election of a total of two additional members of the Board of Directors (the “Preferred Stock Directors”); provided, however, that the election of any such Preferred Stock Directors will not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors; and provided further that the Board of Directors shall, at no time, include more than two Preferred Stock Directors.

(ii) In the event of a Nonpayment, the Holders of at least 25% of the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and holders of record of any other series of Voting Preferred Stock may request that a special meeting of stockholders be called to elect such Preferred Stock Directors (provided, however, that if the next annual or a special meeting of stockholders is scheduled to be held within 90 days of the receipt of such request, the election of such Preferred Stock Directors, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Bylaws, shall, instead, be included in the agenda for, and shall be held at, such scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders). The Preferred Stock Directors shall stand for reelection annually, at each subsequent annual meeting of the stockholders, so long as the Holders continue to have such voting powers. At any meeting at which the Holders are entitled to elect Preferred Stock Directors, the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the then outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum and the vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and other Voting Preferred Stock so present or represented by proxy at any such meeting at which there shall be a quorum shall be sufficient to elect the Preferred Stock Directors.

(iii) If and when all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been paid in full, or declared and a sum or number of shares of the Common Stock sufficient for such payment shall have been set aside for the benefit of the Holders thereof on the applicable Regular Record Date (a “Nonpayment Remedy”), the Holders shall immediately and, without any further action by the Corporation, be divested of the voting powers described in this Section 7(b), subject to the revesting of such powers in the event of each subsequent Nonpayment. If such voting powers for the Holders and all other holders of Voting Preferred Stock shall have terminated, each Preferred Stock Director then in office shall automatically be disqualified as a director and shall no longer be a director and the term of office of each Preferred Stock Director so elected shall terminate at such time and the authorized number of directors on the Board of Directors shall automatically decrease by two.

(iv) Any Preferred Stock Director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class), when they have the voting powers described in this Section 7(b). In the event that a Nonpayment shall have occurred and there shall not have been a Nonpayment Remedy, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Stock Director (other than prior to the initial election of Preferred Stock Directors after a Nonpayment) may be filled by the written consent of the Preferred Stock Director remaining in office, except that in the event that such vacancy is created as a result of such Preferred Stock Director being removed, or if no Preferred Stock Director remains in office, then such vacancy may be filled by a vote of the holders of record of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any other series of Voting Preferred Stock then outstanding (voting together as a single class) when they have the voting powers described in this Section 7(b); provided, however, that the election of any such Preferred Stock

 

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Directors to fill such vacancy will not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirements of NYSE (or any other exchange or automated quotation system on which the Corporation’s securities may be listed or quoted) that requires listed or quoted companies to have a majority of independent directors. The Preferred Stock Directors shall each be entitled to one vote per director on any matter that shall come before the Board of Directors for a vote.

(c) Other Voting Powers. So long as any shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are outstanding, the Corporation shall not, without the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of record of at least two-thirds in voting power of the outstanding shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all other series of Voting Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote thereon (subject to the last paragraph of this Section 7(c)), voting together as a single class, given in person or by proxy, either by written consent without a meeting or by vote at an annual or special meeting of such stockholders:

(i) amend or alter the provisions of the Charter so as to authorize or create, or increase the authorized number of, any class or series of Senior Stock;

(ii) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Charter or this Certificate of Designations so as to adversely affect the special rights, preferences or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; or

(iii) consummate a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, a merger or consolidation of the Corporation with another entity or a conversion of the Corporation or domestication in or transfer to a foreign jurisdiction, unless in each case: (A) the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock remain outstanding following the consummation of such binding share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation or, in the case of (x) any such merger or consolidation with respect to which the Corporation is not the surviving or resulting entity (or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is otherwise exchanged or reclassified) or (y) any such conversion, domestication or transfer, are converted or reclassified into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity, of the converted, domesticated or transferred entity or, in either case, such entity’s ultimate parent; and (B) the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that remain outstanding or such shares of preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences and voting powers that, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences and voting powers, taken as a whole, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction;

provided, however, that in the event a transaction would trigger voting powers under clauses (ii) and (iii) above, clause (iii) shall govern; provided, further, however, that for all purposes of this Section 7(c):

 

  (1)

any increase in the number of the Corporation’s authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock,

 

  (2)

any increase in the number of the authorized or issued shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, or

 

  (3)

the creation and issuance, or increase in the authorized or issued number, of any class or series of Parity Stock or Junior Stock,

shall be deemed not to adversely affect (or to otherwise cause to be materially less favorable) the rights, preferences or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and shall not require the affirmative vote or written consent under this Section 7(c).

If any amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation or conversion, domestication or transfer specified in this Section 7(c) would adversely affect the rights, preferences or voting powers of one or more but not all series of Voting Preferred Stock (including the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for this purpose), then only the series of Voting Preferred Stock the rights, preferences or voting powers of which are adversely affected and entitled to vote shall vote as a class in lieu of all series of Voting Preferred Stock.

 

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(d) Without the vote or consent of the Holders, so long as such action does not adversely affect the special rights, preferences or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and limitations and restrictions thereof, the Corporation may amend, alter, correct, supplement or repeal any terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the following purposes:

(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission or mistake, or to correct or supplement any provision contained in this Certificate of Designations that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained in this Certificate of Designations;

(ii) to make any provision with respect to matters or questions relating to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that is not inconsistent with the provisions of the Charter or this Certificate of Designations; or

(iii) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder (other than any Holder that consents to such change).

In addition, without the consent of the Holders, the Corporation may amend, alter, supplement or repeal any terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in order to (x) conform the terms thereof to the description of the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth under “Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” in the Prospectus Supplement or (y) file a certificate of correction with respect to this Certificate of Designations to the extent permitted by Section 103(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

(e) Prior to the Close of Business on the applicable Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and Holders shall have no rights, powers or preferences with respect to such shares of Common Stock, including voting powers, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(f) In connection with any vote expressly set forth in this Section 7, the number of votes that each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (and any Voting Preferred Stock participating in the votes set forth in this Section 7) shall have shall be equal to the respective per share liquidation preference amounts of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such other Voting Preferred Stock.

(g) The rules and procedures for calling and conducting any meeting of the Holders (including, without limitation, the fixing of a record date in connection therewith), the solicitation and use of proxies at such a meeting, the obtaining of written consents and any other procedural aspect or matter with regard to such a meeting or such consents shall be governed by any rules the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may adopt from time to time, which rules and procedures shall conform to the requirements of the Charter, the Bylaws, applicable law and the rules of any national securities exchange or other trading facility on which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is listed or traded at the time.

Section 8. Mandatory Conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date.

(a) Each outstanding share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall automatically convert (unless previously converted in accordance with Section 9 or Section 10) on the Mandatory Conversion Date (“Mandatory Conversion”), into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate.

(b) The “Mandatory Conversion Rate” shall, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 8(c), be as follows:

(i) if the Applicable Market Value is greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price, the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 0.5052 shares of Common Stock per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Minimum Conversion Rate”);

 

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(ii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation Price but equal to or greater than the Initial Price, the Mandatory Conversion Rate per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be equal to $50.00 divided by the Applicable Market Value, rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth of a share of Common Stock; or

(iii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than the Initial Price, the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be equal to 0.6062 shares of Common Stock per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Maximum Conversion Rate”);

provided that the Fixed Conversion Rates are each subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.

(c) If the Corporation declares a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the Dividend Period ending on, but excluding, July 31, 2026, the Corporation shall pay such dividend to the Record Holders as of the immediately preceding Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 4. If on or prior to July 31, 2026, the Corporation has not declared a dividend payable in the amount of all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that Holders receive an additional number of shares of Common Stock equal to:

(i) the amount of such undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount”), divided by

(ii) the greater of (x) the Floor Price and (y) 97% of the Average Price (calculated using July 31, 2026 as the applicable Dividend Payment Date).

To the extent that the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and 97% of the Average Price, the Corporation shall, if it is legally able to do so, and to the extent permitted under the terms of the documents governing its indebtedness, declare and pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) pro rata per share to the Holders. To the extent that the Corporation is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable law and in compliance with its indebtedness, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount, and such amount will not form a part of the cumulative dividends on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Mandatory Conversion Rate shall in no event exceed the Maximum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment in accordance with the provisions of Section 14, and exclusive of any amounts owing in respect of any Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount or any accrued and unpaid dividends paid at the Corporation’s election in shares of Common Stock.

Section 9. Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder.

(a) Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period, subject to satisfaction of the conversion procedures set forth in Section 11, the Holders shall have the option to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole or in part (but in no event in increments of less than one share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock), at any time prior to July 31, 2026 (an “Early Conversion”), into shares of Common Stock at the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 9(b).

(b) If, as of any Early Conversion Date, the Corporation has not declared all or any portion of the accumulated and unpaid dividends for all full Dividend Periods ending on or prior to the Dividend Payment Date immediately prior to such Early Conversion Date, the Minimum Conversion Rate shall be adjusted, with respect to the relevant Early Conversion, so that the Holders converting their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at such time receive an additional number of shares of Common Stock equal to:

(i) such amount of undeclared, accumulated and unpaid dividends per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for such prior full Dividend Periods (the “Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount”), divided by

 

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(ii) the greater of (x) the Floor Price and (y) the Average VWAP per share of the Common Stock over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period (the “Early Conversion Settlement Period”) commencing on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Early Conversion Date (such Average VWAP, the “Early Conversion Average Price”).

To the extent that the Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and the Early Conversion Average Price, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver shares of Common Stock in respect of such shortfall.

Except as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 9(b), upon any Early Conversion of any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall make no payment or allowance for unpaid dividends on such shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, unless such Early Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and on or prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, in which case the Corporation shall pay such dividend on such Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holder of the converted shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as of such Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 4.

Section 10. Fundamental Change Conversion.

(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to July 31, 2026, the Holders shall have the right (the “Fundamental Change Conversion Right”) during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period to:

(i) convert their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole or in part (but in no event in increments of less than one share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock) (any such conversion pursuant to this Section 10(a) being a “Fundamental Change Conversion”) into a number of shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property in accordance with Section 15) equal to the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock;

(ii) with respect to such converted shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, receive an amount equal to the present value, calculated using a discount rate of 6.07% per annum, of all dividend payments on such shares (excluding any Accumulated Dividend Amount) for (A) the partial Dividend Period, if any, from, and including, the Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date and (B) all the remaining full Dividend Periods from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date following the Fundamental Change Effective Date to, but excluding, July 31, 2026 (the “Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount”), payable in cash or shares of Common Stock; and

(iii) with respect to such converted shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, receive the Accumulated Dividend Amount payable in cash or shares of Common Stock,

subject, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) to certain limitations with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock the Corporation will be required to deliver as set forth in Section 10(d). Notwithstanding clauses (ii) and (iii), if the Fundamental Change Effective Date or the Fundamental Change Conversion Date falls after the Regular Record Date for a Dividend Period for which the Corporation has declared a dividend and prior to the next Dividend Payment Date, then the Corporation shall pay such dividend on the relevant Dividend Payment Date to the Record Holders as of such Regular Record Date, in accordance with Section 4, and the Accumulated Dividend Amount shall not include the amount of such dividend, and the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount shall not include the present value of the payment of such dividend.

(b) To exercise the Fundamental Change Conversion Right, Holders must submit their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for conversion at any time during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period. Holders that submit their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for conversion during the

 

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Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be deemed to have exercised their Fundamental Change Conversion Right. Holders who do not submit their shares for conversion during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall not be entitled to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Rate or to receive the relevant Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the relevant Accumulated Dividend Amount.

The Corporation shall provide written notice (the “Fundamental Change Notice”) to Holders of the Fundamental Change Effective Date no later than the second Business Day immediately following such Fundamental Change Effective Date.

The Fundamental Change Notice shall state:

(i) the event causing the Fundamental Change;

(ii) the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date or actual Fundamental Change Effective Date, as the case may be;

(iii) that Holders shall have the right to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period;

(iv) the Fundamental Change Conversion Period; and

(v) the instructions a Holder must follow to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion in connection with such Fundamental Change.

(c) Not later than the second Business Day following the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the Corporation shall notify Holders of:

(i) the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate (if notice is provided to Holders prior to the anticipated Fundamental Change Effective Date, specifying how the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be determined);

(ii) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount and whether the Corporation will pay such amount in cash, shares of Common Stock (or to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable; and

(iii) the Accumulated Dividend Amount as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date and whether the Corporation will pay such amount in cash, shares of Common Stock (or to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) or a combination thereof, specifying the combination, if applicable.

(d) (i) For any shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that are converted during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period, in addition to the Common Stock issued upon conversion at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate, the Corporation shall at its option (subject to satisfaction of the requirements of this Section 10):

(A) pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent), to the extent the Corporation is legally permitted to do so and to the extent permitted under the terms of the documents governing its indebtedness;

(B) increase the number of shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) to be issued upon conversion by a number equal to (x) the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount, divided by (y) the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Stock Price; or

 

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(C) pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) above.

(ii) In addition, to the extent that the Accumulated Dividend Amount exists as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date, the converting Holder shall be entitled to receive such Accumulated Dividend Amount upon such Fundamental Change Conversion. The Corporation shall, at its option, pay the Accumulated Dividend Amount (subject to satisfaction of the requirements of this Section 10):

(A) in cash (computed to the nearest cent), to the extent the Corporation is legally permitted to do so and to the extent permitted under the terms of the documents governing its indebtedness;

(B) in an additional number of shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) equal to (x) the Accumulated Dividend Amount, divided by (y) the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Stock Price; or

(C) through a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) in accordance with the provisions of clauses (A) and (B) above.

(iii) The Corporation shall pay the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount and the Accumulated Dividend Amount in cash, except to the extent the Corporation elects on or prior to the second Business Day following the relevant Fundamental Change Effective Date to make all or any portion of such payments in shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property). If the Corporation elects to deliver Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) in respect of all or any portion of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount, to the extent that the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount or the dollar amount of any portion thereof paid in Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property) exceeds the product of (x) the number of additional shares the Corporation delivers in respect thereof and (y) 97% of the Fundamental Change Stock Price, the Corporation shall, if it is legally able to do so, and to the extent permitted under the terms of the documents governing its indebtedness, pay such excess amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent). To the extent that the Corporation is not able to pay such excess amount in cash under applicable law and in compliance with its indebtedness, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount.

(iv) No fractional shares of Common Stock (or, to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) shall be delivered by the Corporation to converting Holders in respect of the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount or the Accumulated Dividend Amount. The Corporation shall instead, to the extent the Corporation is legally permitted to do so and to the extent permitted under the terms of the documents governing the Corporation’s indebtedness, pay a cash amount (computed to the nearest cent) to each converting Holder that would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Common Stock (or to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) based on the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock (or to the extent applicable, Units of Exchange Property) over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Fundamental Change Conversion Date. In the event the Corporation cannot pay cash in lieu of a fractional share, the Corporation shall instead round up to the nearest whole share for each Holder.

(v) If the Corporation is prohibited from paying or delivering, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount (whether in cash or in shares of Common Stock), in whole or in part, due to limitations of applicable Delaware law, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will instead be increased by a number of shares of Common Stock equal to:

(A) the cash amount of the aggregate unpaid and undelivered Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount, divided by

 

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(B) the greater of (i) the Floor Price and (ii) 97% of the Fundamental Change Stock Price.

To the extent that the cash amount of the aggregate unpaid and undelivered Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount exceeds the product of such number of additional shares and 97% of the Fundamental Change Stock Price, the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay the shortfall in cash or deliver additional shares of Common Stock in respect of such amount.

Section 11. Conversion Procedures.

(a) Pursuant to Section 8, on the Mandatory Conversion Date, any outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall mandatorily and automatically convert into shares of Common Stock.

Subject to any applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary, if more than one share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by the same Holder is automatically converted on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock so converted.

A Holder of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that are mandatorily converted shall not be required to pay any transfer or similar taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of the Common Stock upon conversion, except that such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of the Common Stock in a name other than the name of such Holder.

A certificate representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted is in book-entry form, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Corporation to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, only after all applicable taxes and duties, if any, payable by such converting Holder have been paid in full, and such shares and cash will be delivered on the later of (i) the Mandatory Conversion Date and (ii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Mandatory Conversion shall be treated as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date. Prior to the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on the Mandatory Conversion Date shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose and Holders shall have no rights, powers or preferences with respect to such Common Stock, including voting powers, rights to respond to tender offers and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(b) To effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 9, a Holder must:

(i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;

(ii) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent;

(iii) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and

(iv) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect an Early Conversion pursuant to Section 9 of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held in global form, the Holder must, in lieu of the foregoing, comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (or any other Depositary for the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held in global form appointed by the Corporation).

 

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The Early Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (“Early Conversion Date”).

Subject to any applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary, if more than one share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered.

A Holder shall not be required to pay any transfer or similar taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Common Stock upon conversion, but such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Common Stock in a name other than the name of such Holder.

A certificate representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted are in book-entry form, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Corporation to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, only after all applicable taxes and duties, if any, payable by such converting Holder have been paid in full, and such shares and cash will be delivered on the latest of (i) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the Early Conversion Date, (ii) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the last day of the Early Conversion Settlement Period, and (iii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon Early Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the applicable Early Conversion Date. Prior to the Close of Business on such applicable Early Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights, powers or preferences with respect to such shares of Common Stock, including voting powers, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

In the event that an Early Conversion is effected with respect to shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock representing less than all the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by a Holder, upon such Early Conversion the Corporation shall execute and instruct the Transfer Agent and Registrar to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a certificate evidencing the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to which Early Conversion was not effected, or, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is held in book-entry form, the Corporation shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by the global certificate by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the global certificate or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.

(c) To effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 10, a Holder must:

(i) complete and manually sign the conversion notice on the back of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate or a facsimile of such conversion notice;

(ii) deliver the completed conversion notice and the certificated shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted to the Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent;

(iii) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; and

 

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(iv) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes or duties, if any.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 10 of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held in global form, the Holder must, in lieu of the foregoing, comply with the applicable procedures of DTC (or any other Depositary for the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held in global form appointed by the Corporation).

The Fundamental Change Conversion shall be effective on the date on which a Holder has satisfied the foregoing requirements, to the extent applicable (the “Fundamental Change Conversion Date”).

Subject to any applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary, if more than one share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is surrendered for conversion at one time by or for the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered.

A Holder shall not be required to pay any transfer or similar taxes or duties relating to the issuance or delivery of Common Stock upon conversion, but such Holder shall be required to pay any tax or duty that may be payable relating to any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of Common Stock in a name other than the name of such Holder.

A certificate representing the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be issued and delivered to the converting Holder or, if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted are in book-entry form, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be delivered to the converting Holder through book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary, in each case, together with delivery by the Corporation to the converting Holder of any cash to which the converting Holder is entitled, only after all applicable taxes and duties, if any, payable by such converting Holder have been paid in full, on the later of (i) the second Business Day immediately succeeding the Fundamental Change Conversion Date and (ii) the Business Day after the Holder has paid in full all applicable taxes and duties, if any.

The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Fundamental Change Conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder(s) of such shares of Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date. Prior to the Close of Business on such applicable Fundamental Change Conversion Date, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose, and Holders shall have no rights, powers or preferences with respect to the Common Stock, including voting powers, rights to respond to tender offers for the Common Stock and rights to receive any dividends or other distributions on the Common Stock, by virtue of holding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

In the event that a Fundamental Change Conversion is effected with respect to shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock representing less than all the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by a Holder, upon such Fundamental Change Conversion the Corporation shall execute and instruct the Transfer Agent and Registrar to countersign and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Corporation, a certificate evidencing the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to which Fundamental Change Conversion was not effected, or, if Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is held in book-entry form, the Corporation shall cause the Transfer Agent and Registrar to reduce the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by the global certificate by making a notation on Schedule I attached to the global certificate or otherwise notate such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.

(d) In the event that a Holder shall not by written notice designate the name in which shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock should be registered or, if applicable, the address to which the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock should be sent, the Corporation shall be entitled to register such shares, and make such payment, in the name of the Holder as shown on the records of the Corporation and, if applicable, to send the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock to the address of such Holder shown on the records of the Corporation.

 

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(e) Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall cease to be outstanding on the applicable Conversion Date, subject to the right of Holders of such shares to receive shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and other amounts and shares of Common Stock, if any, to which they are entitled pursuant to Sections 8, 9 or 10, as applicable and, if the applicable Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and prior to the immediately succeeding Dividend Payment Date, subject to the right of the Record Holders of such shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on such Regular Record Date to receive payment of the full amount of such declared dividend on such Dividend Payment Date pursuant to Section 4.

Section 12. Reservation of Common Stock.

(a) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for issuance upon the conversion of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as herein provided, free from any preemptive or other similar rights, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable upon conversion of all shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (which shall initially equal a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the sum of (x) the product of (i) 28,750,000 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and (ii) the initial Maximum Conversion Rate and (y) the product of (i) 28,750,000 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that would be added to the Mandatory Conversion Rate assuming (A) the Corporation paid no dividends on the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date and (B) the Floor Price is greater than 97% of the relevant Average Price). For purposes of this Section 12(a), the number of shares of Common Stock that shall be deliverable upon the conversion of all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be computed as if at the time of computation all such outstanding shares were held by a single Holder.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to deliver upon conversion of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or as payment of any dividend on such shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as herein provided, shares of Common Stock reacquired and held in the treasury of the Corporation (in lieu of the issuance of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock), so long as any such treasury shares are free and clear of all liens, charges, security interests or encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders).

(c) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of, or as payment of a dividend on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and other encumbrances (other than liens, charges, security interests and other encumbrances created by the Holders) and free of preemptive rights.

(d) Prior to the delivery of any securities that the Corporation shall be obligated to deliver upon conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all federal and state laws and regulations thereunder requiring the registration of such securities with, or any approval of or consent to the delivery thereof by, any governmental authority.

(e) The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if at any time the Common Stock shall be listed on NYSE or any other national securities exchange or automated quotation system, the Corporation shall, if permitted by the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system, list and use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep listed, so long as the Common Stock shall be so listed on such exchange or automated quotation system, all Common Stock issuable upon conversion (including, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount or Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount) of, or issuable in respect of the payment of dividends, the Accumulated Dividend Amount and the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; provided, however, that if the rules of such exchange or automated quotation system permit the Corporation to defer the listing of such Common Stock until the earlier of (x) the first conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock in accordance with the provisions hereof and (y) the first payment of any dividends, any Accumulated Dividend Amount or any Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation covenants to list such Common Stock issuable upon the earlier of (1) the first conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and (2) the first payment of any dividends, any Accumulated Dividend Amount or any Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in accordance with the requirements of such exchange or automated quotation system at such time.

 

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Section 13. Fractional Shares.

(a) No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued to Holders as a result of any conversion of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(b) In lieu of any fractional shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable in respect of the aggregate number of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder that are converted on the Mandatory Conversion Date pursuant to Section 8 or at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 9 or Section 10, the Corporation shall pay an amount in cash (computed to the nearest cent) equal to the product of (i) that same fraction and (ii) the Average VWAP of the Common Stock over the five consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Mandatory Conversion Date, Early Conversion Date or Fundamental Change Conversion Date, as applicable. In the event the Corporation cannot pay cash in lieu of a fractional share, the Corporation shall instead round up to the nearest whole share for each Holder.

Section 14. Anti-Dilution Adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates. (a) Each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as set forth in this Section 14, except that the Corporation shall not make any adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates if Holders participate (other than in the case of a share split or share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock and solely as a result of holding the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in any of the transactions set forth in Sections 14(a)(i)-(v) without having to convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to (i) the Maximum Conversion Rate as of the Record Date for such transaction, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder.

(i) If the Corporation exclusively issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of Common Stock, or if the Corporation effects a share split or share combination, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

CR1 = CR0 x

  

OS1

   OS0

where,

 

 

CR0 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date of such dividend or distribution, or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Effective Date of such share split or share combination, as applicable;
 

CR1 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such Record Date or immediately after the Open of Business on such Effective Date, as applicable;
 

OS0 =

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on such Record Date or immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Effective Date, as applicable, before giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination; and
 

OS1 =

   the number of 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(a)(i) shall become effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the Effective Date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type set forth in this Section 14(a)(i) is declared but not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend

 

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or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. For the purposes of this Section 14(a)(i), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date or immediately prior to the Open of Business on the relevant Effective Date, as the case may be, and the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, share split or share combination shall, in each case, not include shares that the Corporation holds in treasury. The Corporation shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock that it holds in treasury.

(ii) If the Corporation 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 VWAP per share 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, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1 = CR0 x

  

OS0 + X

   OS0 + Y

where,

 

CR0 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such issuance;

CR1 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such Record Date;

OS0 =

   the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Close of Business on such Record 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 (i) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, divided by (ii) the Average VWAP per share of 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(a)(ii) shall be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such issuance. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the exercise of such rights, options or warrants, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered, if any. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to issue such rights, options or warrants, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such Record Date for such issuance had not occurred.

For the purpose of this Section 14(a)(ii), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such Average VWAP per share 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 Corporation for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof.

 

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(iii) (A) If the Corporation distributes shares of its capital stock, evidences of the Corporation’s indebtedness, other assets or property of the Corporation or rights, options or warrants to acquire its capital stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, excluding:

(1) dividends, distributions or issuances as to which the provisions set forth in Section 14(a)(i) or Section 14(a)(ii) shall apply;

(2) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in Section 14(a)(iv) shall apply;

(3) any dividends and distributions upon conversion of, or in exchange for, shares of Common Stock in connection with a recapitalization, reclassification, change, consolidation, merger or other combination, share exchange, or sale, lease or other transfer or disposition resulting in the change in the conversion consideration as set forth under Section 15;

(4) except as otherwise set forth in Section 14(a)(vii), rights issued pursuant to a shareholder rights plan adopted by the Corporation; and

(5) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in Section 14(a)(iii)(B) shall apply;

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

 

CR1 = CR0 x

  

SP0

   SP0 – FMV

where,

 

CR0 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;

CR1 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such Record Date;

SP0 =

   the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution; and

FMV =

   the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof in good faith) of the shares of capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants so distributed, expressed as an amount per share of Common Stock on the Ex-Date for such distribution.

Any increase made under this Section 14(a)(iii)(A) will become effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such distribution had not been declared.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), or if the difference is less than $1.00, in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, in respect of each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount and kind of the Corporation’s capital stock, evidences of the Corporation’s indebtedness, other assets or property of the Corporation or rights, options or warrants to acquire its capital stock or other securities that such Holder would have received if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on the Record Date for the distribution.

 

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(B) With respect to an adjustment where there has been a Spin-Off, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1 = CR0 x

  

FMV0 + MP0

   MP0

where,

 

  CR0 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off;

  CR1 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off;

  FMV0 =

   the Average VWAP per share of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day period commencing on, and including, the Ex-Date for the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and

  MP0 =

   the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

The increase to each Fixed Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will be calculated as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Valuation Period but will be given retroactive effect as of immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Date of the Spin-Off. Because the Corporation shall make the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate with retroactive effect, it shall delay the settlement of any conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock where any date for determining the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder occurs during the Valuation Period until the second Business Day after the last Trading Day of such Valuation Period. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

For purposes of this Section 14(a)(iii) (and subject in all respects to Section 14(a)(i) and Section 14(a)(ii)):

(A) rights, options or warrants distributed by the Corporation to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Corporation’s capital stock, including Common Stock (either initially or under certain conditions), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”):

(1) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Common Stock;

(2) are not exercisable; and

(3) 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(a)(iii) (and no adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this Section 14(a)(iii) shall be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be made under this Section 14(a)(iii).

(B) If any such right, option or warrant, including any such existing rights, options or warrants distributed prior to the Initial Issue Date, are subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such rights, options or warrants become exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Record Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof).

 

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(C) In addition, in the event of any distribution (or deemed distribution) of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the immediately preceding clause (B)) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this clause (iii) was made:

(1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or repurchase (x) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution pursuant to Section 14(a) (iv), equal to the per share redemption or repurchase 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 repurchase; 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 Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options and warrants had not been issued;

provided that, in each case, such rights, options or warrants are deemed to be transferred with such shares of the Common Stock and are also issued in respect of future issuances of the Common Stock.

For purposes of Section 14(a)(i), Section 14(a)(ii) and this Section 14(a)(iii), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 14(a)(iii) is applicable includes one or both of:

(A) a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 14(a)(i) is applicable (the “Clause A Distribution”); or

(B) an issuance of rights, options or warrants to which Section 14(a)(ii) is applicable (the “Clause B Distribution”),

then:

(1) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 14(a)(iii) is applicable (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 14(a)(iii) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall then be made; and

(2) the Clause A Distribution and Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by Section 14(a)(i) and Section 14(a)(ii) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Corporation (I) the “Record Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution shall be deemed to be the Record Date of the Clause C Distribution and (II) any 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 Close of Business on such Record Date or immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Effective Date” within the meaning of Section 14(a)(i) or “outstanding immediately prior to Close of Business on such Record Date” within the meaning of Section 14(a)(ii).

(iv) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock other than a regular, quarterly cash dividend that does not exceed $0.43 per share (the “Initial Dividend Threshold”), each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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CR1 = CR0 x

  

SP0 – T

   SP0 – C

where,

 

  CR0 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

  CR1 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

  SP0 =

   the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Date for such distribution;

  T =

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

  C =

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

The Initial Dividend Threshold is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate; provided that no adjustment will be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate under this Section 14(a) (iv).

Any increase made under this Section 14(a)(iv) shall become effective immediately after the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors or a committee thereof determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined above), or if the difference is less than $1.00, in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of 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 Maximum Conversion Rate on the Record Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

(v) If the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for Common Stock (and excluding a tender offer solely to holders of fewer than 100 shares of Common Stock), to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock exceeds the Average VWAP per share of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period (the “Averaging Period”) commencing on, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

 

CR1 = CR0 x

  

AC + (SP1 x OS1)

   OS0 x SP1

where,

 

  CR0 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date;

  CR1 =

   such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the Expiration Date;

 

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  AC =    the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors or a committee thereof in good faith) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer;
  OS0 =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Expiration Date (prior to giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);
       OS1 =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Date (after giving effect to the purchase of all shares accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
  SP1 =    the Average VWAP of Common Stock over the Averaging Period.

The increase to each Fixed Conversion Rate under the preceding paragraph will be calculated at the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period but will be given retroactive effect as of immediately after the Close of Business on the Expiration Date. Because the Corporation will make the adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate with retroactive effect, it will delay the settlement of any conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock where any date for determining the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder occurs during the Averaging Period until the second Business Day after the last Trading Day of the Averaging Period. For the avoidance of doubt, no adjustment under this Section 14(a)(v) will be made if such adjustment would result in a decrease in any Fixed Conversion Rate, except as set forth in the immediately succeeding sentence.

In the event that the Corporation or one of its Subsidiaries is obligated to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any such tender offer or exchange offer, but the Corporation or such Subsidiary is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases, or all such purchases are rescinded, then each Fixed Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender offer or exchange offer had not been made (or had been made only in respect of the purchases that have been made and not rescinded).

For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this clause (v), the term “tender offer” is used as such term is used in the Exchange Act and the term “exchange offer” means an exchange offer that constitutes a tender offer.

(vi) If:

(A) the record date for a dividend or distribution on shares of the Common Stock occurs after the end of the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value and before the Mandatory Conversion Date; and

(B) such dividend or distribution would have resulted in an adjustment of the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Holders had such record date occurred on or before the last Trading Day of such 20-Trading Day period,

then the Corporation shall deem the Holders to be holders of record, for each share of their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Mandatory Conversion Rate for purposes of that dividend or distribution, and in such a case, the Holders would receive the dividend or distribution on Common Stock together with the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(vii) If the Corporation has a rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock, the Holders shall receive, in addition to any shares of Common Stock received in connection with such conversion, the rights under the rights plan. However, if, prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of the applicable rights plan, each Fixed Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the

 

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Corporation distributed to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, shares of its capital stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants as set forth in Section 14(a)(iii)(A), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

(viii) The Corporation may (but is not required to), to the extent permitted by law and the rules of NYSE or any other securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is then listed, increase each Fixed Conversion Rate by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if such increase is irrevocable during such 20 Business Days and the Board of Directors, or a committee thereof, determines that such increase would be in the best interest of the Corporation. The Corporation may also (but is not required to) make such increases in each Fixed Conversion Rate as it deems advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to holders of Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock (or issuance of rights or warrants to acquire shares of Common Stock) or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes or for any other reason. However, in either case, the Corporation may only make such discretionary adjustments if it makes the same proportionate adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate.

(ix) The Corporation shall not adjust the Fixed Conversion Rates:

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

(B) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock, warrants, options, units or other rights to or securities exercisable for the purchase or issuance of such shares of Common Stock (including the net share settlement of any such securities) pursuant to any present or future retirement, deferred compensation, incentive, equity or other benefit plan or program of or assumed by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries;

(C) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in (B) of this Section 14(a)(ix) and outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date;

(D) for a change in par value of the Common Stock;

(E) for stock repurchases that are not tender or exchange offers referred to in Section 14(a)(v), including structured or derivative transactions or pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors;

(F) as a result of a tender offer that satisfies the exception described in Section 14(a)(v) above for offers solely to holders of fewer than 100 shares of Common Stock;

(G) as a result of a tender or exchange offer by a Person other than the Corporation or one or more of its Subsidiaries;

(H) for accumulated dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, except as described in Sections 8, 9 and 10; or

(I) for any other issuance of shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock or the right to purchase shares of Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities, except as otherwise stated herein.

(x) Adjustments to each Fixed Conversion Rate will be calculated to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock. No adjustment to any Fixed Conversion Rate will be required unless the adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Fixed Conversion Rate; provided, however, that if an adjustment is not made because the adjustment does not change the Fixed Conversion

 

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Rates by at least 1%, then such adjustment will be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each date for determining the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to a Holder upon any conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall give effect to all adjustments that otherwise had been deferred pursuant to this clause (x), and those adjustments will no longer be carried forward and taken into account in any future adjustment. Except as otherwise provided above, the Corporation will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Fundamental Change Stock Price, the VWAPs, the Average VWAPs and the Fixed Conversion Rates of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and shall be made in good faith.

(xi) For the avoidance of doubt, if an adjustment is made to the Fixed Conversion Rates, no separate inversely proportionate adjustment will be made to the Initial Price or the Threshold Appreciation Price because the Initial Price is equal to $50.00 divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as adjusted in the manner described herein) and the Threshold Appreciation Price is equal to $50.00 divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as adjusted in the manner described herein).

(xii) Whenever any provision of this Certificate of Designations requires the Corporation to calculate the VWAP per share of Common Stock over a span of multiple days, the Board of Directors, or any authorized committee thereof, shall make appropriate adjustments in good faith (including, without limitation, to the Applicable Market Value, the Early Conversion Average Price, the Fundamental Change Stock Price and the Average Price, as the case may be) to account for any adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates (as the case may be) that become effective, or any event that would require such an adjustment if the Ex-Date, Effective Date, Record Date or Expiration Date, as the case may be, of such event occurs during the relevant period used to calculate such prices or values, as the case may be.

(b) Whenever the Fixed Conversion Rates are to be adjusted, the Corporation shall:

(i) compute such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates;

(ii) within 10 Business Days after the Fixed Conversion Rates are to be adjusted, provide or cause to be provided, a written notice to the Holders of the occurrence of such event; and

(iii) within 10 Business Days after the Fixed Conversion Rates are to be adjusted, provide or cause to be provided, to the Holders, a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the method by which the adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates were determined and setting forth such adjusted Fixed Conversion Rates.

Section 15. Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Common Stock. In the event of:

(a) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person or any conversion of the Corporation or domestication in or transfer to a foreign jurisdiction;

(b) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another Person of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Corporation;

(c) any reclassification of Common Stock into securities, including securities other than Common Stock; or

(d) any statutory exchange of securities of the Corporation with another Person (other than in connection with a merger or acquisition or a conversion of the Corporation or domestication in or transfer to a foreign jurisdiction),

in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (each, a “Reorganization Event”), each share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Reorganization Event shall,

 

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without the consent of the Holders, become convertible into the kind of stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) that such Holder would have been entitled to receive if such Holder had converted its Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock into Common Stock immediately prior to such Reorganization Event (such stock, other securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof), the “Exchange Property,” with each “Unit of Exchange Property” meaning the kind and amount of such Exchange Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive).

If any Reorganization 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), the Exchange Property into which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible shall be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of the Common Stock in such Reorganization Event.

The Corporation shall notify Holders of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

The number of Units of Exchange Property the Corporation shall deliver for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock converted, or as a payment of dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as applicable, following the effective date of such Reorganization Event shall be determined as if references in Section 8, Section 9 and Section 10 to shares of Common Stock were to Units of Exchange Property (without interest thereon and without any right to dividends or distributions thereon which have a Record Date that is prior to the date on which Holders of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock become holders of record of the underlying shares of Common Stock). For the purpose of determining which of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 8(b) shall apply upon Mandatory Conversion, and for the purpose of calculating the Mandatory Conversion Rate if clause (ii) of Section 8(b) is applicable, the value of a Unit of Exchange Property shall be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof (which determination will be final), except that if a Unit of Exchange Property includes common stock or American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) that are traded on a U.S. national securities exchange, the value of such common stock or ADRs shall be the average over the 20 consecutive Trading Day period used for calculating the Applicable Market Value of the volume-weighted Average Prices for such common stock or ADRs, as displayed on the applicable Bloomberg screen (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof (which determination will be final)); or, if such price is not available, the average market value per share of such common stock or ADRs over such period as determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained by the Corporation for this purpose.

The above provisions of this Section 15 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events, and the provisions of Section 14 shall apply to any shares of capital stock or ADRs of the Corporation (or any successor thereto) received by the holders of Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.

The Corporation (or any successor thereto) shall, as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within 20 calendar days) after the occurrence of any Reorganization Event, provide written notice to the Holders of such occurrence and of the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property that constitute the Exchange Property. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the operation of this Section 15.

In connection with any Reorganization Event, the Initial Dividend Threshold shall be subject to adjustment as described in clause (i), clause (ii) or clause (iii) below, as the case may be:

(i) In the case of a Reorganization Event in which the Exchange Property (determined, as appropriate, as set forth above in this Section 15 and excluding any dissenters’ appraisal rights) is composed entirely of shares of common stock (the “Reorganization Common Stock”), the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event will be equal to (x) the Initial Dividend Threshold immediately prior to the effective time of such Reorganization Event, divided by (y) the number of shares of Reorganization Common Stock that a holder of one share of Common Stock would receive in such Reorganization Event (such quotient rounded down to the nearest cent).

 

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(ii) In the case of a Reorganization Event in which the Exchange Property (determined, as appropriate, as set forth above in this Section 15 and excluding any dissenters’ appraisal rights) is composed in part of shares of Reorganization Common Stock, the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event will be equal to (x) the Initial Dividend Threshold immediately prior to the effective time of such Reorganization Event, multiplied by (y) the Reorganization Valuation Percentage for such Reorganization Event (such product rounded down to the nearest cent).

(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of a Reorganization Event in which the Exchange Property (determined, as appropriate, as set forth above in this Section 15 and excluding any dissenters’ appraisal rights) is composed entirely of consideration other than shares of common stock, the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Reorganization Event will be equal to zero.

Section 16. Transfer Agent, Registrar, and Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent. The duly appointed Transfer Agent, Registrar and Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC. The Corporation may, in its sole discretion, remove the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent in accordance with the agreement between the Corporation and the Transfer Agent, Registrar or Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent, as the case may be; provided that if the Corporation removes American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the Corporation shall appoint a successor transfer agent, registrar or conversion and dividend disbursing agent, as the case may be, who shall accept such appointment prior to the effectiveness of such removal. Upon any such removal or appointment, the Corporation shall give notice thereof to the Holders.

Section 17. Record Holders. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Corporation and the Transfer Agent may deem and treat the Holder of any shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as the true and lawful owner thereof for all purposes.

Section 18. Notices. All notices or communications in respect of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be sufficiently given if given in writing and delivered by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if given in such other manner as may be permitted in this Certificate of Designations, in the Charter or the Bylaws and by applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are represented by a Global Preferred Certificate, such notices may also be given to the Holders in any manner permitted by DTC or any similar facility used for the settlement of transactions in Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

Section 19. No Preemptive Rights. The Holders shall have no preemptive or preferential rights to purchase or subscribe for any stock, obligations, warrants or other securities of the Corporation of any class.

Section 20. Other Rights. The shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not have any rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers or relative, participating, optional or other special rights, or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, other than as set forth herein or in the Charter or as provided by applicable law.

Section 21. Book-Entry Form.

(a) The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent global shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in definitive, fully registered form eligible for book-entry settlement with the global legend as set forth on the form of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate attached hereto as Exhibit A (each, a “Global Preferred Certificate” and the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Global Preferred Certificate, the “Global Preferred Shares”), which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made part of this Certificate of Designations. The Global Preferred Certificates may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or agreements to which the Corporation is subject, if any, or usage (provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Corporation). The Global Preferred Certificates shall be deposited on behalf of the Holders represented thereby with the Registrar, at its New York office as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary, duly executed by the Corporation and countersigned and registered by the Registrar as hereinafter provided. The aggregate number of shares represented by each Global Preferred Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Registrar and the Depositary or its nominee as hereinafter provided.

 

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This Section 21(a) shall apply only to a Global Preferred Certificate deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary. The Corporation shall execute and the Registrar shall, in accordance with this Section 21(a), countersign and deliver any Global Preferred Certificate that (i) shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of the Depositary and (ii) shall be delivered by the Registrar to Cede & Co. or pursuant to instructions received from Cede & Co. or held by the Registrar as custodian for the Depositary pursuant to an agreement between the Depositary and the Registrar. Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Certificate of Designations with respect to any Global Preferred Share held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Registrar as the custodian of the Depositary, or under such Global Preferred Share, and the Depositary may be treated by the Corporation, the Registrar and any agent of the Corporation or the Registrar as the absolute owner of such Global Preferred Share for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Corporation, the Registrar or any agent of the Corporation or the Registrar from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Preferred Share. The Holder of the Global Preferred Shares may grant proxies or otherwise authorize any Person to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take pursuant to the Global Preferred Shares, this Certificate of Designations or the Charter.

Owners of beneficial interests in Global Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, unless (x) the Depositary notifies the Corporation that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Preferred Shares and the Corporation does not appoint a qualified replacement for the Depositary within 90 days or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act and the Corporation does not appoint a qualified replacement for the Depositary within 90 days. In any such case, the Global Preferred Certificates shall be exchanged in whole for definitive stock certificates that are not issued in global form, with the same terms and of an equal aggregate Liquidation Preference, and such definitive stock certificates shall be registered in the name or names of the Person or Persons specified by the Depositary in a written instrument to the Registrar.

(b) Signature. Any two authorized Officers shall sign each Global Preferred Certificate for the Corporation, in accordance with the Corporation’s Bylaws and applicable Delaware law, by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Global Preferred Certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Registrar countersigned such Global Preferred Certificate, such Global Preferred Certificate shall be valid nevertheless. A Global Preferred Certificate shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Registrar manually countersigns such Global Preferred Certificate. Each Global Preferred Certificate shall be dated the date of its countersignature. The foregoing paragraph shall likewise apply to any certificate representing shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

Section 22. Listing. The Corporation hereby covenants and agrees that, if its listing application for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is approved by NYSE, upon such listing, the Corporation shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock listed on NYSE.

If the Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, shall be listed on NYSE or any other stock exchange, the Depositary may, with the written approval of the Corporation, appoint a registrar (acceptable to the Corporation) for registration of such Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, in accordance with the requirements of such exchange. Such registrar (which may be the Registrar if so permitted by the requirements of such exchange) may be removed and a substitute registrar appointed by the Registrar upon the request or with the written approval of the Corporation. If the Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, are listed on one or more other stock exchanges, the Registrar will, at the request and expense of the Corporation, arrange such facilities for the delivery, transfer, surrender and exchange of such Global Preferred Share or Global Preferred Shares, as the case may be, and the Global Preferred Certificate or Global Preferred Certificates representing such shares as may be required by law or applicable stock exchange regulations.

Section 23. Stock Certificates.

(a) Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be represented by stock certificates substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit A hereto.

 

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(b) Stock certificates representing shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be signed by any two authorized Officers of the Corporation, in accordance with the Bylaws and applicable Delaware law, by manual or facsimile signature.

(c) A stock certificate representing shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be valid until manually countersigned by an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. Each stock certificate representing shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be dated the date of its countersignature.

(d) If any Officer of the Corporation who has signed a stock certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Transfer Agent and Registrar countersigns the stock certificate, the stock certificate shall be valid nonetheless.

Section 24. Replacement Certificates. If any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Corporation shall, at the expense of the Holder, issue, in exchange and in substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate, or in lieu of and substitution for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate of like tenor and representing an equivalent Liquidation Preference of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, but only upon receipt of evidence of such loss, theft or destruction of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate and indemnity, if requested, reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation and the Transfer Agent.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Designations to be signed by Jessica L. Lomm, its Vice President and Secretary, this 11th day of August, 2023.

 

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
By:   /s/ Jessica L. Lomm
  Name: Jessica L. Lomm
  Title: Vice President and Secretary


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF 6.75% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK CERTIFICATE]

[INCLUDE FOR GLOBAL PREFERRED SHARES]

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO SHARES. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE TRANSFER AGENT NAMED ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.


Certificate Number [    ] [Initial] Number of Shares of Mandatory

Convertible Preferred Stock [    ]

CUSIP: 03769M 304

ISIN: US03769M3043

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

(par value $0.00001 per share)

(Liquidation Preference as specified below)

Apollo Global Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that [    ] (the “Holder”), is the registered owner of [    ] [the number shown on Schedule I hereto of] fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation’s designated 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, with a par value of $0.00001 per share and a Liquidation Preference of $50.00 per share (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”). The shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are transferable on the books and records of the Registrar, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designations, rights, restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented hereby are and shall in all respects be subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Designations of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of Apollo Global Management, Inc. dated August 11, 2023 as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Designations”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Certificate of Designations. The Corporation will provide a copy of the Certificate of Designations to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Corporation at its principal place of business. In the case of any conflict between this Certificate and the Certificate of Designations, the provisions of the Certificate of Designations shall control and govern.

Reference is hereby made to the provisions of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth on the reverse hereof and in the Certificate of Designations, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Upon receipt of this executed certificate, the Holder is bound by the Certificate of Designations and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.

Unless the Transfer Agent and Registrar have properly countersigned, these shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Certificate of Designations or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this certificate has been executed on behalf of the Corporation by the below authorized Officers of the Corporation this [    ] of [    ] [    ].

 

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

By:

 

/s/

 

Name:

 

Title:

By:

 

/s/

 

Name:

 

Title:


COUNTERSIGNATURE

These are shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock referred to in the within-mentioned Certificate of Designations.

Dated: [    ], [    ]

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

as Transfer Agent and Registrar

By:

   
 

Name:

 

Title:


[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR 6.75% SERIES A

MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK]

Cumulative dividends on each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be payable at the applicable rate provided in the Certificate of Designations when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors.

The shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock shall be convertible in the manner and accordance with the terms set forth in the Certificate of Designations.

The Corporation shall furnish without charge to each Holder who so requests the powers, designations, limitations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class or series of stock of the Corporation and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.


NOTICE OF CONVERSION

(To be Executed by the Holder

in order to Convert 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the “Conversion”) 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”), of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), represented by stock certificate No(s). [    ] (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Certificates”), into common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) according to the conditions of the Certificate of Designations of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”), as of the date written below. Holders that submit shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period shall be deemed to have exercised their Fundamental Change Conversion Right.

If Common Stock is to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto, if any. Each Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Certificate (or evidence of loss, theft or destruction thereof) is attached hereto.

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

 

Date of Conversion:

   
Applicable Conversion Rate:    
Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be Converted:    
Shares of Common Stock to be Issued:*    
Signature:    
Name:    
Address:**    
Fax No.:    

 

*

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

 

**

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


ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers the shares of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby to:

(Insert assignee’s social security or taxpayer identification number, if any)

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

and irrevocably appoints:

as agent to transfer the shares of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.

 

Date:
Signature:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 

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

 

Signature Guarantee:                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

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


SCHEDULE I

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

Global Preferred Certificate

6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

Certificate Number:

The number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock initially represented by this Global Preferred Certificate shall be [    ]. Thereafter the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall note changes in the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced by this Global Preferred Certificate in the table set forth below:

 

Amount of Decrease in Number of Shares
Represented by this Global Preferred
Certificate

   Amount of
Increase in
Number of Shares
Represented by
this Global
Preferred
Certificate
   Number of Shares
Represented by
this Global
Preferred
Certificate
following Decrease
or Increase
   Signature of
Authorized
Officer of
Transfer Agent
and Registrar

 

(I)

Attach Schedule I only to Global Preferred Certificate.

Exhibit 5.1

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6064

212-373-3000

212-757-3990

August 11, 2023

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

9 West 57th Street, 42nd Floor

New York, New York 10019

Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-271275)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Apollo Global Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (File No. 333-271275) (the “Registration Statement”), which became effective on April 14, 2023. You have asked us to furnish our opinion as to the legality of the issuance by the Company of 28,750,000 shares of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”) which are registered under the Registration Statement and which are being sold today pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 8, 2023 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among representatives signatories thereto, as representatives of the underwriters named on Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”) and the Company.

In connection with the furnishing of this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents:

1.    the Registration Statement;

2.    the preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 7, 2023 (the “Preliminary Prospectus”);

3.    the pricing term sheet dated August 8, 2023 set forth on Schedule III to the Underwriting Agreement;


4.    the final prospectus supplement dated August 8, 2023 (the “Final Prospectus”);

5.     the Underwriting Agreement; and

6.    the Certificate of Designations of the 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”).

In addition, we have examined (i) such corporate records of the Company that we have considered appropriate, including a copy of the amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the amended and restated bylaws of the Company, certified by the Company as in effect on the date of this letter, (ii) copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company and the pricing committee of the board of directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Shares certified by the Company, and (iii) such other certificates, agreements and documents as we deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below.

We have also relied upon oral and written statements of officers and representatives of the Company, the representations and warranties of the Company made in the Underwriting Agreement as to factual matters and upon certificates of public officials and the officers of the Company.

In our examination of the documents referred to above, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals who have executed any of the documents reviewed by us, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, reproduced or conformed copies of valid existing agreements or other documents, the authenticity of all such latter documents and that the statements regarding matters of fact in the certificates, records, agreements, instruments and documents that we have examined are accurate and complete.

Based upon the above, and subject to the stated assumptions, exceptions and qualifications, we are of the opinion that:

1.    The Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when issued, delivered and paid for as contemplated in the Final Prospectus and in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

2.    Upon their issuance in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designations, the shares of common stock, par value $0.00001, of the Company issuable upon the conversion of the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

The opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the State of New York, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the federal laws of the United States of America. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to the laws, and the rules, regulations and orders under those laws, that are currently in effect.

 

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We hereby consent to use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” in the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement and in the Final Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP

 

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Exhibit 99.1

Execution Version

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

25,000,000 Shares of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

August 8, 2023


Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

As Representatives of the Underwriters

c/o Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

c/o Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

500 West 33rd Street, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10001

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Apollo Global Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), proposes to issue and sell to the several parties named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as representatives, an aggregate of 25,000,000 shares of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, with an initial liquidation preference of $50.00 per share (the “Preferred Stock”) of the Issuer (the “Underwritten Shares”), and, at the option of the Representatives, up to an additional 3,750,000 shares of the Preferred Stock (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Securities.” The Preferred Stock will be convertible into a variable number of shares of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Issuer (the “Common Stock”), and such shares of Common Stock into which the Securities are convertible, together with any shares of Common Stock delivered in payment of dividends on the Securities or upon redemption of the Securities, are hereinafter referred to as the “Underlying Shares.” The terms of the Preferred Stock will be set forth in the Certificate of Designations (the “Certificate of Designations”) to be filed by the Issuer under applicable Delaware law as an amendment to the Issuer’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

The Issuer has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-271275) covering the public offering and sale of certain securities, including the Securities, under the Act, which automatic shelf registration statement became effective under Rule 462(e). Such registration statement, as of any time, means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto at such time, including the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430B, is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement;” provided, however, that the “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means such registration statement as amended by any post-effective amendments thereto as of the time of the first contract of sale for

 

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the Securities, which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of such registration statement with respect to the Securities within the meaning of paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 430B, including the exhibits and schedules thereto as of such time, the documents incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference therein at such time pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to the Rule 430B. Each preliminary prospectus used in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, are collectively referred to herein as a “Preliminary Prospectus.” Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Issuer will prepare and file a final prospectus relating to the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b). The final prospectus, in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, are collectively referred to herein as the “Prospectus.” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system) (“EDGAR”).

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “contained,” “included” or “stated” (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include all such financial statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the Execution Time; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the Execution Time. The use of the neuter in this Agreement shall include the feminine and masculine wherever appropriate. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 25 hereof.

1. Representations and Warranties. The Issuer represents and warrants to and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:

(a) The Issuer meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act. The Registration Statement, including the Base Prospectus contained therein, is an “automatic shelf registration statement” (as defined in Rule 405) and the Securities have been and remain eligible for registration by the Issuer on such automatic shelf registration statement. Such Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective under the Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Issuer’s knowledge, contemplated. The Issuer has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.

 

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Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time of its effectiveness and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2), complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Act. Each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with this offering was identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were filed with the Commission, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

(b) Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto, at its effective time, on the Closing Date or on any Additional Closing Date, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of the Applicable Time, the Disclosure Package did not include, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), on the Closing Date or on any Additional Closing Date, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

The representations and warranties in this subsection 1(b) shall not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information so furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.

(c) No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, and any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. Any offer that is a written communication relating to the Securities made prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement by the Issuer or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this paragraph only, of Rule 163(c)) has been filed with the Commission in accordance with the exemption provided by Rule 163 and otherwise complied with the requirements of Rule 163, including without limitation the legending requirement, to qualify such offer for the exemption from Section 5(c) of the Act provided by Rule 163. The Issuer (including its agents and representatives, other than the

 

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Underwriters in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to, and the Issuer will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Registration Statement, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus, (iii) the Prospectus, (iv) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (v) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 5(l).

(d) (A) At the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Issuer or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163, and (D) as of the Applicable Time, the Issuer was and is a “well-known seasoned issuer” (as defined in Rule 405).

(e) At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Issuer or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and at the date hereof, the Issuer was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.

(f) The Issuer is subject to and in full compliance with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

(g) Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of the Apollo Entities has sustained any material loss or interference with its business, there have been no transactions entered into by any of the Apollo Entities, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Apollo Entities taken as a whole and there has not been any change in the capital stock, other than any change pursuant to the Issuer’s share repurchase program, or long term debt of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, net assets or results of operations of the Apollo Entities, taken as a whole, or the Issuer (each such change or development, a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(h) Each of the Apollo Entities has good and marketable title to all personal property owned by it, in each case free and clear of all pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances except such as are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or 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 Apollo Entities; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Apollo Entities are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; none of the Apollo Entities hold any ownership interests in any material real property.

 

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(i) The Issuer has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, has been duly qualified as a corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification; each of the other Apollo Entities and the Apollo Funds has been duly formed and is validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except to the extent that the failure to have such power and authority or to be so qualified or be in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Except in each case as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock, partnership interests, member interests or other equity interests of each Subsidiary that are owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer (i) have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid (in the case of any Subsidiaries that are organized as limited liability companies, limited partnerships or other business entities, to the extent required under the applicable limited liability company, limited partnership or other organizational agreement) and non-assessable (except in the case of interests held by general partners or similar entities under the applicable laws of other jurisdictions, in the case of any Subsidiaries that are organized as limited liability companies, as such non-assessability may be affected by Section 18-607 or Section 18-804 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or similar provisions under the applicable laws of other jurisdictions or the applicable limited liability company agreement and, in the case of any Subsidiaries that are organized as limited partnerships, as such non-assessability may be affected by Section 17-607 or Section 17-804 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act or similar provisions under the applicable laws of other jurisdictions or the applicable limited partnership agreement) and (ii) are owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest or any other claim of any third party.

(k) The Issuer has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Issuer have been duly and validly authorized and issued, and the holders thereof are not liable to the Issuer to make any additional capital contributions with respect to such shares; and such issued shares of capital stock conform to the description of the stock contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.

(l) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights to purchase, agreements or other obligations to issue, or rights to convert any obligation into or exchange any securities for, limited partner interests or other ownership interests in any of the Apollo Entities or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for partner interests or other ownership interests in any Apollo Entity.

 

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(m) Prior to the date hereof, no Apollo Entity has and, to the best knowledge of the Issuer, no Affiliate of an Apollo Entity and no person acting on behalf of any Apollo Entity or any Affiliate of an Apollo Entity has (a) taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities, to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Securities, (b) sold, bid for, purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Securities, or (c) paid or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase the Securities, other than as contemplated in this Agreement.

(n) The compliance by the Issuer with all of the provisions of this Agreement, the Certificate of Designation (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”), the issuance and sale of the Securities, the issuance of a number of Underlying Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Shares (as defined in Section 1(v) hereof) issuable by the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designation and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Transaction Documents, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation by it of the transactions herein and therein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which any Apollo Entity or any Apollo Fund is a party or by which any Apollo Entity or any Apollo Fund is bound or to which any of the property or assets of any Apollo Entity or any Apollo Fund is subject, except for such conflicts, breaches or defaults that, singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of any Apollo Entity, or any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over any Apollo Entity or any of their properties, except, other than in the case of any organizational documents of any Apollo Entity, such violations that, singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the compliance with the provisions of the Transaction Documents by the Issuer or the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or therein by the Issuer, including the sale of the Securities and the issuance of a number of Underlying Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Shares issuable by the Issuer in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designation, or the execution, delivery and performance of the Certificate of Designation and the Securities, except for (a) the filing of the Certificate of Designation with the State of Delaware, (b) any such consents, approvals, authorizations, filings or orders the absence of which would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) any such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as have already been obtained or may be required under the Act, the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), state securities or “Blue Sky” laws or the rules of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) in connection with the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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(o) No Apollo Entity and, to the knowledge of the Issuer, none of the Apollo Funds is (a) in violation of any of its organizational documents or (b) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any credit agreement, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except for, in the case of clause (b), such defaults that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) The statements set forth in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of Capital Stock—Common Stock,” “Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock,” “Underwriting” and “Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein are accurate, complete and fair in all material respects.

(q) No Apollo Entity is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends, from making any other distribution on its partner interests, capital stock or other equity interests, from repaying any loans or advances to it from any Apollo Entity or from transferring any of its property or assets to any Apollo Entity, except as described in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(r) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened, against or affecting any Apollo Entity or any Apollo Fund that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the properties or assets of any Apollo Entity or any Apollo Fund or on the power or ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

(s) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer.

(t) The Securities to be issued and sold by the Issuer to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly and validly authorized and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein, and upon the filing and effectiveness of the Certificate of Designation, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Securities is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights that have not been duly waived.

(u) The Certificate of Designation has been duly authorized by the Issuer and will have been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer and duly filed pursuant to applicable Delaware law on or before the Closing Date. The holders of the Preferred Stock will have the rights set forth in the Certificate of Designation upon filing of the Certificate of Designation under applicable Delaware law.

 

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(v) The Securities will be convertible into shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designation; a number of Underlying Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Shares (as defined below) has been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate actions of the Issuer; all Underlying Shares, when issued upon such conversion or delivery (as the case may be) in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designation, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights. As used herein, “Maximum Number of Underlying Shares” means the product of (A) the sum of (x) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the initial maximum conversion rate per share of the Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designation and (y) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable by the Issuer in respect of dividends payable per share of Preferred Stock (whether or not declared), multiplied by (B) the aggregate number of Securities (assuming the exercise in full of the option set forth in Section 2 herein), in each case in accordance with the terms of the Certificate of Designation.

(w) The Issuer is not, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not be, an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act.

(x) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have issued an independent auditors report on the financial statements of, (i) for the periods on or before December 31, 2021, Apollo Asset Management, Inc. (f/k/a Apollo Global Management, Inc.) and its subsidiaries and (ii) for the periods subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Issuer and its subsidiaries, as of December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, are independent public accountants as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(y) Each of the Apollo Entities maintains systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, including, but not limited to internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (a) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (b) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (c) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (d) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

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(z) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting. The Issuer’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Issuer have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Issuer’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Issuer’s internal control over financial reporting.

(aa) The Issuer maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Issuer and its subsidiaries is made known to the Issuer’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

(bb) The financial statements (including the related notes) of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries included in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Issuer and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates shown and its results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the information required to be stated therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the Act. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or incorporated by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act, to the extent applicable.

(cc) All tax returns required to be filed by the Apollo Entities and the Apollo Funds in all jurisdictions have been timely and duly filed, other than those filings being contested in good faith and except where the failure to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no tax returns of the Apollo Entities and the Apollo Funds that are currently being audited by state, local or federal taxing authorities or agencies (and with respect to which any Apollo Entity or any Apollo Fund has received notice), except where the findings of such audit would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All taxes, including withholding taxes, penalties and interest, assessments, fees and other charges, due or claimed to be due from such entities, have been paid, other than those being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided or those currently payable without penalty or interest or those that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(dd) [Reserved.]

(ee) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries maintains insurance covering its properties, operations, personnel and businesses that insures against such losses and risks as are adequate in accordance with its reasonable business judgment to protect the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and their businesses, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ff) The Issuer is not required to be registered, licensed or qualified as an investment adviser or a broker-dealer or as a commodity trading advisor, a commodity pool operator or a futures commission merchant or any or all of the foregoing, as applicable; each of the Subsidiaries that is required to be registered, licensed or qualified as an investment adviser or a broker-dealer or as a commodity trading advisor, a commodity pool operator or a futures commission merchant or any or all of the foregoing, as applicable, is so registered, licensed or qualified in each jurisdiction where the conduct of its business requires such registration, license or qualification (and such registration, license or qualification is in full force and effect), and is in compliance with all applicable laws requiring any such registration, licensing or qualification, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or where the failure to be so registered, licensed or qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(gg) The Issuer is not a party to any investment advisory agreement; each investment advisory agreement to which any of the Subsidiaries is a party is a valid and legally binding obligation of the Subsidiaries party thereto and in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), except such as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Subsidiaries is in breach or violation of or in default under any such agreement which breach, violation, default or invalidity has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(hh) Each of the Apollo Funds that is required to be registered with the Commission as an investment company under the Investment Company Act (i) is duly registered with the Commission as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, and (ii) is in compliance with Federal Securities Laws (as defined below), except, with respect to each of (i) and (ii), for such failure to be so registered or to have adopted such programs as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Federal Securities Laws” shall mean the Investment Company Act, the Advisers Act, the Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, Title V of the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act and the rules adopted by the Commission thereunder, as well as certain applicable provisions under the Bank Secrecy Act and any rules adopted thereunder by the Commission or the Department of the Treasury.

 

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(ii) Consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not constitute an “assignment” within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act (and the rules and regulations thereunder) or the Advisers Act (and the rules and regulations thereunder) of any of the investment advisory contracts to which any of the Subsidiaries is a party; nor will consummation of such transactions adversely affect in any material respect the ability of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries to conduct their respective businesses in compliance with applicable law as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including, but not limited to, providing investment advisory services to clients and funds, whether or not such funds are registered under the Investment Company Act.

(jj) None of the Apollo Entities or the Apollo Funds, or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any director, officer, employee or agent associated with or acting on behalf of any Apollo Entity or the Apollo Funds, has violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder or the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom and the rules and regulations thereunder; or made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; and the Issuer has instituted and maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance therewith. Neither the Apollo Entities nor the Apollo Funds 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 each case, in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws.

(kk) The operations of the Apollo Entities and the Apollo Funds are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any applicable related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Apollo Entities or the Apollo Funds with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(ll) None of the Apollo Entities or the Apollo Funds or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any of their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or Affiliates, is currently subject to any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”)), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, HM Treasury, or any other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”). None of the Apollo Entities or the Apollo Funds will use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities in any manner that results in a violation of Sanctions by any person or entity.

(mm) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (i) (x) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries take all commercially reasonable efforts to protect the integrity, security, redundancy and continuous operation of the information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data, equipment or technology used in connection with their businesses (collectively, “IT

 

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Systems and Data”), (y) the IT Systems and Data are free and clear of all errors, defects, Trojan horses, time bombs, malware and other corruptants and (z) there have been no breaches, suspected breaches, violations, outages, unauthorized uses of or access to, or other compromise to the IT Systems and Data; and (ii) the Issuer and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with, and have no knowledge of any noncompliance with, applicable laws or statutes, judgments, orders, rules or regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.

(nn) The Issuer and its Subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) used in the operation of the business as now operated, except where the failure to own or possess such rights would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Issuer and its Subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement, misappropriation or conflict with the asserted rights of others in connection with its patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and know-how, which would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(oo) [Reserved.]

(pp) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), subject to Title IV of ERISA, that is maintained, administered or contributed to by the Issuer or any of its Affiliates, that together with the Issuer would be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA (“ERISA Affiliates”), for employees or former employees of the Issuer and its ERISA Affiliates, including, without limitation, any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of applicable orders and laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, for which the Issuer would have any liability, excluding transactions effected pursuant to a class, statutory or administrative exemption, has occurred in the three years prior to the date of this Agreement with respect to any such plan; (iii) no such plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has failed to satisfy the “minimum funding standards” within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code in the three years prior to the date of this Agreement, whether or not waived; (iv) no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA), other than a reportable event for which the notice period referred to in Section 4043(c) of ERISA has been waived, has occurred in the three years prior to the date of this Agreement with respect to any such plan for which the Issuer would have any liability; and (v) neither the Issuer nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred in the six years prior to the date of this Agreement, or, as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any such plan; provided, however, that for purposes of clauses (i) through (v) above, such representations with respect to any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA shall be made to the knowledge of the Issuer.

 

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(qq) The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included in or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly present the information called for in all material respects and are prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(rr) Except as disclosed in the Preliminary Prospectus, there are no persons with registration rights or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities, including securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities, registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Issuer under the Act.

2. Purchase and Sale. Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Issuer agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Issuer the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule I hereto at a price per share (the “Purchase Price”) of $48.75; it being understood that the aggregate purchase price for the Underwritten Shares is $1,218,750,000. In addition, the Issuer agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, solely to cover over-allotments, severally and not jointly, from the Issuer, the Option Shares at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Issuer and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Issuer by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Securities as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make. The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Representatives to the Issuer. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered (the “Additional Closing Date”) and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date or later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement). Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein (unless such date and time is the same date and time as the Closing Date).

3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Shares shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on August 11, 2023, or at such time on such later date not more than three Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and

 

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the Issuer or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Underwritten Shares being herein called the “Closing Date”). In addition, in the event that the Underwriters elect to purchase any or all of the Option Shares, delivery of and payment for such Option Shares shall be made on such Additional Closing Date as specified in the notice from the Representatives to the Issuer. Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the Purchase Price thereof to or upon the order of the Issuer by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to the account specified by the Issuer. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

4. Offering by the Underwriters. The Issuer understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Securities as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Securities on the terms set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Issuer acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.

5. Agreements. The Issuer agrees with each Underwriter that:

(a) The Issuer, subject to Section 5(c), will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Representatives immediately, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if the Issuer becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Issuer will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Issuer will make every reasonable effort to prevent the issuance of any stop order, prevention or suspension and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Issuer shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Filing Fee Table” exhibit in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or in an exhibit to a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

 

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(b) The Issuer will not amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the Prospectus other than by the Issuer filing documents under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference therein, without the prior written consent of the Representatives; provided, however, that prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters (as defined by the Underwriters), the Issuer will not file any document under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus unless, prior to such proposed filing, the Issuer uses reasonable efforts to furnish the Representatives with a copy of such document for their review. The Issuer will promptly advise the Representatives when any document filed under the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission.

(c) The Issuer will comply with the Act and the Exchange Act so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required by the Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Issuer, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, the Issuer will promptly (A) give the Representatives notice of such event; (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, within a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Representatives with copies of any such amendment or supplement; and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided that the Issuer shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall object. The Issuer will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Issuer has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act or the rules thereunder within 48 hours prior to the Applicable Time; the Issuer will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any such filing from the Applicable Time to the Closing Date and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

(d) The Issuer has furnished or will deliver to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

 

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(e) The Issuer has delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Issuer hereby consents to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the Act. The Issuer will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(f) The Issuer will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Act.

(g) The Issuer will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale by the Underwriters under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate (including Japan and certain provinces of Canada) and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the sale of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Issuer be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. The Issuer will promptly advise the Representatives of its receipt of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

(h) The Issuer will cooperate with the Representatives and use its best efforts to permit the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through The Depository Trust Company.

(i) The Issuer will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds.”

(j) The Issuer will not for the period between the Execution Time and 30 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Lock-up Period”), without the prior written consent of the Representatives, (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the SEC a registration statement under the Act relating to any common stock, securities similar to or ranking on par with or senior to the common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the common stock or any such similar, parity or senior securities, or publicly

 

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disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the common stock or any such similar, parity or senior securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of common stock or any such similar, parity or senior securities, in cash or otherwise.

The restrictions described above do not apply to (i) the issuance of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or options (including net exercise) or the settlement of restricted stock units (including net settlement), in each case outstanding on the date of this Agreement and described in the Prospectus; (ii) grants of stock options, stock awards, restricted stock, restricted stock units, or other equity awards and the issuance of shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock (whether upon the exercise of stock options or otherwise) to or in respect of the Issuer’s employees, officers, directors, advisors, or consultants pursuant to the terms of an equity compensation plan in effect as of the Closing Date and described in the Prospectus, or a successor thereto; (iii) the issuance of shares of Common Stock issuable as dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; (iv) the issuance of shares of Common Stock in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, business, property or other assets of another person or business entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition or (v) the issuance of shares of Common Stock, of restricted stock awards or of options to purchase shares of Common Stock, in each case, in connection with joint ventures, commercial relationships or other strategic transactions; provided that, in the case of immediately preceding clauses (iv) and (v), the aggregate number of restricted stock awards and shares of Common Stock issued in connection with, or issuable pursuant to the exercise of any options issued in connection with, all such acquisitions and other transactions does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately following the consummation of the offering of the Securities and the recipient of the shares of Common Stock agrees in writing to be bound by the same terms described in the agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A; (vi) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to securities granted or to be granted pursuant to any plan in effect on the date of this Agreement and described in the Prospectus or any assumed benefit plan pursuant to an acquisition or similar strategic transaction; or (vii) the issuance, if any, of Underlying Shares pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 1(j) shall restrict the Issuer and its subsidiaries from offering or issuing debt securities.

(k) The Issuer, during the period when a Prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act.

 

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(l) The Issuer agrees that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representatives, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Issuer with the Commission or retained by the Issuer under Rule 433; provided that the Representatives will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule II hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed by the Representatives. The Issuer represents that it has treated or agrees that it will treat each such free writing prospectus consented to, or deemed consented to, by the Representatives as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that it has complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Issuer will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission.

(m) The Issuer will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to, or that has constituted or that might reasonably be expected to, cause or result, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Issuer to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(n) The Issuer will, for a period of twelve months following the Execution Time, furnish to the Representatives (i) all reports or other communications (financial or other) regarding the Issuer generally made available to its security holders, and deliver such reports and communications to the Representatives as soon as they are available, unless such documents are furnished to, or filed with, the Commission or any securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Issuer is listed and generally made available to the public and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Issuer as the Representatives may from time to time reasonably request (such statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Issuer and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its security holders).

(o) The Issuer will file a registration statement with the Commission with respect to the Preferred Stock on Form 8-A pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, which registration statement will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act.

(p) The Issuer agrees to pay the costs and expenses relating to the following matters: (i) the preparation, printing or reproduction and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits) as originally filed and each amendment thereto; (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto; (iii) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for counting and packaging) of such copies of the Registration Statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and

 

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the Prospectus, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may, in each case, be reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iv) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of the Securities; (v) any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (vi) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of the Transaction Documents, any blue sky memorandum and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (vii) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states, Japan, the provinces of Canada and any other jurisdictions specified pursuant to Section 5(g) (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (viii) the fees and expenses for any transfer agent or registrar for the Securities, (ix) the fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities on the NYSE; (x) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of representatives of the Issuer (other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities; (xi) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with, the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities; (xii) the fees and expenses of the Issuer’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Issuer in respect of the transactions contemplated hereby; (xiii) any fees charged by the rating agencies for the rating of the Securities; and (xiv) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Issuer of their obligations hereunder.

(q) The Issuer will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Securities and a number of Underlying Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Shares on the NYSE within 30 days after the Closing Date.

(r) The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as executed by the executive officers and directors of the Issuer listed on Exhibit B hereto relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect during the Lock-up Period. During the Lock-up Period, the Issuer will not cause or permit any waiver, release, modification or amendment of any such stop transfer instructions or stop transfer procedures without the prior written consent of the Representatives.

(s) The Issuer will reserve, and keep available at all times, beginning at the Closing Date, a number of Underlying Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Shares, free of preemptive or similar rights, for the purpose of issuance upon conversion of the Securities and payment of dividends on the Securities, as applicable.

(t) The Issuer will, during the period from and including the date hereof through and including the earlier of (a) the purchase by the Underwriters of all of the Option Shares and (b) the expiration of the Underwriters’ option to purchase Option Shares, not do or authorize or cause any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the “fixed conversion rates” (as defined in the Disclosure Package) of the Preferred Stock.

 

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6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Issuer contained herein at the Execution Time, the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, to the accuracy of the statements of the Issuer made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Issuer of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Registration Statement has become effective and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the Issuer’s knowledge, contemplated; and the Issuer has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information. The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) and the final term sheet in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule III hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Issuer pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433. The Issuer shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).

(b) The Issuer shall have requested and caused Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, counsel for the Issuer, to furnish to the Representatives its opinion and disclosure letter, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representatives, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits C-1 and C-2, respectively.

(c) The Representatives shall have received from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Issuer shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(d) The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and signed by an executive officer of the Issuer, on behalf of the Issuer to the effect that (x) each of the signers of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, and this Agreement, (y) the representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and that the Issuer has complied with all of the agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder on or before the

 

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Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (z) since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there has been no material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise) earnings, business or properties of the Issuer and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), provided that any executive officer signing and delivering such certificate may rely upon his or her knowledge as to proceedings threatened.

(e) At the Execution Time and at the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, (i) Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Issuer, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information of (A) for the periods on or before December 31, 2021, Apollo Asset Management, Inc. (f/k/a Apollo Global Management, Inc.) and its subsidiaries and (B) for the periods subsequent to December 31, 2021, the Issuer and its subsidiaries contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (ii) PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Issuer, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements of Athene Holding Ltd. as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021 contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three Business Days prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(f) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the Disclosure Package (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been (i) any change or decrease specified in the letter or letters referred to in paragraph (e) of this Section 6; or (ii) any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise) earnings, business or properties of the Issuer and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), the effect of which, in any case referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above, is, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

 

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(g) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Issuer’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change.

(h) On or before the Closing Date, the Certificate of Designation shall have been filed under applicable Delaware law and become effective and the Issuer shall have delivered evidence of such filing and effectiveness to the Representatives.

(i) On or before the Closing Date, the Issuer shall have filed the requisite listing application with the NYSE for the listing of a number of Underlying Shares equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Shares on the NYSE (subject to adjustments as described in the Certificate of Designation).

(j) Prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Issuer shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as provided in this Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be cancelled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Issuer in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 will be delivered at the office of counsel for the Underwriters, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

7. Reimbursement of Expenses. If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 6 hereof is not satisfied, because of any termination pursuant to Section 10 hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Issuer to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Issuer, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representatives on demand for all properly documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.

 

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8. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, Affiliates and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other U.S. federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities or actions in respect thereof arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission in any Preliminary Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Prospectus of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Issuer will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information so furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Issuer may otherwise have.

(b) Each Underwriter severally, and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, each of its directors, each of its officers, and each person who controls the Issuer within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Issuer by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity in clause 8(a) above. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Issuer acknowledges that (i) the statements set forth in the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities and (ii) under the heading “Underwriting,” the thirteenth, fourteenth (other than the fourth, seventh and tenth sentences of such paragraph), fifteenth and sixteenth paragraphs related to stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters for inclusion in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any other written information used by or on behalf of the Issuer in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities, or in any amendment or supplement thereto.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 8 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 8, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party

 

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of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or 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.

(d) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 8 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, the Issuer and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, damage, liability or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Issuer and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Issuer on the one hand and by the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities; provided, however, that in no case shall any Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Issuer and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Issuer on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Issuer shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal

 

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to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Issuer on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The Issuer and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 8, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee, Affiliate and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Issuer within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each officer and director of the Issuer shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

9. Default by an Underwriter. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the number of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the number of Securities set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date; provided, however, that in the event that the number of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date shall exceed 10% of the number of Securities to be purchased on such date, the remaining Underwriters shall have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting Underwriter or the Issuer. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the Issuer or any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder.

10. Termination. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice given to the Issuer prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such time (i) trading in any securities of the Issuer shall have been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or the NYSE or trading in securities generally on the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited or minimum prices shall

 

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have been established on such exchange; (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by U.S. federal or New York State authorities; or (iii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis, in each case, the effect of which on financial markets is material and adverse and which, singly or together with any other event specified in this clause (iii), makes it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

11. Research Analyst Independence. The Issuer acknowledges that the Underwriters’ research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters’ research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Issuer hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Issuer or any Subsidiary may have against the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Issuer or any Subsidiary by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Issuer acknowledges that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the entities that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

12. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Issuer or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Issuer or any of the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof shall survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement.

13. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or emailed to Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC at 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, Attention: Registration Department or email: Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC at 1585 Broadway, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Investment Banking Division or email: prospectus@morganstanley.com and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 500 West 33rd St. 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001 or (800) 326-5897 or email a request to cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com; or, if sent to the Issuer, will be mailed, delivered or emailed to Apollo Global Management, Inc., 9 West 57th Street, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Jessica L. Lomm, Email: JLomm@apollo.com.

14. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 8 hereof and their respective successors, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.

 

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15. Jurisdiction. The Issuer agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against it brought by any Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Underwriter, or by any person who controls any Underwriter, arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any U.S. federal or New York state court located in The City of New York and County of New York, and waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding, and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding.

16. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Issuer and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.

17. Applicable Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York.

18. Waiver of Jury Trial. The Issuer 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 Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

19. No Fiduciary Duty. The Issuer hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Issuer, on the one hand, and the Underwriters and any Affiliate through which it may be acting, on the other, (b) the Underwriters are acting as principal and not as an agent or fiduciary of the Issuer and (c) the Issuer’s engagement of the Underwriters in connection with the offering and the process leading up to the offering is as independent contractors and not in any other capacity. Furthermore, the Issuer agrees that it is solely responsible for making its own judgments in connection with the offering (irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is currently advising the Issuer on related or other matters). The Issuer agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owe an agency, fiduciary or similar duty to the Issuer, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

20. Waiver of Tax Confidentiality. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, purchasers of the Securities (and each employee, representative or other agent of a purchaser) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure of any transaction contemplated herein and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the purchasers of the Securities relating to such U.S. tax treatment and U.S. tax structure, other than any information for which nondisclosure is reasonably necessary in order to comply with applicable securities laws.

 

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

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

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

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

For purposes of this Section 22: (a) “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k); (b) “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b); (c) “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and (d) “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 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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25. Definitions. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated.

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

Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D.

Applicable Time” shall mean 10:35 P.M., New York City time, on August 8, 2023 or such other time as agreed by the Issuer and the Representatives.

Apollo Entities” shall mean the Issuer and its Subsidiaries.

Apollo Funds” shall mean, collectively, all Funds (i) sponsored or promoted by any of the Subsidiaries, (ii) for which any of the Subsidiaries acts as a general partner or managing member (or in a similar capacity) or (iii) for which any of the Subsidiaries acts as an investment adviser or investment manager.

Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus, dated April 14, 2023, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act, with the Registration Statement.

Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in The City of New York.

Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses issued at or prior to the Applicable Time, (iii) the most recent Preliminary Prospectus (including any documents incorporated therein by reference) that is distributed to investors prior to the Applicable Time, (iv) the information included on Schedule II hereto and (v) the final term sheet attached as Schedule III hereto, all considered together.

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

Execution Time” shall mean the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

Fund” shall mean any collective investment vehicle (whether open-ended or closed-ended) including, without limitation, any such vehicle in the form of an investment company, a general and limited partnership, a trust and a company organized in any jurisdiction.

Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

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Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, including without limitation any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Issuer, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Issuer’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433), as evidenced by its being specified in Schedule II hereto.

Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D under the Act.

Regulation S-T” shall mean Regulation S-T under the Act.

Rule 163,” “Rule 164,” “Rule 172,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 424,” “Rule 430B,” “Rule 433,” “Rule 456,” “Rule 457” and “Rule 462” refer to such rules under the Act.

Subsidiaries” shall mean the subsidiaries of the Issuer, not including Funds managed by subsidiaries of the Issuer and entities controlled by such Funds.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Issuer and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
By:   /s/ Jessica L. Lomm
  Name:   Jessica L. Lomm
  Title:   Vice President and Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


The foregoing Agreement is hereby

confirmed and accepted as of the

date first above written.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
By:   /s/ Mike Voris
  Name: Mike Voris
  Title: Partner

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:   /s/ Timothy O’Connor
  Name: Timothy O’Connor
  Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
By:   /s/ Kevin Brillhart
  Name: Kevin Brillhart
  Title: Managing Director

For themselves and the other several

Underwriters named in Schedule I

to the foregoing Agreement

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriters

   Number of Securities to
be Purchased
 

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     5,062,500  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     5,062,500  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     2,562,500  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     1,875,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     1,875,000  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     1,875,000  

UBS Securities LLC

     1,875,000  

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     1,312,500  

Apollo Global Securities, LLC

     1,250,000  

Academy Securities, Inc.

     187,500  

Blaylock Van, LLC

     187,500  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

     187,500  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     187,500  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     187,500  

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

     187,500  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     187,500  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     187,500  

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

     187,500  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     187,500  

SG Americas Securities, LLC

     187,500  

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

     187,500  
  

 

 

 

Total

     25,000,000  
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

List of Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses (expressly included in the Disclosure Package):

The free writing prospectus dated August 8, 2023 filed with the Commission.


SCHEDULE III

Final Term Sheet


Pricing Term Sheet

 

Pricing Term Sheet    Free Writing Prospectus
dated as of August 8, 2023    Filed pursuant to Rule 433
   Supplementing the
   Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated August 7, 2023 to the
   Prospectus dated April 14, 2023
   Registration No. 333-271275

 

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Apollo Global Management, Inc.

25,000,000 Shares of 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

The information in this pricing term sheet should be read together with Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s preliminary prospectus supplement dated August 7, 2023 (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein and the related base prospectus dated April 14, 2023, each filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration No. 333-271275. Terms not defined in this pricing term sheet have the meanings given to such terms in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement. The information in this pricing term sheet supersedes the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying prospectus to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the accompanying prospectus. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars. The size of the offering was increased from the previously announced offering of 20,000,000 shares. The final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will reflect conforming changes relating to such increase in the size of the offering.

 

Issuer:

Apollo Global Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

Ticker / Exchange for the Common Stock:

APO / The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

 

Trade Date:

August 9, 2023.

 

Settlement Date:

August 11, 2023.

 

Securities Offered:

25,000,000 shares of the Issuer’s 6.75% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”).

 

Over-Allotment Option:

3,750,000 additional shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Public Offering Price:

$50.00 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Underwriting Discount:

$1.25 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Liquidation Preference:

$50.00 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Dividends:

6.75% of the liquidation preference of $50.00 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock per annum.

 

  The expected dividend payable on the first Dividend Payment Date (as defined below) is approximately $0.7500 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $0.8438 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.


Dividend Record Dates:

The January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date.

 

Dividend Payment Dates:

January 31, April 30, July 31 and October 31 of each year, commencing on October 31, 2023 to, and including, July 31, 2026.

 

Mandatory Conversion Date:

The second business day immediately following the last trading day of the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day immediately preceding July 31, 2026. The Mandatory Conversion Date is expected to be July 31, 2026.

 

Initial Price:

Approximately $82.48, which is equal to $50.00, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate (as defined below).

 

Threshold Appreciation Price:

Approximately $98.97, which represents an approximately 20% appreciation over the Initial Price and is equal to $50.00, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate (as defined below).

 

Floor Price:

$28.87 (approximately 35% of the Initial Price), subject to adjustment as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

Conversion Rate:

Upon conversion on the Mandatory Conversion Date, the conversion rate for each share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, will be not more than 0.6062 shares of the Issuer’s common stock (the “Maximum Conversion Rate”) and not less than 0.5052 shares of the Issuer’s common stock, (the “Minimum Conversion Rate”), depending on the Applicable Market Value of the Issuer’s common stock, as described below and subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments.

 

  The following table illustrates hypothetical conversion rates per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement:

 

    

 

Assumed Applicable

Market Value of

the Issuer’s common stock

  

Assumed Conversion Rate

(number of shares of the Issuer’s

common stock to be received

upon mandatory conversion of

each share of the Mandatory

Convertible Preferred Stock)

  Greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price    0.5052 shares of common stock
 

Equal to or less than the Threshold Appreciation Price but greater than or equal to the Initial Price

 

Less than the Initial Price

  

Between 0.5052 and 0.6062 shares of common stock, determined by dividing $50.00 by the Applicable Market Value

0.6062 shares of common stock


Early Conversion at the Option of the Holder:

Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period, at any time prior to July 31, 2026, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have the option to elect to convert their shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, into shares of the Issuer’s common stock at the Minimum Conversion Rate.

 

Conversion at the Option of the Holder upon Fundamental Change; Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount:

If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to July 31, 2026, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have the right to convert their shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in whole or in part, into shares of common stock (or units of exchange property (as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement)) at the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate.

 

  Holders who convert their Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock within the Fundamental Change Conversion Period will also receive a Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount and, to the extent there is any, the Accumulated Dividend Amount.

 

  The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock based on the Fundamental Change Effective Date and the Fundamental Change Stock Price:

 

     Fundamental Change Stock Price  

Fundamental Change Effective Date

   $ 30.00      $ 45.00      $ 60.00      $ 82.48      $ 90.00      $ 95.00      $ 98.97      $ 115.00      $ 130.00      $ 145.00      $ 160.00      $ 175.00  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

August 11, 2023

     0.5014        0.5211        0.5178        0.5048        0.5011        0.4991        0.4976        0.4933        0.4911        0.4900        0.4897        0.4898  

July 31, 2024

     0.5358        0.5500        0.5429        0.5215        0.5152        0.5117        0.5092        0.5017        0.4978        0.4958        0.4949        0.4947  

July 31, 2025

     0.5706        0.5802        0.5741        0.5423        0.5315        0.5252        0.5208        0.5085        0.5028        0.5004        0.4996        0.4995  

July 31, 2026

     0.6062        0.6062        0.6062        0.6062        0.5556        0.5263        0.5052        0.5052        0.5052        0.5052        0.5052        0.5052  

 

  The exact Fundamental Change Stock Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date may not be set forth on the table, in which case:

 

   

if the Fundamental Change Stock Price is between two Fundamental Change Stock Price amounts in the table or the Fundamental Change Effective Date is between two Fundamental Change Effective Dates in the table, the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower Fundamental Change Stock Price amounts and the earlier and later Fundamental Change Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;

 

   

if the Fundamental Change Stock Price is in excess of $175.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table above as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Minimum Conversion Rate; and

 

   

if the Fundamental Change Stock Price is less than $30.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table above as described in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), then the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Maximum Conversion Rate.


Discount Rate for Purposes of Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount:

The discount rate for purposes of determining the Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount is 6.07% per annum.

 

Use of Proceeds

The Issuer estimates that the net proceeds to it from the offering, after deducting the estimated underwriting discounts but before estimated offering expenses payable by it, will be approximately $1,219 million (or approximately $1,402 million if the underwriters exercise their over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in full).

 

  The Issuer expects to use the net proceeds from the offering to accelerate its Retirement Services growth, helping Athene Holding Ltd., the Issuer’s subsidiary that conducts its retirement services business, capitalize on attractive opportunities available in the current market environment.

 

Listing:

The Issuer intends to apply to list the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on the NYSE under the symbol “APO PR A” If the application is approved, the Issuer expects trading in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on the NYSE to begin within 30 days after the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is first issued.

 

CUSIP / ISIN for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:

03769M 304 / US03769M3043

 

Global Coordinators & Joint Book-Running Managers:

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
  Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
  Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

Barclays Capital Inc.
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  UBS Securities LLC
  RBC Capital Markets, LLC
  Apollo Global Securities, LLC


Co-Managers:

Academy Securities, Inc.

Blaylock Van, LLC

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

BofA Securities, Inc.

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

SG Americas Securities, LLC

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

 

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, telephone: 1-866-471-2526, facsimile: 212-902-9316, email: Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, telephone: 1-800-584-6837, email: prospectus@morganstanley.com; or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 500 West 33rd St. 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001 or (800) 326-5897 or email a request to cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com.

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF LOCK-UP


EXHIBIT B

LIST OF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE ISSUER SUBJECT TO LOCK-UP


EXHIBIT C-1

FORM OF OPINION TO BE PROVIDED BY

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP


EXHIBIT C-2

FORM OF DISCLOSURE LETTER TO BE PROVIDED BY

PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP