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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM
8-K
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
 
Date of Report: December 2, 2024
(Date of earliest event reported)
 
 
 
Commission
File Number
 
Exact Name of Registrant
as specified in its charter
 
State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization
 
IRS Employer

Identification Number
001-12609
 
PG&E CORPORATION
 
California
 
94-3234914
001-02348
 
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
California
 
94-0742640
 

 
300 Lakeside Drive
 
300 Lakeside Drive
OAKLAND, California 94612
 
OAKLAND, California 94612
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
 
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(415)
973-1000
 
(415)
973-7000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form
8-K
filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule
14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
 
 
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b)
 
 
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c)
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
 
Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange
on which registered
Common stock, no par value   PCG   The New York Stock Exchange
First preferred stock, cumulative, par value $25 per share, 6% nonredeemable  
PCG-PA
  NYSE American LLC
First preferred stock, cumulative, par value $25 per share, 5.50% nonredeemable  
PCG-PB
  NYSE American LLC
First preferred stock, cumulative, par value $25 per share, 5% nonredeemable  
PCG-PC
  NYSE American LLC
First preferred stock, cumulative, par value $25 per share, 5% redeemable  
PCG-PD
  NYSE American LLC
First preferred stock, cumulative, par value $25 per share, 5% series A redeemable  
PCG-PE
  NYSE American LLC
First preferred stock, cumulative, par value $25 per share, 4.80% redeemable  
PCG-PG
  NYSE American LLC
First preferred stock, cumulative, par value $25 per share, 4.50% redeemable  
PCG-PH
  NYSE American LLC
First preferred stock, cumulative, par value $25 per share, 4.36% redeemable  
PCG-PI
  NYSE American LLC
6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value per share   PCG-PrX   The 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 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(§240.12b-2
of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company    PG&E Corporation   
Emerging growth company    Pacific Gas and Electric 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.
 
PG&E Corporation      
Pacific Gas and Electric Company      
 
 
 

Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Offering of 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock
On December 2, 2024, PG&E Corporation entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which PG&E Corporation agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 28,000,000 shares of 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value per share (the “Preferred Stock”), with an initial liquidation preference of $50.00 per share (the “Offering”). Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, PG&E Corporation also granted to the Underwriters an option, exercisable in whole or in part at any time for a period of 30 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, to purchase up to an additional 4,200,000 shares of Preferred Stock from PG&E Corporation (the “Option”), solely to cover over-allotments. On December 3, 2024, the Underwriters exercised the Option in full.
The Offering closed on December 5, 2024. A validity opinion issued by PG&E Corporation’s counsel with respect to the Preferred Stock sold in the Offering is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
The shares of Preferred Stock were sold pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-277286), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 22, 2024 and became automatically effective. A prospectus supplement, dated December 2, 2024, relating to the shares of Preferred Stock and supplementing the prospectus dated February 22, 2024, was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act.
In connection with the Offering, PG&E Corporation filed a certificate of determination (the “Certificate of Determination”) to PG&E Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation with the Secretary of the State of California, including a form of certificate for the Preferred Stock (the “Form of Certificate”), to establish the preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Determination became effective upon the date hereof.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, Certificate of Determination and Form of Certificate are qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, Certificate of Determination and Form of Certificate, a copy of each of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1, 3.1, and 4.1, respectively, hereto and are incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 3.03.
Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
On December 5, 2024, PG&E Corporation filed the Certificate of Determination with the Secretary of State of the State of California
to
establish
the preferences, limitations and relative rights of the Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Determination became effective on December 5, 2024.
Subject to certain exceptions, so long as any share of Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividend or distribution will be declared or paid on the common stock, no par value per share (“Common Stock”), of PG&E Corporation or any other shares of junior stock, and no Common Stock or other junior stock or parity stock will be, directly or indirectly, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for consideration by PG&E Corporation or any of its subsidiaries unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid upon, or a sufficient sum or number of shares of Common Stock have been set apart for the payment of such dividends upon, all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock.
Unless converted earlier, each share of Preferred Stock will automatically convert on or around December 1, 2027 into between 1.9465 and 2.4331 shares of Common Stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon mandatory conversion of each share of Preferred Stock on or around December 1, 2027, will be determined based on the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock over the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day prior to December 1, 2027. Other than during a fundamental change conversion period (as defined in the Certificate of Determination), at any time prior to the mandatory conversion date, a holder of Preferred Stock may convert each share of Preferred Stock into a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the minimum conversion rate of 1.9465, subject to certain anti-dilution and other adjustments.
Dividends on the Preferred Stock will be payable on a cumulative basis when, as and if declared by PG&E Corporation’s board of directors (or an authorized committee thereof) at an annual rate of 6.000% on the liquidation preference of $50.00 per share of Preferred Stock. PG&E Corporation may pay declared dividends in cash or, subject to certain limitations, in shares of Common Stock or in any combination of cash and Common Stock on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on, and including March 1, 2025 and ending on, and including, December 1, 2027.
In addition, in the event of PG&E Corporation’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation,
 
winding-up
 
or dissolution, each holder of Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, out of the assets of PG&E Corporation has legally available for distribution to its shareholders, a liquidation preference in the amount of $50.00 per share of the Preferred Stock, plus an amount equal to accumulated and unpaid dividends on the shares to, but excluding, the date fixed for liquidation,
 
winding-up
 
or dissolution to be paid out of PG&E Corporation’s assets available for distribution to its shareholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to its creditors and holders of any senior stock and before any payment or distribution is made to holders of junior stock, including the Common Stock
.

Item 5.03.
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
To the extent required by Item 5.03 of Form
 
8-K,
 
the information regarding the Certificate of Determination contained in Item 3.03 of this report is incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 8.01.
Other Events.
On December 2, 2024, PG&E Corporation issued press releases announcing the launch and subsequent pricing of the Offering, which press releases were previously filed by PG&E Corporation on Form 8-K on December 4, 2024, and are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and incorporated by reference herein.
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
No.
  
Description
 1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2024, by and among PG&E Corporation and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.
 3.1    Certificate of Determination of 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of PG&E Corporation, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California and effective as of December 5, 2024.
 4.1    Form of Certificate for 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (included within Exhibit 3.1).
 5.1    Opinion of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP.
23.1    Consent of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1    Press Release, dated December 2, 2024 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated December 2, 2024 (File No. 1-12609), Exhibit 99.1).
99.2    Press Release, dated December 2, 2024 (incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form 8-K dated December 2, 2024 (File No. 1-12609), Exhibit 99.2).
104    Cover Page Interactive Data
File-the
cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be si
gne
d on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
PG&E CORPORATION
Date: December 5, 2024
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Carolyn J. Burke
 
 
Name:
 
Carolyn J. Burke
 
 
Title:
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Date: December 5, 2024
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Stephanie N. Williams
 
 
Name:
 
Stephanie N. Williams
 
 
Title:
 
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller
 

Exhibit 1.1

Execution Version

PG&E Corporation

28,000,000 Shares of 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, No Par Value

Underwriting Agreement

New York, New York

December 2, 2024

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

As Representatives of the several Underwriters

named in Schedule I hereto

Ladies and Gentlemen:

PG&E Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California (the “Company”), confirms its agreement (this “Agreement”) with each of the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you (the “Representatives”) are acting as Representatives, with respect to the sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of 28,000,000 shares of 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value, with an initial liquidation preference of $50.00 per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Stock”). The aforesaid 28,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock to be purchased by the Underwriters are hereinafter called the “Underwritten Securities.” The Company also proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to 4,200,000 additional shares of Preferred Stock. The aforesaid 4,200,000 additional shares of Preferred Stock that may be purchased by the Underwriters are hereinafter called the “Option Securities” and, together with the Underwritten Securities, are hereinafter called the “Securities.”

The Preferred Stock will be convertible into a variable number of shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”) (such shares of Common Stock into which the Preferred Stock is convertible, together with any shares of Common Stock delivered in payment of dividends on the Preferred Stock, the “Underlying Securities”). The terms of the Preferred Stock will be set forth in a certificate of determination (the “Certificate of Determination”) to be filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of California as an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.


Substantially concurrently with the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby, the Company will, among other things, issue and sell up to 55,961,070 shares of Common Stock, pursuant to a separate underwriting agreement and separate prospectus supplement, subject to customary closing conditions (the “Concurrent Offering”). The offering of the Securities is not contingent upon the completion of the Concurrent Offering, the Concurrent Offering is not contingent upon the completion of the offering of the Securities, and the Securities are not being offered together with the shares of Common Stock in the Concurrent Offering.

Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 which were filed under the Exchange Act on or before the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, and any reference herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Exchange Act after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement or the issue date of the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, as the case may be, deemed to be incorporated therein by reference. Certain terms used herein are defined in Section 21 hereof.

1. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, each Underwriter as set forth below in this Section 1.

(a) The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act and has prepared and filed with the Commission an automatic shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405 (File No. 333-277286) on Form S-3, including a related Base Prospectus, for registration under the Act of the offering and sale of the Securities. Such Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time, became effective upon filing. The Company may have filed with the Commission, as part of an amendment to the Registration Statement or pursuant to Rule 424(b), one or more preliminary prospectus supplements relating to the Securities, each of which has previously been furnished to you. The Company will file with the Commission a final prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time. As filed, such final prospectus supplement shall contain all information required by the Act and the rules thereunder, and, except to the extent the Representatives shall agree in writing to a modification, shall be in all substantive respects in the form furnished to you prior to the Execution Time or, to the extent not completed at the Execution Time, shall contain only such specific additional information and other changes (beyond that contained in the Base Prospectus and any Preliminary Prospectus) as the Company has advised you, prior to the Execution Time, will be included or made therein. The Registration Statement, at the Execution Time, meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x). The initial Effective Date of the Registration Statement was not earlier than the date three years before the Execution Time. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r). No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or threatened and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission.

 

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(b) On each Effective Date, the Registration Statement did, and when the Final Prospectus is first filed in accordance with Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date (as defined herein) and on any date on which Option Securities are purchased, if such date is not the Closing Date (an “Additional Closing Date”), the Final Prospectus (and any supplement thereto) will, comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act and the Exchange Act and the respective rules thereunder; on each Effective Date, at the Execution Time and on the Closing Date and on any Additional Closing Date, the Registration Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and on the date of any filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company makes no representations or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto) in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement or the Final Prospectus (or any supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(c) As of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be (i) the Disclosure Package and (ii) each Road Show, if any, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package and any such Road Show based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(d) All documents filed under the Exchange Act and incorporated by reference in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement, as the case may be, or any amendment or supplement thereto, did not and will not, when filed with the Commission, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(e) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) 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 Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company 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 in Rule 163, and (iv) at the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer.

(f) (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii) as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and is not an Ineligible Issuer, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an Ineligible Issuer.

(g) The Company has not prepared or used any Free Writing Prospectus, other than any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed in Schedule III hereto. Any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus did not, as of its issue date, and does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any document incorporated therein by reference and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8 hereof.

(h) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of California, with full corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(i) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(j) As of the date hereof, the Company has the authorized capitalization as set forth in the Disclosure Package. The Securities have been duly authorized, and when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The statements in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, insofar as they summarize provisions of the Common Stock, the Preferred Stock, the Underlying Securities, this Agreement and the Certificate of Determination (together, the “Transaction Documents”), fairly summarize the applicable provisions of the Transaction Documents in all material respects. The issuance of the Preferred Stock is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

 

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(k) The Certificate of Determination has been duly authorized by the Company. The Certificate of Determination sets forth the rights, preferences and priorities of the Preferred Stock, and the holders of the Preferred Stock will, upon the effectiveness of such filing with the Secretary of State for the State of California, have the rights set forth in the Certificate of Determination.

(l) Upon issuance in accordance with this Agreement and the filing and effectiveness of the Certificate of Determination, the Preferred Stock will be convertible into the Underlying Securities in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock and the Certificate of Determination. A number of Underlying Securities equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities (as defined below) has been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action and such Underlying Securities, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock and the Certificate of Determination, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights. As used herein, “Maximum Number of Underlying Securities” means (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 Determination and (y) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock deliverable by the Company in respect of dividends payable per share of Preferred Stock (whether or not declared), multiplied by (B) the aggregate number of shares of Preferred Stock (assuming the exercise in full of the option set forth in Section 2 herein but without giving effect to any “Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount” (as defined in the Certificate of Determination)), in each case in accordance with, and as adjusted pursuant to, the terms of the Certificate of Determination.

(m) All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock, including the Common Stock, of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and sold and are fully paid and non-assessable.

(n) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, the holders of outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock, including shares of Common Stock, are not entitled to any preemptive or similar rights.

(o) None of the issue and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents, the issuance of a number of Underlying Securities equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and the consummation of the Concurrent Offering or any other of the transactions contemplated herein, or the performance by the Company of any of its obligations set forth under this Agreement, will conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of: (i) the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company or the bylaws or comparable constituent documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement

 

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or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which its or their property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of its or their properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, breaches or violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) After giving effect to the issuance and sale of the Securities and of the shares of Common Stock in the Concurrent Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor any subsidiary will be in violation or default of (i) any provision of its charter or bylaws, (ii) the terms of any indenture, contract, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, note agreement, loan agreement or other agreement, obligation, condition, covenant or instrument to which it is a party or bound or to which its property is subject, or (iii) any statute, law, rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree of any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority having jurisdiction over the Company or such subsidiary or any of its properties, as applicable, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, breaches or violations which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement, other than any such rights that have been waived or with respect to securities that have been so registered.

(r) Since January 1, 2024, there has not occurred any change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business or operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Disclosure Package that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) No action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or its or their property is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened that (i) would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the issue and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and the consummation of the Concurrent Offering or any other of the transactions contemplated herein or the performance by the Company of any of its obligations set forth under this Agreement, or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(t) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and of the shares of Common Stock in the Concurrent Offering and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the 1940 Act.

 

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(u) Except as set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries (i) is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any Environmental Laws, (iii) is liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws, or (iv) is subject to any pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, claim relating to any Environmental Laws, in each case, which violation, obligation, contamination, liability or claim could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any facts, circumstances or events that could reasonably be expected to lead to any of the foregoing.

(v) The only subsidiaries of the Company are (i) Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California corporation (the “Subsidiary”), and (ii) certain other subsidiaries which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X. The Subsidiary has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has corporate power and authority to own or lease, as the case may be, and to operate its properties and conduct its business as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction which requires such qualification, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiary has been duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable, and all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of the Subsidiary are owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance or claim, except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Subsidiary was issued in violation of the preemptive or similar rights of any security holder of the Subsidiary.

(w) Subsequent to the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), (i) the Company and its subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability or obligation, direct or contingent, nor entered into any material transaction other than in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the Company has not purchased any of its outstanding capital stock (except as permitted under its existing equity compensation plans), nor declared, paid or otherwise made any dividend or distribution of any kind on its capital stock other than ordinary and customary dividends; and (iii) there has not been any material change in the capital stock, short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries, except in each case as described or contemplated in each of the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

 

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(x) Neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect, 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 Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

(y) No consent, approval, authorization, filing with or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents and the issuance of a number of Underlying Securities equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities, the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and the consummation of the Concurrent Offering or any other of the transactions contemplated herein or the performance by the Company of any of its obligations set forth herein, except (i) such as have been obtained from the California Public Utilities Commission, (ii) such as have been obtained, under the Act and the rules and interpretations of the Commission thereunder or otherwise, (iii) such as have been obtained under any law or regulation applicable to the filing of the Certificate of Determination with the Secretary of State of the State of California and (iv) such as may be required under the blue sky laws of any jurisdiction in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters in the manner contemplated herein and in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

(z) The consolidated historical financial statements and schedules of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated, comply as to form with the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as otherwise noted therein). The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto in all material respects.

(aa) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who have audited certain financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and delivered their report with respect to the audited consolidated financial statements and schedules incorporated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published rules and regulations thereunder and of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

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(bb) The Company and each of its consolidated subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any material differences. The Company and its subsidiaries’ internal controls over financial reporting are effective and the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any material weakness in their internal controls over financial reporting.

(cc) The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) and such disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal quarter.

(dd) The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(ee) There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection thereunder, including Section 402 relating to loans and Sections 302 and 906 relating to certifications.

(ff) The Common Stock is an “actively-traded security” exempted from the requirements of Rule 101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act by subsection (c)(1) of such rule.

(gg) To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or any director, officer, agent, affiliate or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently the subject of any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company will not use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities, or knowingly lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, affiliate, joint venture partner or other person or entity for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently the subject of any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(hh) None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, affiliate or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official

 

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capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and its subsidiaries have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

(ii) The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or any of its subsidiaries conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.

(jj) (i) Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, there has been no security breach, disclosure or outage of, or unauthorized access to, the Company’s or its subsidiaries’ information technology or computer systems, networks, hardware, software, websites or applications, personally identifiable or confidential data or databases thereof (including all personally identifiable or confidential data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, and vendors, and any third party personally identifiable or confidential data, in each case that is maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its subsidiaries, and any such personally identifiable or confidential data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”); (ii) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries are aware or have been notified of any security breach, disclosure or outage of, or unauthorized access to, their IT Systems and Data; and (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented reasonable controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards and backup and disaster recovery technology designed to maintain and protect the confidentiality, integrity, operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data that are reasonably consistent with generally accepted industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards, except with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), for any such security breach, disclosure, outage, or unauthorized access as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, or with respect to clause (iii), where the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and its subsidiaries have complied, and are presently in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification.

 

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(kk) The Company has the requisite power and authority to carry out the Concurrent Offering and perform its obligations in connection therewith, and has taken all necessary actions required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance by it of the transactions contemplated herein, including the Concurrent Offering.

(ll) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the negotiation, documentation and execution of the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

(mm) The Company and each of its subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date of this Agreement and have timely paid all taxes required to be paid (except for cases in which the failure to file or pay would not have a Material Adverse Effect, or, except with respect to taxes currently being contested in good faith and for which reserves required by U.S. GAAP have been created in the financial statements of the Company), and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had (nor does the Company nor any of its subsidiaries have any notice or knowledge of any tax deficiency which could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely to the Company or its subsidiaries and which could reasonably be expected to have) a Material Adverse Effect.

(nn) The Company and the Subsidiary have good and valid title to, or leasehold interests in, all real property and all personal property owned or leased by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims (i) except for such liens, encumbrances, equities or claims as are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus and (ii) except for such defects in title as are not reasonably likely to, individually or in the aggregate, materially interfere with the use made or to be made of such property by the Company and the Subsidiary or have a material adverse effect on (x) the condition (financial or other), results of operations or business of the Company and the Subsidiary, taken as a whole or (y) the authority or the ability of the Company and the Subsidiary to enter into or perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Securities; and all real property and buildings held under material leases by the Company and the Subsidiary are held by them under leases that are valid, enforceable and in good standing, with no exceptions that would materially interfere with the use made or to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and the Subsidiary.

(oo) The Company and the Subsidiary each carries, or is covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their businesses and the value of their properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries. The Company and the Subsidiary (i) have not received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that substantial capital improvements or other material expenditures will have to be made in order to continue such insurance and (ii) have no reason to believe that they will not be able to renew their existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers at a cost that is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representatives or counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

2. Purchase and Sale.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to each Underwriter, and each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a price of $49.05 per share of Preferred Stock, the number of Underwritten Securities set forth in Schedule I opposite the name of such Underwriter.

(b) Subject to the terms and conditions and in reliance upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Company hereby grants an option to the several Underwriters to purchase, solely to cover over-allotments, severally and not jointly, up to 4,200,000 Option Securities at the same purchase price per share as the Underwriters shall pay for the Underwritten Securities, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Securities but not payable on the Option Securities. Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time on or before the 30th day after the date of the Final Prospectus upon written notice by the Representatives to the Company setting forth the number of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the Additional Closing Date, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 hereof). The number of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total number of Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Underwritten Securities, subject to such adjustments as you in your absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any fractional shares.

3. Delivery and Payment. Delivery of and payment for the Underwritten Securities shall be made at 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 on December 5, 2024, which date and time may be postponed by agreement between the Representatives and the Company or as provided in Section 9 hereof (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the “Closing Date”). Delivery of and payment for the Option Securities shall be made on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option Securities. Delivery of the Securities shall be made to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representatives of the purchase price thereof to or upon the order of the Company by wire transfer payable in same-day funds to an account specified by the Company. Delivery of the Securities shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct.

 

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4. Offering by Underwriters. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to, and they hereby represent that they will, offer the Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

5. Agreements. The Company agrees with the several Underwriters that:

(a) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Securities, the Company will not file any amendment of the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Final Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object in a timely manner. The Company will cause the Final Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement, or for any supplement to the Final Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use, any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus, or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for the purpose of suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act, and (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent (i) the issuance of such stop order or other order referred to in the preceding sentence, or (ii) the occurrence of (A) any suspension of the effectiveness, or objection to the use, of the Registration Statement or (B) any prevention or suspension of the use of the preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Final Prospectus and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its reasonable best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.

(b) The Company shall prepare a final term sheet for the Securities and the shares of Common Stock offered in the Concurrent Offering, containing solely descriptions of the respective final terms and offering of the Securities and the shares of Common Stock in the Concurrent Offering, in the form approved by you and attached as Schedule II hereto, and file such final term sheet pursuant to Rule 433(d) within the time required by such Rule.

 

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(c) If, at any time prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of which the Disclosure Package would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement or omission or make changes to effect such compliance with law; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(d) If, at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities, any event occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus or would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances then prevailing not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company will (i) notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus may cease until it is amended or supplemented; (ii) amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to correct such statement or omission or make changes to effect such compliance with law; and (iii) supply any amendment or supplement to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(e) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made at such time not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Final Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) prepare and file with the Commission, subject to the second sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section 5, an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or make changes to effect such compliance with law, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Final Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Final Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.

(f) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.

 

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(g) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.

(h) The Company will arrange, if necessary, for the qualification of the Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and will maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; provided that in no event shall the Company 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.

(i) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and 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” (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than the free writing prospectuses containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto, or one or more free writing prospectuses through customary Bloomberg distribution that do not contain substantive changes from or additions to the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section 5(b) hereto; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule III hereto or final term sheet, substantially in the form of Schedule II hereto, and any Road Show. The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (a) is not an “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433, and (b) contains only (i) information describing the preliminary terms of the Securities or the offering or (ii) information permitted by Rule 134. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a “Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.” The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping and that it will not take any action that would result in any Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that such Underwriter would not otherwise have been required to so file.

(j) The Company will not take any action that would result in an Underwriter or the Company being required to file with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) a Free Writing Prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Underwriters that the Underwriters otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder.

 

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(k) For a period of 60 days following the date of the Final Prospectus for the offering of the Securities, the Company will not (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, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or submit to, or file with, the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including any shares of Preferred Stock), or publicly disclose the intention to undertake any of the foregoing, 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 other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the Representatives. The restrictions contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply to (a) the Securities to be sold hereunder, and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of, or issued and paid as a dividend on, such Securities, (b) the shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the Concurrent Offering, (c) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock upon conversion of any convertible notes of the Company outstanding on the date of this Agreement and described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus pursuant to the terms of such convertible notes, (d) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise of options granted under employee stock option plans in effect on the date of this Agreement and described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, and (e) the filing of any registration statement on Form S-8 relating to shares of Common Stock granted or to be granted pursuant to employee stock option plans in effect on the date of this Agreement and described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus.

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

(m) The Company 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 thereto), each Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii) 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, the Final Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing 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; (iii) the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, and any stamp or transfer taxes in connection with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv) the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, any blue sky memorandum (the cost of such memorandum not to exceed $15,000) and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v) the

 

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registration of the Securities under the Exchange Act and the listing of the Securities and a number of Underlying Securities equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities on the New York Stock Exchange; (vi) any registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the several states (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such registration and qualification); (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings); (viii) the costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations on any Road Show undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities; (ix) the fees and expenses of the Company’s accountants and the fees and expenses of counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; (x) the filing of the Certificate of Determination with the Secretary of State of the State of California; and (xi) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder.

(n) Prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company will reserve and keep available at all times for issuance, free of preemptive or similar rights, a number of Underlying Securities equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities. Between the date hereof and the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company will not do or authorize any act or thing that would result in the adjustment of the “Fixed Conversion Rates” (as defined in the Disclosure Package) of the Preferred Stock.

(o) The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Securities on the New York Stock Exchange and to effect and maintain the listing of a number of Underlying Securities equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities on the New York Stock Exchange.

6. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Underwritten Securities (and, if applicable, any Option Securities) on the Closing Date and the Option Securities on any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company contained herein as of the Execution Time and the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date pursuant to Section 3 hereof, to the accuracy of the statements of the Company made in any certificates pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) The Final Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet contemplated by Section 5(b) hereto, and any other material required to be filed by the Company 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; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or threatened and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission.

 

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(b) The Representatives shall have received from (i) Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Company, their written New York and U.S. Federal law opinion and negative assurance letter, dated the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives and (ii) Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, counsel for the Company, their written California law opinion, dated the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

(c) The Representatives shall have received from the General Counsel of the Company a written opinion, dated the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representatives, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives.

(d) The Representatives shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Representatives, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) and other related matters as the Representatives may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(e) The Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a certificate of the Company, signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or the Treasurer and by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, to the effect that the signers of such certificate have carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Final Prospectus and any supplements or amendments thereto, as well as each Road Show used in connection with the offering of the Securities, and this Agreement and that:

i. the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with the same effect as if made on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and the Company has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be;

ii. no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and

iii. since the date of the most recent financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto), there has been no Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto).

 

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(f) The Company shall have requested and caused Deloitte & Touche LLP to have furnished to the Representatives, at the Execution Time and at the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, letters, dated respectively as of the Execution Time and as of the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives.

(g) At or prior to the Execution Time, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives a letter substantially in the form of Schedule V hereto from each individual listed on Schedule IV addressed to the Representatives.

(h) The Certificate of Determination shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California and shall have become effective.

(i) Subsequent to the Execution Time or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof) and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), there shall not have been any change in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business or properties of the Company and its 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 Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which is, in the 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 by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereof), the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

(j) Subsequent to the Execution Time, there shall not have been any decrease in the rating of any of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in 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.

(k) Prior to or on the Closing Date and any Additional Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further information, certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(l) An application for the listing of the Securities to be delivered on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been submitted to the New York Stock Exchange. A number of Underlying Securities equal to the Maximum Number of Underlying Securities shall have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.

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 canceled at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date by the Representatives. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.

 

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The documents required to be delivered by this Section 6 shall be delivered by physical or electronic means to the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, at 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as applicable.

7. Reimbursement of Underwriters’ 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 Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters on demand for all 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.

8. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each affiliate of any Underwriter within the meaning of Rule 405 under the 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 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 (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or in any subsequent amendment thereof or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or any other preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Securities, the Final Prospectus, the Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Road Show, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the 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 them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Company 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 Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b). This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have.

 

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(b) Each Underwriter severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the statements set forth (i) in the first sentence of the last paragraph of the cover page regarding delivery of the Securities, and (ii) under the heading “Underwriting,” (A) the sentences related to concessions and reallowances and (B) the sentences related to short sales, stabilization, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids in any Preliminary Prospectus and the Final Prospectus constitute the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Final Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Base Prospectus or any Road Show.

(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 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 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 retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint 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 which 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. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to one local counsel) for all such indemnified parties. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or

 

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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 any statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. No indemnifying party will be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment of the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

(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 Company 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 the same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company 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 (except as may be provided in any agreement among underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) 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 not permitted by applicable law or unavailable for any reason, the Company 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 Company on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company 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 to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in each case as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company 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 Company 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 which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which (x) the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by such Underwriter hereunder as set forth on the cover page of the Final Prospectus exceeds (y) the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 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

 

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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 and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d).

9. Default by an Underwriter. If, on the Closing Date or any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters 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 amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto bears to the aggregate amount 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; provided, however, that in the event that the aggregate amount of Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate amount of Securities set forth in Schedule I hereto, 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 non-defaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section 9, the Closing Date or each 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 Final 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 Company and any non-defaulting 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 Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Securities, if at any time prior to such delivery and payment: (a) (i) trading in the Common Stock of the Company shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange, (ii) trading of any other securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended by the Commission or any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) (A) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market shall have been suspended or limited, (B) minimum prices shall have been established on either of such exchanges, or (C) there shall have been a material disruption in the clearance or settlement of securities generally on either of such exchanges which makes it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), (b) a banking moratorium shall have been declared either by Federal, California or New York State authorities, (c) 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 which makes it, in the sole judgment of the

 

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Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) or (d) there shall have been such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions or the financial markets in the United States which makes it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Disclosure Package or the Final Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).

11. Representations and Indemnities to Survive. The respective agreements, representations, warranties, indemnities and other statements of the Company 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 any Underwriter or the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling 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.

12. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to each of:

 

   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk (fax no.: (212) 622-8358);

 

   

Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration (fax no.: (646) 834-8133);

 

   

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: General Counsel (fax no.: (646) 291-1469); and

 

   

if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the Company’s General Counsel (fax no.: (510) 898-9696), and confirmed to the Company’s General Counsel, PG&E Corporation, at 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, California 94612, Attention: General Counsel.

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 Company, 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.

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

 

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14. No Fiduciary Duty. The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, 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 Company and (c) the Company’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 Company 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 Company on related or other matters). The Company 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 Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

15. Research Analyst Independence. The Company 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 Company and/or the offering of the Securities that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company 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 Company by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Company 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 companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Concurrent Offering.

16. Integration. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company 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, shall 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 COMPANY 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, INCLUDING THE CONCURRENT OFFERING.

19. Counterparts. This Agreement or any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts by manual, facsimile or electronic signature, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The words “execution,” “signed,” “delivery,” and words

 

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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.

20. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

21. 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.

“Base Prospectus” shall mean the base prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above contained in the Registration Statement at the Execution Time.

“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 New York City.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Disclosure Package” shall mean (i) the Base Prospectus, (ii) the Preliminary Prospectus used most recently prior to the Execution Time, (iii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified in Schedule III hereto and (iv) any other Free Writing Prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package.

“Effective Date” shall mean each date and time that the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto, became or becomes effective and, if later, the date the annual report of the last completed fiscal year of the Company on Form 10-K was so filed.

“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 7:30 p.m. New York City time on December 2, 2024, which is the time of the first contract of sale of the Securities.

“Final Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that was first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the Execution Time, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405.

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“Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433.

“Preliminary Prospectus” shall mean any preliminary prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus referred to in paragraph 1(a) above which is used prior to the filing of the Final Prospectus, together with the Base Prospectus.

“Registration Statement” shall mean the registration statement referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, including exhibits and financial statements and any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B, as amended on each Effective Date and, in the event any post-effective amendment thereto becomes effective prior to the Closing Date, shall also mean such registration statement as so amended.

“Road Show” shall mean a road show, as defined in Rule 433(h)(4) under the Act, together with any communication that is provided or transmitted simultaneously with such road show in a manner designed to make such communication available as part of such road show.

“Rule 134,” “Rule 158,” “Rule 163,” “Rule 164,” “Rule 172,” “Rule 405,” “Rule 415,” “Rule 424,” “Rule 430B,” “Rule 433” and “Rule 456” refer to such rules under the Act.

“Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405.

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

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

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

“BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k);

“Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

  (i)

a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

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  (ii)

a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

  (iii)

a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b);

“Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and

“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.

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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 among the Company and the several Underwriters.

 

Very truly yours,
PG&E CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Margaret K. Becker
  Name: Margaret K. Becker
  Title:  Vice President, Internal Audit and Treasurer


The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above.

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
By:   /s/ Gaurav Maria
  Name: Gaurav Maria
  Title:  Managing Director

For itself and as a Representative of the other several Underwriters named herein.


The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above.

 

Barclays Capital Inc.
By:   /s/ Robert Stowe
  Name: Robert Stowe
  Title:  Managing Director

For itself and as a Representative of the other several Underwriters named herein.


The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first written above.

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:   /s/ Frederic Chapados
  Name: Frederic Chapados
  Title:  Managing Director

For itself and as a Representative of the other several Underwriters named herein.


SCHEDULE I

 

Name of Underwriter

   Number of
Underwritten
Securities
 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     4,200,000  

Barclays Capital Inc.

     4,200,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     4,200,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     3,080,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     3,080,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     3,080,000  

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

     1,120,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

     1,120,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     1,120,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     1,120,000  

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

     1,120,000  

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

     560,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

     28,000,000  


SCHEDULE II

Final Term Sheet

 

Pricing Term Sheet    Free Writing Prospectus
dated as of December 2, 2024    Filed pursuant to Rule 433
   Relating to the
   Preliminary Prospectus Supplements each dated December 2, 2024 to the
   Prospectus dated February 22, 2024
   Registration No. 333-277286

PG&E Corporation

Concurrent Offerings of

48,661,801 Shares of Common Stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”)

(the “Common Stock Offering”)

and

28,000,000 Shares of

6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”)

(the “Preferred Stock Offering”)

The information in this pricing term sheet relates only to the Common Stock Offering and the Preferred Stock Offering and should be read together with (i) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 2, 2024 relating to the Common Stock Offering (the “Common Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein, (ii) the preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 2, 2024 relating to the Preferred Stock Offering (the “Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”), including the documents incorporated by reference therein and (iii) the related base prospectus dated February 22, 2024, each filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Registration No. 333-277286. Neither the Common Stock Offering nor the Preferred Stock Offering is contingent on the successful completion of the other offering. Terms not defined in this pricing term sheet have the meanings given to such terms in the Common Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as applicable. All references to dollar amounts are references to U.S. dollars.

 

Issuer:    PG&E Corporation
Ticker / Exchange for the Common Stock:    PCG / New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)
Pricing Date:    December 2, 2024.
Trade Date:    December 3, 2024 (“T”).
Settlement Date for the Common Stock Offering:    December 4, 2024 (T+1).
Settlement Date for the Preferred Stock Offering:    December 5, 2024 (T+2)*.


Use of Proceeds:   

The Issuer expects the net proceeds from (i) the Common Stock Offering to be approximately $981.0 million (or $1,128.1 million if the underwriters of the Common Stock Offering exercise in full their option to purchase additional shares of Common Stock) and (ii) the Preferred Stock Offering to be approximately $1,373.4 million (or $1,579.4 million if the underwriters of the Preferred Stock Offering exercise in full their over-allotment option to purchase additional shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock), in each case, after deducting the underwriting discounts and before estimated offering expenses payable by the Issuer. The Issuer intends to use the net proceeds from the Common Stock Offering and the Preferred Stock Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, to fund its five-year capital investment plan. See “Use of Proceeds” in the Common Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

The closing of the Common Stock Offering and the closing of the Preferred Stock Offering are not contingent upon each other.

Common Stock Offering

 

Common Stock Offered:    48,661,801 shares of Common Stock
Option for Underwriters to Purchase Additional Shares of Common Stock:    7,299,269 additional shares of Common Stock
Public Offering Price of the Common Stock:    $20.55 per share of Common Stock
NYSE Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on December 2, 2024:    $20.55 per share of Common Stock
CUSIP / ISIN for the Common Stock:    69331C108 / US69331C1080
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Co-Managers:   

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

 

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Preferred Stock Offering

 

Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Offered:    28,000,000 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock
Over-allotment Option for Underwriters to Purchase Additional Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:    4,200,000 additional shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, solely to cover over-allotments
Public Offering Price of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:    $50.00 per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock
Dividends:   

6.000% on the liquidation preference of $50.00 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock per annum.

 

Dividends will accumulate from the most recent date as to which dividends shall have been paid or, if no dividends have been paid, from (and including) the first original issue date of shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, whether or not in any dividend period or periods there have been funds legally available or shares of Common Stock legally permitted to be issued for the payment of such dividends and, to the extent that the Issuer’s board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, declares (out of funds 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 Common Stock) a dividend payable with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Issuer will pay such dividend in cash or, subject to certain limitations, by delivery of shares of Common Stock or through any combination of cash and shares of Common Stock, as determined by the Issuer’s board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, in its sole discretion; provided, however, that any unpaid dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will continue to accumulate.

 

The expected dividend payable on the first Dividend Payment Date is approximately $0.7167 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Each subsequent dividend is expected to be $0.75 per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

Dividend Record Dates:    The February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 immediately preceding the relevant Dividend Payment Date.
Dividend Payment Dates:    March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on, and including, March 1, 2025 and ending on, and including, December 1, 2027.
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 December 1, 2027.
Initial Price:    Equal to $50, divided by the Maximum Conversion Rate, rounded to the nearest $0.0001, which initially is $20.5499.

 

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Threshold Appreciation Price:    Equal to $50, divided by the Minimum Conversion Rate, rounded to the nearest $0.0001, which initially is $25.6871 and represents a premium of approximately 25% over the Initial Price.
Floor Price:    $7.19 (approximately 35% of the Initial Price), subject to adjustment as described in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.
Conversion Rate per Share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:   

The conversion rate for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will not be more than 2.4331 shares of Common Stock and not less than 1.9465 shares of Common Stock (respectively, the “Maximum Conversion Rate” and “Minimum Conversion Rate”), depending on the Applicable Market Value (as defined in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) of the Common Stock, as described below and subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments.

 

The following table illustrates the conversion rate per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments described in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, based on the Applicable Market Value of the Common Stock:

 

   

Applicable Market Value of

the Common Stock

   Conversion Rate per Share of Mandatory
Convertible Preferred Stock
   

Greater than the Threshold Appreciation Price

 

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

 

Less than the Initial Price

  

1.9465 shares of Common Stock

 

Between 1.9465 and 2.4331 shares of
Common Stock, determined by dividing $50
by the Applicable Market Value

 

2.4331 shares of Common Stock

 

Optional Conversion:    Other than during a Fundamental Change Conversion Period (as defined in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement), at any time prior to December 1, 2027, holders of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have the option to elect to convert their shares of the 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), into shares of Common Stock at the Minimum Conversion Rate of 1.9465 shares of Common Stock per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment as described in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement.

 

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Fundamental Change:   

If a Fundamental Change (as defined in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) occurs on or prior to December 1, 2027, holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have the right during the Fundamental Change Conversion Period (as defined in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) to convert their shares of the 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), into shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property (as defined in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement)).

 

The following table sets forth the Fundamental Change Conversion Rate per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for each Fundamental Change Stock Price and Fundamental Change Effective Date (each as defined in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) set forth below:

 

    Fundamental Change Stock Price  

Fundamental Change Effective Date

  $ 4.00     $ 8.00     $ 12.00     $ 15.00     $ 18.00     $ 20.55     $ 23.00     $ 25.69     $ 28.00     $ 30.00     $ 35.00     $ 40.00     $ 50.00     $ 60.00  

December 5, 2024

    2.2272       2.3075       2.2880       2.2228       2.1414       2.0769       2.0261       1.9845       1.9591       1.9432       1.9207       1.9118       1.9081       1.9088  

December 1, 2025

    2.2927       2.3502       2.3485       2.2970       2.2099       2.1303       2.0638       2.0086       1.9758       1.9562       1.9307       1.9224       1.9201       1.9210  

December 1, 2026

    2.3614       2.3912       2.3989       2.3791       2.3041       2.2044       2.1079       2.0266       1.9823       1.9592       1.9368       1.9329       1.9330       1.9336  

December 1, 2027

    2.4331       2.4331       2.4331       2.4331       2.4331       2.4331       2.1739       1.9465       1.9465       1.9465       1.9465       1.9465       1.9465       1.9465  

 

  

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 $60.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above as described in the Preferred Stock 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 $4.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Fundamental Change Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above as described in the Preferred Stock 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 (as defined in the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement) is 6.50% per annum.

 

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Listing:    The Issuer intends to apply to list the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “PCG-PrX.” If the application is approved, the Issuer expects trading in the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on the New York Stock Exchange to begin within 30 days after the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is first issued. No assurance can be given that the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be listed or that any such application for listing will be approved.
CUSIP / ISIN for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:    69331C 306 / US69331C3060
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

BofA Securities, Inc.

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Co-Managers:   

BMO Capital Markets Corp.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

 

 

 

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Under Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in one business day, unless the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. Accordingly, purchasers who wish to trade their shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on any date prior to the business day before delivery will be required, by virtue of the fact that the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock initially will settle in T+2, to specify alternative settlement arrangements to prevent a failed settlement and should consult their own advisors.

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplements for the offerings) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offerings to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the Common Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, the related base prospectus in that registration statement and the other documents the Issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Issuer and the Common Stock Offering and the Preferred Stock Offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies may be obtained from (i) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by email at prospectus-eq_fi@jpmchase.com and postsalemanualrequests@broadridge.com, (ii) Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 (or by email at barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com or telephone at 1-888-603-5847) or (iii) Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by telephone at 1-800-831-9146.

This communication should be read in conjunction with the Common Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, and the related base prospectus. The information in this communication supersedes the information in the Common Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement or the Preferred Stock Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, as the case may be, and the related base prospectus to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in such preliminary prospectus supplement or the related base prospectus.

 

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ANY DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES THAT MAY APPEAR BELOW ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS COMMUNICATION AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. SUCH DISCLAIMERS OR OTHER NOTICES WERE AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED AS A RESULT OF THIS COMMUNICATION BEING SENT VIA BLOOMBERG OR ANOTHER EMAIL SYSTEM.

 

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SCHEDULE III

Schedule of Free Writing Prospectuses included in the Disclosure Package

Final Term Sheet included as Schedule II hereto.


SCHEDULE IV

List of Lock-up Parties

1. Rajat Bahri

2. Cheryl F. Campbell

3. Edward G. Cannizzaro

4. Kerry W. Cooper

5. Jessica L. Denecour

6. Mark E. Ferguson III

7. W. Craig Fugate

8. Arno L. Harris

9. Carlos M. Hernandez

10. Michael R. Niggli

11. Patricia K. Poppe

12. Sumeet Singh

13. William L. Smith

14. Benjamin F. Wilson

15. Carolyn J. Burke

16. Jason M. Glickman

17. Marlene M. Santos

18. John R. Simon

19. Stephanie Williams

20. Ajay Waghray

21. Carla Peterman

22. Kaled Awada


SCHEDULE V

Form of Lock-up Agreement

PG&E Corporation

December 2, 2024

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

c/o Barclays Capital Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Re: PG&E Corporation – Lock-Up Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you, as representatives (the “Representatives”), propose to enter into one or more underwriting agreements (each, an “Underwriting Agreement”) on behalf of the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to each such agreement (collectively, the “Underwriters”), with PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), providing for a public offering (the “Offering”) of shares of common stock, no par value, of the Company (the “Common Stock”) and/or other equity securities of the Company (collectively, the “Securities”).

In consideration of the agreement by the Underwriters to purchase and resell the Securities, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period beginning from the date of this lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”) and continuing to and including the date 60 days after the date of the final prospectus (or final prospectuses, as applicable) relating to the Offering (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned shall not, and shall not cause or direct any of its affiliates to, (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, lend or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock (such options, warrants or other securities, collectively,


“Derivative Instruments”), including without limitation any such shares or Derivative Instruments now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned, (ii) engage in any hedging or other transaction or arrangement (including, without limitation, any short sale or the purchase or sale of, or entry into, any put or call option, or combination thereof, forward, swap or any other derivative transaction or instrument, however described or defined) which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale, loan, pledge or other disposition (whether by the undersigned or someone other than the undersigned), or transfer of any of the economic consequences of ownership, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of any shares of Common Stock or Derivative Instruments, whether any such transaction or arrangement (or instrument provided for thereunder) would be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise (any such sale, loan, pledge or other disposition, or transfer of economic consequences, a “Transfer”) or (iii) otherwise publicly announce any intention to, during the Lock-Up Period, engage in or cause any action or activity described in clause (i) above or transaction or arrangement described in clause (ii) above. The undersigned represents and warrants that the undersigned is not, and has not caused or directed any of its affiliates to be or become, currently a party to any agreement or arrangement that provides for, is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in any Transfer during the Lock-Up Period.

If the undersigned is not a natural person, the undersigned represents and warrants that no single natural person, entity or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), other than a natural person, entity or “group” (as described above) that has executed a Lock-Up Agreement in substantially the same form as this Lock-Up Agreement, beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the common equity interests, or 50% or more of the voting power, in the undersigned.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock (i) as a bona fide gift or gifts (including as a charitable donation), provided that the donee or donees thereof agree to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided, further, that, if required, any public report or filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall indicate the reason for the transfer, and no other public announcement, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, (ii) to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned, provided that the trustee of the trust agrees to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided, further, that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, and provided, further, that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, (iii) by will or intestacy or by operation of law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement, provided that the transferee or transferees agree(s) to be bound in writing by the restrictions set forth herein, and provided, further, that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, (iv) in connection with the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act for the transfer of Common Stock, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period, and provided, further, that to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of the undersigned or the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Common Stock may be made under such plan during the Lock-Up Period, and provided, further, that no voluntary filing under the

 

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Exchange Act or any other public announcement shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, (v) in connection with transfers (including following the exercise of Company stock options) made in accordance with the terms of a 10b5-1 Plan in existence as of the date hereof without any further amendment or modification, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, other than a filing on Form 4, which shall indicate that the sale was made pursuant to such a 10b5-1 Plan, (vi) resulting from the sales of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock held as of the date hereof through the Company’s 401(k) plan existing as of the date hereof and pursuant to portfolio balancing opportunities provided by the terms of such 401(k) plan, (vii) to the Company or its subsidiaries in connection with the forfeiture, cancelation, withholding, surrender or delivery of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock to satisfy any income, employment or social security tax withholding or remittance obligations in connection with the vesting during the Lock-Up Period of any restricted stock unit, restricted stock, performance contingent stock (including performance shares and performance stock units), stock options or other equity interests, provided that, if required, any public report or filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall indicate the reason for the transfer, and provided, further, that no filing under the Exchange Act or any other public announcement shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, (viii) to the Company or its subsidiaries upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of the undersigned, provided that, if required, any public report or filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall indicate the reason for the transfer, and provided, further, that no filing under the Exchange Act or any other public announcement shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, (ix) resulting from the exercise (including by way of “net” or “cashless exercise”), or vesting of any equity award issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, provided that the underlying Common Stock continues to remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Lock-Up Agreement, (x) acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Offering, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, (xi) as required by applicable law or pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction, provided that, if required, any public report or filing under Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall indicate the reason for the transfer, and provided, further, that no public announcement shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period, or (xii) with the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on behalf of the Underwriters.

For purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if the undersigned is a corporation, the corporation may transfer the capital stock of the Company to any wholly owned subsidiary of such corporation; provided, however, that in any such case, it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding such capital stock subject to the provisions of this Lock-Up Agreement and there shall be no further transfer of such capital stock except in accordance with this Lock-Up Agreement, and provided, further, that any such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value, and provided, further, that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock, shall be required or shall be voluntarily made during the Lock-Up Period. The undersigned agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock of the Company except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

 

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The undersigned understands that the Company and the Underwriters are relying upon this Lock-Up Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Lock-Up Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. The undersigned further understands that, if each Underwriting Agreement shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the securities to be sold thereunder, the undersigned shall automatically be released from all obligations under this Lock-Up Agreement.

This Lock-Up Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Lock-Up Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Lock-Up Agreement may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf or any electronic signature complying with the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, e.g., www.docusign.com or www.echosign.com) or other transmission method, and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not provided any recommendation or investment advice nor have the Underwriters solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Offering and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Representatives may be required or choose to provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures to you in connection with the Offering, the Representatives and the other Underwriters are not making a recommendation to you to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement, and nothing set forth in such disclosures is intended to suggest that the Representatives or any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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Very truly yours,
 
Exact Name of Shareholder
 
Authorized Signature
 
Title

[Signature Page to Lock-Up Agreement]

 

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Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF DETERMINATION

OF

6.000% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

OF

PG&E CORPORATION

The effective date of this document is December 5, 2024.

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 401 of the Corporations Code of the State of California, the undersigned, Brian M. Wong, the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary and Margaret K. Becker, the Vice President, Internal Audit and Treasurer, of PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the “Corporation”), entity number 1953580, hereby certify that:

FIRST: On November 29, 2024, the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”), at the recommendation of the duly formed Finance and Innovation Committee of the Board of Directors and pursuant to authority conferred upon the Board of Directors by the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (as such may be amended, modified or restated from time to time, the “Charter”), authorized the formation of a Pricing Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Pricing Committee”) and the issuance and sale by the Corporation of shares of a new series of preferred stock of the Corporation, no par value per share (“Preferred Stock”), upon such terms as may be fixed by the Pricing Committee, and delegated to the Pricing Committee the power to establish the number of shares to be included in such series of Preferred Stock and to fix the designation, powers, privileges, preferences, and relative participating, optional or other rights, if any, of the shares of such series of Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof; and

SECOND: On December 2, 2024, 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; it being further certified that none of the shares of such series referenced herein have yet been issued.

RESOLVED, that pursuant to the provisions of the Charter, which authorizes the issuance of up to 400,000,000 shares of preferred stock, and the authority vested in the Board of Directors and delegated to the Pricing Committee, a series of Preferred Stock be, and hereby is, created and designated 6.000% 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 Determination, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Determination”), 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 32,200,000 shares of the Preferred Stock of the Corporation designated as the “6.000% 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 an 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 and with respect to each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, 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 11(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.

ADRs” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.

Agent Members” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22(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 15(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 Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Corporation, as they may be further amended or restated from time to time.

Certificate of Determination” 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 15(a)(iii).

Clause B Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(a)(iii).

Clause C Distribution” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(a)(iii).

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

Common Stock” means the common stock, no par value per share, of the Corporation, subject to Section 16.

Conversion and Dividend Disbursing Agent” means EQ Shareowner Services, the Corporation’s duly appointed conversion and dividend disbursing agent for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and any successor appointed under Section 17.

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 March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year to, and including, December 1, 2027, commencing on March 1, 2025.

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 March 1, 2025 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 10(a).

Early Conversion Additional Conversion Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b)(i).


Early Conversion Average Price” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(b)(ii).

Early Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12(b).

Early Conversion Settlement Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10(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 16.

Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(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 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 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 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 all 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 11(a)(i).

Fundamental Change Conversion Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12(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 December 1, 2027. 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 December 1, 2027.

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

   $4.00      $8.00      $12.00      $15.00      $18.00      $20.55      $23.00      $25.69      $28.00      $30.00      $35.00      $40.00      $50.00      $60.00  

December 5, 2024

     2.2272        2.3075        2.2880        2.2228        2.1414        2.0769        2.0261        1.9845        1.9591        1.9432        1.9207        1.9118        1.9081        1.9088  

December 1, 2025

     2.2927        2.3502        2.3485        2.2970        2.2099        2.1303        2.0638        2.0086        1.9758        1.9562        1.9307        1.9224        1.9201        1.9210  

December 1, 2026

     2.3614        2.3912        2.3989        2.3791        2.3041        2.2044        2.1079        2.0266        1.9823        1.9592        1.9368        1.9329        1.9330        1.9336  

December 1, 2027

     2.4331        2.4331        2.4331        2.4331        2.4331        2.4331        2.1739        1.9465        1.9465        1.9465        1.9465        1.9465        1.9465        1.9465  

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 $60.00 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 $4.00 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 15.

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

Fundamental Change Dividend Make-Whole Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11(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 11(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 22(a).

Global Preferred Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 22(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 15(a)(iv).

Initial Issue Date” means December 5, 2024, 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 $20.5499.

Junior Stock” means the Common Stock and 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 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 9(a).

Mandatory Conversion Additional Conversion Amount” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(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 December 1, 2027. If the Mandatory Conversion Date occurs after December 1, 2027 (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 9(b).

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

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 9(b)(iii).

Minimum Conversion Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9(b)(i).

Nonpayment” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(i).

Nonpayment Remedy” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(iii).

NYSE” means The New York Stock Exchange.

Officer” means each and any of the President and Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer and 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.

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.

Plan of Reorganization OII” means the Assigned Commissioner’s Ruling and Proposals in the Order Instituting Investigation on the Commission’s Own Motion to Consider the Ratemaking and Other Implications of a Proposed Plan for Resolution of Voluntary Case filed by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, in the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California, San Francisco Division, In re Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Case No. 19-30088.


Preferred Stock” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Charter.

Preferred Stock Directors” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b)(i).

Prospectus Supplement” means the preliminary prospectus supplement dated December 2, 2024, 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 an 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 EQ Shareowner Services, the Corporation’s duly appointed registrar for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any successor appointed under Section 17.

Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Dividend Payment Date, the February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 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 16(i).

Reorganization Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.

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.

Settlement Period” means the 20 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 21st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding December 1, 2027.

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 or partial 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 $25.6871.

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 EQ Shareowner Services, the Corporation’s duly appointed transfer agent for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any successor appointed under Section 17.


Trigger Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(a)(iii).

Unit of Exchange Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 16.

Valuation Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15(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 8 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 “PCG<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%”.

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, cumulative dividends at the rate per annum of 6.000% on the Liquidation Preference per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Dividend Rate”) (equivalent to $3.00 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 Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, 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 thereof, 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;


(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) 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 (y) 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;

(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; and

(viii) the settlement of any convertible note hedge transactions or capped call transactions entered into in connection with the issuance, by the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries, of any debt securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Stock (or into or for any combination of cash and Common Stock based on the value of Common Stock); provided that such convertible note hedge transactions or capped call transactions, as applicable, are on customary terms and were entered into either (a) before the Initial Issue Date or (b) in compliance with the foregoing provision.

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 (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.

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 9(c) or Section 11), as determined in the sole discretion of the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof:

(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. To the extent that the Corporation is not able to pay such fractional amount in cash under applicable law and in compliance with its indebtedness, the Corporation shall instead round up to the nearest whole share for each Holder, and the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash 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.

(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) $7.19, subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to any anti-dilution adjustment to each Fixed Conversion Rate as provided in Section 15 (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 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 or partial 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 (other than in connection with the Corporation’s liquidation, winding-up or dissolution), 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.

Section 7. [Reserved].

Section 8. Voting Power.

(a) General. Holders shall not have any voting rights or powers other than those set forth in this Section 8, except as specifically required by California 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 (or if such increase would exceed the maximum number of directors then permitted under the Charter, the Corporation shall take any action required to cause two authorized director seats to be vacant) 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, that the election of any such Preferred Stock Directors will not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirements of (x) 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 or (y) the Plan of Reorganization OII; 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, 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 8(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 8(b); provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Preferred Stock Director may be removed (unless the entire Board of Directors is removed) when the votes cast against removal, or not consenting in writing to the removal, would be sufficient to elect the Preferred Stock Director if voted cumulatively at an election at which the same total number of votes were cast (or, if the action is taken by written consent, all shares entitled to vote were voted) and the entire number of directors authorized at the time of the Preferred Stock Director’s most recent election were then being elected. 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 8(b); provided, however, that the election of any such Preferred Stock Directors to fill such vacancy will not cause the Corporation to violate the corporate governance requirements of (x) the 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 or (y) the Plan of Reorganization OII. 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, solely in the case of subclause (i), all other series of Voting Preferred Stock at the time outstanding and entitled to vote thereon (subject to the last paragraph of this Section 8(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 Determination so as to materially and 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 or into another entity or a conversion of, domestication in or transfer of the Corporation 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 8(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,


  (3)

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

 

  (4)

the application of the provisions described in Section 16 ,

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 8(c).

If any amendment, alteration, repeal, share exchange, reclassification, merger or consolidation or conversion, domestication or transfer specified in this Section 8(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.

(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 by amending or supplementing the Charter or the Certificate of Determination for the following purposes:

(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, inconsistency or mistake in any such agreement (including any provision contained in this Certificate of Determination that may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained in this Certificate of Determination);

(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 Determination;

(iii) to waive any of the Corporation’s rights with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; or

(iv) to make any other change that does not materially and 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 Determination to the extent permitted by Section 401 of the Corporations Code of the State of California.


(e) Prior to the Close of Business on the applicable Conversion Date or, if applicable, the last day of the Early Conversion Settlement Period, 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 8, 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 8) 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 9. 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 10 or Section 11) 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 9(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 1.9465 shares of Common Stock per share of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Minimum Conversion Rate”);

(ii) if the Applicable Market Value is less than or equal to the Threshold Appreciation Price but equal to or greater than the Initial Price, 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 2.4331 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 15.

(c) If the Corporation declares a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock for the Dividend Period ending on, but excluding, December 1, 2027, 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 December 1, 2027, the Corporation has not declared a dividend payable in the amount of all 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 per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred 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 December 1, 2027 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 15, 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 10. 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 12, 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 December 1, 2027 (an “Early Conversion”), into shares of Common Stock at the Minimum Conversion Rate, subject to adjustment in accordance with Section 10(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

(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 10(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 11. Fundamental Change Conversion.

(a) If a Fundamental Change occurs on or prior to December 1, 2027, 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 11(a) being a “Fundamental Change Conversion”) into a number of shares of Common Stock (or Units of Exchange Property in accordance with Section 16) 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 as of the Fundamental Change Effective Date, calculated using a discount rate of 6.50% per annum, of all dividend payments on each such share (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, December 1, 2027 (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 11(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 on or 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 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 11):

(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 of each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock 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

(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 11):

(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) per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock 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, and such amount shall not form a part of the cumulative dividends that may be deemed to accumulate on the shares of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(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, and the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash 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.


(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 California 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

(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 12. Conversion Procedures.

(a) Pursuant to Section 9, 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 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

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to effect an Early 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 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 or, if applicable, the last day of the Early Conversion Settlement Period. Prior to the Close of Business on such applicable Early Conversion Date or, if applicable, the last day of the Early Conversion Settlement Period, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the Early 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 the global certificate or otherwise notating such reduction in the register maintained by such Transfer Agent and Registrar.

(c) To effect a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 11, 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 a Fundamental Change Conversion pursuant to Section 11 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 Fundamental Change 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.

(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 9, 10 or 11, as applicable and, if the applicable Conversion Date occurs after the Regular Record Date for a declared dividend and on or 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 13. 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) 32,200,000 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and (ii) the initial Maximum Conversion Rate and (y) the product of (i) 32,200,000 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 13(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 or partial 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 or partial 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.

Section 14. 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 9 or at the option of the Holder pursuant to Section 10 or Section 11, 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, and the Corporation shall not have any obligation to pay such amount in cash.

Section 15. Anti-Dilution Adjustments to the Fixed Conversion Rates. (a) Each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted as set forth in this Section 15, 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 15(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:

 

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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 15(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 15(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 an authorized committee thereof, determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to such Fixed Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared. For the purposes of this Section 15(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:

 

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where,

 

CR0 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such issuance;
CR1 =    such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such Record Date;
OS0 =    the number of 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 15(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 an authorized 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 15(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 an authorized committee thereof.

(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 15(a)(i) or Section 15(a)(ii) shall apply;

(2) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which the provisions set forth in Section 15(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 16;


(4) except as otherwise set forth in Section 15(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 15(a)(iii)(B) shall apply;

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

 

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where,

 

  CR0 =

such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such 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 an authorized 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 15(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 an authorized 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 (without having to convert its Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock), 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.


(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:

 

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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 an authorized 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 15(a)(iii) (and subject in all respects to Section 15(a)(i) and Section 15(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 15(a)(iii) (and no adjustment to the Fixed Conversion Rates under this Section 15(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 15(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 the Record Date with respect to new rights, options or warrants with such rights (in which case the existing rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders thereof).

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

(1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or repurchase (x) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Fixed Conversion Rates shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution pursuant to Section 15(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 15(a)(i), Section 15(a)(ii) and this Section 15(a)(iii), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 15(a)(iii) is applicable includes one or both of:

(A) a dividend or distribution of shares of Common Stock to which Section 15(a)(i) is applicable (the “Clause A Distribution”); or

(B) an issuance of rights, options or warrants to which Section 15(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 15(a)(iii) is applicable (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Fixed Conversion Rate adjustment required by this Section 15(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 15(a)(i) and Section 15(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 15(a)(i) or “outstanding immediately prior to Close of Business on such Record Date” within the meaning of Section 15(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 $0.025 per share (the “Initial Dividend Threshold”), each Fixed Conversion Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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where,

 

  CR0 =

such Fixed Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Close of Business on the Record Date for such 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 15(a)(iv).

Any increase made under this Section 15(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 an authorized 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 (without having to convert its Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock), 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 pursuant to a Schedule TO or registration statement on Form S-4 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:

 

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where,

 

  CR0 =

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

 

  CR1 =

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

 

  AC =

the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors, or an authorized 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 15(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).

(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 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 15(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 an authorized 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 or 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 clause (B) of this Section 15(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 15(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 15(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; or

(H) for accumulated dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, except as described in Sections 9, 10 and 11.

(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 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 Determination requires the Corporation to calculate the VWAP per share of Common Stock over a span of multiple days, the Board of Directors, or an 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 16. 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, domestication in or transfer of the Corporation 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, 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 9, Section 10 and Section 11 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 9(b) shall apply upon Mandatory Conversion, and for the purpose of calculating the Mandatory Conversion Rate if clause (ii) of Section 9(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 16 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events, and the provisions of Section 15 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 16.

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 16 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).

(ii) In the case of a Reorganization Event in which the Exchange Property (determined, as appropriate, as set forth above in this Section 16 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 16 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 17. 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 EQ Shareowner Services. 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 EQ Shareowner Services, 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 18. 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 19. 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 Determination, 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 20. 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 21. 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 22. 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 Determination. 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.


This Section 22(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 22(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 Determination 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 Determination 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 California 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 23. 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 (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).


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 24. 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.

(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 California 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 25. 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.


Section 26. Withholding. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Corporation or any agent of the Corporation shall have the right to deduct and withhold from any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) made with respect to any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (including the delivery of shares of Common Stock and/or cash upon conversion or redemption of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and any deemed distribution to any Holder in respect of an adjustment to any Fixed Conversion Rate) such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld with respect to the making of such payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) or delivery under applicable tax law without liability therefor. To the extent that any amounts are so deducted or withheld, such deducted or withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid (or delivered) to the applicable Holder. In the event the Corporation or any agent of the Corporation remits any amounts to a governmental authority on account of taxes required to be deducted or withheld in respect of any payment or distribution (or deemed distribution) or delivery with respect to any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to an applicable Holder, the Corporation and any such agent shall be entitled to offset any such amounts against any amounts (including shares of Common Stock) otherwise payable or deliverable to the applicable Holder hereunder or under any other instrument or agreement.


Exhibit A

[FORM OF FACE OF 6.000% 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 [  ]

Number of Shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock [  ]

CUSIP: 69331C 306

ISIN: US69331C3060

PG&E CORPORATION

6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

(Liquidation Preference as specified below)

PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that [   ] (the “Holder”), is the registered owner of [   ] fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Corporation’s designated 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, with 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 Determination of 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of PG&E Corporation, dated December 5, 2024, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Certificate of Determination”). Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meaning given them in the Certificate of Determination. The Corporation will provide a copy of the Certificate of Determination 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 Determination, the provisions of the Certificate of Determination 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 Determination, 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 Determination 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 Determination 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    .

 

  PG&E CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


COUNTERSIGNATURE

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

Dated:

 

EQ Shareowner Services

as Transfer Agent and Registrar

  
By:   

 

  
   Name:   
   Title:   


[FORM OF REVERSE OF CERTIFICATE FOR 6.000% 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 Determination when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, or an authorized committee thereof, out of funds legally available for payment.

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

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 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to convert (the “Conversion”) 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value per share (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”), of PG&E Corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), represented by stock certificate No(s). [ ] (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Certificates”), into common stock, no par value per share, of the Corporation (the “Common Stock”) according to the conditions of the Certificate of Determination of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Determination”), as of the date written below.

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 Determination.

 

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 Transfer Agent and Registrar named on the face of this Certificate.

**

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 6.000% 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 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock evidenced hereby on the books of the Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Transfer Agent and Registrar 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 and Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Transfer Agent and Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.)


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Determination to be signed by Brian M. Wong, the Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary and Margaret K. Becker, the Vice President, Internal Audit and Treasurer, this 4th day of December, 2024. We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge.

 

/s/ Brian M. Wong

Name: Brian M. Wong
Title: Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary

/s/ Margaret K. Becker

Name: Margaret K. Becker
Title: Vice President, Internal Audit and Treasurer

Exhibit 5.1

 

LOGO      FILE NO. 026915.29

December 5, 2024

PG&E Corporation

300 Lakeside Drive

Oakland, California 94612

 

Re:

PG&E Corporation

Registration Statement on Form S-3

To the Addressee:  

We have served as counsel to PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Company of 32,200,000 shares of the Company’s 6.000% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, no par value, with an initial liquidation preference of $50.00 per share (the “Securities”) covered by the Company’s Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-277286), including the prospectus constituting a part thereof, dated February 22, 2024, and the final prospectus supplement, dated December 2, 2024 (collectively, the “Prospectus”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Securities will be convertible into a variable number of shares of the Company’s common stock, no par value (the “Common Stock”). The terms of the Securities are set forth in a certificate of determination (the “Certificate of Determination”) filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of California.

The Securities are being offered, issued and sold pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated December 2, 2024 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company and the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have examined and relied upon a copy of the Registration Statement and the exhibits to be filed therewith. We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of government officials and other instruments, and have examined such questions of law and have satisfied ourselves as to such matters of fact, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed: (i) the genuineness of all signatures; (ii) the legal capacity of natural persons; (iii) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and (iv) the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.

ATLANTA AUSTIN BANGKOK BEIJING BOSTON BRUSSELS CHARLOTTE DALLAS DUBAI HOUSTON

LONDON LOS ANGELES MIAMI NEW YORK RICHMOND SAN FRANCISCO TOKYO TYSONS WASHINGTON, DC

www.HuntonAK.com


PG&E Corporation

December 5, 2024

Page 2

 

Based upon the foregoing and such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary and appropriate to render the opinions set forth herein, and subject to the limitations, assumptions and qualifications noted herein, we are of the opinion that:

1. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

2. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and upon such conversion of the Securities, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Securities and the Certificate of Determination, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We do not express any opinion herein concerning any law other than the General Corporation Law of the State of California.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to us included in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving the foregoing consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder. This opinion letter is limited to the matters stated in this opinion letter, and no opinion may be implied or inferred beyond the matters expressly stated in this opinion letter. This opinion letter is given as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you after the date hereof of facts or circumstances that come to our attention or changes in the law, including judicial or administrative interpretations thereof, that occur which could affect the opinions contained herein.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP