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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 26, 2019

 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Virginia

001-08489

54-1229715

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

120 Tredegar Street

Richmond, Virginia

 

23219

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

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

Not Applicable

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

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, no par value

 

D

 

New York Stock Exchange

2016 Series A 5.25% Enhanced Junior Subordinated Notes

 

DRUA

 

New York Stock Exchange

2019 Series A Corporate Units

 

DCUE

 

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 

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

 

 

 


 

Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Leopold and Blue Named Co-Chief Operating Officers

 

On October 2, 2019, Dominion Energy, Inc. (“Dominion Energy” or the “Company”) announced that Ms. Diane Leopold and Mr. Robert M. Blue have both been named Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of Dominion Energy, effective December 1, 2019.

 

Ms. Leopold, age 52, has served as Executive Vice President and President & CEO—Gas Infrastructure Group from May 2017 to date; Senior Vice President and President & CEO—Gas Infrastructure Group from January 2017 to May 2017; and President of Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc., The East Ohio Gas Company and Dominion Cove Point, Inc. from January 2014 to date.  Mr. Blue, age 52, has served as Executive Vice President and President & CEO—Power Delivery Group from May 2017 to date; Senior Vice President and President & CEO—Power Delivery Group from January 2017 to May 2017; Senior Vice President—Law, Regulation & Policy from February 2016 to December 2016; Senior Vice President—Regulation, Law, Energy Solutions and Policy from May 2015 to January 2016; and President of Virginia Electric and Power Company from January 2014 to May 2015.

 

As previously reported in Dominion Energy’s 2019 Proxy Statement (the “Proxy Statement”), Mr. Thomas P. Wohlfarth, the spouse of Ms. Leopold, is employed by Dominion Energy’s services company as Senior Vice President – Regulatory Affairs.  The information on Mr. Wohlfarth’s 2018 compensation and benefits as detailed in the Proxy Statement section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” is hereby incorporated by reference.  Mr. Wohlfarth’s 2019 compensation and benefits are comparable to that disclosed in the Proxy Statement for 2018.  He has notified the Company of his intent to retire in December 2019.  

 

New Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan Amendment

 

On September 26, 2019, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Dominion Energy amended the Company’s New Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) to freeze future benefit accruals under the Plan as of October 1, 2019. The Plan was previously frozen to new participants in 2013. Frozen benefits under the Plan will continue to be credited with annual cost-of-living increases on each July 1, starting with July 1, 2020 through the July 1 on or immediately preceding the date of a Participant’s retirement. Participants who are younger than age 55 on the date of the amendment may continue to grow into an unreduced benefit based on future increases in age prior to their retirement, but will not receive any further compensation-based credit. In addition, eligible participants will continue to receive restoration match payments subject to the Plan’s terms.

 

The description of the amendment above is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the amendment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.1 hereto.

 

Item 5.03.  Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

 

On September 26, 2019, the Board of the Company approved amendments to the Company’s Bylaws to reflect changes to Virginia law regarding shareholder voting lists and to account for rights associated with recently issued preferred stock. The Board also approved certain clarifying amendments regarding the shareholder proposal process and to distinguish the rights of record holders as compared to beneficial holders in a manner consistent with state law, as well as other general administrative edits. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws as amended, which is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.2 and incorporated by reference herein.  

 

The Board of Directors also approved a restatement of the Articles of Incorporation to include all provisions then in effect. No amendments were made to the Articles of Incorporation, as restated. A copy of the Articles of Incorporation as restated is filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

 

3.1

Articles of Incorporation, as restated, effective September 27, 2019

3.2

Bylaws, as amended and restated, effective September 26, 2019

10.1

Amendment to New Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan, effective October 1, 2019

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SIGNATURES

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

 

 

 

 

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

 

Registrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Carter M. Reid

 

 

 

Carter M. Reid

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative &

Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary

Date: October 2, 2019

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 

 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

Articles of Incorporation

 

As restated, effective September 27, 2019

 

 

 


 

Article I.

Name

The name of the Corporation is Dominion Energy, Inc.

Article II.

Purpose

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

Article III.

Stock

Division A — Common Stock

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

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

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

The holders of the Common Stock shall, to the exclusion of the holders of the Preferred Stock, have the sole and full power to vote for the election of

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directors and for all other purposes without limitation except only as otherwise recited or provided in the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation applicable to the Preferred Stock.

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

Division B — Preferred Stock

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

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

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

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

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

 

(c)

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

 

(d)

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

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(e)

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

 

(f)

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

 

(g)

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

 

(h)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(j)

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

 

(k)

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

In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after there shall have been paid to or set aside for the holders

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of the Preferred Stock the full preferential amounts to which they are respectively entitled under the provisions of these Articles of Incorporation applicable to the Preferred Stock, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have no claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

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

Division C — General Provisions

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

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

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

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

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

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

Article IIIA.

1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

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

 

(1)

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

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(2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conversion Pricemeans as of any time, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate as of such time.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

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

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

 

(c)

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

 

(d)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Initial Issue Date” shall mean June 14, 2019.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

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

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

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

Permitted Distributions” means any of the following:

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

 

(iii)

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

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such Junior Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such Junior Stock;

 

(iv)

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

 

(v)

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

 

(vi)

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

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

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

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

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

Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement” means the Purchase Contract and Pledge Agreement between the Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as purchase contract agent, collateral agent, custodial agent and securities intermediary, dated as of June 14, 2019, a copy of which is filed with the SEC and is available at the SEC’s

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website, http://www.sec.gov, under the Corporation’s file number under the Exchange Act, 001-08489.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

(3)

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

 

(4)

Dividends.

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

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

 

(c)

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

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(d)

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

 

(e)

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

 

(f)

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

 

(g)

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

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

 

(h)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(j)

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

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(k)

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

 

(5)

Method of Payment of Dividends.

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

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

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Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend.

 

(c)

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

 

(d)

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

 

(e)

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

 

(f)

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

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(6)

Liquidation Preference.

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

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

 

(c)

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

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(d)

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

 

(7)

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

 

(8)

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

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(A)

the Redemption Date;

 

(B)

the Redemption Price;

 

(C)

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

 

(D)

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

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(E)

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

 

(F)

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

 

(G)

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

 

(H)

the CUSIP number of the Convertible Preferred Stock; and

 

(I)

any other information the Corporation wishes to present;

 

(ii)

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

 

(iii)

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

 

(c)

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

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(d)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

 

(e)

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

 

(f)

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

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(g)

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

 

(h)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(j)

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

 

(k)

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

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(9)

Conversion.

 

(a)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(b)

Conversion Procedures.

 

(i)

Conversion of Independent Shares may be effected by any holder thereof (A) if such holder’s shares of Convertible Preferred Stock are in certificated form, upon the surrender to the Corporation, at the principal office of

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

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

 

(c)

Dividend and Other Payments Upon Conversion.

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

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

 

(d)

Settlement Upon Conversion.

 

(i)

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

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(ii)

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

 

(iii)

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

 

(A)

if the Corporation elects Physical Settlement, the Corporation shall deliver to the converting holder a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the

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product of (1) the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted, and (2) the applicable Conversion Rate;

 

(B)

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

 

(C)

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

 

(iv)

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

 

(e)

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

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

 

(f)

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

 

(g)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

 

(iii)

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

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(10)

Adjusted Conversion Rate Upon a Fundamental Change.

 

(a)

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

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(b)

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

 

(c)

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

 

(i)

the events constituting the Fundamental Change;

 

(ii)

the Effective Date of the Fundamental Change;

 

(iii)

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

 

(iv)

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

 

(v)

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

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Price, the formula for determination of the Conversion Rate;

 

(vi)

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

 

(vii)

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

 

(viii)

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

 

(d)

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

 

(e)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

 

(iii)

if the Corporation has validly elected Cash Settlement in the Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Corporation shall deliver, in respect of each share of the

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Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount of cash equal to the Conversion Rate (as adjusted pursuant to this Section IIIA(10)) multiplied by the Fundamental Change Settlement Price; and

 

(iv)

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

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

 

(f)

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

 

(g)

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

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(11)

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

 

(a)

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

CR1 = CR0 × OS1 / OS0

where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution or the open of business on the effective date of such share split or share combination;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or the open of business on the effective date of such share split or share combination;

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or the open of business on the effective date of such share split or share combination; and

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend or distribution, or the effective date of such share split or share combination.

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

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that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

 

(b)

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

CR1 = CR0 × (OS0 + X) / (OS0 + Y)

where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

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

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

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

 

(c)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash; and

 

(iii)

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

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

CR1 = CR0 × SP0 / (SP0 – FMV)

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where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution;

SP0 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and

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

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “FMV” (as defined in this Section IIIA(11)(c)) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined in this Section IIIA(11)(c)), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive, in respect of each share of Convertible Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of Common Stock and without having to convert its shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the amount and kind of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness or other assets or property of the Corporation that such holder would have received if such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

If the Corporation distributes to all holders of Common Stock, Capital Stock of the Corporation of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other

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business unit, in each case, that are, or, when issued, will be, listed on a U.S. national securities exchange (a Spin-Off), the Conversion Rate in effect immediately following the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off shall be increased based on the following formula:

CR1 = CR0 × (FMV0 + MP0) / MP0

where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect on the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate immediately after the 10th Trading Day immediately following, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off;

FMV0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of the capital stock or similar equity interest distributed to holders of Common Stock applicable to one share of Common Stock over the first 10 consecutive Trading Days after, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off (the “Valuation Period”); and

MP0 = the average of the Closing Sale Prices of Common Stock over the Valuation Period.

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

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

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

 

(d)

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

CR1 = CR0 × (SP0 – IDT) / (SP0 – C)

where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution;

CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the open of business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution;

SP0 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution;

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

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

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

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if “C” (as in this Section IIIA(11)(d)) is equal to or greater than “SP0” (as defined in this Section IIIA(11)(d)), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each holder of Convertible Preferred Stock shall receive, for each share of Convertible Preferred Stock, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of shares of Common Stock and without having to convert its shares of Convertible Preferred Stock, the amount of cash that such holder would have received if such holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

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

 

(e)

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

CR1 = CR0 × (AC + (SP1 × OS1)) / (SP1 × OS0)

where,

CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the Trading Day on which such tender or exchange offer expires;

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CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the date such tender or exchange offer expires;

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

OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the close of business on the Trading Day such tender or exchange offer expires (prior to giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer);

OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the close of business on the Trading Day such tender or exchange offer expires (after giving effect to the purchase or exchange of shares of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer); and

SP1 = the Closing Sale Price of Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.

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

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

 

(f)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

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the Convertible Preferred Stock held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate, multiplied by the number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock held by such holders.

 

(iii)

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

 

(iv)

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

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(g)

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

 

(h)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

 

(iii)

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

 

(iv)

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

 

(v)

for accumulated and unpaid dividends.

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(12)

Remarketing.

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

Increased Rates.

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

 

(iii)

On the Remarketing Settlement Date of any Successful Remarketing,

 

(A)

if the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the related Remarketing Date is less than the Reference Price, the Conversion Rate shall increase

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to an amount equal to $1,000, divided by 120% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Remarketing Date (rounded to the nearest ten-thousandth share); and

 

(B)

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

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

 

(iv)

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

 

(v)

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

 

(vi)

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

 

(vii)

In the event of an Unsuccessful Final Remarketing, an Unsuccessful Optional Remarketing, or if no Applicable Ownership Interests in Convertible Preferred Stock are included in Corporate Units and none of the holders of the Separate Shares of Convertible Preferred Stock elect

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to have their shares of Convertible Preferred Stock remarketed in any Remarketing, neither the Dividend Rate nor the Conversion Rate shall be modified.

 

(viii)

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

 

(13)

[Reserved]

 

(14)

Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of Common Stock.

 

(a)

The following events are defined as “Reorganization Events”:

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Corporation;

 

(iii)

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

 

(iv)

any statutory exchange of the Common Stock;

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

 

(b)

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

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

 

(c)

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

 

(d)

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

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cash to converting holders on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Conversion Date.

 

(e)

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

 

(f)

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

 

(g)

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

 

(h)

The above provisions of this Section IIIA(14) shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events, and the provisions

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of Section IIIA(11) shall apply to any shares of Capital Stock received by the holders of Common Stock in any such Reorganization Event.

 

(15)

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

 

(16)

Voting Rights.

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

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

 

(i)

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

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(ii)

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

 

(iii)

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

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

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adversely affect one or more but not all series of Parity Stock (including the Convertible Preferred Stock for this purpose), then only the one or more series of Parity Stock adversely affected and entitled to vote, rather than all series of Parity Stock, shall vote as a class.

 

(c)

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

 

(i)

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

 

(ii)

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

 

(iii)

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

 

(iv)

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

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

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

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

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

 

(d)

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

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

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

 

(17)

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

 

(18)

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

 

(19)

Form.

 

(a)

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

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

 

(b)

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

(20)

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

 

(21)

Paying Agent and Conversion Agent.

 

(a)

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

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(b)

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

 

(22)

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

 

(23)

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

 

(24)

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

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

Article IV.

Offices

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

Article V.

Directors

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

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

If the office of any Director shall become vacant, the Directors at the time in office, whether or not a quorum, may, by majority vote of the Directors then in office, choose a successor who shall hold office until the next

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annual meeting of stockholders. Vacancies resulting from the increase in the number of Directors shall be filled in the same manner.

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

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

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

Article VI.

Limit on Liability and Indemnification

 

1.

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

 

2.

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

 

3.

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

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

 

4.

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

 

5.

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

 

6.

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

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7.

Reference herein to Directors, officers, employees or agents shall
include former Directors, officers, employees and agents and their

respective heirs, executors and administrators.

 

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EXHIBIT A

1.75% SERIES A CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

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

CUSIP NO.: 25746U 810

1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

(no par value)

(liquidation preference $1,000 per share)

of

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

(organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia)

[INCLUDE FOR GLOBAL PREFERRED SHARES]

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

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

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

 

DOMINION ENERGY, INC., a Virginia corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies that [              ]2[Cede & Co.]3, or registered assigns (the “Holder”) is the registered owner of

 

1 

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

2 

Include for certificated shares.

3 

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

A-1

 


 

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

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

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

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


 

4 

Include for certificated shares.

5 

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

6 

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

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

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Dated: __________________


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TRANSFER AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

 

BROADRIDGE CORPORATION ISSUER SOLUTIONS, INC.,

as Transfer Agent

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

Dated: ____________________

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REVERSE OF SECURITY

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

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

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

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

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ASSIGNMENT

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

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

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

________________________________________________________________

(Insert address and zip code of assignee)

________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

and irrevocably appoints:

________________________________________________________________

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

Date:  __________________

Signature:  ______________________

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

Signature Guarantee: _____________________7


 

7 

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

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NOTICE OF CONVERSION

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

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

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

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

Date of Conversion:  __________________________________________

Number of shares of Convertible Preferred Stock

to be Converted:  __________________________

Signature:  __________________________________________________

Name:  _____________________________________________________

Address:8  __________________________________________________

Fax No.:  ___________________________________________________

 

8 

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

A-7

 


 

SCHEDULE A9

Dominion Energy, Inc.

Global Preferred Share
1.75% Series A Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock

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

 

Date of Exchange

Amount of decrease in number of shares represented by this Global
Preferred Share

Amount of increase in number of shares represented by this Global
Preferred Share

Number of shares represented by this Global Preferred Share following such decrease or increase

Signature of authorized officer of Registrar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 

Include for Global Preferred Shares.

A-8

 

Exhibit 3.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Energy, Inc.

 

 

Bylaws

 

 

As amended and restated, effective September 26, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Article

Page

 

I

Name

1

II

Shareholders’ Meetings

1

III

Annual Meeting

1

IV

Special Meetings

1

V

Notice of Shareholders’ Meetings

2

VI

Voting Lists

3

VII

Quorum

3

VIII

Voting

3

IX

Record Date

4

X

Shareholder Proposals

4

XI

Board of Directors

6

XII

Proxy Access for Director Nominations

6

XIII

Manner of Election of Directors

13

XIV

Powers of Directors

13

XV

Executive and Other Committees

13

XVI

Meetings of Directors and Quorum

14

XVII

Action Without a Meeting

14

XVIII

Director Resignation and Removals

15

XIX

Board Vacancies

15

XX

Officers

15

XXI

Eligibility of Officers

15

XXII

Duties and Authority of Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Others

16

XXIII

Vice Presidents

16

XXIV

Corporate Secretary

16

XXV

Treasurer

16

XXVI

Controller

17

XXVII

Officer Resignations and Removals

17

XXVIII

Officer Vacancies

17

XXIX

Certificates and Records for Shares

17

XXX

Transfer of Shares

18

XXXI

Voting of Shares Held

18

XXXII

Bonds, Debentures and Notes Issued Under an Indenture

19

XXXIII

Amendments

19

XXXIV

Emergency Bylaws

19

XXXV

Control Share Acquisitions

20

 

 

 


 

 

Article I.

Name.

 

The name of the Corporation is Dominion Energy, Inc.

 

 

Article II.

Shareholders' Meetings.

 

All meetings of the Shareholders shall be held at such place, within or without of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as provided in the notice of the meeting provided in accordance with Article V - Notice of Shareholders' Meetings.

 

 

Article III.

Annual Meeting.

 

The Annual Meeting of the Shareholders shall be held on any date during the period May 1 through May 31 as determined by the Board of Directors from year to year. In the event that such Annual Meeting is omitted by oversight or otherwise during this period, the Board of Directors shall cause a meeting to be held as soon thereafter as may be convenient, and any business transacted or elections held at such meeting shall be as valid as if transacted or held at the Annual Meeting. Such subsequent meeting shall be called in the same manner as provided for in Article IV - Special Meetings.

 

 

Article IV.

Special Meetings.

 

Special Meetings of the Shareholders shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, or a majority of the Directors. Special Meetings of the Shareholders may also be held following the accrual or termination of voting rights of the Preferred Stock, whenever requested to be called in the manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation.

 

Special Meetings of the Shareholders shall also be held whenever called by the Corporate Secretary, upon the written request of the Shareholders owning continuously for a period of at least one year prior to the date of such request, more than 25% of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation (a "Qualifying Shareholder Request"). Each such written request must be signed by a Shareholder and delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation and shall set forth (a) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Special Meeting of the Shareholders, including the complete text of any resolutions to be presented at the Special Meeting of the Shareholders, with respect to such business, and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting; (b) the date of request; (c) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of such Shareholder and of any Shareholder Associated Person (as defined in Article X); (d) the ownership information of such Shareholder and any Shareholder Associated Person as required by Article X, including a written agreement to update and supplement such information; (e) any material interest of such Shareholder and of any Shareholder Associated Person in such business; (f) a representation that such Shareholder intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting of the Shareholders to transact the business specified and (g) a representation that each Shareholder intends to hold the shares of the Corporation's stock through the date of the Special Meeting of the Shareholders. Shareholder requests submitted with respect to the election of Directors shall include the information as required to be included in a notice of a Shareholder's intent to nominate a Director pursuant to Article XI.

 

Multiple shareholder requests delivered to the Corporate Secretary will be considered together to determine whether a Qualifying Shareholder Request has been made only if each such request (a) identifies substantially the same purpose or purposes of the Special Meeting of the Shareholders and substantially the same matters proposed to be acted on at the Special Meeting of the Shareholders, as

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determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, and (b) has been dated and delivered to the Corporate Secretary within sixty (60) days of the earliest dated shareholder request.

 

Any Shareholder may revoke his, her or its written shareholder request at any time by written revocation delivered to the Corporate Secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation.

 

Business transacted at any Special Meeting of the Shareholders held pursuant to a Qualifying Shareholder Request shall be limited to the purpose(s) stated in the Qualifying Shareholder Request; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Board of Directors from submitting matters to the Shareholders at any Special Meeting of the Shareholders held pursuant to a Qualifying Shareholder Request. If none of the Shareholders who made the Qualifying Shareholder Request appears or send a qualified representative to present the matters specified in the Qualifying Shareholder Request, the Corporation need not present such matters for a vote at such meeting.

 

The Corporate Secretary shall not be required to call a Special Meeting of the Shareholders if (a) the Board of Directors calls an Annual Meeting or Special Meeting of the Shareholders to be held not later than ninety (90) days after the first date on which valid Qualifying Shareholder Requests constituting more than 25% of all the outstanding shares of the Corporation have been delivered to the Corporate Secretary (the "Delivery Date") and the business to be conducted at such meeting is substantially similar to the business requested by a Shareholder to be brought before a Special Meeting of the Shareholders, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or (b) the Qualifying Shareholder Request (i) has a Delivery Date which is during the period commencing ninety (90) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year's Annual Meeting and ending on the date of the next Annual Meeting, (ii) contains an identical or substantially similar item to an item that was presented at any meeting of the Shareholders held within one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the Delivery Date (for purposes of this clause (ii) the election of directors shall be deemed a similar item with respect to all items of business involving the election or removal of directors), (iii) relates to an item of business that is not a proper subject for Shareholder action under applicable law, (iv) was made in a manner that involved a violation of Regulation 14A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the "Exchange Act"), or other applicable law, or (v) does not comply with the provisions of this Article IV.

 

Any Special Meeting of the Shareholders held pursuant to a Qualifying Shareholder Request shall be held at such date and time as may be fixed by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the date of any such Special Meeting of the Shareholders shall not be more than ninety (90) days after the Delivery Date.

 

 

Article V.

Notice of Shareholders' Meetings.

 

Notice stating the place, day and hour of each Shareholders' meeting and, in the case of a Special Meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting, or such longer period as is specified below, by, or at the direction of, the Board of Directors or its Chairman, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President or the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Corporate Secretary, to each Shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. Notice shall also be given to other Shareholders of record to the extent required by the Articles of Incorporation or by law. Notice may be mailed to a Shareholder at the Shareholder's registered address and such notice will be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States (“U.S.”) mail, postage-paid, addressed to the Shareholder at the Shareholder's address as it appears on the stock transfer books. Alternatively, notice may be given to a Shareholder by electronic transmission as permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act or any other applicable law and, in such case, shall be effective as provided therein.

 

Notice of a Shareholders' meeting to act on an amendment of the Articles of Incorporation, on a plan of merger or share exchange, on a proposed dissolution of the Corporation, or on a proposed sale, lease or exchange, or other disposition of assets that would leave the Corporation without a significant continuing business activity, as defined in Section 13.1-724 of the Virginia Stock

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Corporation Act, shall be given not less than 25 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Any notice of a Shareholders' meeting to act on such a matter shall be accompanied by a copy of the applicable proposed amendment, plan of merger or share exchange, plan of dissolution or agreement effecting the disposition of assets.

 

If any Shareholders' meeting is adjourned to a different date, time or place, notice need not be given if the new date, time or place is announced at the meeting before adjournment. If a new record date for the adjourned meeting is fixed under Article IX, however, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given under this Article to Shareholders entitled to notice as of the new record date. Any Shareholder who attends a meeting may be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting as provided in Section 13.1-659 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act.

 

 

Article VI.

Voting Lists.

 

After the record date for a meeting of the Shareholders has been fixed pursuant to Article IX, or by law, and such record date has occurred, the officer or agent having charge of the share transfer books of the Corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the Shareholders of record entitled to notice of such meeting. The list shall be arranged by voting group (and within each voting group by class or series of shares) and show the address of and number of shares held by each Shareholder. The Shareholders’ list shall be available for inspection by any Shareholder of record, beginning two business days after notice of such meeting is given and continuing through the meeting, at the principal office of the Corporation or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. In the event the Board of Directors has fixed a different record date to determine which Shareholders are entitled to vote at such meeting, a list of Shareholders of record entitled to vote, prepared in the same manner as the Shareholders’ list for notice, shall be similarly available for inspection by any Shareholder of record promptly after the record date for voting.  The Corporation shall make the list of Shareholders entitled to vote available at the meeting, and any Shareholder of record, or the Shareholder’s agent or attorney, is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.  The original share transfer books, or a duplicate thereof, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the Shareholders entitled to examine such list or to vote, in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the Shareholders.  In addition to the foregoing inspection rights, any person who shall have been a Shareholder of record for at least 6 months immediately preceding delivery of such person’s demand or who is the holder of record of at least 5% of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors, or such Shareholder’s agent or attorney, upon demand that is made in good faith and for a proper purpose, and otherwise in accordance with the requirements of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, shall have the right to copy such list(s) at such Shareholder’s expense, during regular business hours, during the period that it is available for inspection.

 

 

Article VII.

Quorum.

 

At any meeting of the Shareholders, a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on a matter shall constitute a quorum. A lesser interest may adjourn any meeting from time to time. The provisions of this Article are, however, subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.

 

 

Article VIII.

Voting.

 

When a quorum is present at any meeting, action on a matter is approved if the votes cast favoring the action exceed the votes cast opposing the action, unless the action is the election of Directors, or is one upon which by express provision of law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a larger or different vote is required, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question.

 

Shareholders of record entitled to vote may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy executed in

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writing or by proxy authorized by any means permitted by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act or other applicable law. In each case, such proxy must be authorized by the Shareholder or by the Shareholder's duly authorized officer, director, employee or agent or attorney-in-fact, and shall be filed with or received by the inspector of election or other officer or agent of the Corporation authorized to tabulate votes for the meeting before being voted. A proxy shall designate only one person as proxy, except that proxies executed pursuant to a general solicitation of proxies may designate one or more persons, any one of whom may act as proxies. Proxies given for a specific Shareholders' meeting shall entitle the holders to vote at any adjournment of the meeting, but shall not be valid after the final adjournment of that meeting. No proxy shall be valid after 11 months from its date unless the appointment form expressly provides for a longer period of validity. Shareholders entitled to vote may also be represented by an agent personally present, duly designated by power of attorney, with or without power of substitution, and such power of attorney shall be produced at the meeting on request. Each holder of record of shares of any class shall, as to all matters in respect of which shares of any class have voting power, be entitled to one vote for each share of stock of such class standing in such holder's name on the books of the Corporation.

 

 

Article IX.

Record Date.

 

For the purpose of determining the Shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Shareholders, or any adjournment, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend, or in order to make a determination of Shareholders for any other proper purpose, the Board of Directors may fix the date on which it takes such action or a future date as the record date for any such determination of Shareholders, provided that such date shall not in any case be more than 70 days prior to the date on which the meeting or other action, requiring such determination of Shareholders, is to take place. The Board of Directors is authorized to delegate to the Corporate Secretary the determination of a record date for any meeting of Shareholders. If no record date shall be fixed for the determination of Shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders, or for the determination of the Shareholders entitled to receive payment of a dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is mailed or the date on which the resolution of the Board of Directors declaring such dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Shareholders in such cases. A determination of Shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a Shareholders' meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors or Corporate Secretary, as the case may be, fixes a new record date, which shall be done if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.

 

 

Article X.

Shareholder Proposals.

 

At an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders, business must be (a) specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, (b) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (c) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a Shareholder who (i) is a Shareholder of record both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Article X and at the time of the meeting, (ii) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (iii) has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Article X as to such business. For business to be properly brought before the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders pursuant to clause (c) of this Article X, such business must constitute a proper subject for Shareholder action under applicable law. Except for proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the foregoing clause (c) shall be the exclusive means for a Shareholder to propose business to be brought before an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders.

 

For business to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders by a Shareholder, the Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation. To be timely, a Shareholder's notice must be delivered to, or mailed (including by

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electronic transmission) and received at the principal executive office of the Corporation not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year's Annual Meeting; provided, however, that if the date of the Annual Meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date, notice by the Shareholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the 90th day prior to such Annual Meeting or, if later, the 10th day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such Annual Meeting was first made. In no event shall any adjournment of an Annual Meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of timely notice as described above.

 

A Shareholder's notice to the Corporate Secretary shall set forth as to each matter the Shareholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders:

 

(a)

a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting, including the complete text of any resolutions to be presented at the Annual Meeting, with respect to such business, and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting;

 

(b)

the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's books, of such Shareholder and of any Shareholder Associated Person (as defined below);

 

(c)

(i) the class and number of shares of the Corporation's stock which are held of record or are beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Shareholder and any Shareholder Associated Person; (ii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of such Shareholder's notice by, or on behalf of, such Shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation; and (iii) a written agreement by such Shareholder to update and supplement the information required to be provided under this clause (c) by providing such information as of the record date for the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders, with such information being provided to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than 10 days after such record date; and

 

(d)

any material interest of the Shareholder or such Shareholder Associated Person in such business.

 

A "Shareholder Associated Person" of any Shareholder means (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such Shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such Shareholder, and (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Shareholder Associated Person.

 

Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders except in accordance with this Article X. In the event that a Shareholder attempts to bring business before an Annual Meeting without complying with the foregoing procedure, the Chairman of the meeting may declare to the meeting that the business was not properly brought before the meeting and, if the Chairman shall so declare, such business shall not be transacted.

 

This Article X is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders other than any proposal made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. Nothing in this Article X shall be deemed to affect the rights of Shareholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation's proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. The foregoing provisions are not applicable to Shareholder nominations of Directors, the process for which is set forth in Article XI and Article XII.

 

 

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Article XI.

Board of Directors.

 

A Board of Directors shall be chosen by ballot at the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders or at any meeting held in lieu thereof as herein before provided, or at any Special Meeting of the Shareholders called for the purpose of the election of Directors.

 

Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, nominations for the election of Directors shall be made by the Board of Directors or a committee appointed by the Board of Directors or by any Shareholder entitled to vote in the election of Directors generally. However, any Shareholder entitled to vote in the election of Directors generally may nominate one or more persons for election as Directors at a meeting only if written notice of such Shareholder's intent to make such nomination or nominations has been given, either by personal delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Corporate Secretary of the Corporation not later than 60 days in advance of such meeting (except that, if public disclosure of the meeting is made less than 70 days prior to the meeting, the notice need only be received within 10 days following such public disclosure). Each such notice shall set forth: (a) the name and address of the Shareholder who intends to make the nomination and of the person or persons to be nominated; (b) a representation that the Shareholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person or persons specified in the notice; (c) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the Shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the Shareholder; (d) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such Shareholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, had the nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated by the Board of Directors; and (e) the consent of each nominee to serve as a Director of the Corporation if so elected. The Chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure.

 

 

Article XII.

Proxy Access for Director Nominations.

 

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(a)

Whenever the Board of Directors solicits proxies with respect to the election of Directors at an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders, subject to the provisions of this Article XII, the Corporation shall include in its proxy materials for such Annual Meeting, in addition to any persons nominated for election by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, the name, together with the Required Information (defined below), of any person nominated for election (the "Shareholder Nominee") to the Board of Directors by an Eligible Shareholder who expressly elects at the time of providing the notice required by this Article XII (the "Notice of Proxy Access Nomination") to have its nominee included in the Corporation's proxy materials pursuant to this Article XII. An "Eligible Shareholder" is defined as a Shareholder or group of no more than 20 Shareholders (counting as one Shareholder, for this purpose, any two or more funds that are (i) under common management and investment control, (ii) under common management and funded primarily by the same employer, or (iii) a "group of investment companies," as such term is defined in Section 12(d)(1)(G)(ii) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that satisfies the requirements of section (e) of this Article XII. As used herein, the term "Eligible Shareholder" means such Shareholder or Shareholder group, including each member thereof to the extent the context requires. In the event that the Eligible Shareholder consists of a group of Shareholders, any and all requirements and obligations for an individual Eligible Shareholder that are set forth in these Bylaws, including the Minimum Holding Period (defined below), shall apply to each member of such group; provided, however, that the Required Ownership Percentage (defined below) shall apply to the ownership of the group in the aggregate. For purposes of this Article XII, the "Required Information" that the Corporation will include in its proxy materials is the information provided to the Corporate Secretary concerning the Shareholder Nominee and the Eligible

Shareholder that is required to be disclosed in the Corporation's proxy materials by the regulations promulgated under the Exchange Act, and if the Eligible Shareholder so elects, a written statement, not to exceed 500 words, in support of the Shareholder Nominee(s)' candidacy (the "Statement"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XII, the Corporation may omit from its proxy materials any information or Statement (or portion thereof) that it, in good faith, believes is untrue in any material respect (or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading) or would violate any applicable law or regulation, and the Corporation may solicit against, and include in the proxy materials its own statement relating to, any Shareholder Nominee.

 

(b)

To be timely, the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination must be addressed to the Corporate Secretary and delivered to, or mailed to (including by electronic transmission) and received by, the Corporate Secretary no more than one hundred fifty (150) days and no less than one hundred twenty (120) days before the anniversary of the date that the Corporation issued its proxy materials for the previous year's Annual Meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is called for a date that is not within thirty (30) days before or after such anniversary date, in order to be timely the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination must be so received not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which notice of the date of the Annual Meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of the Annual Meeting was made, whichever first occurs. The advance notice requirement specified in this Article XII(b) is the Corporation's "advance notice provision" for purposes of Rule 14a-18 under the Exchange Act.

 

(c)

The maximum number of Shareholder Nominees nominated by all Eligible Shareholders that will be included in the Corporation's proxy materials with respect to an Annual Meeting shall not exceed the greater of (i) two (2) or (ii) twenty percent (20%) of the total number of Directors in office (rounded down to the nearest whole number below twenty percent) (the "Maximum Number") as of the last day on which a Notice of Proxy Access Nomination may be delivered pursuant to and in accordance with this Article XII (the "Final Proxy Access Nomination Date"). In the event that one or more vacancies for any reason occurs after the Final Proxy Access Nomination Date but before the date of the Annual Meeting and the Board of Directors resolves to reduce the size of the Board of Directors in connection therewith, the Maximum Number included in the Corporation's proxy materials shall be calculated based on the number of Directors in office as so reduced.

 

The following individuals shall be counted for purposes of determining when the Maximum Number has been reached: (i) any individual nominated by an Eligible Shareholder for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials pursuant to this Article XII whom the Board of Directors decides to nominate as a nominee of the Board of Directors, (ii) any individual nominated by an Eligible Shareholder for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials pursuant to this Article XII but whose nomination is subsequently withdrawn, shall be counted as one of the Shareholder Nominees for purposes of determining when the maximum number of Shareholder Nominees provided for in this Article XII has been reached, and (iii) any Director in office as of the Final Proxy Access Nomination Date who was included in the Corporation's proxy materials as a Shareholder Nominee for any of the three (3) preceding Annual Meetings (including any individual counted as a Shareholder Nominee pursuant to item (i)). Any Eligible Shareholder submitting more than one Shareholder Nominee for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials pursuant to this Article XII shall rank such Shareholder Nominees based on the order that the Eligible Shareholder desires such Shareholder Nominees to be selected for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials in the event that the total number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Shareholders pursuant to this Article XII exceeds the Maximum Number provided for in this Article XII. In the event that the number of Shareholder Nominees submitted by Eligible Shareholders pursuant to this Article XII exceeds the Maximum Number provided for in this Article XII, the highest ranking Shareholder Nominee who meets the requirements of this Article XII from each Eligible Shareholder will be selected for inclusion in the Corporation's proxy materials until the Maximum Number is reached, going in order of the amount (largest to smallest) of shares of the Corporation's outstanding common

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stock each Eligible Shareholder disclosed as Owned (as defined below) in its respective Notice of Proxy Access Nomination submitted to the Corporation. If the Maximum Number is not reached after the highest ranking Shareholder Nominee who meets the requirements of this Article XII from each Eligible Shareholder has been selected, this process will continue as many times as necessary, following the same order each time, until the Maximum Number is reached.

 

(d)

For purposes of this Article XII, a Shareholder shall "Own" only those outstanding shares of common stock of the Corporation as to which the Shareholder possesses both:

(i)

the full voting and investment rights pertaining to the shares; and

(ii)

the full economic interest in (including the opportunity for profit from and risk of loss on) such shares;

 

provided that the number of shares calculated in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) shall not include any shares:

 

(x)

sold by such Shareholder or any of its affiliates in any transaction that has not been settled or closed, including any short sale;

 

(y)

borrowed by such Shareholder or any of its affiliates for any purposes or purchased by such Shareholder or any of its affiliates pursuant to an agreement to resell; or

 

(z)

subject to any option, warrant, forward contract, swap, contract of sale, other derivative or similar agreement entered into by such Shareholder or any of its affiliates, whether any such instrument or agreement is to be settled with shares or with cash based on the notional amount or value of shares of outstanding common stock of the Corporation, in any such case which instrument or agreement has, or is intended to have, or if exercised by either party would have, the purpose or effect of:

 

(1)

reducing in any manner, to any extent or at any time in the future, such Shareholder's or its affiliates' full right to vote or direct the voting of any such shares; and/or

 

(2)

hedging, offsetting or altering to any degree any gain or loss realized or realizable from maintaining the full economic ownership of such shares by such Shareholder or its affiliates.

 

A Shareholder shall "Own" shares held in the name of a nominee or other intermediary so long as the Shareholder retains the right to instruct how the shares are voted with respect to the election of Directors and possesses the full economic interest in the shares. A Shareholder's ownership of shares shall be deemed to continue during (i) any period in which shares have been loaned, provided that the Shareholder has the power to recall such loaned shares on five (5) business days' notice and provides a representation that it will promptly recall such loaned shares upon being notified that any of its Shareholder Nominees will be included in the proxy materials, and (ii) any period in which the Shareholder has delegated any voting power by means of a proxy, power of attorney or other instrument or arrangement which is revocable at any time by the Shareholder. The terms "Owned," "Owning" and other variations of the word "Own" shall have correlative meanings. Whether outstanding shares of the common stock of the Corporation are "Owned" for these purposes shall be determined by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, in each case, in its sole discretion. For purposes of this Article XII, the term "affiliate" or "affiliates" shall have the meaning ascribed thereto under the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act. A Shareholder shall include in its Notice of Proxy Access Nomination the number of shares it is deemed to Own for the purposes of this Article XII.

 

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(e)

In order to make a nomination pursuant to this Article XII, a Shareholder must have Owned (as defined above) the Required Ownership Percentage (as defined below) of the Corporation's outstanding common stock (the "Required Shares") continuously for the

Minimum Holding Period (as defined below) as of both the date the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination is delivered to, or mailed to and received by, the Corporate Secretary in accordance with this Article XII and the record date for determining the Shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting and must continue to Own the Required Shares through the meeting date. For purposes of this Article XII, the "Required Ownership Percentage" is 3% or more, and the "Minimum Holding Period" is three (3) years.

 

(f)

Within the time period specified in this Article XII for delivering the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination, an Eligible Shareholder must provide the following information in writing to the Corporate Secretary:

 

(i)

one or more written statements from the record holder of the shares (and from each intermediary through which the shares are or have been held during the Minimum Holding Period) verifying that, as of a date within seven (7) calendar days prior to the date the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination is delivered to, or mailed to and received by, the Corporate Secretary, the Eligible Shareholder Owns, and has Owned continuously for the Minimum Holding Period, the Required Shares, and the Eligible Shareholder's agreement to provide, within five (5) business days after the record date for the Annual Meeting, written statements from the record holder and intermediaries verifying the Eligible Shareholder's continuous ownership of the Required Shares through the record date;

 

(ii)

a copy of the Schedule 14N that has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by Rule 14a-18 under the Exchange Act;

 

(iii)

the information, representations and agreements that are the same as those that would be required to be set forth in a Shareholder's notice of nomination pursuant to Article XI of these Bylaws;

 

(iv)

the consent of each Shareholder Nominee to being named in the proxy materials as a nominee and to serving as a Director if elected;

 

(v)

a representation that the Eligible Shareholder (including each member of any group of Shareholders that together is an Eligible Shareholder hereunder):

 

(A)

acquired the Required Shares in the ordinary course of business and not with the intent to change or influence control at the Corporation, and does not presently have such intent,

 

(B)

presently intends to maintain qualifying ownership of the Required Shares through the date of the Annual Meeting,

 

(C)

has not nominated and will not nominate for election any individual as a Director at the Annual Meeting, other than its Shareholder Nominee(s),

 

(D)

has not engaged and will not engage in, and has not and will not be a "participant" in another person's, "solicitation" within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a Director at the Annual Meeting, other than its Shareholder Nominee(s) or a nominee of the Board of Directors,

 

(E)

will not distribute to any Shareholder any form of proxy for the Annual Meeting other than the form distributed by the Corporation;

 

(F)

agrees to comply with all applicable laws and regulations with respect to any solicitation in connection with the Annual Meeting or applicable to the filing and use, if any, of soliciting material, and

 

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(G)

will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its Shareholders that are or will be true and correct in all material respects and do not and will not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(vi)

an undertaking that the Eligible Shareholder agrees to:

(A)

assume all liability stemming from any legal or regulatory violation arising out of the Eligible Shareholder's communications with the Shareholders of the Corporation or out of the information that the Eligible Shareholder provided to the Corporation;

(B)

indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and each of its Directors, officers and employees individually against any liability, loss or damages in connection with any threatened or pending action, suit or proceeding, whether legal, administrative or investigative, against the Corporation or any of its Directors, officers or employees arising out of any nomination submitted by the Eligible Shareholder pursuant to this Article XII; and

(C)

file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any solicitation or other communication with the Corporation's Shareholders relating to the Annual Meeting at which the Shareholder Nominee will be nominated, regardless of whether any such filing is required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act or whether any exemption from filing is available thereunder; and

 

(vii)

in the case of a nomination by a group of Shareholders that together is an Eligible Shareholder, the designation by all group members of one group member that is authorized to act on behalf of all such members with respect to the nomination and matters related thereto, including withdrawal of the nomination.

 

(g)

Within the time period specified in this Article XII for delivering the Notice of Proxy Access Nomination, a Shareholder Nominee must deliver to the Corporate Secretary a written representation and agreement that such person:

(i)

will act as a representative of all of the Shareholders of the Corporation while serving as a Director;

 

(ii)

is not and will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such Shareholder Nominee, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question that has not been disclosed to the Corporation (a "Voting Commitment") or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such Shareholder Nominee's ability to comply, if elected as a Director of the Corporation, with such Shareholder Nominee's fiduciary duties under applicable law;

 

(iii)

is not or will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with candidacy or service as a Director of the Corporation that has not been disclosed to the Corporation as provided in section (h);

 

(iv)

will comply with the Corporation's Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, Corporate Governance Guidelines, and other policies and procedures, including conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines, and any other policies and guidelines applicable to Directors, as well as the applicable provisions of these Bylaws; and

 

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(v)

will provide facts, statements and other information in all communications with the Corporation and its Shareholders that are or will be true and correct in all material respects, and shall not omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(h)

At the request of the Corporation, the Shareholder Nominee must submit all completed and signed questionnaires required of the Corporation's Directors and officers within five (5) business days of receipt. The Corporation may request such additional information as necessary to permit the Board of Directors to determine if each Shareholder Nominee is independent under the listing standards of the principal U.S. exchange upon which the Corporation's common stock is listed, any applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and any publicly disclosed standards used by the Board of Directors in determining and disclosing the independence of the Corporation's Directors (the "Applicable Independence Standards"). If the Shareholder Nominee is or becomes a party to any compensatory, payment, reimbursement, indemnification or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation ("Third-Party Compensation"), or has received or will receive any such Third-Party Compensation in connection with candidacy or service as a Director of the Corporation (other than agreements providing only for indemnification and/or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses in connection with candidacy as a Director), such Third-Party Compensation must be fully and completely disclosed to the Corporation's Directors and officers in the manner provided by this section (h); in addition, any such Third-Party Compensation related to the Shareholder Nominee's service as a Director of the Corporation may not continue and must cease immediately if the Shareholder Nominee becomes a Director of the Corporation.

 

(i)

In the event that any information or communications provided by the Eligible Shareholder or the Shareholder Nominee to the Corporation or its Shareholders ceases to be true and correct in all material respects or omits a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, each Eligible Shareholder or Shareholder Nominee, as the case may be, shall promptly notify the Corporate Secretary of any defect in such previously provided information and of the information that is required to correct any such defect.

 

(j)

The Corporation shall not be required to include, pursuant to this Article XII, a Shareholder Nominee in its proxy materials for any Annual Meeting:

(i)

for which the Corporate Secretary receives a notice that a Shareholder has nominated such Shareholder Nominee for election to the Board of Directors pursuant to the advance notice requirements for shareholder nominees for Director set forth in Article XI of these Bylaws;

 

(ii)

if the Eligible Shareholder who has nominated such Shareholder Nominee has engaged in or is currently engaged in, or has been or is a "participant" in another person's, "solicitation" within the meaning of Rule 14a-1(l) under the Exchange Act in support of the election of any individual as a Director at the Annual Meeting other than its Shareholder Nominee(s) or a nominee of the Board of Directors;

 

(iii)

who is not independent under the Applicable Independence Standards, in each case as determined by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion;

 

(iv)

whose election as a member of the Board of Directors would cause the Corporation to be in violation of these Bylaws, the Articles of Incorporation, the rules and listing standards of the principal U.S. exchange upon which the common stock of the Corporation is listed, or any applicable state or federal law, rule or regulation;

 

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(v)

who is or has been, within the past three (3) years, an officer or director of a

competitor, as defined in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914;

 

(vi)

who is a named subject of a pending criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses) or has been convicted in such a criminal proceeding within the past ten (10) years;

 

(vii)

who is subject to any order of the type specified in Rule 506(d) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

(viii)

if such Shareholder Nominee or the applicable Eligible Shareholder shall have provided information to the Corporation in respect to such nomination that was untrue in any material respect or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as determined by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof, in each case, in its sole discretion;

 

(ix)

who is a director or officer for any public utility company regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;

 

(x)

if the Eligible Shareholder or applicable Shareholder Nominee fails to comply with its obligations pursuant to these Bylaws, including, but not limited to, this Article XII; or

 

(xi)

whose then-current or within the preceding ten years' business or personal interests place such Shareholder Nominee in a conflict of interest with the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries that would cause such Shareholder Nominee to violate the standard of conduct applicable to directors under Virginia law.

 

(k)

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the meeting shall declare a nomination by an Eligible Shareholder to be invalid, and such nomination shall be disregarded notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation, if:

(i)

the Shareholder Nominee(s) and/or the applicable Eligible Shareholder shall have breached its or their obligations under this Article XII, as determined by the Board of Directors or the Chairman of the meeting, in each case, in its or his sole discretion; or

 

(ii)

the Eligible Shareholder (or a qualified representative thereof) does not appear at the Annual Meeting to present any nomination pursuant to this Article XII.

 

Any Shareholder Nominee who is included in the Corporation's proxy materials for a particular Annual Meeting but either

(i)

withdraws from or becomes ineligible or unavailable for election at the Annual Meeting; or

 

(ii)

does not receive at least 25% of the votes cast in favor of such Shareholder Nominee's election

 

will be ineligible to be a Shareholder Nominee pursuant to this Article XII for the next two (2) Annual Meetings.

 

(l)

The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power and authority to interpret the provisions of this Article XII of these Bylaws and make all determinations deemed necessary or advisable in connection with this Article XII. All such actions, interpretations and determinations that are done or made by the Board of Directors shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Corporation, the Shareholders and all other parties.

 

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(m)

No Shareholder shall be permitted to join more than one group of Shareholders to become an Eligible Shareholder for purposes of nominations pursuant to this Article XII per each Annual Meeting.

 

(n)

This Article XII shall be the exclusive method for Shareholders to include nominees for Director in the Corporation's proxy materials. For the avoidance of doubt, section (l) shall not prevent any Shareholder from nominating any person to the Board of Directors pursuant to and in accordance with Article XI of these Bylaws.

 

 

Article XIII.

Manner of Election of Directors.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Article XIX or the Articles of Incorporation, each Director shall be elected by a majority of votes cast at any meeting of Shareholders for the election of Directors at which a quorum is present, provided that if the number of Director nominees exceeds the number of Directors to be elected, the Directors shall be elected by a plurality of the votes of the shares represented at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of Directors.

 

If an incumbent Director is not reelected, the Director shall offer his or her resignation promptly to the Board of Directors. Within 90 days following certification of the election results, the Board of Directors shall act on the offered resignation. In determining whether to accept the offered resignation, the Board of Directors shall consider any recommendation of the Compensation, Governance and Nominating Committee or any committee responsible for the nomination of Directors, the factors considered by that committee and any additional information and factors that the Board of Directors believes to be relevant.

 

 

Article XIV.

Powers of Directors.

 

All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of, the Board of Directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the Articles of Incorporation, and so far as this delegation of authority is not inconsistent with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or with the Articles of Incorporation.

 

 

Article XV.

Executive and Other Committees.

 

The Board of Directors, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, may designate two or more of its number to constitute an Executive Committee. If a quorum is present at a duly noticed or regular meeting of the Committee, the Committee may act upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the Committee members present.

 

When the Board of Directors is not in session, the Executive Committee shall have and may exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors except that the Executive Committee shall not (a) approve or recommend to Shareholders action that Virginia Stock Corporation Act requires to be approved by Shareholders; (b) fill vacancies on the Board of Directors or any of its Committees or elect officers; (c) amend the Articles of Incorporation; (d) adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws; (e) approve a plan of merger not requiring Shareholder approval; (f) authorize or approve a distribution, except according to a general formula or method prescribed by the Board of Directors; or (g) authorize or approve the issuance or sale or contract for sale of shares, or determine the designation and rights, preferences, and limitations of a class or series of shares, except that the Board of Directors may authorize the Executive Committee to do so subject to the limits, if any, prescribed by the Board of Directors. If the Executive Committee is created for any designated purpose, its authority shall be limited to such purpose. The Executive Committee shall report its action to the Board of Directors. Regular and special meetings of the Executive Committee may be called and held subject to the same requirements with respect to time, place and notice as are specified in these Bylaws for regular and special meetings of the Board of Directors.

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Members of the Executive Committee shall receive such compensation for attendance at meetings as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

The Board of Directors likewise may appoint from their number, from the directors of affiliated corporations or from officers of the Corporation other Committees from time to time, the number composing such Committees and the power conferred upon the same to be subject to the foregoing exceptions for an Executive Committee but otherwise as determined by vote of the Board of Directors provided that any Committee empowered to exercise the authority of the Board of Directors shall be composed only of members of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors to represent the Corporation at meetings of committees of the Board of Directors of affiliated corporations. Members of such committees, and Directors so designated, shall receive such compensation for attendance at meetings as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.

 

 

Article XVI.

Meetings of Directors and Quorum.

 

Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at places within or without the Commonwealth of Virginia and at times fixed by resolution of the Board, or upon call of the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, President or any Vice President, the Corporate Secretary or three or more Directors and the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary shall give not less than forty-eight (48) hours notice by letter, electronic mail or telephone (or in person) of all meetings of the Directors, provided that notice need not be given of regular meetings held at times and places fixed by resolution of the Board.

 

A written waiver of notice signed by the Director entitled to such notice, whether before or after the date of the meeting, shall be equivalent to giving notice. A Director who attends or participates in a meeting shall be deemed to have waived timely and proper notice of the meeting unless the Director, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon his or her arrival, objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting.

 

A majority of the number of Directors fixed at the time in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation or such greater number as may be specifically provided in the Virginia Stock Corporation Act shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a lesser number may adjourn any meeting from time to time, and the meeting may be reconvened and held without further notice so long as the new date, time and place is announced at the meeting prior to adjournment. When a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of the members present shall decide any question brought before such meeting, except as otherwise provided by law, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws.

 

 

Article XVII.

Action Without a Meeting.

 

Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the Directors, or any action which may be taken at a meeting of the Directors or of a Committee, may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing (which may be in any number of counterparts), setting forth the action so to be taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors, or all of the members of the Committee, as the case may be, either before or after such action is taken, and delivered to the Corporate Secretary. A Director's consent may be withdrawn by a revocation signed by the Director and delivered to the Corporate Secretary prior to the delivery to the Corporate Secretary of unrevoked written consents signed by all of the Directors. For purposes of this Article, the signing and delivery of the written consent may be accomplished by electronic transmission. When all Directors have signed and delivered a written consent to the Corporate Secretary, such consents shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote.

 


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Article XVIII.

Director Resignation and Removals.

 

Any Director may resign at any time either from the Board of Directors or from any Committee of which the Director is a member by giving a written resignation to the Board of Directors or its Chairman, or to the Vice Chairman, or to the Chief Executive Officer or to the Corporate Secretary or, in the case of a resignation from a Committee, to the chairman of the Committee. Any such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of the written resignation by one of the specified recipients, unless a later effective time is specified in the resignation. Unless otherwise specified in the resignation or in these Bylaws, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation delivered under Article XIII shall require acceptance to make it effective.

 

At any meeting called for the purpose of removing a Director, the Shareholders may, with the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, remove any Director from office for cause. The Shareholders may then elect a successor to a Director removed from office if such purpose was included in the meeting notice. The nomination and election of such successor shall be accomplished in the same manner provided in these Bylaws for nomination and election of Directors at an Annual Meeting of the Shareholders. The Board of Directors, by vote of a majority of the whole Board, may remove from any Committee of the Board any member of that Committee, with or without cause.

 

 

Article XIX.

Board Vacancies.

 

Except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, if the office of any Director shall become vacant, the Directors, at the time in office, whether or not a quorum, may by majority vote of the Directors then in office, choose a successor who shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of Directors shall be filled in the same manner. If the vacancy results from the removal of a Director by the Shareholders as provided in Article XVIII, the vacancy may also be filled by the Shareholders as provided in such Article.

 

 

Article XX.

Officers.

 

The officers of the Corporation shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (as one or more may be elected an Executive Vice President or Senior Vice President), a Corporate Secretary, a Treasurer and a Controller. The Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Vice Chairman shall also be officers unless they are not also full-time employees of the Corporation. The officers and the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Vice Chairman shall be elected or appointed by the Board of Directors after each election of Directors by the Shareholders, and a meeting of the Board of Directors may be held without notice for the purpose of electing officers following the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders.

 

The Board of Directors, in its discretion, may appoint one or more Assistant Corporate Secretaries, one or more Assistant Treasurers, one or more Assistant Controllers, and such other officers or agents as it may deem advisable, and prescribe their duties.

 

 

Article XXI.

Eligibility of Officers.

 

The Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer shall be Directors. Any person may hold more than one office provided, however, that neither the Corporate Secretary, the Treasurer nor the Controller shall at the same time hold the office of Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer or President.

 

 

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Article XXII.

Duties and Authority of Chairman of the Board of Directors, Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Others.

 

The Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Vice Chairman shall preside at the meetings of the Board of Directors. The Chairman or the Vice Chairman may call meetings of the Board of Directors and of any Committee whenever it is deemed necessary. The Chairman, the Vice Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer shall call to order, and act as Chairman of, all meetings of the Shareholders, and shall prescribe such rules of procedure not inconsistent with these Bylaws or the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, and may adjourn such meetings to be reconvened at a later time or date or at another place. The Chairman and the Vice Chairman shall perform the duties commonly incident to such office and such other duties as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

In the absence of the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer shall perform their duties. The Chief Executive Officer shall perform the duties commonly incident to the office of Chief Executive Officer and such other duties as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The Chief Executive Officer, the President and each Vice President shall have authority to sign certificates for shares of stock, bonds, deeds and contracts and to delegate such authority in such manner as may be approved by the Chief Executive Officer or the President.

 

If the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer are unable to serve as Chairman of any Shareholders' meeting, then the President or the Corporate Secretary, may serve in their place.

 

 

Article XXIII.

Vice Presidents.

 

Each Vice President shall perform such duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. In the event of the absence or disability of the Chief Executive Officer or the President, the duties and powers of such offices shall be performed and exercised by the Vice President designated to so act by the line of succession provided by the Board of Directors, or if not so provided by the Board of Directors, in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Article XXXIV.

 

 

Article XXIV.

Corporate Secretary.

 

The Corporate Secretary shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings of the Shareholders, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, respectively, shall perform the duties commonly incident to the office of corporate secretary, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time. The Corporate Secretary shall have power together with the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, to sign certificates for shares of stock. In the Corporate Secretary's absence, an Assistant Corporate Secretary shall perform the duties of the office.

 

 

Article XXV.

Treasurer.

 

The Treasurer, subject to the order of the Board of Directors, shall have the care and custody of the money, funds and securities of the Corporation and shall have and exercise under the supervision of the Board of Directors, all the powers and duties commonly incident to the office of treasurer and shall deposit all funds of the Corporation in a bank or banks, trust company or trust companies or with a firm or firms doing a banking business, pursuant to a specific or general authorization from the Board of Directors. The Treasurer may endorse for deposit or collection all checks, notes, et cetera, payable to the Corporation or to its order, may accept drafts on behalf of the Corporation,

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and, together with the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President, may sign certificates for shares of stock.

 

All checks, drafts, notes and other obligations for the payment of money except bonds, debentures and notes issued under an indenture shall be signed either manually or, if and to the extent authorized by the Board of Directors, through facsimile, by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or such other officer or agent as the Board of Directors or an officer designated by the Board of Directors shall authorize. Checks for the total amount of any payroll may be drawn in accordance with the foregoing provisions and deposited in a special fund. Checks upon this fund may be drawn by such person as the Treasurer shall designate.

 

 

Article XXVI.

Controller.

 

The Controller shall keep accurate books of account of the Corporation's transactions and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors shall designate from time to time.

 

 

Article XXVII.

Officer Resignation and Removals.

 

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, to the Vice Chairman, to the Chief Executive Officer or to the Corporate Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect upon receipt of the written notice by one of the specified recipients, unless a later effective time is specified in the notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

The Board of Directors, by vote of a majority of the entire Board, may remove any officer or agent, with or without cause.

 

 

Article XXVIII.

Officer Vacancies.

 

If the office of any officer or agent, one or more, becomes vacant by reason of death, disability, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, the Directors at the time in office, if a quorum, may, by a majority vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present, choose a successor or successors who shall hold office for the unexpired term or until such officer's successor is duly elected and qualified or the position is eliminated.

 

 

Article XXIX.

Certificates and Records for Shares.

 

 

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(a)

Every Shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate or certificates for shares of record owned by such Shareholder in such form as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, duly numbered and setting forth the number and kind of shares to which such Shareholder is entitled. Such certificates shall be signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary. The Board of Directors may also appoint one or more transfer agents and/or registrars for its stock of any class or classes and may require stock certificates to be countersigned and/or registered by one or more of such transfer agents and/or registrars. If certificates for shares are signed, either manually or by facsimile, engraved or printed, by a transfer agent or by a registrar, the signatures of the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Corporate Secretary or an Assistant Corporate Secretary may be facsimiles, engraved or printed. Any provisions of these Bylaws with reference to the signing of stock certificates shall include, in cases above

permitted, such facsimiles.

 

In case any officer or officers who shall have signed, or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used on, any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation, whether because of death, resignation or otherwise, before such certificate or certificates shall have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures shall have been used had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Directors may authorize the issue of some or all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series without certificates. Within a reasonable time after the issue or transfer of shares without certificates, the Corporation shall send the Shareholder a written statement of the information required on certificates by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act or other applicable law.

 

 

(b)

Except as otherwise required by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act or for the purpose of determining who is an Eligible Shareholder as provided for in Article XII, the Corporation may treat the person in whose name shares of stock of the Corporation (whether or not represented by a certificate) stand of record on its books or the books of any transfer agent or other agent designated by the Board of Directors as the absolute owner of the shares and the person exclusively entitled to receive notification and distributions, to vote, and to otherwise exercise the rights, powers and privileges of ownership of such shares.

 

 

Article XXX.

Transfer of Shares.

 

Shares may be transferred by delivery of the certificate accompanied either by an assignment in writing on the back of the certificate or by a written power of attorney to sell, assign and transfer the same on the books of the Corporation, signed by the person appearing by the certificate to be the owner of the shares, and shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation upon surrender so assigned or endorsed. Where shares have been issued without certificates, shares may be transferred by a written instrument of assignment or a written power of attorney to sell, assign and transfer the same on the books of the Corporation, signed by the person appearing by the records of the Corporation to be the owner of such shares, and shall be transferable on the books of the Corporation upon delivery of such instrument or power of attorney to the Corporation.

 

 

Article XXXI.

Voting of Shares Held.

 

Unless the Board of Directors shall otherwise provide, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, or the Corporate Secretary may from time to time appoint one or more attorneys-in-fact or agents of the Corporation, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, to cast the votes that the Corporation may be entitled to cast as a shareholder or otherwise in any other corporation or other legal entity, any of whose stock or securities of which may be held by the Corporation, at meetings of the holders of any such other corporations or entities, or to consent in writing to any action by any such other corporation or entities, and may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of casting such votes or giving such consent, and may execute or cause to be executed on behalf of the Corporation such written proxies, consents, waivers or other instruments as he or she may deem necessary or proper in the premises; or either the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Corporate Secretary may attend any meeting of the shareholders or securityholders of any such other corporation or entity and vote or exercise any or all other powers of the Corporation as the shareholder or securityholder of such other corporation or entity.

 


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Article XXXII.

Bonds, Debentures and Notes Issued Under an Indenture.

 

All bonds, debentures and notes issued under an indenture may be signed by (a) the Chief Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President or such other officer or agent as the Board of Directors shall authorize and by the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Corporate Secretary or by the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer or such other officer or agent as the Board of Directors shall authorize, or (b) such officer or officers as may be specified in the indenture. The signature of any authorized officer of the Corporation on bonds, debentures and notes authenticated by a corporate trustee may be made manually or by facsimile.

 

 

Article XXXIII.

Amendments.

 

Both the Board of Directors and the Shareholders of record entitled to vote on the matter shall have the power to alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation or to adopt new Bylaws, but Bylaws enacted by the Shareholders, if expressly so provided, may not be altered, amended or repealed by the Directors.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Articles IV and XI of these Bylaws may not be amended, altered, changed or repealed without the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

 

 

Article XXXIV.

Emergency Bylaws.

 

The Emergency Bylaws provided in this Article XXXIV shall be operative during any emergency notwithstanding any different provision in these Bylaws or in the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or in the Virginia Stock Corporation Act. An emergency exists if a quorum of the Corporation's Board of Directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event. To the extent not inconsistent with these Emergency Bylaws, the Bylaws provided in the other Articles of these Bylaws shall remain in effect during such emergency and upon the termination of such emergency the Emergency Bylaws shall cease to be operative unless and until another such emergency shall occur.

 

During any such emergency:

(a)

Any meeting of the Board of Directors may be called by any officer of the Corporation or by any Director. Notice shall be given by the person calling the meeting. The notice shall specify the time and place of the meeting. Notice may be given only to such of the Directors as it may be feasible to reach at the time and by such means as may be feasible at the time, including publication or radio. If given by mail, messenger, electronic transmission or telephone, the notice shall be addressed to the Director's address or such other place as the person giving the notice shall deem most suitable. Notice shall be similarly given, to the extent feasible, to the other persons referred to in (b) below. Notice shall be given at least two days before the meeting if feasible in the judgment of the person giving the notice, but otherwise shall be given any time before the meeting as the person giving the notice shall deem necessary.

 

(b)

At any meeting of the Board of Directors, a quorum shall consist of a majority of the number of Directors fixed at the time in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation. If the Directors present at any particular meeting shall be fewer than the number required for such quorum, other persons present, as determined by the following provisions and in the following order of priority, up to the number necessary to make up such quorum, shall be deemed Directors for such particular meeting:

(i)

The President, if not a Director;

 

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(ii)

The Executive Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority of first election to such office, or if two or more shall have been first elected to such office on the same day, in the order of their seniority in age;

 

(iii)

The Senior Vice Presidents in the order of their seniority of first election to such office, or if two or more shall have been first elected to such office on the same day, in the order of their seniority in age;

 

(iv)

All other Vice Presidents at the principal office of the Corporation in the order of their seniority of first election to such office, or if two or more shall have been first elected to such office on the same day, in the order of their seniority in age; and

 

(v)

Any other persons that are designated on a list that shall have been approved by the Board of Directors before the emergency, such persons to be taken in such order of priority and subject to such conditions as may be provided in the resolution approving the list.

 

(c)

The Board of Directors, during as well as before any such emergency, may provide, and from time to time modify, lines of succession in the event that during such an emergency any or all officers or agents of the Corporation for any reason shall be rendered incapable of discharging their duties.

 

(d)

The Board of Directors, before and during any such emergency, may, effective in the emergency, change the principal office or designate several alternative principal offices or regional offices, or authorize the officers so to do.

 

No officer, Director or employee shall be liable for any action taken in accordance with these Emergency Bylaws so long as he or she discharges his or her duties in accordance with his or her good faith business judgment of the best interests of the Corporation.

 

These Emergency Bylaws shall be subject to repeal or change by further action of the Board of Directors or by action of the Shareholders of record entitled to vote on the matter, except that no such repeal or change shall modify the provisions of the next preceding paragraph with regard to action or inaction prior to the time of such repeal or change. Any such amendment of these Emergency Bylaws may make any further or different provision that may be practical and necessary for the circumstances of the emergency.

 

 

Article XXXV.

Control Share Acquisitions.

 

In the event that any acquiring person (an "Acquiring Person") as defined in Section 13.1-728.1 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, either (a) fails to comply with the provisions of Section 13.1-728.4 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act or (b) fails to obtain the approval of the Shareholders of the Corporation at any meeting held pursuant to Section 13.1-728.5 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, then the Corporation shall have authority, upon approval by resolution of the Board of Directors to call for redemption, at anytime within 60 days after the last acquisition of any such shares by such Acquiring Person or the date of such meeting, as the case may be, and thereafter to redeem on such date within such 60-day period as may be specified in such resolution (the "Redemption Date") all shares of common stock of the Corporation theretofore acquired by the Acquiring Person in a control share acquisition (as defined in Section 13.1-728.1 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act) and then owned beneficially by such Acquiring Person, as such number of shares may be either (a) shown on any control share acquisition statement or any statement or report filed by the Acquiring Person with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act or (b) otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. The redemption price shall be computed in accordance with Section 13.1-728.7 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act and paid in cash on the Redemption Date against delivery at the principal office of the Corporation of certificates evidencing the shares so redeemed.

 

All determinations by the Board of Directors as to (a) the status of any person as an Acquiring

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Person under the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, (b) the number of shares of the Corporation owned by such Acquiring Person, (c) the timeliness of compliance by any Acquiring Person within Section 13.1-728.4 of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, or (d) the interpretation of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act or this Article if made in good faith, shall be conclusive and binding on all persons.

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

AMENDMENT

TO THE DOMINION ENERGY, INC. NEW EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN

 

This AMENDMENT to the Dominion Energy, Inc. New Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan, effective as of January 1, 2005, as amended (the “Plan”), by Dominion Energy, Inc. (the “Company”), shall be effective as of October 1, 2019.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Company has the authority to amend the Plan and now wishes to do so;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

 

 

1.

A new sentence is hereby added to the end of the Preamble of the Plan as follows:

 

Effective October 1, 2019, benefit accruals under the Plan are frozen and no additional benefits shall accrue under the Plan after that date, other than any cost-of-living adjustments to the frozen benefit as described in Section 3.1(d) below and the Restoration Match described in Article XIII below.

 

 

2.

A new sentence is hereby added to the end of Section 1.12 of the Plan as follows:

 

As of October 1, 2019, each active Participant’s Final Compensation shall be fixed based on the Participant’s annual base salary rate and target Incentive Compensation Amount in effect as of October 1, 2019.

 

 

3.

A new sentence is hereby added to the end of Section 1.16 of the Plan as follows:

 

The Lump Sum Equivalent of a Participant whose benefit under the Plan has been frozen as of October 1, 2019 shall be determined as of October 1, 2019 and shall not be adjusted after such date except in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 3.1(c) or Section 3.1(d).

 

 

4.

Section 3.1(a)(i) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

(i) an annual amount equal to Twenty-Five Percent (25%) of the Regular Participant’s Final Compensation as determined as of the earlier of (1) the Participant’s Retirement or (2) October 1, 2019, payable in equal monthly installments for a period of one hundred twenty (120) months, minus

 

 

5.

Section 3.1(a)(ii) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

 


 

(ii) if applicable, the annual amount payable to the Regular Participant under the Dominion Energy, Inc. Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan frozen as of December 31, 2004 (or the annual amount that would have been payable under such plan, but for its termination).

 

 

6.

Section 3.1(b)(i) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

(i) an annual amount equal to Twenty-Five Percent (25%) of the Life Participant’s Final Compensation as determined as of the earlier of (1) the Participant’s Retirement or (2) October 1, 2019, payable in equal monthly installments for the life of the Participant, minus

 

 

7.

Section 3.1(b)(ii) of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

(ii) if applicable, the annual amount payable to the Life Participant under the Dominion Energy, Inc. Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan frozen as of December 31, 2004 (or the annual amount that would have been payable under such plan, but for its termination).

 

 

8.

Section 3.1(c) of the Plan is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph to the end thereof as follows:

 

Any Participant whose Annual Benefit has been frozen as of October 1, 2019 and who is entitled to a reduced Annual Benefit on such date because he or she is younger than age 55 (actually or as credited under any Benefit Agreement) on such date may continue to grow into an unreduced Annual Benefit based on increases in his or her age after October 1, 2019 until the date of his or her Retirement. The Lump Sum Equivalent (which is otherwise fixed as of October 1, 2019) of such a Participant’s Annual Benefit may increase to reflect the increase in the Participant’s Annual Benefit due to the Participant’s additional age after October 1, 2019 (but, for avoidance of doubt, without regard to any changes to such a Participant’s Final Compensation after October 1, 2019 and using the same actuarial factors and tax rates used to calculate the Lump Sum Equivalent of the Participant’s Annual Benefit on October 1, 2019).

 

 

9.

Section 3.1 of the Plan is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (d) to the end thereof as follows:

 

(d)Cost-of-Living Adjustment to Annual Benefit. This Section 3.1(d) shall apply only to a Participant whose Annual Benefit has been frozen as of October 1, 2019. Effective each July 1 (starting July 1, 2020, and ending on the July 1 on or immediately preceding the date of the Participant’s Retirement), the Annual Benefit of each such Participant as determined under Section 3.1(a) or 3.1(b) above as of October 1, 2019 (and as increased, if applicable, pursuant to the final paragraph of Section 3.1(c) above as of each such July 1), shall be increased by a percentage equal to 1/2 of the first 5 percentage point increase in the average consumer price index

 


 

(used for purposes of adjusting benefits payable under the Federal Social Security Act) for the first quarter of the calendar year in which the adjustment is to be made over the average of such consumer price index for the first quarter of the immediately preceding calendar year; provided, however, that no such cost-of-living increase shall result in the Participant having an Annual Benefit at his or her Retirement greater than the Annual Benefit he or she would have had at his or her Retirement if his or her Annual Benefit had not been frozen as of October 1, 2019. The Lump Sum Equivalent (which is otherwise fixed as of October 1, 2019) of such a Participant’s Annual Benefit may increase to reflect the increase in the Participant’s Annual Benefit due to the cost-of-living adjustments described herein (but, for avoidance of doubt, without regard to any changes to such a Participant’s Final Compensation after October 1, 2019 and using the same actuarial factors and tax rates used to calculate the Lump Sum Equivalent of the Participant’s Annual Benefit on October 1, 2019).

 

 

10.

Section 7.3 of the Plan is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if a Participant is in the employ of the Company on the date of a Change in Control or a Potential Change in Control relating to that Company, the provisions of the Employment Continuity Agreement between the Participant and Dominion Resources, Inc., if any, shall control (a) the Participant’s subsequent participation in this Plan and (b) the eligibility for, computation of, and payment of any benefits under this Plan to the Participant; provided, however, that no benefits shall accrue under the Plan after October 1, 2019, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

 

11.

In all other respects not amended, the Plan is hereby ratified and confirmed.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be signed as of the effective date set forth above.

 

 

DOMINION ENERGY, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/ Carter M. Reid

Name:

Carter M. Reid

Its:

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary