8-K
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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): August 19, 2020

 

 

SABRE CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-36422   20-8647322

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

3150 Sabre Drive

Southlake, TX

  76092
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(682) 605-1000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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

 

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

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, $.01 par value   SABR   The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

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 3.03.

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

In connection with the public offering by Sabre Corporation (“Sabre,” the “Company,” “we,” or “our”) of 3,000,000 shares (representing $300,000,000 aggregate liquidation preference) of its 6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 (the “Preferred Stock”), and up to an additional 450,000 shares (representing an additional $45,000,000 aggregate liquidation preference) if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option, the Company filed a Certificate of Designations (the “Certificate of Designations”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 24, 2020 to establish the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including the dividend rate, the amount payable with respect thereto in the event of the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, restrictions on the issuance of shares of the same series or of any other class or series, the terms and conditions of conversion of the Preferred Stock and the voting rights of the Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designations became effective upon acceptance of such filing.

Subject to certain exceptions, so long as any share of Preferred Stock remains outstanding, no dividends or distributions will be declared or paid on shares of the Company’s common stock or any other class or series of stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock, and no common stock or any other class or series stock ranking junior to the Preferred Stock will be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired for value by the Company or any of its subsidiaries unless, in each case, all accumulated and unpaid dividends for all prior completed dividend periods, if any, have been paid in full. In addition, if (i) less than all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the outstanding Preferred Stock have been declared and paid as of any dividend payment date or (ii) the board of directors declares a dividend on the Preferred Stock that is less than the total amount of unpaid dividends on the outstanding preferred stock that would accumulate to, but excluding, any dividend payment date, no dividends may be declared or paid on any parity stock, unless dividends are declared on the shares of Preferred Stock on a pro rata basis.

If accumulated dividends on the outstanding Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid in an aggregate amount corresponding to six or more dividend periods, whether or not consecutive, then, subject to the other provisions of the Preferred Stock, the authorized number of the Company’s directors will automatically increase by two and the holders of the Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class with the holders of each class or series of voting parity stock, if any, will have the right to elect two directors to fill such two new directorships at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if earlier, at a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders called for such purpose).

Unless previously converted, each share of Preferred Stock will automatically convert, for settlement on the mandatory conversion date, which is expected to be September 1, 2023 into between 11.9048 and 14.2857 shares of the Company’s common stock, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The number of shares of the Company’s common stock issuable upon conversion will be determined based on the average volume-weighted average price per share of the Company’s common stock over the 20 consecutive trading day period beginning on, and including, the 21st scheduled trading day immediately before September 1, 2023.

Holders of the Preferred Stock will have the right to convert all or any portion of their shares of their Preferred Stock at any time until the close of business on the mandatory conversion date. Early conversions that are not in connection with a “make-whole fundamental change” (as defined in Certificate of Designations governing the Preferred Stock) will be settled at the minimum conversion rate. In addition, the conversion rate applicable to such an early conversion may in certain circumstances be increased to compensate holders of the Preferred Stock for certain unpaid accumulated dividends.

If a make-whole fundamental change occurs, then holders of the Preferred Stock will, in certain circumstances, be entitled to convert their Preferred Stock at an increased conversion rate for a specified period of time and receive an amount to compensate them for certain unpaid accumulated dividends and any remaining future scheduled dividend payments.

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

Subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock ranking senior to the Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, holders of Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Company’s board of directors, or an authorized committee thereof, out of funds legally available for payment, cumulative dividends at the annual rate of 6.50% of the liquidation preference of $100.00 per share (equivalent to $6.50 annually per share), payable in cash or, subject to certain limitations, by delivery of shares of the Company’s common stock or any combination of cash and shares of the Company’s common stock, at the Company’s election. If declared, dividends on the Preferred Stock will be payable quarterly on March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on December 1, 2020 to, and including, September 1, 2023 to the holders of record of the Preferred Stock as they appear on the Company’s stock register at the close of business on the immediately preceding February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, respectively.

If the Company liquidates, dissolves or winds up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, then, subject to the rights of any of the Company’s creditors or holders of any outstanding liquidation senior stock, each share of Preferred Stock will entitle the holder thereof to receive payment for the following amount out of the Company’s assets or funds legally available for distribution to its stockholders, before any such assets or funds are distributed to, or set aside for the benefit of, any liquidation junior stock: (1) the liquidation preference per share of Preferred Stock, which is equal to $100.00 per share; and (2) all unpaid dividends that will have accumulated on such share to, but excluding, the date of such payment.

The above description of the Certificate of Designations is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate of Designations, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03.

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

On August 24, 2020, the Company filed the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to establish the designations, powers, preferences and rights of the Preferred Stock and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including the dividend rate, the amount payable with respect thereto in the event of the Company’s voluntary or involuntary liquidation, winding-up or dissolution, the terms and conditions of conversion of the Preferred Stock and the voting rights of the Preferred Stock. The Certificate of Designations, a copy of which is incorporated by reference as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, became effective upon acceptance of such filing. The information set forth under Item 3.03 above is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On August 19, 2020, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Common Stock Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein, relating to the public offering of 35,714,286 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 (“Common Stock”) and up to 5,357,143 additional shares of Common Stock if the underwriters of the Common Stock offering exercise their option to purchase additional shares. The Common Stock Underwriting Agreement contains various representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The description of the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein.

On August 19, 2020, the Company also entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Preferred Stock Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein, relating to the public offering of 3,000,000 shares of the Preferred Stock and up to an additional 450,000 shares of Preferred Stock if the underwriters exercise their overallotment option. The Preferred Stock Underwriting Agreement contains various representations, warranties and agreements by the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The description of the Preferred Stock Underwriting Agreement set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preferred Stock Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed for the purpose of filing Exhibit 1.1 and Exhibit 1.2 as exhibits to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224616) (the “Registration Statement”) and such exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements herein are forward-looking statements about trends, future events, uncertainties and our plans and expectations of what may happen in the future. Any statements that are not historical or current facts are forward-looking statements. In many cases, you can identify forward- looking statements by terms such as “believe,” “could,” “likely,” “expect,” “plan,” “commit,” “guidance,” “outlook,” “anticipate,” “will,” “incremental,” “preliminary,” “forecast,” “continue,” “strategy,” “confidence,” “momentum,” “estimate,” “objective,” “project,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “intend,” “potential” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. More information about potential risks and uncertainties that could affect our business and results of operations is included in the “Risk Factors” and “Forward-Looking Statements” sections in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 10, 2020 and May 8, 2020, and our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 26, 2020 and in our other filings with the SEC. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future events, outlook, guidance, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect circumstances or events after the date they are made.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated August 19, 2020, by and among Sabre Corporation and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein.
  1.2    Underwriting Agreement, dated August 19, 2020, by and among Sabre Corporation and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein.
  3.1    Certificate of Designations of Sabre Corporation in respect of the 6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and effective August 24, 2020.
  5.1    Opinion of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP.
23.1    Consent of Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 above).
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File – formatted as Inline XBRL.


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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

    Sabre Corporation
Dated: August 24, 2020     By:  

/s/ Douglas E. Barnett

    Name:   Douglas E. Barnett
    Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-1.1

Exhibit 1.1

Sabre Corporation

Common Stock, Par Value $0.01 per Share

Underwriting Agreement

August 19, 2020

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

BofA Securities, Inc.

as representatives of the several Underwriters

named in Schedule I hereto,

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

c/o BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Sabre Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein (this “Agreement”), to issue and sell to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc. (the “Representatives”) and the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), an aggregate of 35,714,286 shares (the “Firm Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Common Stock”), and, at the election of the Underwriters, up to an additional 5,357,143 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Optional Shares” and together with the Firm Shares, the “Shares”).

1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:

(a) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224616) in respect of the Shares has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for the purpose has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has been most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus”, and the


preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the final prospectus relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”;

(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only such information furnished by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters consists of the information set forth in Section 19 hereof ;

(c) For the purposes of this Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”), the “Applicable Time” is 5:15 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the information listed on Schedule II hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a) hereto

 

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does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only such information furnished by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters consists of the information set forth in Section 19 hereof;

(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only such information furnished by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters consists of the information set forth in Section 19 hereof; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II hereto;

(e) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and any materials or information provided to investors in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including any road show or investor presentations (whether in person or electronically), when considered with the Pricing Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein;

 

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(f) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company to require the Company to include such securities with the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement;

(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, financial position, equity or results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of the exercise of stock options, exercise of stock appreciation rights, the vesting of restricted stock units or the granting or forfeiture of stock options, restricted stock units or other equity awards in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans that are described in the Registration Statement) or long-term debt (other than as described in the Registration Statement)) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;

(h) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as (i) are described in the Pricing Prospectus; (ii) do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; (iii) secure Sabre GLBL Inc.’s (“Sabre GLBL”) outstanding $530,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 and related guarantees; (iv) secure Sabre GLBL’s outstanding $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 and the related guarantees; (v) secure Sabre GLBL’s outstanding $775,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2025; or (vi) secure Sabre GLBL’s Amended Credit Agreement; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

 

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(i) The Company and its subsidiaries have been duly incorporated, formed or organized, as applicable, and each is validly existing as a corporation or other entity in good standing (or the local equivalent) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, formed or organized, as applicable, with power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other form of entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing (or the local equivalent) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing (or the local equivalent) would not, individually or the in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(j) The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Shares have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters and are not subject to preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement will be duly and validly authorized and issued, full paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Stock contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company that are owned directly or indirectly by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except as described in the Pricing Prospectus;

(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(l) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(m) Prior to the date hereof, none of the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates has taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would reasonably have been expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company in connection with the offering of the Shares;

(n) The issue and sale of the Shares, the compliance by the Company with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, security agreement, lease

 

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or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, including the indenture and other instruments governing Sabre GLBL’s outstanding $530,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, outstanding $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, and outstanding $775,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2025, (B) conflict with or result in any violations of any provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) conflict with or result in any violations of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except, in the case of clauses (A) and (C), for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Shares, except for the registration under the Act of the Shares, such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters, the approval for listing of the Shares on the Exchange (as defined herein), the approval of the underwriting terms and arrangements by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and except where the failure to obtain any such consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or similar organizational documents or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, security agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except in the case of clauses (i) (if such entity is a subsidiary) and (ii), for such violation or default, as applicable, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(p) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Common Stock”, insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Stock, under the captions “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and complete summaries in all material respects;

(q) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

 

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(r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated, will not be required to register as an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);

(s) (A) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, the Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and (B) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Shares, the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

(t) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement is accurate to the extent required. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting is effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;

(u) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;

 

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

(w) Ernst & Young LLP, which has audited certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States);

(x) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent except for such disputes as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(y) Except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus or would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of its subsidiaries own, possess or otherwise have the right to use sufficient intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, trademarks, service marks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets and all other similar rights (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) reasonably necessary to conduct their business as now conducted and as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of infringements or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others in the past two years;

(z) The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate U.S. federal, state or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses in the manner described in the Pricing Prospectus, except where failure to have such certificates, authorizations or permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or noncompliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(aa) Except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, (i) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns that are required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have properly requested extensions thereof, and have paid or reserved for all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, except where the failure to file such tax returns or pay or reserve for such taxes,

 

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assessments, fines and penalties, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) the Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in its consolidated financial statements contained in the Pricing Prospectus in respect of all U.S. federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liabilities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined, except where the failure to make such charges, accruals and reserves, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(bb) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by recognized and financially sound institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed reasonably adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses, including, without limitation, policies covering real and personal property owned, leased or operated by them against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and earthquakes, except where the failure to be so insured, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to (i) renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(cc) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any applicable U.S. federal, state, local or foreign law (including common law), regulation, rule, requirement, decision or order relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), natural resources, or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum products (collectively, “Materials of Environmental Concern”), or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport handling, or exposure to, of Materials of Environmental Concern (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which violation includes, without limitations, noncompliance with any permits or other governmental authorizations required for the operation of the business of the Company or its subsidiaries as such business is currently conducted under applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and conditions thereof, nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries received any written communication, whether from a governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action against the Company or any of its subsidiaries filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received written notice, and no written notice received by the Company or any of its subsidiaries from any person or entity alleging potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, attorneys’ fees or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the presence, or release into the environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any location owned, leased or operated by the

 

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Company or any of its subsidiaries, now or in the past (collectively, “Environmental Claims”) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law; and (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release, emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that would reasonably be expected to result in a violation of any Environmental Law that could give rise to liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or form the basis of a potential Environmental Claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law;

(dd) The Company and each of its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company or its ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA), other than a reportable event for which notice has been waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan”; or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. With respect to each “employee benefit plan” subject to Title IV of ERISA, there has been no failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA or Sections 412 and 430 of the Code (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA) and no failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any “employee benefit plan” or the failure to make any required contribution to a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA (“Multiemployer Plan”). The aggregate amount of the underfunding under all “employee benefit plans,” as disclosed in the actuarial valuation report as of December 31, 2019, was approximately $47.5 million. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating that it is so qualified, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification;

(ee) Except as provided pursuant to any indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries described under the caption “Description of Indebtedness” in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, as of the date hereof and the Time of Delivery, no subsidiary of the Company is or will be prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the

 

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Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(ff) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares;

(gg) Since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, (i) the Company has not been advised of or become aware of (A) any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies (both within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Act) in the design or operation of internal controls, that could adversely affect the ability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any other material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal controls, or (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls of the Company and each of its subsidiaries and (ii) there have been no changes in internal controls or in other factors that could materially affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to material weaknesses and significant deficiencies;

(hh) The historical financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such historical financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The pro forma financial information and related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus has been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in the Pricing Prospectus;

(ii) Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the directors, officers, employees, non-controlled affiliates or agents of the Company or representatives of the Company, its subsidiaries or its affiliates or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of their subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, including, without limitation, (i) taken any unlawful action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international

 

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organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office); (ii) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (iii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; (v) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom; or (vi) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws. “FCPA” means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder;

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

(kk) None of the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any of their respective directors or officers, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any of the employees of the Company is, or is controlled by an entity (“Person”) that is, (i) a person or entity with whom dealings are currently prohibited, or that is currently the target or subject under any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealing with that country or territory (including without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria). The Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering and sale of the Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any Person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, or is in Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Crimea, or in any other country or territory, that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering and sale of the Shares,

 

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whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not knowingly engage in any dealings or transactions with any Person that, at the time of such dealing or transaction, is or was the subject or target of Sanctions or with or in any country or territory that is or was the target or subject of Sanctions, except as otherwise permitted under applicable law, regulation, exemption or exception. To the best knowledge and belief of the Company, the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable Sanctions, except such failure to comply as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect Sanctions is pending or, to the best knowledge and belief of the Company, threatened;

(ll) The Company is and its subsidiaries are, and immediately after the Time of Delivery will be, Solvent (as defined below). As used herein, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to each of the Company and its subsidiaries on a particular date, that on such date: (i) the fair market value of its assets is greater than the total amount of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities); (ii) the present fair salable value of its assets is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (iii) it is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they mature, and (iv) such person does not have unreasonably small capital; provided, that for purposes of this definition, any intercompany indebtedness will be disregarded;

(mm) Except as publicly disclosed, (A)(I) to the Company’s knowledge, there has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and data-bases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”), except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any governmental or regulatory authority and (II) the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data; (B) the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in substantial compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification; and (C) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards that, to the Company’s knowledge, are adequate to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards;

 

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(nn) The Company has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication with any person and has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, including those listed on Schedule II(a) hereto. “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) or Rule 163B of the Act;

(oo) As of the time of each sale of the Shares in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, none of (i) the Pricing Prospectus, (ii) any free writing prospectus, when considered together with the Pricing Prospectus, and (iii) any individual Testing-the-Waters Communication, when considered together with the Pricing Prospectus, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

(nn) The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto to the extent required.

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees, to sell to the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of $6.7025 (the “Purchase Price”), the number of Firm Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the election to purchase Optional Shares as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the same Purchase Price, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Firm Shares but not payable on the Option Shares (the “Option Purchase Price”), the date of the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) to, but excluding, the date of the applicable subsequent Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), that portion of the aggregate number of Optional Shares as to which such election shall have been exercised, determined by multiplying such aggregate number of Optional Shares by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Firm Shares which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum aggregate number of Firm Shares that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.

The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their election up to 5,357,143 shares of Optional Shares, at the Option Purchase Price. Any such election to purchase Optional Shares may be exercised by written notice from the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters to the Company, setting forth the number of Optional Shares to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Shares are to be delivered,

 

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as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless the Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than three or later than ten New York Business Days after the date of such notice; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2, in all cases such date of delivery will be within a period of thirty calendar days from, and including, the date of the First Time of Delivery. As used in this Agreement, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close

3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Shares, the Underwriters propose to offer the Shares for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

4. (a) The time and date for the payment of the Purchase Price for the Firm Shares shall be 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on August 24, 2020 (the “Closing Date”) or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing and, with respect to the Optional Shares, 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representatives in the written notice of any election to purchase such Optional Shares, or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Firm Shares is herein called the “First Time of Delivery” such time and date for delivery of the Optional Shares, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second Time of Delivery,” and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery.”

(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Firm Shares and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof, will be delivered via electronic mail at each Time of Delivery. Prior to 5:00 pm, New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding each Time of Delivery, the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available via electronic mail for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

5. The Company agrees with the Underwriters:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form reasonably approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all

 

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reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or other prospectus relating to the Shares or suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Shares by the Underwriters (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement);

(b) If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Act; and to make no further amendment or supplement to such form of prospectus which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof;

(c) If by the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Shares remain unsold by any Underwriter, the Company will file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives. If at the Renewal Deadline the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Shares. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be;

(d) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Shares, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject to taxation on the date hereof;

 

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(e) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second New York Business Day succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish each Underwriter with an electronic copy of the Prospectus, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Shares and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriters and to any dealer in securities (whose name and address the Representatives shall furnish to the Company) an electronic copy of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Shares at

(f) any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon such Underwriter’s request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as it may reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

(g) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”)), but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(h) That, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, and will not publicly disclose an intention to, during the period ending 60 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Restricted Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) file

 

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any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The restrictions contained in the foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) the concurrent offering by the Company of up to 3,450,000 of the Company’s 6.500% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Convertible Preferred Stock”) and any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Convertible Preferred Stock, and the filing of a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of such Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock, (C) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof as described in each of the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus, (D) securities issued pursuant to any of the Company’s equity incentive plans described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or upon the exercise of stock options, the vesting of restricted stock units or the issuance of performance shares granted thereunder, (E) shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Company’s stock incentive plans, 401(k) plans and retirement savings plans referenced in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus Supplement or (F) facilitating the establishment of a trading plan on behalf of a shareholder, officer or director of the Company pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that (x) such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the Restricted Period and (y) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Common Stock may be made under such plan during the Restricted Period;

(i) During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders generally or to the Commission); provided that the Company may satisfy the requirements of this subsection (i) by electronically filing such reports, financial statements or information through EDGAR;

(j) To use its reasonable best efforts to list for trading, subject to official notice of issuance, the Shares on The Nasdaq Global Select Market (the “Exchange”);

(k) To file with the Commission such information on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K as may be required by Rule 463 under the Act; and

(l) If at any time following the distribution of any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Testing-the-Waters

 

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Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.

6. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and the Underwriters represent and agree that, without the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus; any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Underwriter is listed on Schedule II(a) hereto;

(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the applicable conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show; and

(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use therein.

7. The Company covenants and agrees with the Representatives that (a) the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Shares under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, along with the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any agreement for the Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(d) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky

 

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survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the Exchange and any stock transfer taxes on resale of any Shares by the Underwriters; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares (provided, however, that such fees and disbursement of the counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to clauses (iii) and (v) shall not exceed $25,000); (vi) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors, other than the cost associated with any (A) charter aircraft used, (B) hotel accommodations and (C) ground transportation, in each case in connection with any “road show” presentation; (vii) the cost of preparing stock certificates; if applicable; (viii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 7 and (x) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Shares to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon . It is understood, however, that the Company shall bear, and the Underwriters shall not be required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

8. The obligations of the Representatives hereunder, as to the Shares to be delivered at the Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed in all material respects, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

(b) Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, and their negative assurance letter, in form and substance satisfactory to you and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

 

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(c) (i) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, and their negative assurance letter, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(ii) Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Delaware counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(d) On the date of the Prospectus, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at the Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of the exercise of stock options, exercise of stock appreciation rights, the vesting of restricted stock units or the granting or forfeiture of stock options, restricted stock units or other equity awards in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans, in each case that are described in the Registration Statement) or long-term debt (other than borrowings, if any, under the Credit Facility (as defined in the Registration Statement)) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change or development, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;

(f) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities;

(g) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking

 

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activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Shares being delivered at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(h) The Shares to be sold at the Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to official notice of issuance, on the Exchange;

(i) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Representatives and Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, executed copies of an agreement from certain directors and executive officers of the Company listed on Schedule III hereto, substantially in the form set forth in Annex I hereto;

(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(e) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the second New York Business Day succeeding the date of this Agreement;

(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company reasonably satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, as to the performance in all material respects by the Company of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section 8;

(l) The Shares shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange;

(m) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriters and Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, a certificate from its transfer agent stating the number of authorized, issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock;

(n) On the date of the Prospectus and also at the Time of Delivery, the Underwriters shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying certain data presented in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus, dated the respective dates of delivery, in a form and substance satisfactory to you; and

(o) In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 4 hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Shares, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct as of such Time of Delivery and the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the Underwriters shall have received:

 

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(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company reasonably satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, as to the performance in all material respects by the Company of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section 8;

(ii) If requested by the Underwriters, Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

 

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(a) If requested by the Underwriters, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(b) If requested by the Underwriters, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Delaware counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(iv) If requested by the Underwriters, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to you; and

(v) If requested by the Underwriters, the Company shall have furnished to you a bring-down letter of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying certain data presented in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus.

9. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Shares, including any road show or investor presentations made to investors by the Company, or any Testing-the-Waters Communication listed on Schedule II(b) hereto, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any legal or other expenses (including the fees and disbursements of

 

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counsel chosen by the Representatives) reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriters through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in paragraph (b) below.

(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only such information furnished on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information set forth in Section 19 hereof; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party,

 

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effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. An indemnifying party shall not be required to indemnify an indemnified party for any amount paid or payable by the indemnified party in the settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation without the written consent of the indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or(b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Shares. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, as the case may be, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, as the case may be, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as the case may be, bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, as the case may be, on the one hand or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred and documented by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Underwriters shall not

 

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be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Underwriters and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriters within the meaning of the Act and each affiliate of the Underwriters; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.

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

11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or any controlling person of the Underwriters, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares.

 

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12. If this Agreement shall be terminated (other than by operation of Section 8(g)(i), (iii), (iv) or (v)) any Shares are not delivered by the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including reasonably incurred and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to the Underwriters except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.

13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department or BofA Securities, Inc., One Bryant Park New York, NY 10036, Facsimile: (646) 855-3073, Attention: Syndicate Department, with a copy to: Facsimile: (212) 230-8730, Attention: ECM Legal and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth on the cover of the Registration Statement, Attention: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; provided further that notices under subsection 5(g) shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriter shall be delivered or sent by mail. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

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

15. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters and the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, the Underwriters, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Shares from the Underwriters shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

16. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington D.C. is open for business.

17. The Company acknowledges and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction the Underwriters are acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) the

 

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Underwriters have not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and (v) none of the activities of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

18. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the subject matter hereof.

19. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the only information provided by the Underwriters to the Company specifically for use in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus shall be (i) the offering price set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus, (ii) the last sentence of text set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus concerning the expected delivery date of the Shares, (iii) the names set forth on the cover page of and in the table following the first paragraph of text under the heading “Underwriting” in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus and (iv) the third, eleventh and thirteenth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus.

20. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement or our engagement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.

21. The Company and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

22. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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

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

(c) For purposes of this Section 23, a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

24. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized to disclose to any and all persons the tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax treatment” means U.S. federal and state income tax treatment, and “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.

25. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among the Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination, upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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Very truly yours,
Sabre Corporation
By:  

/s/ Brian S Evans

Name: Brian S Evans
Title: VP, Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Accepted as of the date hereof

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:  

/s/ Jeff Montero

  Name: Jeff Montero
  Title: Executive Director
  On behalf of each of the Underwriters
BofA Securities, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Kevin P. Morrison

  Name: Kevin P. Morrison
  Title: Managing Director
  On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriter

   Number of Shares to be
Purchased
 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     9,464,286  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     7,678,571  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     4,642,857  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     2,321,429  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     1,428,571  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     2,321,429  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     2,142,857  

PNC Capital Markets LLC

     1,785,714  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     1,428,571  

TPG Capital BD, LLC

     1,785,714  

ING Financial Markets LLC

     714,287  

Total

     35,714,286  
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

 

(a)

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package:

None.

 

(b)

Information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package:

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SCHEDULE III

 

Name

  

Title

Doug Barnett    CFO, EVP
Jami Kindle    SVP, Financial Controlling
J. Wade Jones    EVP, Chief Product Officer
Roshan Mendis    CCO Travel Solutions
Steve Menke    CEO
David D Moore    EVP Global Product Development
Karl Peterson    Chairman
David Shirk    President Travel Solutions
Cem Tanyel    EVP & Chief Services Officer Travel Solutions
Shawn Williams    Chief People Officer


ANNEX I

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

BofA Securities, Inc.

As representatives (the “Representatives”) of

the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the

Underwriting Agreement referred to below

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

c/o BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Re: Sabre Corporation—Lock-Up Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 19, 2020 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with Sabre Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Underwriting Agreement.

In consideration of the agreement by you to offer and sell the Common Stock, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period beginning from the date of the final Prospectus covering the Public Offering and continuing to and including the date that is 60 days after the date of such final Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, and will not publicly disclose an intention to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Common Stock, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively the “Undersigned’s Shares”). In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right (other than “piggyback” registration rights) with respect to the registration of any Common Stock, or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.


The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in or entering into any hedging, swap or other agreement or transaction that is designed to result in, or that reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in, a sale or disposition, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of the economic consequence of ownership of the Undersigned’s Common Stock even if such Common Stock would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging, swap or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigned’s Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Shares.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Common Stock in any of the following cases; provided that (1) in the case of the transfers described in any of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (xii), you receive a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donor, trustee, distributee, transferee, nominee or custodian, as the case may be, and such transfer shall not constitute a disposition for value, and (2) the undersigned does not voluntarily effect any public filing or report, and no such public filing or report is required, regarding such transfers, other than, in the case of the transfers described in any of clauses (vi) through (xi), filings on one or more Forms 4 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or Form 144 under the Securities Act, in each case that include in an explanatory footnote the reason for such transfer:

 

  (i)

as a bona fide gift or gifts;

 

  (ii)

to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin);

 

  (iii)

to any immediate family of the undersigned;

 

  (iv)

to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned;

 

  (v)

by will or intestacy or by operation of law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement;

 

  (vi)

pursuant to any contract, instruction or plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) (“10b5-1 Plan”) of the Exchange Act that has been established prior to the date hereof; provided, that no amendments or other modifications are made to such plans that would provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period;

 

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  (vii)

resulting from the forfeiture, cancelation, withholding, surrender or delivery of the Undersigned’s Common Stock to the Company to satisfy any income, employment or social security tax withholding or remittance obligations in connection with the vesting during the Lock-Up Period of any restricted stock unit, restricted stock, performance contingent stock, stock options, warrants or other equity interests;

 

  (viii)

to the Company or its subsidiaries upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of the undersigned;

 

  (ix)

to the Company or its subsidiaries (a) in connection with the exercise or vesting of outstanding stock options, warrants, restricted stock units, restricted stock, performance contingent stock or other equity interests granted pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans that the Board of Directors have approved, which are disclosed in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus, including transfers deemed to occur upon the “net” or “cashless” exercise of options, or (b) for the sole purpose of paying the exercise price of such stock options, warrants, restricted stock units or other equity interests or for satisfying any tax or other governmental withholding obligation (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise or vesting of such stock options, warrants, restricted stock units, restricted stock, performance contingent stock or other equity interests or as a result of the vesting of Common Stock under restricted stock awards pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans;

 

  (x)

pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of Common Stock involving a “change of control” (as defined below) of the Company, provided that if such transaction is not consummated, the Undersigned’s Common Stock shall remain subject to the restrictions set forth herein;

 

  (xi)

as required by applicable law or pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction;

 

  (xii)

to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom transfer would be otherwise be permissible under clauses (i) through (v) of this Lock-Up Agreement; or

 

  (xiii)

with the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc..

As used herein, “change of control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of a majority of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Company, occurring after the consummation of the Public Offering.

 

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In addition, the undersigned may establish a 10b5-1 Plan, provided that such plan does not provide for any transfer of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period. To the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of common stock may be made under such plan during the restricted period. The undersigned now has and, except in the case of any transfer of the Undersigned’s Common Stock in compliance with the foregoing restrictions, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Shares, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not provided any recommendation or investment advice nor have the Underwriters solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Public Offering of the Shares and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Underwriters may provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures or other related documentation to you in connection with the Public Offering, the Underwriters are not making a recommendation to you to participate in the Public Offering or sell any Common Stock at the price determined in the Public Offering, and nothing set forth in such disclosures or documentation is intended to suggest that any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.

Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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

 

Very truly yours,

 

Name:
Title:

 

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EX-1.2

Exhibit 1.2

Sabre Corporation

6.500% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

Underwriting Agreement

August 19, 2020

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

BofA Securities, Inc.

as representatives of the several Underwriters

named in Schedule I hereto,

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

c/o BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Sabre Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein (this “Agreement”), to issue and sell to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc. (the “Representatives”) and the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), an aggregate of 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s 6.500% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $100.00 per share (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”) (the “Initial Securities”) and, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 450,000 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Optional Securities” and together with the Initial Securities, the “Securities”) solely to cover over-allotments. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible into a variable number of shares of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”). Such Common Stock of the Company into which the Securities are convertible is hereinafter referred to as the “Conversion Securities.”

The terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be set forth in a certificate of designations (the “Certificate of Designations”) to be filed by the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.


1. The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with each of the Underwriters that:

(a) An “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) on Form S-3 (File No. 333-224616) in respect of the Securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; such registration statement, and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective on filing; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of such registration statement or any part thereof has been issued and no proceeding for the purpose has been initiated or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission, and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form in which it has been most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the “Basic Prospectus”, and the preliminary prospectus (including any preliminary prospectus supplement) relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act is hereinafter called a “Preliminary Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, including all exhibits thereto and including any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities that is filed with the Commission and deemed by virtue of Rule 430B to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”; the Basic Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(A)(c) hereof), is hereinafter called the “Pricing Prospectus”; the final prospectus relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein to the Basic Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the date of such prospectus; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement, any prospectus supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Basic Prospectus, such Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, as the case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 433 under the Act relating to the Securities is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”;

(b) No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only such information furnished by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters consists of the information set forth in Section 19 hereof;

 

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(c) For the purposes of this Underwriting Agreement (the “Agreement”), the “Applicable Time” is 5:15 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement; the Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the information listed on Schedule II hereto, taken together (collectively, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”), as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Schedule II(a) hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Applicable Time, did not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only such information furnished by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters consists of the information set forth in Section 19 hereof;

(d) The documents incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only such information furnished by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters consists of the information set forth in Section 19 hereof; and no such documents were filed with the Commission since the Commission’s close of business on the business day immediately prior to the date of this Agreement and prior to the execution of this Agreement, except as set forth on Schedule II hereto;

(e) The Registration Statement conforms, and the Prospectus and any further amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and do not and will not, as of the applicable effective date as to each part of the Registration Statement and as of the applicable filing date as to the

 

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Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and any materials or information provided to investors in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including any road show or investor presentations (whether in person or electronically), when considered with the Pricing Prospectus, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein;

(f) There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company to require the Company to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement;

(g) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, financial position, equity or results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus; and, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Pricing Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of the exercise of stock options, exercise of stock appreciation rights, the vesting of restricted stock units or the granting or forfeiture of stock options, restricted stock units or other equity awards in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans that are described in the Registration Statement) or long-term debt (other than as described in the Registration Statement)) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;

(h) The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as (i) are described in the Pricing Prospectus; (ii) do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; (iii) secure Sabre GLBL Inc.’s (“Sabre GLBL”) outstanding $530,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 and related guarantees; (iv) secure Sabre GLBL’s outstanding $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 and the related guarantees; (v) secure Sabre GLBL’s outstanding $775,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9.250% Senior Secured

 

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Notes due 2025; or (vi) secure Sabre GLBL’s Amended Credit Agreement; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Company and its subsidiaries;

(i) The Company and its subsidiaries have been duly incorporated, formed or organized, as applicable, and each is validly existing as a corporation or other entity in good standing (or the local equivalent) under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was incorporated, formed or organized, as applicable, with power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Pricing Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other form of entity for the transaction of business and is in good standing (or the local equivalent) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or be in good standing (or the local equivalent) would not, individually or the in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(j) The Company has an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the Securities and the Conversion Securities have been duly and validly authorized for issuance and sale to the Underwriters and are not subject to preemptive or similar rights and will have the rights set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation (as amended and including the Certificate of Designations) and when issued and delivered in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement will be duly and validly authorized and issued, full paid and non-assessable and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Securities contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company that are owned directly or indirectly by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and (except for directors’ qualifying shares and except as otherwise set forth in the Pricing Prospectus) are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims, except as described in the Pricing Prospectus;

(k) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(l) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(m) Prior to the date hereof, none of the Company, its subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates has taken any action which is designed to or which has constituted or which would reasonably have been expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company in connection with the offering of the Securities;

 

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(n) The issue and sale of the Securities and the issuance of the Conversion Securities upon conversion of the Securities, the compliance by the Company with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not (A) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, security agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, including the indenture and other instruments governing Sabre GLBL’s outstanding $530,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, outstanding $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, and outstanding $775,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2025, (B) conflict with or result in any violations of any provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (C) conflict with or result in any violations of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, except, in the case of clauses (A) and (C), for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such court or governmental agency or body is required for the issue and sale of the Securities and the issuance of the Conversion Securities upon conversion of the Securities, except for the registration under the Act of the Securities, the filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Underwriters, the approval for listing of the Securities and Conversion Securities on the Exchange (as defined herein), the approval of the underwriting terms and arrangements by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and except where the failure to obtain any such consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(o) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or similar organizational documents or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, security agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except in the case of clauses (i) (if such entity is a subsidiary) and (ii), for such violation or default, as applicable, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(p) The statements set forth in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption “Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” insofar as such statements purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the Conversion Securities, and insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the documents referred to therein, under the captions “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” and “Underwriting”, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and complete summaries in all material respects;

(q) Other than as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect or adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

(r) The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, will not be required to register as an “investment company”, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”);

(s) (A) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c) under the Act) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163 under the Act, the Company was a “well-known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and (B) at the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Act) of the Securities, the Company was not an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act;

(t) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or under their supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences and (v) the interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement is accurate to the extent required. Except as disclosed in the Pricing Prospectus, the Company’s internal control over

 

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financial reporting is effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and the Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;

(u) Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, there has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to materially adversely affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting;

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

(w) Ernst & Young LLP, which has audited certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, is an independent registered public accounting firm as required by the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States);

(x) No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is threatened or imminent except for such disputes as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(y) Except as set forth in the Pricing Prospectus or would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of its subsidiaries own, possess or otherwise have the right to use sufficient intellectual property rights, including, without limitation, trademarks, service marks, trade names, patent rights, copyrights, trade secrets and all other similar rights (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) reasonably necessary to conduct their business as now conducted and as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of infringements or conflict with asserted Intellectual Property Rights of others in the past two years;

(z) The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess such valid and current certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the appropriate U.S. federal, state or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to conduct their respective businesses in the manner described in the Pricing Prospectus, except where failure to have such certificates, authorizations or permits would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of, or noncompliance with, any such certificate, authorization or permit which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(aa) Except as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, (i) the Company and each of its subsidiaries have filed all U.S. federal, state and foreign income and franchise tax returns that are required to be filed through the date of this Agreement or have properly requested extensions thereof, and have paid or reserved for all taxes required to be paid by any of them and, if due and payable, any related or similar assessment, fine or penalty levied against any of them except as may be being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, except where the failure to file such tax returns or pay or reserve for such taxes, assessments, fines and penalties, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) the Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles in its consolidated financial statements contained in the Pricing Prospectus in respect of all U.S. federal, state and foreign income and franchise taxes for all periods as to which the tax liabilities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has not been finally determined, except where the failure to make such charges, accruals and reserves, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(bb) The Company and each of its subsidiaries are insured by recognized and financially sound institutions with policies in such amounts and with such deductibles and covering such risks as are generally deemed reasonably adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses, including, without limitation, policies covering real and personal property owned, leased or operated by them against theft, damage, destruction, acts of vandalism and earthquakes, except where the failure to be so insured, individually or in the aggregate, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to (i) renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (ii) to obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(cc) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect: (i) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any applicable U.S. federal, state, local or foreign law (including common law), regulation, rule, requirement, decision or order relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata), natural resources, or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and regulations relating to emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum and petroleum products (collectively, “Materials of Environmental Concern”), or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport handling, or exposure to, of Materials of Environmental Concern (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), which violation includes, without limitations, noncompliance with any permits or other governmental authorizations required for the operation of the business of the Company or its subsidiaries as such business is currently conducted under applicable Environmental Laws, or noncompliance with the terms and conditions thereof, nor has the Company or any of its subsidiaries received any written communication, whether from a governmental authority,

 

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citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges that the Company or any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) there is no claim, action or cause of action against the Company or any of its subsidiaries filed with a court or governmental authority, no investigation with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has received written notice, and no written notice received by the Company or any of its subsidiaries from any person or entity alleging potential liability for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs, natural resources damages, property damages, personal injuries, attorneys’ fees or penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from the presence, or release into the environment, of any Material of Environmental Concern at any location owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, now or in the past (collectively, “Environmental Claims”) pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law; and (iii) to the knowledge of the Company, there are no past or present actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents, including, without limitation, the release, emission, discharge, presence or disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern, that would reasonably be expected to result in a violation of any Environmental Law that could give rise to liability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or form the basis of a potential Environmental Claim against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any person or entity whose liability for any Environmental Claim the Company or any of its subsidiaries has retained or assumed either contractually or by operation of law;

(dd) The Company and each of its subsidiaries and any “employee benefit plan” (as defined under Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively, “ERISA”)) established or maintained by the Company or its ERISA Affiliates (as defined below) are in compliance in all material respects with ERISA. “ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, any member of any group of organizations described in Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “Code”) of which the Company is a member. No “reportable event” (as defined under ERISA), other than a reportable event for which notice has been waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “employee benefit plan”; or (ii) Sections 412, 4971, 4975 or 4980B of the Code. With respect to each “employee benefit plan” subject to Title IV of ERISA, there has been no failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA or Sections 412 and 430 of the Code (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA) and no failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any “employee benefit plan” or the failure to make any required contribution to a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(c)(3) of ERISA (“Multiemployer Plan”). The aggregate amount of the underfunding under all “employee benefit plans,” as disclosed in the actuarial valuation report as of December 31, 2019, was approximately $47.5 million. Each “employee benefit plan” established or maintained by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating that it is so qualified, and nothing has occurred, whether by action or failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification;

 

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(ee) Except as provided pursuant to any indebtedness of the Company and its subsidiaries described under the caption “Description of Indebtedness” in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus, as of the date hereof and the Time of Delivery, no subsidiary of the Company is or will be prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s property or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

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

(gg) Since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus, (i) the Company has not been advised of or become aware of (A) any material weaknesses or significant deficiencies (both within the meaning of Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Act) in the design or operation of internal controls, that could adversely affect the ability of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any other material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal controls, or (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls of the Company and each of its subsidiaries and (ii) there have been no changes in internal controls or in other factors that could materially affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to material weaknesses and significant deficiencies;

(hh) The historical financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods specified. Such historical financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The pro forma financial information and related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus has been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in the Pricing Prospectus;

(ii) Neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries or controlled affiliates, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the directors, officers, employees, non-controlled affiliates or agents of the Company or representatives of the Company, its subsidiaries or its affiliates or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of their

 

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subsidiaries has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, the U.K. Bribery Act of 2010, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law, including, without limitation, (i) taken any unlawful action in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of the payment or giving of money, property, gifts or anything else of value, directly or indirectly, to any “government official” (including any officer or employee of a government or government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office); (ii) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (iii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iv) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions; (v) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom; or (vi) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment; and the Company and its subsidiaries have instituted and maintain and will continue to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance with applicable anti-corruption laws and with the representation and warranty contained herein. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will use, directly or indirectly, the proceeds of the offering in violation of any applicable anti-corruption laws. “FCPA” means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder;

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

(kk) None of the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, nor any of their respective directors or officers, nor to the knowledge of the Company, any of the employees of the Company is, or is controlled by an entity (“Person”) that is, (i) a person or entity with whom dealings are currently prohibited, or that is currently the target or subject under any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions that broadly prohibit dealing with that country or territory (including without limitation, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria). The

 

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Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering and sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any Person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, or is in Cuba, Iran, Syria, North Korea, Crimea, or in any other country or territory, that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the offering and sale of the Securities, whether as underwriter, initial purchaser, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. For the past five years, the Company and its subsidiaries have not knowingly engaged in, are not now knowingly engaged in, and will not knowingly engage in any dealings or transactions with any Person that, at the time of such dealing or transaction, is or was the subject or target of Sanctions or with or in any country or territory that is or was the target or subject of Sanctions, except as otherwise permitted under applicable law, regulation, exemption or exception. To the best knowledge and belief of the Company, the Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable Sanctions, except such failure to comply as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect Sanctions is pending or, to the best knowledge and belief of the Company, threatened;

(ll) The Company is and its subsidiaries are, and immediately after the Time of Delivery will be, Solvent (as defined below). As used herein, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to each of the Company and its subsidiaries on a particular date, that on such date: (i) the fair market value of its assets is greater than the total amount of its liabilities (including contingent liabilities); (ii) the present fair salable value of its assets is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (iii) it is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they mature, and (iv) such person does not have unreasonably small capital; provided, that for purposes of this definition, any intercompany indebtedness will be disregarded;

(mm) Except as publicly disclosed, (A)(I) to the Company’s knowledge, there has been no security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure, or other compromise of or relating to any of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data and data-bases (including the data and information of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained, processed or stored by the Company and its subsidiaries, and any such data processed or stored by third parties on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries), equipment or technology (collectively, “IT Systems and Data”), except for those that have been remedied without material cost or liability or the duty to notify any governmental or regulatory authority and (II) the Company and its subsidiaries have not been notified of, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or incident, unauthorized access or disclosure or other compromise to their IT Systems and Data; (B) the Company and its subsidiaries are presently in substantial compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data

 

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from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification; and (C) the Company and its subsidiaries have implemented appropriate controls, policies, procedures, and technological safeguards that, to the Company’s knowledge, are adequate to maintain and protect the integrity, continuous operation, redundancy and security of their IT Systems and Data reasonably consistent with industry standards and practices, or as required by applicable regulatory standards;

(nn) Upon issuance of the Securities in accordance with this Agreement and the Certificate of Designations, the Securities will be convertible into the Conversion Securities in accordance with the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designations; a number of Conversion Securities (the “Maximum Number of Conversion Securities”) equal to the sum of (x) the product of (i) the actual number of Securities issued and sold hereunder, and (ii) the initial Maximum Conversion Rate (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus) and (y) the product of (i) the actual number of Securities issued and sold hereunder, and (ii) the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that would be added to the Conversion Rate (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus) assuming (A) the Issuer paid no dividends on the Securities prior to the Mandatory Conversion Date (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus); (B) the Floor Price (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus) is greater than 35 % of the relevant Average Price (as such term is defined in the Time of Sale Prospectus); and (C) no adjustments are made to the Floor Price before the Mandatory Conversion Date pursuant to the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designations, has been duly authorized and, upon issuance of such Securities pursuant hereto, will be reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action of the Issuer; all Conversion Securities, when issued upon such conversion or delivery (as the case may be) in accordance with the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth in the Certificate of Designations, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus and will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights under the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation (as amended) or any agreement to which the Company is a party;

(oo) The Certificate of Designations will have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on or before the Closing Date. The holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have the rights set forth in the Certificate of Designations upon filing of the Certificate of Designations with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;

(pp) The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance if applicable, the Securities and a number of Conversion Securities equal to the Maximum Number of Conversion Securities on the Exchange for trading on such exchange as promptly as practicable after the date hereof;

(qq) Beginning on the Closing Date and continuing through September 1, 2023, the Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive or similar rights, a number of Conversion Securities equal to at least the Maximum Number of Conversion Securities;

 

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(rr) The Company has not alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communication with any person and has not authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company reconfirms that the Representatives have been authorized to act on its behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company has not distributed any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act, including those listed on Schedule II(a) hereto. “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) or Rule 163B of the Act;

(ss) As of the time of each sale of the Securities in connection with the offering when the Prospectus is not yet available to prospective purchasers, none of (i) the Pricing Prospectus, (ii) any free writing prospectus, when considered together with the Pricing Prospectus, and (iii) any individual Testing-the-Waters Communication, when considered together with the Pricing Prospectus, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

(rr) The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto to the extent required.

2. Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, (a) the Company agrees, to sell to the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price per share of $96.75 (the “Purchase Price”), the number of Initial Securities set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and (b) in the event and to the extent that the Underwriters shall exercise the option to purchase Optional Securities as provided below, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the same Purchase Price, less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Initial Securities but not payable on the Optional Securities (the “Option Purchase Price”), the date of the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) to, but excluding, the date of the applicable subsequent Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof), that portion of the aggregate number of Optional Securities as to which such election shall have been exercised, determined by multiplying such aggregate number of Optional Securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the maximum number of Initial Securities which such Underwriter is entitled to purchase as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and the denominator of which is the maximum aggregate number of Initial Securities that all of the Underwriters are entitled to purchase hereunder.

The Company hereby grants to the Underwriters the right to purchase at their option up to an additional 450,000 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock solely to cover over-allotments, at the Option Purchase Price. Any such election to purchase Optional Securities may be exercised by written notice from the Representatives on behalf of the

 

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Underwriters to the Company, setting forth the number of Optional Securities to be purchased and the date on which such Optional Securities are to be delivered, as determined by you but in no event earlier than the First Time of Delivery (as defined in Section 4 hereof) or, unless the Representatives and the Company otherwise agree in writing, earlier than three or later than ten New York Business Days after the date of such notice; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2, in all cases such date of delivery will be within a period of thirty calendar days from, and including, the date of the First Time of Delivery. As used in this Agreement, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close

3. Upon the authorization by you of the release of the Securities, the Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

4. (a) The time and date for the payment of the Purchase Price for the Initial Securities shall be 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on August 25, 2020 (the “Closing Date”) or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing and, with respect to the Optional Securities, 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified by the Representatives in the written notice of any election to purchase such Optional Securities, or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing. Such time and date for delivery of the Initial Securities is herein called the “First Time of Delivery” such time and date for delivery of the Optional Securities, if not the First Time of Delivery, is herein called the “Second Time of Delivery,” and each such time and date for delivery is herein called a “Time of Delivery.”

(b) The documents to be delivered at each Time of Delivery by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 7 hereof, including the cross-receipt for the Initial Securities and any additional documents requested by the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof, will be delivered via electronic mail at each Time of Delivery. Prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next preceding each Time of Delivery, the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available via electronic mail for review by the parties hereto. For the purposes of this Section 4, “New York Business Day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

5. The Company agrees with the Underwriters:

(a) To prepare the Prospectus in a form reasonably approved by you and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus or the Prospectus prior to the Time of Delivery which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and

 

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to furnish you with copies thereof; to file promptly all material required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act; to file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; to advise you, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or other prospectus in respect of the Securities, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under Act, of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or other prospectus relating to the Securities or Conversion Securities suspending any such qualification, to promptly use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such issuance of a notice of objection, promptly to take such steps including, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at its own expense, as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Securities by the Underwriters (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration statement);

(b) If required by Rule 430B(h) under the Act, to prepare a form of prospectus in a form approved by you and to file such form of prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act not later than may be required by Rule 424(b) under the Act; and to make no further amendment or supplement to such form of prospectus which shall be disapproved by you promptly after reasonable notice thereof;

(c) If by the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement, any of the Securities remain unsold by any Underwriter, the Company will file, if it has not already done so and is eligible to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives. If at the Renewal Deadline the Company is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, if it has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives and will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 180 days after the Renewal Deadline. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Securities to continue as contemplated in the expired registration statement relating to the Securities. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be;

(d) Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representatives may reasonably request to qualify the Securities and/or Conversion Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and

 

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dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Securities and the Conversion Securities, provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise subject to taxation on the date hereof;

(e) Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second New York Business Day succeeding the date of this Agreement and from time to time, to furnish each Underwriter with an electronic copy of the Prospectus, and, if the delivery of a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is required at any time prior to the expiration of nine months after the time of issue of the Prospectus in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the Exchange Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, to notify the Representatives and upon their request to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to the Underwriters and to any dealer in securities (whose name and address the Representatives shall furnish to the Company) an electronic copy of an amended Prospectus or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance; and in case any Underwriter is required to deliver a prospectus (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a) under the Act) in connection with sales of any of the Securities at

(f) any time nine months or more after the time of issue of the Prospectus, upon such Underwriter’s request but at the expense of such Underwriter, to prepare and deliver to such Underwriter as many written and electronic copies as it may reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;

(g) To make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable (which may be satisfied by filing with the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”)), but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(h) That, without the prior written consent of the Representatives on behalf of the Underwriters, it will not, and will not publicly disclose an intention to, during the period ending 60 days after the date of the Prospectus (the “Restricted Period”),(i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, or (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of

 

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the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (iii) file any registration statement with the Commission relating to the offering of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The restrictions contained in the foregoing sentence shall not apply to (A) the Securities to be sold hereunder, (B) the concurrent offering by the Company of up to 41,071,429 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, and the filing of a registration statement, including any amendments thereto, with respect to the registration of such Common Stock, (C) the issuance by the Company of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof as described in each of the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus, (D) securities issued pursuant to any of the Company’s equity incentive plans described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or upon the exercise of stock options, the vesting of restricted stock units or the issuance of performance shares granted thereunder, (E) shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to the Company’s stock incentive plans, 401(k) plans and retirement savings plans referenced in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus Supplement or (F) facilitating the establishment of a trading plan on behalf of a shareholder, officer or director of the Company pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, for the transfer of shares of Common Stock, provided that (x) such plan does not provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the Restricted Period and (y) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by the Company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of Common Stock may be made under such plan during the Restricted Period;

(i) During a period of three years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, so long as the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of either Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, to furnish to you copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to stockholders, and to deliver to you (i) as soon as they are available, copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange on which any class of securities of the Company is listed; and (ii) such additional information concerning the business and financial condition of the Company as you may from time to time reasonably request (such financial statements to be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated in reports furnished to its stockholders generally or to the Commission); provided that the Company may satisfy the requirements of this subsection (h) by electronically filing such reports, financial statements or information through EDGAR;

(j) To use its reasonable best efforts to list for trading as promptly as is practicable after the date hereof, the Securities and the Conversion Securities on The Nasdaq Global Select Market (the “Exchange”)

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(l) If at any time following the distribution of any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.

6. (a) The Company represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act; and the Underwriters represent and agree that, without the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute a free writing prospectus; any such free writing prospectus the use of which has been consented to by the Company and the Underwriter is listed on Schedule II(a) hereto;

(b) The Company has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 under the Act applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including timely filing with the Commission or retention where required and legending; and the Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the applicable conditions under Rule 433 under the Act to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any electronic road show; and

(c) The Company agrees that if at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus any event occurred or occurs as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances then prevailing, not misleading, the Company will give prompt notice thereof to the Representatives; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions in an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Representatives expressly for use therein.

7. The Company covenants and agrees with the Representatives that (a) the Company will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing, reproduction and filing of the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers, along with the document production charges and expenses associated with printing this Agreement; (ii) the cost of printing or producing any agreement for the Underwriters, this Agreement, the Blue Sky Memorandum, closing documents (including any compilations thereof) and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 5(d) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky survey; (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Securities and the

 

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Conversion Securities on the Exchange and any stock transfer taxes on resale of any Securities or Conversion Securities by the Underwriters; (v) the filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Underwriters in connection with, any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities (provided, however, that such fees and disbursement of the counsel for the Underwriters pursuant to clauses (iii) and (v) shall not exceed $25,000); (vi) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors, other than the cost associated with any (A) charter aircraft used, (B) hotel accommodations and (C) ground transportation, in each case in connection with any “road show” presentation; (vii) the cost of preparing stock certificates; if applicable; (viii) the cost and charges of any transfer agent or registrar; (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 7 and (x) all costs and expenses related to the transfer and delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon. It is understood, however, that the Company shall bear, and the Underwriters shall not be required to pay or to reimburse the Company for, the cost of any other matters not directly relating to the sale and purchase of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, and that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 9 and 12 hereof, the Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including the fees of their counsel and any advertising expenses connected with any offers they may make.

8. The obligations of the Representatives hereunder, as to the Securities to be delivered at the Time of Delivery, shall be subject, in their discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Company herein are, at and as of the Time of Delivery, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed in all material respects, and the following additional conditions:

(a) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by the rules and regulations under the Act and in accordance with Section 5(a) hereof; all material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act shall have been received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission shall have been complied with to your reasonable satisfaction;

(b) Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, and their negative assurance letter, in form and substance satisfactory to you and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

 

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(c) (i) Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, and their negative assurance letter, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(ii) Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Delaware counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(d) On the date of the Prospectus, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement filed subsequent to the date of this Agreement and also at the Time of Delivery, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter or letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(e) (i) Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Pricing Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Pricing Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock (other than as a result of the exercise of stock options, exercise of stock appreciation rights, the vesting of restricted stock units or the granting or forfeiture of stock options, restricted stock units or other equity awards in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans, in each case that are described in the Registration Statement) or long-term debt (other than borrowings, if any, under the Credit Facility (as defined in the Registration Statement)) of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any change or development, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in your judgment so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Pricing Prospectus;

(f) On or after the Applicable Time (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company’s debt securities by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, with possible negative implications, its rating of any of the Company’s debt securities;

(g) On or after the Applicable Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on the Exchange; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United

 

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States of a national emergency or war or (v) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in clause (iv) or (v) in your judgment makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered at the Time of Delivery on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus;

(h) The Securities to be sold at the Time of Delivery shall have been duly listed, subject to official notice of issuance, on the Exchange;

(i) The Company shall have obtained and delivered to the Representatives and Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel to the Underwriters, executed copies of an agreement from certain directors and executive officers of the Company listed on Schedule III hereto, substantially in the form set forth in Annex I hereto;

(j) The Company shall have complied with the provisions of Section 5(e) hereof with respect to the furnishing of prospectuses on the second New York Business Day succeeding the date of this Agreement;

(k) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company reasonably satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, as to the performance in all material respects by the Company of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section 8;

(l) [Reserved];

(m) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriters and Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, a certificate from its transfer agent stating the number of authorized, issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock;

(n) On the date of the Prospectus and also at the Time of Delivery, the Underwriters shall have received a written certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying certain data presented in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus, dated the respective dates of delivery, in a form and substance satisfactory to you;

(o) The Certificate of Designations shall have been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and the Company shall have delivered evidence of such filing to the Representatives in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives;

(p) During the period from and including the date hereof through and including the earlier of (a) the purchase by the Underwriters of all of the Optional Securities and (b) the expiration of the Underwriters’ option to purchase Optional Securities, the Company will not do or authorize or cause any act or thing that would result in an adjustment of the conversion rate of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; and

 

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(q) In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 4 hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Optional Securities, the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein shall be true and correct as of such Time of Delivery and the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the Underwriters shall have received;

(i) The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to you at the Time of Delivery certificates of officers of the Company reasonably satisfactory to you as to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein at and as of the Time of Delivery, as to the performance in all material respects by the Company of all of their respective obligations hereunder to be performed at or prior to the Time of Delivery, as to such other matters as you may reasonably request, and the Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished certificates as to the matters set forth in subsections (a) and (g) of this Section 8:

(ii) If requested by the Underwriters, Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to you such written opinion or opinions, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters;

 

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(a) If requested by the Underwriters, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(b) If requested by the Underwriters, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Delaware counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to you their written opinion, dated the Time of Delivery, in form and substance satisfactory to you;

(iv) If requested by the Underwriters, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to you a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to you; and

(v) If requested by the Underwriters, the Company shall have furnished to you a bring-down letter of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certifying certain data presented in the Registration Statement, Pricing Prospectus or Prospectus.

9. (a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including any road show or investor presentations made to investors by the Company,

 

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or any Testing-the-Waters Communication listed on Schedule II(b) hereto, an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse the Underwriters for any legal or other expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Representatives) reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Underwriters through the Representatives consists of the information described as such in paragraph (b) below.

(b) Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly will indemnify and hold harmless the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood that the only such information furnished on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information set forth in Section 19 hereof; and will reimburse the Company for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for

 

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any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party. An indemnifying party shall not be required to indemnify an indemnified party for any amount paid or payable by the indemnified party in the settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation without the written consent of the indemnifying party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment;

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities. If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, as the case may be, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, as the case may be, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as the case may be, bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, as the case may be, on the one hand or the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred and

 

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documented by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), the Underwriters shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which the Underwriters have otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e) The obligations of the Company under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Underwriters and each person, if any, who controls the Underwriters within the meaning of the Act and each affiliate of the Underwriters; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company (including any person who, with his or her consent, is named in the Registration Statement as about to become a director of the Company) and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.

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

11. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company and the Underwriters, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or any controlling person of the Underwriters, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

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12. If this Agreement shall be terminated (other than by operation of Section 8(g)(i), (iii), (iv) or (v)) any Securities are not delivered by the Company as provided herein, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through you for all out-of-pocket expenses approved in writing by you, including reasonably incurred and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities not so delivered, but the Company shall then be under no further liability to the Underwriters except as provided in Sections 7 and 9 hereof.

13. In all dealings hereunder, you shall act on behalf of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by you.

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, with a copy to the Legal Department or BofA Securities, Inc., One Bryant Park New York, NY 10036, Facsimile: (646) 855-3073, Attention: Syndicate Department, with a copy to: Facsimile: (212) 230-8730, Attention: ECM Legal and if to the Company shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth on the cover of the Registration Statement, Attention: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; provided further that notices under subsection 5(g) shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriter shall be delivered or sent by mail. Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof.

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

15. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters and the Company and, to the extent provided in Sections 9 and 11 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company, the Underwriters, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from the Underwriters shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

16. Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s office in Washington D.C. is open for business.

17. The Company acknowledges and agree that (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, (ii) in connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction the Underwriters are acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, (iii) the Underwriters have not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company with respect to the offering contemplated

 

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hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriters have advised or is currently advising the Company on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (iv) the Company has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate and (v) none of the activities of the Underwriters in connection with the transactions contemplated herein constitutes a recommendation, investment advice, or solicitation of any action by the Underwriters with respect to any entity or natural person. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriters have rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

18. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters with respect to the subject matter hereof.

19. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the only information provided by the Underwriters to the Company specifically for use in the Registration Statement, Pricing Disclosure Package or Prospectus shall be (i) the offering price set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus, (ii) the last sentence of text set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus concerning the expected delivery date of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, (iii) the names set forth on the cover page of and in the table following the first paragraph of text under the heading “Underwriting” in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus and (iv) the third, eleventh and thirteenth paragraphs under the heading “Underwriting” in the Pricing Prospectus and Prospectus.

20. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY MATTERS RELATED TO THIS TRANSACTION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The Company agrees that any suit or proceeding arising in respect of this Agreement or our engagement will be tried exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York or, if that court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in any state court located in The City and County of New York and the Company agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of, and to venue in, such courts.

21. The Company and the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

22. This Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

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

 

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

(c) For purposes of this Section 23, a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

24. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company is authorized to disclose to any and all persons the tax treatment and tax structure of the potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) provided to the Company relating to that treatment and structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind. However, any information relating to the tax treatment and tax structure shall remain confidential (and the foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent necessary to enable any person to comply with securities laws. For this purpose, “tax treatment” means U.S. federal and state income tax treatment, and “tax structure” is limited to any facts that may be relevant to that treatment.

25. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. This Agreement may not be amended or modified unless in writing by all of the parties hereto, and no condition herein (express or implied) may be waived unless waived in writing by each party whom the condition is meant to benefit. The section headings herein are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement among the Underwriters and the Company. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of the Underwriters is pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement among the Underwriters, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination, upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

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Very truly yours,
Sabre Corporation
By:  

/s/ Brian S Evans

Name: Brian S Evans
Title: VP, Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


Accepted as of the date hereof

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
By:  

/s/ Jeff Montero

  Name: Jeff Montero
  Title: Executive Director
  On behalf of each of the Underwriters
BofA Securities, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Kevin P. Morrison

  Name: Kevin P. Morrison
  Title: Managing Director
  On behalf of each of the Underwriters

 

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]


SCHEDULE I

 

Underwriter

   Number of Shares of
Mandatory Convertible
Preferred Stock to be
Purchased
 

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     825,000  

BofA Securities, Inc.

     735,000  

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

     390,000  

Mizuho Securities USA LLC

     210,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

     90,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     210,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     180,000  

PNC Capital Markets LLC

     120,000  

MUFG Securities Americas Inc.

     120,000  

TPG Capital BD, LLC

     90,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC

     30,000  

Total

     3,000,000  
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE II

 

(a)

Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses not included in the Pricing Disclosure Package:

None.

 

(b)

Information other than the Pricing Prospectus that comprise the Pricing Disclosure Package:

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SCHEDULE III

 

Name

 

Title

Doug Barnett   CFO, EVP
Jami Kindle   SVP, Financial Controlling
J. Wade Jones   EVP, Chief Product Officer
Roshan Mendis   CCO Travel Solutions
Steve Menke   CEO
David D Moore   EVP Global Product Development
Karl Peterson   Chairman
David Shirk   President Travel Solutions
Cem Tanyel   EVP & Chief Services Officer Travel Solutions
Shawn Williams   Chief People Officer


ANNEX I

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

BofA Securities, Inc.

As representatives (the “Representatives”) of

the several Underwriters named in Schedule I to the

Underwriting Agreement referred to below

c/o Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

c/o BofA Securities, Inc.

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

Re: Sabre Corporation—Lock-Up Agreement

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you propose to enter into an Underwriting Agreement, dated August 19, 2020 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), with Sabre Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Securities”), convertible into common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Underwriting Agreement.

In consideration of the agreement by you to offer and sell the Securities, and of other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned agrees that, during the period beginning from the date of the final Prospectus covering the Public Offering and continuing to and including the date that is 60 days after the date of such final Prospectus (the “Lock-Up Period”), the undersigned will not, and will not publicly disclose an intention to offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any Common Stock, or any options or warrants to purchase any Common Stock, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Common Stock, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the undersigned (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the undersigned has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively the “Undersigned’s Shares”). In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc., it will not, during the Lock-Up Period, make any demand for or exercise any right (other than “piggyback” registration rights) with respect to the registration of any Common Stock, or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock.


The foregoing restriction is expressly agreed to preclude the undersigned from engaging in or entering into any hedging, swap or other agreement or transaction that is designed to result in, or that reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in, a sale or disposition, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, of the economic consequence of ownership of the Undersigned’s Common Stock even if such Common Stock would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging, swap or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of the Undersigned’s Common Stock or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Securities.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the undersigned may transfer the Undersigned’s Common Stock in any of the following cases; provided that (1) in the case of the transfers described in any of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (xii), you receive a signed lock-up agreement for the balance of the Lock-Up Period from each donor, trustee, distributee, transferee, nominee or custodian, as the case may be, and such transfer shall not constitute a disposition for value, and (2) the undersigned does not voluntarily effect any public filing or report, and no such public filing or report is required, regarding such transfers, other than, in the case of the transfers described in any of clauses (vi) through (xi), filings on one or more Forms 4 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or Form 144 under the Securities Act, in each case that include in an explanatory footnote the reason for such transfer:

 

  (i)

as a bona fide gift or gifts;

 

  (ii)

to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned (for purposes of this Lock-Up Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin);

 

  (iii)

to any immediate family of the undersigned;

 

  (iv)

to any investment fund or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned;

 

  (v)

by will or intestacy or by operation of law pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement;

 

  (vi)

pursuant to any contract, instruction or plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) (“10b5-1 Plan”) of the Exchange Act that has been established prior to the date hereof; provided, that no amendments or other modifications are made to such plans that would provide for the transfer of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period;

 

  (vii)

resulting from the forfeiture, cancelation, withholding, surrender or delivery of the Undersigned’s Common Stock to the Company to satisfy any income, employment or social security tax withholding or remittance obligations in connection with the vesting during the Lock-Up Period of any restricted stock unit, restricted stock, performance contingent stock, stock options, warrants or other equity interests;

 

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  (viii)

to the Company or its subsidiaries upon death, disability or termination of employment, in each case, of the undersigned;

 

  (ix)

to the Company or its subsidiaries (a) in connection with the exercise or vesting of outstanding stock options, warrants, restricted stock units, restricted stock, performance contingent stock or other equity interests granted pursuant to the Company’s equity incentive plans that the Board of Directors have approved, which are disclosed in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Prospectus and Prospectus, including transfers deemed to occur upon the “net” or “cashless” exercise of options, or (b) for the sole purpose of paying the exercise price of such stock options, warrants, restricted stock units or other equity interests or for satisfying any tax or other governmental withholding obligation (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise or vesting of such stock options, warrants, restricted stock units, restricted stock, performance contingent stock or other equity interests or as a result of the vesting of Common Stock under restricted stock awards pursuant to the Company’s employee benefit plans;

 

  (x)

pursuant to a bona fide third party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to all holders of Common Stock involving a “change of control” (as defined below) of the Company, provided that if such transaction is not consummated, the Undersigned’s Common Stock shall remain subject to the restrictions set forth herein;

 

  (xi)

as required by applicable law or pursuant to an order of a court or regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction;

 

  (xii)

to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom transfer would be otherwise be permissible under clauses (i) through (v) of this Lock-Up Agreement; or

 

  (xiii)

with the prior written consent of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and BofA Securities, Inc.

As used herein, “change of control” shall mean the consummation of any bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than the Company, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of a majority of the total voting power of the voting stock of the Company, occurring after the consummation of the Public Offering.

 

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In addition, the undersigned may establish a 10b5-1 Plan, provided that such plan does not provide for any transfer of Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period. To the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act, if any, is required of or voluntarily made by or on behalf of the undersigned or the company regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of common stock may be made under such plan during the restricted period. The undersigned now has and, except in the case of any transfer of the Undersigned’s Common Stock in compliance with the foregoing restrictions, for the duration of this Lock-Up Agreement will have, good and marketable title to the Undersigned’s Common Stock, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and claims whatsoever. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the Undersigned’s Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters have not provided any recommendation or investment advice, nor have the Underwriters solicited any action from the undersigned with respect to the Public Offering of the Securities, and the undersigned has consulted their own legal, accounting, financial, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent deemed appropriate. The undersigned further acknowledges and agrees that, although the Underwriters may provide certain Regulation Best Interest and Form CRS disclosures or other related documentation to you in connection with the Public Offering, the Underwriters are not making a recommendation to you to participate in the Public Offering or sell any Securities at the price determined in the Public Offering, and nothing set forth in such disclosures or documentation is intended to suggest that any Underwriter is making such a recommendation.

Whether or not the Public Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any Public Offering will only be made pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters.

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

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

 

Very truly yours,

 

Name:
Title:

 

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EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

Sabre Corporation

Certificate of Designations

6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

August 24, 2020


Table of Contents

 

         Page  

Section 1.

  Definitions      1  

Section 2.

  Rules of Construction      13  

Section 3.

  The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock      13  

(a)

  Designation; Par Value      13  

(b)

  Number of Authorized Shares      13  

(c)

  Form, Dating and Denominations      14  

(d)

  Execution, Countersignature and Delivery.      14  

(e)

  Method of Payment; Delay When Payment Date is Not a Business Day      14  

(f)

  Transfer Agent, Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Conversion Agent      15  

(g)

  Legends      16  

(h)

  Transfers and Exchanges; Transfer Taxes; Certain Transfer Restrictions.      17  

(i)

  Exchange and Cancellation of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to Be Converted      21  

(j)

  Status of Retired Shares      22  

(k)

  Replacement Certificates      22  

(l)

  Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Certificates      23  

(m)

  Cancellation      23  

(n)

  Shares Held by the Company or its Affiliates      23  

(o)

  Outstanding Shares      23  

(p)

  Repurchases by the Company and its Subsidiaries      24  

(q)

  Notations and Exchanges      24  

(r)

  CUSIP and ISIN Numbers      24  

Section 4.

  Ranking      25  

Section 5.

  Dividends      25  

(a)

  Generally      25  

(b)

  Method of Payment      25  

(c)

  Treatment of Dividends Upon Conversion      27  

(d)

  Priority of Dividends; Limitation on Junior Payments; No Participation Rights      28  

Section 6.

  Rights Upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up      30  

(a)

  Generally      30  

(b)

  Certain Business Combination Transactions Deemed Not to Be a Liquidation      30  

Section 7.

  No Right of Redemption by the Company      31  

Section 8.

  Voting Rights      31  

(a)

  Right to Designate Two Preferred Stock Directors Upon a Dividend Non-Payment Event      31  

(b)

  Voting and Consent Rights with Respect to Specified Matters      32  

(c)

  Procedures for Voting and Consents      34  

Section 9.

  Conversion      35  

(a)

  Generally      35  

(b)

  Conversion Procedures      35  

(c)

  Settlement upon Conversion      37  

(d)

  Mandatory Conversion      37  

 

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(e)

  Early Conversion at the Option of the Holders      38  

(f)

  Boundary Conversion Rate Adjustments      42  

(g)

  Voluntary Conversion Rate Increases      52  

(h)

  Effect of Common Stock Change Event      52  

Section 10.

  Certain Provisions Relating to the Issuance of Common Stock      54  

(a)

  Equitable Adjustments to Prices      54  

(b)

  Reservation of Shares of Common Stock      54  

(c)

  Status of Shares of Common Stock      54  

(d)

  Taxes Upon Issuance of Common Stock      54  

Section 11.

  No Preemptive Rights      55  

Section 12.

  Calculations      55  

(a)

  Responsibility; Schedule of Calculations      55  

(b)

  Calculations Aggregated for Each Holder      55  

Section 13.

  No Sinking Fund Obligations      55  

Section 14.

  Notices      55  

Section 15.

  Legally Available Funds      55  

Section 16.

  No Other Rights      56  

 

Exhibits       

Exhibit A: Form of Preferred Stock Certificate

     A-1  

Exhibit B: Form of Global Certificate Legend

     B-1  

 

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Certificate of Designations

6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

Sabre Corporation does hereby certify that:

On August 24, 2020, the Board of Directors of Sabre Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), adopted the following resolution designating and creating, out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company, 3,450,000 authorized shares of a series of stock of the Company titled the “6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”:

RESOLVED that, pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and applicable law, a series of stock of the Company titled the “6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock,” and having a par value of $0.01 per share and an initial number of authorized shares equal to 3,450,000, is hereby designated and created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company, which series has the rights, preferences, voting powers and other provisions set forth below:

Section 1. DEFINITIONS.

Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 144 under the Securities Act as in effect on the Initial Issue Date.

Applicable Conversion Rate” means, with respect to the conversion of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:

(a) if such conversion is a Mandatory Conversion, the Applicable Conversion Rate determined pursuant to Section 9(d)(ii);

(b) if such conversion is a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion, the Applicable Conversion Rate determined pursuant to Section 9(e)(iii)(2); and

(c) if such conversion is an Early Conversion that is not a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion, the Applicable Conversion Rate determined pursuant to Section 9(e)(iii)(1).

Board of Directors” means the Company’s board of directors or a committee of such board duly authorized to act on behalf of such board.

Boundary Conversion Prices” mean the Minimum Conversion Price and the Maximum Conversion Price.

Boundary Conversion Rates” mean the Minimum Conversion Rate and the Maximum Conversion Rate.

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

 

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Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares of, interests in, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, participations in, or other equivalents of, in each case however designated, the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

Certificate of Designations” means this Certificate of Designations, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Certificate of Incorporation” means the Company’s fourth amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be further amended, supplemented or restated.

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

Common Stock” means the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company, subject to Section 9(h).

Common Stock Change Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(h)(i).

Company” means Sabre Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

Conversion Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(f)(i).

Conversion Consideration” means, with respect to the conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the type and amount of consideration payable to settle such conversion, determined in accordance with Section 9.

Conversion Date” means, with respect to the conversion of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock: (a) if such conversion is a Mandatory Conversion, the Mandatory Conversion Date; and (b) in all other cases, the Early Conversion Date for such conversion.

Daily VWAP” means, for any VWAP Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “SABR <EQUITY> AQR” (or, if such page is not available, its equivalent successor page) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such VWAP Trading Day (or, if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one (1) share of Common Stock on such VWAP Trading Day, determined, using a volume-weighted average price method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm the Company selects, which may include any of the Underwriters). The Daily VWAP will be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session.

Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company or its successor.

Depositary Participant” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.

 

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Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any conversion, transfer, exchange or transaction involving a Global Certificate representing any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, or any beneficial interest in such certificate, the rules and procedures of the Depositary applicable to such conversion, transfer, exchange or transaction.

Director Qualification Requirement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(i).

Dividend Disbursing Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(f)(i).

Dividend Junior Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock whose terms do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to, or equally with, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (without regard to whether or not dividends accumulate cumulatively). Dividend Junior Stock includes the Common Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, Dividend Junior Stock will not include any securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

Dividend Make-Whole Stock Price” means, with respect to the conversion of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock: (a) if such conversion is a Mandatory Conversion, ninety seven percent (97%) of the Mandatory Conversion Stock Price; (b) if such conversion is a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion, ninety seven percent (97%) of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price for the relevant Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (c) if such conversion is an Early Conversion that is not a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion, the average of the Daily VWAPs per share of Common Stock for each of the five (5) consecutive VWAP Trading Days ending on, and including, the VWAP Trading Day immediately before the Conversion Date for such conversion.

A “Dividend Non-Payment Event” will be deemed to occur when accumulated dividends on the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have not been declared and paid in an aggregate amount corresponding to six (6) or more Dividend Periods, whether or not consecutive. A Dividend Non-Payment Event that has occurred will be deemed to continue until such time when all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been paid in full, at which time such Dividend Non-Payment Event will be deemed to be cured and cease to be continuing. For purposes of this definition, a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been paid if such dividend is declared and consideration in kind and amount that is sufficient, in accordance with this Certificate of Designations, to pay such dividend is set aside for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto.

Dividend Parity Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock (other than the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock) whose terms expressly provide that such class or series will rank equally with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (without regard to whether or not dividends accumulate cumulatively). For the avoidance of doubt, Dividend Parity Stock will not include any securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

 

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Dividend Payment Date” means, with respect to any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, each March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2020 (or beginning on such other date specified in the certificate representing such share) and ending on, and including, September 1, 2023.

Dividend Period” means each period from, and including, a Dividend Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Dividend Period, from, and including, the Initial Issue Date) to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date.

Dividend Senior Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock whose terms expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the payment of dividends (without regard to whether or not dividends accumulate cumulatively). For the avoidance of doubt, Dividend Senior Stock will not include any securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

Dividend Stock Price” means, with respect to any declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, ninety seven percent (97%) of the average of the Daily VWAPs per share of Common Stock for each VWAP Trading Day during the related Dividend Stock Price Observation Period.

Dividend Stock Price Observation Period” means, with respect to any declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the five (5) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the sixth (6th) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Dividend Payment Date for such dividend.

Early Conversion” means the conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock other than a Mandatory Conversion.

Early Conversion Date” means, with respect to the Early Conversion (including a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion) of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the first Business Day on which the requirements of Section 9(b)(ii) for such conversion are satisfied.

Ex-Dividend Date” means, with respect to an issuance, dividend or distribution on the Common Stock, the first date on which shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such issuance, dividend or distribution (including pursuant to due bills or similar arrangements required by the relevant stock exchange). For the avoidance of doubt, any alternative trading convention on the applicable exchange or market in respect of the Common Stock under a separate ticker symbol or CUSIP number will not be considered “regular way” for this purpose.

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(f)(i)(5).

Expiration Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(f)(i)(5).

 

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Floor Price” means, as of any time, an amount (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to thirty five percent (35%) of the Minimum Conversion Price in effect at such time. Each reference in this Certificate of Designations or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the Floor Price as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date will be deemed to be a reference to the Floor Price immediately before the Close of Business on such date.

Future Dividend Present Value Amount” means, with respect to the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount equal to the present value, as of the effective date of the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change, of all regularly scheduled dividend payments on such share on each Dividend Payment Date occurring after such effective date and on or before September 1, 2023, such present value to be computed using a discount rate equal to the Stated Dividend Rate per annum; provided, however, that, for purposes of this definition, the amount of dividends payable on the Dividend Payment Date immediately after such effective date will be deemed to be the following amount: (a) if such effective date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, and, as of the Close of Business on such effective date, the Company has declared part or all of the dividend scheduled to be paid on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on such Dividend Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the full amount of such dividend scheduled to be paid on such share on such Dividend Payment Date (assuming the same were declared in full) over (y) the amount of such dividend actually so declared on such share (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Holder of such share as of the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such conversion, to receive such declared dividend on or, at the Company’s election, before such Dividend Payment Date, as provided in Section 5(a)(i) or Section 5(c), as applicable); and (b) in all other cases, the full amount of dividends scheduled to be paid on such share on the Dividend Payment Date immediately after such effective date, less an amount equal to dividends on such share that have accumulated from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date immediately before such effective date to, but excluding, such effective date.

Global Certificate” means any certificate representing any share(s) of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, which certificate is substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and countersigned by the Transfer Agent, and deposited with the Transfer Agent, as custodian for the Depositary.

Global Certificate Legend” means a legend substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B.

Holder” means a person in whose name any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is registered on the Registrar’s books.

Initial Issue Date” means August 24, 2020.

Junior Stock” means any Dividend Junior Stock or Liquidation Junior Stock.

 

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Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid price and the last ask price per share or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid prices and the average last ask prices per share) of the Common Stock on such Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed. If the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the last quoted bid price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day in the over-the-counter market as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted on such Trading Day, then the Last Reported Sale Price will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid price and the last ask price per share of Common Stock on such Trading Day from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms the Company selects, which may include any of the Underwriters.

Liquidation Junior Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock whose terms do not expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to, or equally with, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up. Liquidation Junior Stock includes the Common Stock. For the avoidance of doubt, Liquidation Junior Stock will not include any securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

Liquidation Parity Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock (other than the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock) whose terms expressly provide that such class or series will rank equally with the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up. For the avoidance of doubt, Liquidation Parity Stock will not include any securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

Liquidation Preference” means, with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, an amount equal to one hundred dollars ($100.00) per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

Liquidation Senior Stock” means any class or series of the Company’s stock whose terms expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up. For the avoidance of doubt, Liquidation Senior Stock will not include any securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change” means any of the following events:

(a) a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than the Company or its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner” (as defined below) of shares of the Company’s common equity representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of all of the Company’s then-outstanding common equity;

 

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(b) the consummation of: (i) any sale, lease or other transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or (ii) any transaction or series of related transactions in connection with which (whether by means of merger, consolidation, share exchange, combination, reclassification, recapitalization, acquisition, liquidation or otherwise) all of the Common Stock is exchanged for, converted into, acquired for, or constitutes solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property; or

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

provided, however, that a transaction or event or series of transactions or events described in clause (a) or (b) above will not constitute a fundamental change if at least ninety percent (90%) of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to dissenters rights), in connection with such transaction or event or series of transactions or events, consists of shares of common stock listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Global Market or The Nasdaq Global Select Market (or any of their respective successors), or that will be so listed when issued or exchanged in connection with such transaction or event, and such transaction or event or series of transactions or events constitutes a Common Stock Change Event whose Reference Property consists of such consideration.

For the purposes of this definition, whether a Person is a “beneficial owner,” and whether shares are “beneficially owned” will be determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act.

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(e)(iii)(2).

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period” means, with respect to a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the period from, and including, the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change to, and including, the 20th calendar day after such effective date (or, if calendar day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day); provided, however, that the last day of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period is subject to extension pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section 9(e)(iv)(3).

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(e)(iv)(1)(A).

Make-Whole Fundamental Change Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(e)(iv)(3).

 

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Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price” means, for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change: (a) if the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in consideration for their shares of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change and such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of such term, then the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price is the amount of cash paid per share of Common Stock in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change; and (b) in all other cases, the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price is the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change.

Mandatory Conversion” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(d)(i).

Mandatory Conversion Date” means the last VWAP Trading Day of the Mandatory Conversion Observation Period.

Mandatory Conversion Observation Period” means the twenty (20) consecutive VWAP Trading Days beginning on, and including, the twenty first (21st) Scheduled Trading Day immediately before the Scheduled Mandatory Conversion Settlement Date.

Mandatory Conversion Rate” means, with respect to any Mandatory Conversion:

(a) if the Mandatory Conversion Stock Price is equal to or greater than the Maximum Conversion Price as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate is the Minimum Conversion Rate as of the Mandatory Conversion Date;

(b) if the Mandatory Conversion Stock Price is less than the Maximum Conversion Price as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, but greater than the Minimum Conversion Price as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate is an amount (rounded to the nearest fourth (4th) decimal place) equal to (x) the liquidation preference per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, divided by (y) Mandatory Conversion Stock Price; and

(c) if the Mandatory Conversion Stock Price is equal to or less than the Minimum Conversion Price as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, then the Mandatory Conversion Rate is the Maximum Conversion Rate as of the Mandatory Conversion Date.

Mandatory Conversion Stock Price” means the average of the Daily VWAPs per share of Common Stock for each VWAP Trading Day in the Mandatory Conversion Observation Period.

Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).

Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, the occurrence or existence, during the one-half hour period ending at the scheduled close of trading on such date on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or other market on which the Common Stock is listed for trading or trades, of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

 

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Maximum Conversion Price” means, as of any time, an amount (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to (a) the Liquidation Preference per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, divided by (b) the Minimum Conversion Rate in effect at such time. Each reference in this Certificate of Designations or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the Maximum Conversion Price as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date will be deemed to be a reference to the Maximum Conversion Price immediately before the Close of Business on such date.

Maximum Conversion Rate” initially means 14.2857 shares of Common Stock per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Maximum Conversion Rate is subject to adjustment pursuant to Sections 9(f) and 9(g). Each reference in this Certificate of Designations or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the Maximum Conversion Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date will be deemed to be a reference to the Maximum Conversion Rate immediately before the Close of Business on such date.

Minimum Conversion Price” means, as of any time, an amount (rounded to the nearest cent) equal to (i) the Liquidation Preference per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, divided by (ii) the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect at such time. Each reference in this Certificate of Designations or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the Minimum Conversion Price as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date will be deemed to be a reference to the Minimum Conversion Price immediately before the Close of Business on such date.

Minimum Conversion Rate” initially means 11.9048 shares of Common Stock per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Minimum Conversion Rate is subject to adjustment pursuant to Sections 9(f) and 9(g). Each reference in this Certificate of Designations or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the Minimum Conversion Rate as of a particular date without setting forth a particular time on such date will be deemed to be a reference to the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately before the Close of Business on such date.

Number of Incremental Diluted Shares” means the increase in the number of diluted shares of the applicable class or series of Junior Stock (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as the same is in effect on the Initial Issue Date, and assuming net income is positive) that would result from the grant, vesting or exercise of equity-based compensation to directors, employees, contractors and agents (subject to proportionate adjustment for stock dividends, stock splits or stock combinations with respect to such class or series of Junior Stock).

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President of the Company.

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

 

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Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof. Any division or series of a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will constitute a separate “person” under this Certificate of Designations.

Physical Certificate” means any certificate (other than a Global Certificate) representing any share(s) of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, which certificate is substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A, registered in the name of the Holder of such share(s) and duly executed by the Company and countersigned by the Transfer Agent.

Preferred Stock Director” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a)(i).

Record Date” means, with respect to any dividend or distribution on, or issuance to holders of, Common Stock, the date fixed (whether by law, contract or the Board of Directors or otherwise) to determine the holders of Common Stock that are entitled to such dividend, distribution or issuance.

Reference Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(h)(i).

Reference Property Unit” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(h)(i).

Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(f)(ii).

Registrar” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(f)(i).

Regular Record Date” means: (a) February 15, in the case of a Dividend Payment Date occurring on March 1; (b) May 15, in the case of a Dividend Payment Date occurring on June 1; (c) August 15, in the case of a Dividend Payment Date occurring on September 1; and (d) November 15, in the case of a Dividend Payment Date occurring on December 1.

Scheduled Mandatory Conversion Settlement Date” means September 1, 2023.

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

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

Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Share Agent” means the Transfer Agent or any Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent or Conversion Agent.

 

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Spin-Off” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(f)(i)(3)(B).

Spin-Off Valuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(f)(i)(3)(B).

Stated Dividend Rate” means six point five percent (6.50%) per annum.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency, but after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such corporation, association or other business entity is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person; and (b) any partnership or limited liability company where (x) more than fifty percent (50%) of the capital accounts, distribution rights, equity and voting interests, or of the general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, of such partnership or limited liability company are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or limited liability company interests or otherwise; and (y) such Person or any one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person is a controlling general partner of, or otherwise controls, such partnership or limited liability company.

Successor Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(h)(iii).

Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 9(f)(i)(5).

Trading Day” means any day on which (a) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded; and (b) there is no Market Disruption Event. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

Transfer Agent” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC or its successor as provided in Section 3(f)(iii).

Underwriters” means Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., TPG Capital BD, LLC and ING Financial Markets LLC.

Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount” means, with respect to the conversion of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock:

(a) if such conversion is a Mandatory Conversion, the aggregate accumulated dividends, if any, on such share that have not been declared, at or before the Close of Business on September 1, 2023, in respect of all Dividend Periods ending on or before September 1, 2023;

 

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(b) if such conversion is a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion, the sum (without duplication) of (1) the aggregate accumulated dividends, if any, on such share that have not been declared, at or before the Close of Business on the effective date of the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change, in respect of all Dividend Periods ending on a Dividend Payment Date that is before such effective date; and (2) the amount of accumulated and unpaid dividends, if any, on such share for the period from, and including, the Dividend Payment Date immediately before such effective date to, but excluding, such effective date; provided, however, that if such effective date is after a Regular Record Date and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, and, as of the Close of Business on such effective date, the Company has declared the dividend due on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on such Dividend Payment Date, then the Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount will not include any portion of such declared dividend (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Holder of such share as of the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such conversion, to receive such declared dividend on or, at the Company’s election, before such Dividend Payment Date, as provided in Section 5(a)(i) or Section 5(c), as applicable); and

(c) if such conversion is an Early Conversion that is not a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion, the aggregate accumulated dividends, if any, on such share that have not been declared, at or before the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion, in respect of all Dividend Periods ending on a Dividend Payment Date that is before such Conversion Date.

Voting Parity Stock” means, with respect to any matter as to which Holders are entitled to vote pursuant to Section 8(a) or Section 8(b), each class or series of outstanding Dividend Parity Stock or Liquidation Parity Stock, if any, upon which similar voting rights are conferred and are exercisable with respect to such matter. For the avoidance of doubt, Voting Parity Stock will not include any securities of the Company’s Subsidiaries.

VWAP Market Disruption Event” means, with respect to any date, (a) the failure by the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, to open for trading during its regular trading session on such date; or (b) the occurrence or existence, for more than one half hour period in the aggregate, of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock, and such suspension or limitation occurs or exists at any time before 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such date.

VWAP Trading Day” means a day on which (a) there is no VWAP Market Disruption Event; and (b) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. If the Common Stock is not so listed or traded, then “VWAP Trading Day” means a Business Day.

 

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) are owned by such Person or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 2. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. For purposes of this Certificate of Designations:

(a) “or” is not exclusive;

(b) “including” means “including without limitation”;

(c) “will” expresses a command;

(d) the “average” of a set of numerical values refers to the arithmetic average of such numerical values;

(e) a merger involving, or a transfer of assets by, a limited liability company, limited partnership or trust will be deemed to include any division of or by, or an allocation of assets to a series of, such limited liability company, limited partnership or trust, or any unwinding of any such division or allocation;

(f) words in the singular include the plural and in the plural include the singular, unless the context requires otherwise;

(g) “herein,” “hereof” and other words of similar import refer to this Certificate of Designations as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision of this Certificate of Designations, unless the context requires otherwise;

(h) references to currency mean the lawful currency of the United States of America, unless the context requires otherwise; and

(i) the exhibits, schedules and other attachments to this Certificate of Designations are deemed to form part of this Certificate of Designations.

Section 3. THE MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK.

(a) Designation; Par Value. A series of stock of the Company titled the “6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”) is hereby designated and created out of the authorized and unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company. The par value of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is $0.01 per share.

(b) Number of Authorized Shares. The total authorized number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is 3,450,000 shares; provided, however that, by resolution of the Board of Directors, the total number of authorized shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may hereafter be reduced to a number that is not less than the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding.

 

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(c) Form, Dating and Denominations.

(i) Form and Date of Certificates Representing Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Each certificate representing any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will (1) be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A; (2) bear the legends required by Section 3(g) and may bear notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage or the Depositary; and (3) be dated as of the date it is countersigned by the Transfer Agent.

(ii) Global Certificates; Physical Certificates. Except as otherwise provided in the applicable resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the original issuance of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be issued initially in the form of one or more Global Certificates. Global Certificates may be exchanged for Physical Certificates, and Physical Certificates may be exchanged for Global Certificates, only as provided in Section 3(h).

(iii) No Bearer Certificates; Denominations. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be issued only in registered form and only in whole numbers of shares.

(iv) Registration Numbers. Each certificate representing any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will bear a unique registration number that is not affixed to any other certificate representing another outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(d) Execution, Countersignature and Delivery.

(i) Due Execution by the Company. At least two (2) duly authorized Officers will sign each certificate representing any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on behalf of the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The validity of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will not be affected by the failure of any Officer whose signature is on any certificate representing such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to continue to hold, at the time such certificate is countersigned by the Transfer Agent, the same or any other office at the Company.

(ii) Countersignature by Transfer Agent. No Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be valid until the certificate representing it is countersigned by the Transfer Agent. Each such certificate will be deemed to be duly countersigned only when an authorized signatory of the Transfer Agent (or a duly appointed agent thereof) manually signs the countersignature block set forth in such certificate.

(e) Method of Payment; Delay When Payment Date is Not a Business Day.

 

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(i) Method of Payment.

(1) Global Certificates. The Company will pay (or cause the Dividend Disbursing Agent to pay) all declared cash dividends or other cash amounts due on any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Global Certificate by wire transfer of immediately available funds or otherwise in accordance with the applicable Depositary Procedures.

(2) Physical Certificates. The Company will pay (or cause the Dividend Disbursing Agent to pay) all declared cash dividends or other cash amounts due on any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Physical Certificate as follows:

(A) if the aggregate Liquidation Preference of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Physical Certificate is at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) (or such lower amount as the Company may choose in its sole and absolute discretion) and the Holder of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock entitled to such cash dividend or amount has delivered to the Dividend Disbursing Agent, no later than the time set forth in the next sentence, a written request to receive payment by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account; and

(B) in all other cases, by check mailed to the address of such Holder set forth in the Register.

To be timely, such written request must be delivered no later than the Close of Business on the following date: (x) with respect to the payment of any declared cash dividend due on a Dividend Payment Date for the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the immediately preceding Regular Record Date; and (y) with respect to any other payment, the date that is fifteen (15) calendar days immediately before the date such payment is due.

(ii) Delay of Payment when Payment Date is Not a Business Day. If the due date for a payment on any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as provided in this Certificate of Designations is not a Business Day, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations, such payment may be made on the immediately following Business Day and no interest, dividend or other amount will accrue or accumulate on such payment as a result of the related delay. Solely for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, a day on which the applicable place of payment is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed will be deemed not to be a “Business Day.”

(f) Transfer Agent, Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Conversion Agent.

 

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(i) Generally. The Company will maintain (1) an office or agency in the continental United States where Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”); (2) an office or agency in the continental United States where Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be presented for payment (the “Dividend Disbursing Agent”); and (3) an office or agency in the continental United States where Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be presented for conversion (the “Conversion Agent”). If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent or Conversion Agent, then the Transfer Agent will act as such. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent or Conversion Agent.

(ii) Duties of the Registrar. The Company will cause the Registrar to keep a record (the “Register”) of the names and addresses of the Holders, the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by each Holder and the transfer, exchange, repurchase and conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Absent manifest error, the entries in the Register will be conclusive and the Company and the Transfer Agent may treat each Person whose name is recorded as a Holder in the Register as a Holder for all purposes. The Register will be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form reasonably promptly.

(iii) Co-Agents; Companys Right to Appoint Successor Transfer Agent, Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent and Conversion Agent. The Company may appoint one or more co-Registrars, co-Dividend Disbursing Agents and co-Conversion Agents, each of whom will be deemed to be a Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent or Conversion Agent, as applicable, under this Certificate of Designations. Subject to Section 3(f)(i), the Company may change the Transfer Agent or any Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent or Conversion Agent (including appointing itself or any of its Subsidiaries to act as a Registrar, Dividend Disbursing Agent or Conversion Agent) without notice to any Holder; provided, however, that the Company will not remove a Person acting as Transfer Agent under this Certificate of Designations until and unless a successor has been appointed and has accepted such appointment. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will notify such Holder of the name and address of each Share Agent or co-Share Agent.

(iv) Initial Appointments. The Company appoints the Transfer Agent as the initial Dividend Disbursing Agent, the initial Registrar and the initial Conversion Agent.

(g) Legends.

(i) Global Certificate Legend. Each Global Certificate will bear the Global Certificate Legend (or any similar legend, not inconsistent with this Certificate of Designations, required by the Depositary for such Global Certificate).

(ii) Other Legends. The certificate representing any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may bear any other legend or text, not inconsistent with this Certificate of designations, as may be required by applicable law or by any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is traded or quoted.

 

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(iii) Acknowledgement and Agreement by the Holders. A Holder’s acceptance of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a certificate bearing any legend required by this Section 3(g) will constitute such Holder’s acknowledgement of, and agreement to comply with, the restrictions set forth in such legend.

(h) Transfers and Exchanges; Transfer Taxes; Certain Transfer Restrictions.

(i) Provisions Applicable to All Transfers and Exchanges.

(1) Generally. Subject to this Section 3(h), Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be transferred or exchanged from time to time and the Company will cause the Registrar to record each such transfer or exchange in the Register.

(2) No Services Charge; Transfer Taxes. The Company and the Share Agents will not impose any service charge on any Holder for any transfer, exchange or conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, but the Company, the Transfer Agent, the Registrar and the Conversion Agent may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer, exchange or conversion of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3(i) or Section 3(q) not involving any transfer.

(3) No Transfers or Exchanges of Fractional Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations, all transfers or exchanges of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock must be in an amount representing a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and no fractional share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be transferred or exchanged.

(4) Legends. Each certificate representing any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that is issued upon transfer of, or in exchange for, another share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will bear each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g).

(ii) Transfers and Exchanges of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Represented by Global Certificates.

(1) Subject to the immediately following sentence, no Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Global Certificate may be transferred or exchanged in whole except (x) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary; (y) by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary; or (z) by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. No Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Global Certificate may be transferred to, or exchanged for, Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by one or more Physical Certificates; provided, however, that a Global Certificate will be exchanged, pursuant to customary procedures, for one or more Physical Certificates if:

 

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(A) (x) the Depositary notifies the Company or the Transfer Agent that the Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Certificate or (y) the Depositary ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and, in each case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within ninety (90) days of such notice or cessation; or

(B) the Company, in its sole discretion, permits the exchange of any beneficial interest in such Global Certificate for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by one or more Physical Certificates at the request of the owner of such beneficial interest.

(2) Upon satisfaction of the requirements of this Certificate of Designations to effect a transfer or exchange of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Global Certificate, subject to applicable procedures of the Registrar and Transfer Agent:

(A) the Company will cause the Transfer Agent or Registrar to reflect any resulting decrease of the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Global Certificate by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Certificate” forming part of such Global Certificate (and, if such notation results in such Global Certificate representing zero shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company may (but is not required to) instruct the Transfer Agent to cancel such Global Certificate pursuant to Section 3(m));

(B) if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Company will cause the Transfer Agent or Registrar to reflect any resulting increase of the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by any other Global Certificate by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Certificate” forming part of such other Global Certificate;

(C) if required to effect such transfer or exchange, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(d), a new Global Certificate bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g); and

(D) if the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Global Certificate, or any beneficial interest therein, is to be exchanged for Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by one or more Physical Certificates, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in

 

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accordance with Section 3(d), one or more Physical Certificates that (x) each represent a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent a total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Global Certificate that are to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in such name(s) as the Depositary specifies (or as otherwise determined pursuant to customary procedures); and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g).

(iii) Transfers and Exchanges of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock Represented by Physical Certificates.

(1) Subject to this Section 3(h) and applicable procedures of the Registrar and Transfer Agent, a Holder of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Physical Certificate may (x) transfer any whole number of shares of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to one or more other Person(s); and (y) if then permitted by the Depositary Procedures, transfer any whole number of shares of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in exchange for a beneficial interest in the same number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by one or more Global Certificates; provided, however, that, to effect any such transfer or exchange, such Holder must surrender such Physical Certificate representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be transferred or exchanged to the office of the Transfer Agent or the Registrar, together with any endorsements or transfer instruments reasonably required by the Company, the Transfer Agent or the Registrar.

(2) Upon the satisfaction of the requirements of this Certificate of Designations to effect a transfer or exchange of any whole number of shares of a Holder’s Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Physical Certificate (such Physical Certificate being referred to as the “old Physical Certificate” for purposes of this Section 3(h)(iii)(2)), subject to applicable procedures of the Registrar and Transfer Agent:

(A) such old Physical Certificate will be promptly cancelled pursuant to Section 3(m);

(B) if only part of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such old Physical Certificate is to be so transferred or exchanged, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(d), one or more Physical Certificates that (x) each represent a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent a total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such old Physical Certificate not to be so transferred or exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g);

 

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(C) in the case of a transfer:

(I) to the Depositary or a nominee thereof that will hold its interest in the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be so transferred in the form of one or more Global Certificates, the Company will cause the Transfer Agent or Registrar to reflect an increase of the principal amount of one or more existing Global Certificates by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Certificate” forming part of such Global Certificate(s), which increase(s) are each in whole numbers of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and aggregate to the total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be so transferred, and which Global Certificate(s) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g); provided, however, that if such transfer cannot be so effected by notation on one or more existing Global Certificates (whether because no Global Certificates bearing each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g) then exist, because any such increase will result in any Global Certificate representing a number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock exceeding the maximum number permitted by the Depositary or otherwise), then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(d), one or more Global Certificates that (x) each represent a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent a total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be so transferred; and (y) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g); and

(II) to a transferee that will hold its interest in the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be so transferred in the form of one or more Physical Certificates, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(d), one or more Physical Certificates that (x) each represent a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent a total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be so transferred; (y) are registered in the name of such transferee; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g); and

 

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(D) in the case of an exchange, the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(d), one or more Physical Certificates that (x) each represent a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent a total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be so exchanged; (y) are registered in the name of the Person to whom such old Physical Certificate was registered; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g).

(iv) Transfers of Shares Subject to Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations, the Company, the Transfer Agent and the Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that has been surrendered for conversion.

(i) Exchange and Cancellation of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to Be Converted.

(i) Partial Conversions. If only a portion of a Holder’s Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Physical Certificate (such Physical Certificate being referred to as the “old Physical Certificate” for purposes of this Section 3(i)(i)) is to be converted pursuant to Section 9, then, as soon as reasonably practicable after such Physical Certificate is surrendered for such conversion, subject to applicable procedures of the Registrar and Transfer Agent, the Company will cause such Physical Certificate to be exchanged, pursuant and subject to Section 3(h)(iii), for (1) one or more Physical Certificates that each represent a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent a total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such old Physical Certificate that are not to be so converted, and deliver such Physical Certificate(s) to such Holder; and (2) a Physical Certificate representing a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such old Physical Certificate that are to be so converted, which Physical Certificate will be converted pursuant to the terms of this Certificate of Designations; provided, however, that the Physical Certificate referred to in this clause (2) need not be issued at any time after which such shares subject to such conversion are deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 3(o)(iv).

(ii) Cancellation of Converted Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(1) Physical Certificates. If a Holder’s Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Physical Certificate (or any portion thereof that has not theretofore been exchanged pursuant to Section 3(i)(i)) (such Physical Certificate being referred to as the “old Physical Certificate” for purposes of this Section 3(i)(ii)(1)) is to be converted pursuant to Section 9, then, promptly after the later of the time such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 3(o) and the time such Physical Certificate is surrendered for such conversion, subject to applicable procedures of

 

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the Registrar and Transfer Agent, (A) such Physical Certificate will be cancelled pursuant to Section 3(m); and (B) in the case of a partial conversion, the Company will issue, execute and deliver to such Holder, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(d), one or more Physical Certificates that (x) each represent a whole number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and, in the aggregate, represent a total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such old Physical Certificate that are not to be so converted; (y) are registered in the name of such Holder; and (z) bear each legend, if any, required by Section 3(g).

(2) Global Certificates. If a Holder’s Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Global Certificate (or any portion thereof) is to be converted pursuant to Section 9, then, promptly after the time such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is deemed to cease to be outstanding pursuant to Section 3(o), subject to applicable procedures of the Registrar and Transfer Agent, the Company will cause the Transfer Agent or Registrar to reflect a decrease of the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Global Certificate in an amount equal to the number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Global Certificate that are to be so converted by notation on the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Certificate” forming part of such Global Certificate (and, if the number of shares represented by such Global Certificate is zero following such notation, cancel such Global Certificate pursuant to Section 3(m)).

(j) Status of Retired Shares. Upon any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock ceasing to be outstanding, such share will be deemed to be retired and to resume the status of an authorized and unissued share of preferred stock of the Company, and such share cannot thereafter be reissued as Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

(k) Replacement Certificates. If a Holder of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock claims that the certificate(s) representing such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, then the Company will issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(c) and subject to applicable procedures of the Registrar and Transfer Agent, a replacement certificate representing such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock upon surrender to the Company or the Transfer Agent of such mutilated certificate, or upon delivery to the Company or the Transfer Agent of evidence of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking reasonably satisfactory to the Transfer Agent and the Company. In the case of a lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken certificate representing any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company and the Transfer Agent may require the Holder thereof to provide such security or indemnity that is reasonably satisfactory to the Company and the Transfer Agent to protect the Company and the Transfer Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such certificate is replaced.

 

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Every replacement Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock certificate issued pursuant to this Section 3(k) will, upon such replacement, be deemed to be an outstanding certificate representing Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, entitled to all of the benefits of this Certificate of Designations equally and ratably with all other Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding.

(l) Registered Holders; Certain Rights with Respect to Global Certificates. Only the Holder of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have rights under this Certificate of Designations as the owner of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Depositary Participants will have no rights as such under this Certificate of Designations with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by any Global Certificate held on their behalf by the Depositary or its nominee, or by the Transfer Agent as its custodian, and the Company and the Share Agents, and their respective agents, may treat the Depositary as the absolute owner of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Global Certificate for all purposes whatsoever; provided, however, that (i) the Holder of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by any Global Certificate may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Depositary Participants and Persons that hold interests in Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock through Depositary Participants, to take any action that such Holder is entitled to take with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by such Global Certificate under this Certificate of Designations; and (ii) the Company and the Share Agents, and their respective agents, may give effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary.

(m) Cancellation. Without limiting the generality of the last sentence of Section 3(p), the Company may at any time deliver Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the Transfer Agent for cancellation. The Registrar, the Dividend Disbursing Agent and the Conversion Agent will forward to the Transfer Agent each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock duly surrendered to them for transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Company will cause the Transfer Agent to promptly cancel all shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock so surrendered to it in accordance with its customary procedures.

(n) Shares Held by the Company or its Affiliates. Without limiting the generality of Sections 3(p) and 3(o), in determining whether the Holders of the required number of outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (and, if applicable Voting Parity Stock) have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates will be deemed not to be outstanding.

(o) Outstanding Shares.

(i) Generally. The shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that are outstanding at any time will be deemed to be those shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by certificates that, at such time, have been duly executed by the Company and countersigned by the Transfer Agent, excluding those shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that have theretofore been (1) cancelled by the Transfer Agent or delivered to the Transfer Agent for cancellation in accordance with Section 3(m); (2) assigned a number of outstanding shares of zero by notation on the

 

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“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Certificate” forming part of the Global Certificate representing such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; (3) paid in full upon their conversion in accordance with this Certificate of Designations; or (4) deemed to cease to be outstanding to the extent provided in, and subject to, clause (ii) or (iii) of this Section 3(o).

(ii) Replaced Shares. If any certificate representing any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is replaced pursuant to Section 3(k), then such certificate will cease to be outstanding at the time of such replacement, unless the Transfer Agent and the Company receive proof reasonably satisfactory to them that such certificate is held by a “bona fide purchaser” under applicable law.

(iii) Shares to Be Converted. At the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted, such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will (unless there occurs a default in the delivery of the Conversion Consideration due pursuant to Section 9 upon such conversion) be deemed to cease to be outstanding (without limiting the Company’s obligations pursuant to Section 5(c)).

(p) Repurchases by the Company and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of Section 3(m) and the next sentence, the Company may, from time to time, repurchase Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in open market purchases or in negotiated transactions without delivering prior notice to Holders. The Company will promptly deliver to the Transfer Agent for cancellation all Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have purchased or otherwise acquired.

(q) Notations and Exchanges. Without limiting any rights of Holders pursuant to Section 8, if any amendment, supplement or waiver to the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations changes the terms of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, then the Company may, in its discretion, require the Holder of the certificate representing such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to deliver such certificate to the Transfer Agent so that the Transfer Agent may place an appropriate notation prepared by the Company on such certificate and return such certificate to such Holder. Alternatively, at its discretion, the Company may, in exchange for such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, issue, execute and deliver, and cause the Transfer Agent to countersign, in each case in accordance with Section 3(c), a new certificate representing such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that reflects the changed terms. The failure to make any appropriate notation or issue a new certificate representing any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 3(q) will not impair or affect the validity of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

(r) CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company may use one or more CUSIP or ISIN numbers to identify any of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and, if so, the Company will use such CUSIP or ISIN number(s) in notices to Holders; provided, however, that the effectiveness of any such notice will not be affected by any defect in, or omission of, any such CUSIP or ISIN number.

 

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Section 4. RANKING. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will rank (a) senior to (i) Dividend Junior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation Junior Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up; (b) equally with (i) Dividend Parity Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation Parity Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up; (c) junior to (i) Dividend Senior Stock with respect to the payment of dividends; and (ii) Liquidation Senior Stock with respect to the distribution of assets upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up; and (d) junior to the Company’s existing and future indebtedness.

Section 5. DIVIDENDS.

(a) Generally.

(i) Accumulation and Payment of Dividends. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will accumulate cumulative dividends at a rate per annum equal to the Stated Dividend Rate on the Liquidation Preference thereof, regardless of whether or not declared or funds are legally available for their payment. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 5, such dividends will be payable when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for their payment to the extent paid in cash, quarterly in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, to the Holders as of the Close of Business on the Regular Record Date immediately preceding such Dividend Payment Date. Dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will accumulate from, and including, the last date to which dividends have been paid (or, if no dividends have been paid, from, and including, the Initial Issue Date) to, but excluding, the next Dividend Payment Date, and dividends will cease to accumulate from and after September 1, 2023. No interest, dividend or other amount will accrue or accumulate on any dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that is not declared or paid on the applicable Dividend Payment Date.

(ii) Computation of Accumulated Dividends. Accumulated dividends will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

(iii) Priority of the Application of Dividend Payments to Arrearages. Each payment of declared dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be applied to the earliest Dividend Period for which dividends have not yet been paid.

(b) Method of Payment.

(i) Generally. Each declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be paid in cash unless the Company elects, by providing written notice to each Holder no later than the tenth (10th) Scheduled Trading Day before the applicable Dividend Payment Date, to pay all or any portion of such dividend in shares of Common Stock. Such written notice must state the total dollar amount of the declared dividend per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the respective dollar portions thereof that will be paid in cash and in shares of Common Stock. Any such election made in such written notice, once sent, will be irrevocable and will apply to all shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding.

 

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(ii) Construction. References in this Certificate of Designations to dividends “paid” on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, and any other similar language, will be deemed to include dividends paid thereon in shares of Common Stock in compliance with this Section 5.

(iii) Dividends Paid Partially or Entirely in Shares of Common Stock.

(1) Generally. The number of shares of Common Stock payable in respect of any dollar amount of a declared dividend that the Company has duly elected to pay in shares of Common Stock will be (x) such dollar amount, divided by (y) the Dividend Stock Price for such dividend; provided, however, that in no event will the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as payment for a declared dividend exceed an amount equal to (x) the total dollar amount of such declared dividend per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the portion thereof that the Company has not elected to pay in shares of Common Stock), divided by (y) the Floor Price in effect on the last VWAP Trading Day of the related Dividend Stock Price Observation Period. If the dollar amount of such declared dividend per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that the Company has duly elected to pay in shares of Common Stock exceeds the product of such Dividend Stock Price and the number of shares of Common Stock delivered per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in respect of such dividend, then the Company will, to the extent it is legally able to do so and permitted under the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed money, declare and pay, on the relevant Dividend Payment Date, such excess amount in cash pro rata on all shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding.

(2) Payment of Cash in Lieu of any Fractional Share of Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 5(b)(iii)(1), but subject to Section 12(b), in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise issuable as payment for all or any portion of a declared dividend that the Company has duly elected to pay in shares of Common Stock, the Company will, to the extent it is legally able to do so and permitted under the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed money, pay cash based on the Daily VWAP per share of Common Stock on the last VWAP Trading Day of the relevant Dividend Stock Price Observation Period.

(3) When Holders Become Stockholders of Record of Shares of Common Stock Issued as Payment for a Declared Dividend. If the Company has duly elected to pay all or any portion of a declared dividend on any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock in shares of Common Stock, then such shares of Common Stock, when issued, will be registered in the name of the Holder of such share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the related Regular Record Date, and such Holder will be deemed to become the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock as of the Close of Business on the last VWAP Trading Day of the related Dividend Stock Price Observation Period.

 

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(4) Settlement Delayed if Necessary to Calculate the Dividend Stock Price. If the Company has duly elected to pay all or any portion of a declared dividend in shares of Common Stock and the last VWAP Trading Day of the related Dividend Stock Price Observation Period occurs on or after the related Dividend Payment Date, then the payment of such declared dividend will be made on the Business Day immediately after such last VWAP Trading Day and no interest, dividend or other amount will accrue or accumulate as a result of the related delay.

(5) Securities Laws Matters. If, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, the issuance of shares of Common Stock as payment for any declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, or the resale of those shares by Holders or beneficial owners that are not, and have not at any time during the preceding three (3) months been, an Affiliate of the Company, requires registration under the Securities Act, then the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to:

(A) file and cause there to become effective under the Securities Act a registration statement covering such issuance or covering such resales from time to time, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, by such Holders or beneficial owners, as applicable;

(B) keep such registration statement effective under the Securities Act until all such shares are resold pursuant to such registration statement or are, or would be, eligible for resale without restriction, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule), by Holders or beneficial owners that are not, and have not at any time during the preceding three (3) months been, an Affiliate of the Company; and

(C) qualify or register such shares under applicable U.S. state securities laws, to the extent required in the Company’s reasonable judgment.

(c) Treatment of Dividends Upon Conversion. If the Conversion Date of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is after a Regular Record Date for a declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, then the Holder of such share at the Close of Business on such Regular Record Date will be entitled, notwithstanding such conversion, to receive, on or, at the Company’s election, before such Dividend Payment Date, such declared dividend on such share.

Except as provided in the preceding paragraph, Section 9(d)(ii) or Section 9(e)(iii), dividends on any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will cease to accumulate from and after the Conversion Date for such share.

 

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(d) Priority of Dividends; Limitation on Junior Payments; No Participation Rights.

(i) Generally. Except as provided in Sections 5(d)(iii) and 5(d)(iv), this Certificate of Designations will not prohibit or restrict the Company or the Board of Directors from declaring or paying any dividend or distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property, or any combination of the foregoing) on any class or series of the Company’s stock, and, unless such dividend or distribution is also declared on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will not be entitled to participate in such dividend or distribution.

(ii) Construction. For purposes of Sections 5(d)(iii) and 5(d)(iv), a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been paid if such dividend is declared and consideration in kind and amount that is sufficient, in accordance with this Certificate of Designations, to pay such dividend is set aside for the benefit of the Holders entitled thereto.

(iii) Limitation on Dividends on Parity Stock. If:

(1) less than all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been declared and paid as of any Dividend Payment Date; or

(2) the Board of Directors declares a dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that is less than the total amount of unpaid dividends on the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that would accumulate to, but excluding, the Dividend Payment Date following such declaration,

then, until and unless all accumulated and unpaid dividends on the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have been paid, no dividends may be declared or paid on any class or series of Dividend Parity Stock unless dividends are simultaneously declared on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on a pro rata basis, such that (A) the ratio of (x) the dollar amount of dividends so declared per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to (y) the dollar amount of the total accumulated and unpaid dividends per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock immediately before the payment of such dividend is no less than (B) the ratio of (x) the dollar amount of dividends so declared or paid per share of such class or series of Dividend Parity Stock to (y) the dollar amount of the total accumulated and unpaid dividends per share of such class or series of Dividend Parity Stock immediately before the payment of such dividend (which dollar amount in this clause (y) will, if dividends on such class or series of Dividend Parity Stock are not cumulative, be the full amount of dividends per share thereof in respect of the most recent dividend period thereof).

(iv) Limitation on Junior Payments. Subject to the next sentence, if any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is outstanding, then no dividends or distributions (whether in cash, securities or other property, or any combination of the foregoing) will be declared or paid on any Junior Stock, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for value (whether in cash, securities or other property, or any combination of the foregoing) any Junior Stock, in

 

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each case unless all accumulated dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding for all prior completed Dividend Periods, if any, have been paid in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, the restrictions set forth in the preceding sentence will not apply to the following:

(1) dividends and distributions on Junior Stock that are payable solely in shares of Junior Stock, together with cash in lieu of any fractional share;

(2) [Reserved];

(3) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of Junior Stock in connection with the administration of any benefit or other incentive plan of the Company (including any employment contract) in the ordinary course of business, including (x) the forfeiture of unvested shares of restricted stock, or any withholdings (including withholdings effected by a repurchase or similar transaction), or other surrender, of shares that would otherwise be deliverable upon exercise, delivery or vesting of equity awards under any such plan or contract, in each case whether for payment of applicable taxes or the exercise price, or otherwise; (y) cash paid in connection therewith in lieu of issuing any fractional share; and (z) purchases of Junior Stock pursuant to a publicly announced repurchase plan to offset the dilution resulting from issuances pursuant to any such plan or contract; provided, however, that repurchases pursuant to this clause (z) will be permitted pursuant to this Section 5(d)(iv)(4) only to the extent the number of shares of Junior Stock so repurchased does not exceed the related Number of Incremental Diluted Shares;

(4) purchases, or other payments in lieu of the issuance, of any fractional share of Junior Stock in connection with the conversion, exercise or exchange of such Junior Stock or of any securities convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, Junior Stock;

(5) (x) dividends and distributions of Junior Stock, or rights to acquire Junior Stock, pursuant to a stockholder rights plan; and (y) the redemption or repurchase of such rights pursuant to such stockholder rights plan;

(6) purchases of Junior Stock pursuant to a binding contract (including a stock repurchase plan) to make such purchases, if such contract was in effect before the Initial Issue Date;

(7) the settlement of any convertible note hedge transactions or capped call transactions entered into in connection with the issuance, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, of any debt securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Stock (or into or for any combination of cash and Common Stock based on the value of the Common Stock), provided such convertible note hedge transactions or capped call transactions, as applicable, are on customary terms and were entered into in compliance with the first sentence of this Section 5(d)(iv);

 

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(8) the acquisition, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, of record ownership of any Junior Stock solely on behalf of Persons (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) that are the beneficial owners thereof, including as trustee or custodian; and

(9) the exchange, conversion or reclassification of Junior Stock solely for or into other Junior Stock, together with the payment, in connection therewith, of cash in lieu of any fractional share.

For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 5(d)(iv) will not prohibit or restrict the payment or other acquisition for value of any debt securities that are convertible into, or exchangeable for, any Junior Stock.

Section 6. RIGHTS UPON LIQUIDATION, DISSOLUTION OR WINDING UP.

(a) Generally. If the Company liquidates, dissolves or winds up, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, then, subject to the rights of any of the Company’s creditors or holders of any outstanding Liquidation Senior Stock, each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will entitle the Holder thereof to receive payment for the following amount out of the Company’s assets or funds legally available for distribution to the Company’s stockholders, before any such assets or funds are distributed to, or set aside for the benefit of, any Liquidation Junior Stock:

(i) the Liquidation Preference per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock; and

(ii) all unpaid dividends that will have accumulated on such share to, but excluding, the date of such payment.

Upon payment of such amount in full on the outstanding Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have no rights to the Company’s remaining assets or funds, if any. If such assets or funds are insufficient to fully pay such amount on all outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and the corresponding amounts payable in respect of all outstanding shares of Liquidation Parity Stock, if any, then, subject to the rights of any of the Company’s creditors or holders of any outstanding Liquidation Senior Stock, such assets or funds will be distributed ratably on the outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and Liquidation Parity Stock in proportion to the full respective distributions to which such shares would otherwise be entitled.

(b) Certain Business Combination Transactions Deemed Not to Be a Liquidation. For purposes of Section 6(a), the Company’s consolidation or combination with, or merger with or into, or the sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets (other than a sale, lease or other transfer in connection with the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to, another Person will not, in itself, constitute the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, even if, in connection therewith, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing.

 

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Section 7. NO RIGHT OF REDEMPTION BY THE COMPANY. The Company does not have the right to redeem the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at its election.

Section 8. VOTING RIGHTS. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have no voting rights except as set forth in this Section 8 or as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or required by the Delaware General Corporation Law.

(a) Right to Designate Two Preferred Stock Directors Upon a Dividend Non-Payment Event.

(i) Generally. If a Dividend Non-Payment Event occurs, then, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8(a), the authorized number of the Company’s directors will automatically increase by two (2) and the Holders, voting together as a single class with the holders of each other class or series of Voting Parity Stock, if any, will have the right to elect two (2) directors (such directors, the “Preferred Stock Directors”) to fill such two (2) new directorships at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders (or, if earlier, at a special meeting of the Company’s stockholders called for such purpose) and at each following annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders until such Dividend Non-Payment Event has been cured, at which time such right will terminate with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock until and unless a subsequent Dividend Non-Payment Event occurs; provided, however, that (1) as a condition (such condition, the “Director Qualification Requirement”) to the election of any such Preferred Stock Director, such election must not cause the Company to violate any rule of any securities exchange or other trading facility on which any of the Company’s securities are then listed or qualified for trading requiring that a majority of the Company’s directors be independent; and (2) the Board of Directors will at no time include more than two (2) Preferred Stock Directors. Upon the termination of such right with respect to the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all other outstanding Voting Parity Stock, if any, the term of office of each person then serving as a Preferred Stock Director will immediately and automatically terminate and the authorized number of the Company’s directors will automatically decrease by two (2). Each Preferred Stock Director will hold office until the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders or, if earlier, upon his or her death, resignation or removal or the termination of the term of such office as provided above in this Section 8(a)(i).

(ii) Removal and Vacancies of the Preferred Stock Directors.

(1) Removal. At any time, each Preferred Stock Director may be removed either (A) with cause in accordance with applicable law; or (B) with or without cause by the affirmative vote of the Holders, voting together as a single class with the holders of each class or series of Voting Parity Stock, if any, with similar voting rights that are then exercisable, representing a majority of the combined voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such Voting Parity Stock.

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than vacancies before the initial election of the Preferred Stock Directors in connection with such Dividend Non-Payment Event) may be filled, subject to the Director Qualification Requirement, by the remaining Preferred Stock Director or, if there is no remaining Preferred Stock Director or such vacancy resulted from the removal of a Preferred Stock Director, by the affirmative vote of the Holders, voting together as a single class with the holders of each class or series of Voting Parity Stock, if any, with similar voting rights that are then exercisable, representing a majority of the combined voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such Voting Parity Stock.

(iii) The Right to Call A Special Meeting to Elect Preferred Stock Directors. During the continuance of a Dividend Non-Payment Event, the Holders, and holders of each class or series of Voting Parity Stock, if any, with similar voting rights that are then exercisable, representing at least twenty five percent (25%) of the combined voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such Voting Parity Stock will have the right to call a special meeting of stockholders for the election of Preferred Stock Directors (including an election to fill any vacancy in the office of any Preferred Stock Director). Such right may be exercised by written notice, executed by such Holders and holders, as applicable, delivered to the Company at its principal executive offices (except that, in the case of any Global Certificate representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or a global certificate representing such Voting Parity Stock, such notice must instead comply with the applicable Depositary Procedures). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 8(a)(iii), if the Company’s next annual or special meeting of stockholders is scheduled to occur within ninety (90) days after such right is exercised, and the Company is otherwise permitted to conduct such election at such next annual or special meeting, then such election will instead be included in the agenda for, and conducted at, such next annual or special meeting.

(b) Voting and Consent Rights with Respect to Specified Matters.

(i) Generally. Subject to the other provisions of this Section 8(b), while any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is outstanding, each following event will require, and cannot be effected without, the affirmative vote or consent of Holders, and holders of each class or series of Voting Parity Stock, if any, with similar voting or consent rights with respect to such event, representing at least two thirds (2/3rds) of the combined outstanding voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and such Voting Parity Stock, if any:

(1) any amendment or modification of the Certificate of Incorporation to authorize or create, or to increase the authorized number of shares of, any class or series of Dividend Senior Stock or Liquidation Senior Stock;

(2) any amendment, modification or repeal of any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or this Certificate of Designations that adversely affects the rights, preferences or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (other than an amendment, modification or repeal permitted by Section 8(b)(iii)); or

 

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(3) the Company’s consolidation or combination with, or merger with or into, another Person, or any binding or statutory share exchange or reclassification involving the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in each case unless:

(A) the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock either (x) remains outstanding after such consolidation, combination, merger, share exchange or reclassification; or (y) is converted or reclassified into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, preference securities of the continuing, resulting or surviving Person of such consolidation, combination, merger, share exchange or reclassification, or the parent thereof; and

(B) the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that remains outstanding or such preference securities, as applicable, have rights, preferences and voting powers that, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Holders or the holders thereof, as applicable, than the rights, preferences and voting powers, taken as a whole, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock immediately before the consummation of such consolidation, combination, merger, share exchange or reclassification.

provided, however, that (x) a consolidation, combination, merger, share exchange or reclassification that satisfies the requirements of clauses (A) and (B) of Section 8(b)(i)(3) will not require any vote or consent pursuant to Section 8(b)(i)(1) or 8(b)(i)(2); and (y) each of the following will be deemed not to adversely affect the rights, preferences or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (or cause any of the rights, preferences or voting powers of any such preference securities to be “materially less favorable” for purposes of Section 8(b)(i)(3)(B)) and will not require any vote or consent pursuant to Section 8(b)(i)(1), 8(b)(i)(2) or 8(b)(i)(3):

(I) any increase in the number of the authorized but unissued shares of the Company’s undesignated preferred stock;

(II) any increase in the number of authorized or issued shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock;

(III) the creation and issuance, or increase in the authorized or issued number, of any class or series of stock that is neither Dividend Senior Stock nor Liquidation Senior Stock; and

(IV) the application of Section 9(h), including the execution and delivery of any supplemental instruments pursuant to Section 9(h)(iii) solely to give effect to such provision.

(ii) Where Some But Not All Classes or Series of Stock Are Adversely Affected. If any event set forth in Section 8(b)(i)(1), 8(b)(i)(2) or 8(b)(i)(3) would adversely affect the rights, preferences or voting powers of one or more, but not all,

 

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classes or series of Voting Parity Stock (which term, solely for purposes of this sentence, includes the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock), then those classes or series whose rights, preferences or voting powers would not be adversely affected will be deemed not to have voting or consent rights with respect to such event. Furthermore, an amendment, modification or repeal described in Section 8(b)(i)(2) above that adversely affects the special rights, preferences or voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock cannot be effected without the affirmative vote or consent of Holders, voting separately as a class, of at least two thirds (2/3rds) of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding.

(iii) Certain Amendments Permitted Without Consent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 8(b)(i)(2), the Company may amend, modify or repeal any of the terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock without the vote or consent of any Holder to:

(1) cure any ambiguity or correct any omission, defect or inconsistency in this Certificate of Designations or the certificates representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including the filing of a certificate of correction, or a corrected instrument, pursuant to Section 103(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law in connection therewith;

(2) conform the provisions of this Certificate of Designations or the certificates representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to the “Description of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock” section of the Company’s preliminary prospectus supplement, dated August 18, 2020, relating to the initial offering and sale of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet dated August 19 2020, relating to the initial offering; or

(3) make any other change to the Certificate of Incorporation, this Certificate of Designations or the certificates representing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that does not, individually or in the aggregate with all other such changes, adversely affect the rights of any Holder (other than any Holders that have consented to such change), as such, in any material respect.

(c) Procedures for Voting and Consents.

(i) Rules and Procedures Governing Votes and Consents. If any vote or consent of the Holders will be held or solicited, including at a regular annual meeting or a special meeting of stockholders, then the Board of Directors will adopt customary rules and procedures at its discretion to govern such vote or consent, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8. Such rules and procedures may include fixing a record date to determine the Holders (and, if applicable, holders of Voting Parity Stock) that are entitled to vote or provide consent, as applicable, rules governing the solicitation and use of proxies or written consents and customary procedures for the nomination and designation, by Holders (and, if applicable, holders of Voting Parity Stock), of Preferred Stock Directors for election. Without limiting the foregoing, the Persons calling any

 

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special meeting of stockholders pursuant to Section 8(a)(iii) will, at their election, be entitled to specify one or more Preferred Stock Director nominees in the notice referred to in such section, if such special meeting is scheduled to include the election of any Preferred Stock Director (including an election to fill any vacancy in the office of any Preferred Stock Director).

(ii) Voting Power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and Voting Parity Stock. Each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote on each matter on which the Holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are entitled to vote separately as a class and not together with the holders of any other class or series of stock. The respective voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all classes or series of Voting Parity Stock entitled to vote on any matter together as a single class will be determined (including for purposes of determining whether a plurality, majority or other applicable portion of votes has been obtained) in proportion to their respective liquidation amounts. Solely for purposes of the preceding sentence, the liquidation amount of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or any such class or series of Voting Parity Stock will be the maximum amount payable in respect of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock or such class or series, as applicable, assuming the Company is liquidated on the record date for the applicable vote or consent (or, if there is no record date, on the date of such vote or consent).

(iii) Voting Standard for the Election of Preferred Stock Directors. At any meeting in which the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (and, if applicable, any class or series of Voting Parity Stock) is entitled to elect any Preferred Stock Director (including to fill any vacancy in the office of any Preferred Stock Director), the presence, in person or by proxy, of Holders of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (and, if applicable, holders of each such class or series) representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (and, if applicable, each such class or series) will constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of a plurality of the outstanding voting power of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (and, if applicable, each such class or series) cast at such a meeting at which a quorum is present will be sufficient to elect the Preferred Stock Director(s).

(iv) Written Consent in Lieu of Stockholder Meeting. A consent or affirmative vote of the Holders pursuant to Section 8(b) may be given or obtained either in writing without a meeting or in person or by proxy at a regular annual meeting or a special meeting of stockholders.

Section 9. CONVERSION.

(a) Generally. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be converted only pursuant to a Mandatory Conversion or an Early Conversion.

(b) Conversion Procedures.

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Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that remain outstanding as of the Mandatory Conversion Date. The shares of Common Stock due upon Mandatory Conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be registered in the name of, and, if applicable, the cash due upon such Mandatory Conversion will be delivered to, the Holder of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as of the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date.

(ii) Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversions and Other Early Conversions.

(1) Global Certificates. To convert a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate pursuant to an Early Conversion (including a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion), the owner of the beneficial interest must (x) comply with the Depositary Procedures for converting the beneficial interest (at which time such Early Conversion will become irrevocable); and (y) if applicable, pay any documentary or other taxes pursuant to Section 10(d).

(2) Physical Certificates. To convert any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by a Physical Certificate pursuant to an Early Conversion (including a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion), the Holder of such share must (w) complete, manually sign and deliver to the Conversion Agent the Conversion Notice attached to such Physical Certificate or a facsimile of such Conversion Notice; (x) deliver such Physical Certificate to the Conversion Agent (at which time such Early Conversion will become irrevocable); (y) furnish any endorsements and transfer documents that the Company or the Conversion Agent may require; and (z) if applicable, pay any documentary or other taxes as pursuant to Section 10(d).

(3) Conversion Permitted only During Business Hours. Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock may be surrendered for Early Conversion (including a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion) only after the Open of Business and before the Close of Business on a day that is a Business Day.

(iii) Treatment of Accumulated Dividends upon Conversion.

(1) Adjustments for Accumulated Dividends. Except as provided in Sections 9(d)(ii), 9(e)(iii)(1) and 9(e)(iii)(2), the Applicable Conversion Rate will not be adjusted to account for any accumulated and unpaid dividends on any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted.

(2) Conversions Between A Regular Record Date and a Dividend Payment Date. If the Conversion Date of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted is after a Regular Record Date for a declared dividend on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and on or before the next Dividend Payment Date, then such dividend will be paid pursuant to Section 5(c) notwithstanding such conversion.

 

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(iv) When Converting Holders Become Stockholders of Record of the Shares of Common Stock Issuable Upon Conversion. The Person in whose name any share of Common Stock is issuable upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be deemed to become the holder of record of such share as of the Close of Business on the Conversion Date for such conversion.

(v) Conversions of Fractional Shares Not Permitted. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations, in no event will any Holder be entitled to convert a number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that is not a whole number.

(c) Settlement upon Conversion.

(i) Generally. Subject to Section 9(c)(ii) and Section 12(b), the Company will pay or deliver, as applicable, the following consideration per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to settle the conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock as to which a Conversion Date has occurred:

(1) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Applicable Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on such Conversion Date;

(2) in the case of a Mandatory Conversion, the cash amount, if any, due pursuant to Section 9(d)(ii)(2) in respect of any Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount on such share; and

(3) in the case of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion, the cash amount, if any, due pursuant to Section 9(e)(iii)(2) in respect of any Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount or Future Dividend Present Value Amount on such share.

(ii) Payment of Cash in Lieu of any Fractional Share of Common Stock. Subject to Section 12(b), in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock otherwise due upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, the Company will, to the extent it is legally able to do so and permitted under the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed money, pay cash based on the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Conversion Date for such conversion (or, if such Conversion Date is not a Trading Day, the immediately preceding Trading Day).

(iii) Delivery of Conversion Consideration. The Company will pay or deliver, as applicable, the Conversion Consideration due upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on or before the second (2nd) Business Day immediately after the Conversion Date for such conversion.

(d) Mandatory Conversion.

(i) Generally. Unless previously converted, each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that is outstanding on the Mandatory Conversion Date will (without the need for any action on the part of the Holder thereof, the Company or any other Person) be deemed to be submitted for conversion (a “Mandatory Conversion”) with a Conversion Date occurring on the Mandatory Conversion Date.

 

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(ii) Calculation of the Applicable Conversion Rate; Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount. The Applicable Conversion Rate for the Mandatory Conversion of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is the Mandatory Conversion Rate; provided, however, that if, as of the Mandatory Conversion Date, an Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount exists for such share, then:

(1) the Applicable Conversion Rate for such Mandatory Conversion will be increased by a number of shares (rounded to the nearest fourth (4th) decimal place) equal to (A) such Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount, divided by (B) the greater of (x) the Floor Price in effect on the Mandatory Conversion Date; and (y) the Dividend Make-Whole Stock Price for such Mandatory Conversion; and

(2) if such Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount exceeds the product of such Dividend Make-Whole Stock Price and such number of shares added to the Applicable Conversion Rate pursuant to clause (1) above, then the Company will, to the extent it is legally able to do so and permitted under the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed money, declare and pay such excess amount in cash (as Conversion Consideration) to the Holder of such share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted (and, if the Company declares less than all of such excess for payment, then such payment will be made pro rata on all shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted pursuant to a Mandatory Conversion).

(e) Early Conversion at the Option of the Holders.

(i) Generally. Holders will have the right to convert all or any portion of their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at any time until the Close of Business on the Mandatory Conversion Date.

(ii) [Reserved.]

(iii) Calculation of the Applicable Conversion Rate; Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount and Future Dividend Present Value Amount.

(1) Early Conversions that Are Not Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversions. The Applicable Conversion Rate for the Early Conversion (other than a Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion) of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is the Minimum Conversion Rate in effect on the Conversion Date for such Early Conversion; provided, however, that if, as of such Conversion Date, an Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount exists for such share, then:

(A) the Applicable Conversion Rate for such Early Conversion will be increased by a number of shares (rounded to the nearest fourth (4th) decimal place) equal to (I) such Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount, divided by (II) the greater of (x) the Floor Price in effect on such Conversion Date; and (y) the Dividend Make-Whole Stock Price for such Early Conversion; and

 

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(B) if such Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount exceeds the product of such Dividend Make-Whole Stock Price and such number of shares added to the Applicable Conversion Rate pursuant to clause (A) above, then the Company will have no obligation to pay such excess in cash or any other consideration.

(2) Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversions. If a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs and the Conversion Date for the Early Conversion of any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock occurs during the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change (such an Early Conversion, a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion”), then the Applicable Conversion Rate for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion is the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate in effect on such Conversion Date; provided, however, that if, as of the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, an Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount or a Future Dividend Present Value Amount exists for such share, then the Company will, to the extent it is legally able to do so, declare and pay such existing Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount, if any, and such existing Future Dividend Present Value Amount, if any, in cash (as Conversion Consideration) to the Holder of such share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted, unless, in each case, the Company has duly elected (in accordance with Section 9(e)(iv)(2)) to pay all or any portion of such Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount or Future Dividend Present Value Amount in shares of Common Stock, in which case:

(A) the Applicable Conversion Rate for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion will be increased by a number of shares (rounded to the nearest fourth (4th) decimal place) equal to (I) the dollar amount of such Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount or Future Dividend Present Value Amount, as applicable, to be paid in shares of Common Stock, divided by (II) the greater of (x) the Floor Price in effect on such Conversion Date; and (y) the Dividend Make-Whole Stock Price for such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion; and

(B) if such dollar amount of such Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount or Future Dividend Present Value Amount, as applicable, to be paid in shares of Common Stock exceeds the product of such Dividend Make-Whole Stock Price and such number of shares added to the Applicable Conversion Rate in respect thereof pursuant to clause (A) above, then the Company will, to the extent it is legally able to do so and permitted under the terms of its indebtedness for borrowed money, declare and pay such excess amount in cash (as Conversion Consideration)

 

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to the Holder of such share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock being converted (and, if the Company declares less than all of such excess for payment, then such payment will be made pro rata on all shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted with a Conversion Date occurring during such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period).

(iv) Certain Provisions Applicable to Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversions.

(1) Calculation of Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate.

(A) Generally. Subject to Section 9(e)(iv)(1)(B), the “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate” for a Make-Whole Fundamental Change means the conversion rate set forth in the table below corresponding (after interpolation as provided in, and subject to, the immediately following paragraph) to the effective date and the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change:

 

    Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price  

Effective Date

  $ 2.00     $ 4.00     $ 7.00     $ 7.50     $ 8.40     $ 10.00     $ 15.00     $ 20.00     $ 30.00     $ 40.00     $ 50.00     $ 60.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

August 24, 2020

    13.0540       12.6480       12.3320       12.2935       12.2302       12.1361       11.9600       11.8852       11.8349       11.8218       11.8178       11.8165  

September 1, 2021

    13.3930       12.9230       12.4921       12.4357       12.3429       12.2035       11.9470       11.8704       11.8524       11.8477       11.8462       11.8457  

September 1, 2022

    13.9285       13.4245       12.7463       12.6471       12.4840       12.2499       11.9249       11.8784       11.8751       11.8751       11.8750       11.8750  

September 1, 2023

    14.2857       14.2857       14.2857       13.3333       11.9048       11.9048       11.9048       11.9048       11.9048       11.9048       11.9048       11.9048  

If such effective date or Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price is not set forth in the table above, then:

(I) if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price is between two prices in the table above or the effective date is between two dates in the table above, then the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rates set forth for the higher and lower prices in the table above or the earlier and later dates in the table above, based on a 365- or 366-day year, as applicable;

(II) if the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price is greater than $60.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above are adjusted pursuant to Section 9(e)(iv)(1)(B)) per share, then the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Minimum Conversion Rate in effect on the relevant Conversion Date; and

 

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(III) if the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price is less than $2.00 (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above are adjusted pursuant to Section 9(e)(iv)(1)(B)) per share, then the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate will be the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on the relevant Conversion Date.

(B) Adjustment of Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Prices and Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rates. Whenever the Minimum Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 9(f)(i), each Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price in the first row (i.e., the column headers) of the table in Section 9(e)(iv)(1)(A) will be automatically adjusted at the same time by multiplying such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price by a fraction whose numerator is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately before such adjustment and whose denominator is the Minimum Conversion Rate immediately after such adjustment. The Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rates in the table in Section 9(e)(iv)(1)(A) will be adjusted in the same manner as, and at the same time and for the same events for which, the Boundary Conversion Rates are adjusted pursuant to Section 9(f)(i), subject to Section 9(f)(vi).

(2) Election to Pay All or any Portion of an Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount or Future Dividend Present Value Amount in Shares of Common Stock. Each of the Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount and the Future Dividend Present Value Amount payable pursuant to Section 9(e)(iii)(2) will be paid in cash, to the extent the Company is legally able to do so, unless the Company elects, in accordance with the next sentence, to pay all or any portion thereof in shares of Common Stock. To make such an election, the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Notice must be provided no later than the effective date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change and must state such election and specify the respective dollar amounts of the Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount or Future Dividend Present Value Amount, as applicable, per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock that will be paid in cash and in shares of Common Stock. Any such election made in such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Notice, once sent, will be irrevocable and will apply to all conversions of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock with a Conversion Date occurring during the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9(e)(iv)(2), to the extent that the Company is not legally able to pay any portion of the Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount or the Future Dividend Present Value Amount in cash, the Company will elect to pay the same in shares of Common Stock.

(3) Make-Whole Fundamental Change Notice. No later than the Business Day after the effective date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Company will provide notice to the Holders of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change (a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Notice”). Such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Notice must state:

 

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(A) that a Make-Whole Fundamental Change has occurred, briefly stating the events causing such Make-Whole Fundamental Change;

(B) the effective date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change;

(C) a brief description of the Holders’ right to convert their shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate and, if applicable, to receive the Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount and the Future Dividend Present Value Amount;

(D) the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period;

(E) the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rate;

(F) the Unpaid Accumulated Dividend Amount and Future Dividend Present Value Amount per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including the dollar amounts thereof that the Company has elected to pay in cash or in shares of Common Stock;

(G) the Applicable Conversion Rate;

(H) the name and address of the Transfer Agent and the Conversion Agent; and

(I) the CUSIP and ISIN numbers, if any, of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock.

If the Company does not provide such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Notice by the Business Day after such effective date, then the last day of the related Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Period will be extended by the number of days from, and including, the Business Day after such effective date to, but excluding, the date the Company provides such Make-Whole Fundamental Change Notice.

(f) Boundary Conversion Rate Adjustments.

(i) Events Requiring an Adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates. Each Boundary Conversion Rate will be adjusted from time to time as follows:

(1) Stock Dividends, Splits and Combinations. If the Company issues solely shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all shares of the Common Stock, or if the Company effects a stock split or a stock combination of the Common Stock (in each case excluding an issuance solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 9(h) will apply), then each Boundary Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

 

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                     where:      
  CR0    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately before the Open of Business on the effective date of such stock split or stock combination, as applicable;
  CR1    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such Record Date or the Open of Business on such effective date, as applicable;
  OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Close of Business on such Record Date or effective date, as applicable, without giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination; and
  OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination.

If any dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination of the type described in this Section 9(f)(i)(1) is declared or announced, but not so paid or made, then each Boundary Conversion Rate will be readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution or to effect such stock split or stock combination, to the applicable Boundary Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had such dividend, distribution, stock split or stock combination not been declared or announced.

(2) Rights, Options and Warrants. If the Company distributes, to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, as to which Section 9(f)(i)(3)(A) and Section 9(f)(iv) will apply) entitling such holders, for a period of not more than sixty (60) calendar days after the Record Date of such

 

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distribution, to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced, then each Boundary Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

LOGO

 

  where:   
                     CR0    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on such Record Date;
  CR1    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such Record Date;
  OS    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Close of Business on such Record Date;
  X    =    the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to such rights, options or warrants; and
  Y    =    a number of shares of Common Stock obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants by (y) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date such distribution is announced.

To the extent such rights, options or warrants are not so distributed, each Boundary Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the applicable Boundary Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to such Boundary Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of only the rights, options or warrants, if any, actually distributed. In addition, to the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights, options or warrants (including as a result of such rights, options or warrants not being exercised), each Boundary Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the applicable Boundary Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the increase to such Boundary Conversion Rate for such distribution been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered upon exercise of such rights, option or warrants.

For purposes of this Section 9(f)(i)(2), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle holders of Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the date the distribution of such rights, options or warrants is announced, and in determining the aggregate price payable to exercise such rights, options or warrants, there will be taken into account any consideration the Company receives for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise thereof, with the value of such consideration, if not cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

 

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(3) Spin-Offs and Other Distributed Property.

(A) Distributions Other than Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of the Company’s indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company, or rights, options or warrants to acquire the Company’s Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:

(I) dividends, distributions, rights, options or warrants for which an adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates is required pursuant to Section 9(f)(i)(1) or 9(f)(i)(2);

(II) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash for which an adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates is required pursuant to Section 9(f)(i)(4);

(III) rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in Section 9(f)(iv);

(IV) Spin-Offs for which an adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates is required pursuant to Section 9(f)(i)(3)(B);

(V) a distribution solely pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which Section 9(f)(i)(5) will apply; and

(VI) a distribution solely pursuant to a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 9(h) will apply,

then each Boundary Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

LOGO

 

  where:   
                             CR0    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the Record Date for such distribution;
  CR1    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such Record Date;

 

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                             SP    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately before the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution; and
  FMV    =    the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors), as of such Record Date, of the shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants distributed per share of Common Stock pursuant to such distribution;

provided, however, that, if FMV is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to each Boundary Conversion Rate, each Holder will receive, for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder on such Record Date, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount and kind of shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants that such Holder would have received in such distribution if such Holder had owned, on such Record Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on such Record Date.

To the extent such distribution is not so paid or made, each Boundary Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the applicable Boundary Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

(B) Spin-Offs. If the Company distributes or dividends shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interests, of or relating to an Affiliate or Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to (x) a Common Stock Change Event, as to which Section 9(h) will apply; or (y) a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which Section 9(f)(i)(5) will apply), and such Capital Stock or equity interests are listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the transaction) on a U.S. national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), then each Boundary Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

LOGO

 

  where:   
                             CR0    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period for such Spin-Off;

 

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                             CR1    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Spin-Off Valuation Period;
  FMV    =    the product of (x) the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share or unit of the Capital Stock or equity interests distributed in such Spin-Off over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Spin-Off Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off (such average to be determined as if references to Common Stock in the definitions of “Last Reported Sale Price,” “Trading Day” and “Market Disruption Event” were instead references to such Capital Stock or equity interests); and (y) the number of shares or units of such Capital Stock or equity interests distributed per share of Common Stock in such Spin-Off; and
  SP    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for each Trading Day in the Spin-Off Valuation Period.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9(f)(i)(3)(B), if the Conversion Date for any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock to be converted occurs during the Spin-Off Valuation Period, then, solely for purposes of determining the consideration due in respect of such conversion, such Spin-Off Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, such Conversion Date.

To the extent any dividend or distribution of the type described in Section 9(f)(i)(3)(B) is declared but not made or paid, each Boundary Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the applicable Boundary Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

(4) Cash Dividends or Distributions. If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, then each Boundary Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

LOGO

 

  where:   
                     CR0    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution;

 

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                     CR1    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on such Record Date;
  SP    =    the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately before the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution; and
  D    =    the cash amount distributed per share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution;

provided, however, that, if D is equal to or greater than SP, then, in lieu of the foregoing adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates, each Holder will receive, for each share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder on such Record Date, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received in such dividend or distribution if such Holder had owned, on such Record Date, a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on such Record Date. To the extent such dividend or distribution is declared but not made or paid, each Boundary Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the applicable Boundary Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the dividend or distribution, if any, actually made or paid.

(5) Tender Offers or Exchange Offers. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Board of Directors) of the cash and other consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “Expiration Date”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), then each Boundary Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

 

        LOGO
  where:   
                     CR0    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer;
  CR1    =    such Boundary Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Holder-friendly version: Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period;

 

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                     AC    =    the aggregate value (determined as of the time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires by the Board of Directors) of all cash and other consideration paid for shares of Common Stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer;
  OS0    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (including all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer);
  OS1    =    the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and
  SP    =    the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date;

provided, however, that such Boundary Conversion Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to this Section 9(f)(i)(5), except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9(f)(i)(5), if the Conversion Date for any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the consideration due in respect of such conversion, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date to, and including, such Conversion Date.

To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, each Boundary Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the applicable Boundary Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.

 

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(ii) No Adjustments in Certain Cases.

(1) Where Holders Participate in the Transaction or Event Without Conversion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9(f)(i), the Company is not required to adjust the Boundary Conversion Rates for a transaction or other event otherwise requiring an adjustment pursuant to Section 9(f)(i) (other than a stock split or combination of the type set forth in Section 9(f)(i)(1) or a tender or exchange offer of the type set forth in Section 9(f)(i)(5)) if each Holder participates, at the same time and on the same terms as holders of Common Stock, and solely by virtue of being a Holder of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, in such transaction or event without having to convert such Holder’s Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and as if such Holder held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (A) the Maximum Conversion Rate in effect on the related Record Date; and (B) the total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock held by such Holder on such Record Date.

(2) Certain Events. The Company will not be required to adjust the Boundary Conversion Rates except pursuant to Section 9(f)(i) (it being understood that adjustments to the Applicable Conversion Rate may be made pursuant to Section 9(d)(ii)(1), Section 9(e)(iii)(1) or Section 9(e)(iii)(2) and adjustments to the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rates may be made pursuant to Section 9(e)(iv)(1)(B)). Without limiting the foregoing, the Company will not be required to adjust the Boundary Conversion Rates on account of:

(A) except as otherwise provided in Section 9(f)(i), the sale of shares of Common Stock for a purchase price that is less than the market price per share of Common Stock or less than the Maximum Conversion Price or the Minimum Conversion Price;

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

(C) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock or options or rights to purchase shares of Common Stock pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan or program of, or assumed by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(D) the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or convertible or exchangeable security of the Company outstanding as of the Initial Issue Date; or

(E) solely a change in the par value of the Common Stock.

 

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(iii) Provisions for Adjustments not Yet Effective. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if: (1) any share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is to be converted; (2) the Record Date, effective date or Expiration Time for any event that requires an adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates pursuant to Section 9(f) has occurred on or before the Conversion Date for such conversion, but an adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates for such event has not yet become effective as of such Conversion Date; (3) the consideration due upon such conversion includes any whole shares of Common Stock; and (4) such shares are not entitled to participate in such event (because they were not held on the related Record Date or otherwise), then, solely for purposes of such conversion, the Company will, without duplication, give effect to such adjustment on such Conversion Date in determining the number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered. In such case, if the date the Company is otherwise required to deliver the consideration due upon such conversion is before the first date on which the amount of such adjustment can be determined, then the Company will delay the settlement of such conversion until the second Business Day after such first date.

(iv) Stockholder Rights Plans. If any shares of Common Stock are to be issued upon conversion of any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and, at the time of such conversion, the Company has in effect any stockholder rights plan, then the Holder of such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, in addition to, and concurrently with the delivery of, the consideration otherwise due upon such conversion, the rights set forth in such stockholder rights plan, unless such rights have separated from the Common Stock at such time, in which case, and only in such case, the Boundary Conversion Rates will be adjusted pursuant to Section 9(f)(i)(3)(A) on account of such separation as if, at the time of such separation, the Company had made a distribution of the type referred to in such Section 9(f)(i)(3)(A) to all holders of Common Stock, subject to readjustment pursuant to Section 9(f)(i)(3)(A) if such rights expire, terminate or are redeemed.

(v) Determination of the Number of Outstanding Shares of Common Stock. For purposes of Section 9(f)(i), the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any time will (1) include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock; and (2) exclude shares of Common Stock held in the Company’s treasury (unless the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in its treasury).

(vi) Calculations. All calculations with respect to the Boundary Conversion Rates and the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Conversion Rates and adjustments thereto will be made to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share of Common Stock (with 5/100,000ths rounded upward).

(vii) Notice of Boundary Conversion Rate Adjustments. Upon the effectiveness of any adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates pursuant to Section 9(f)(i), the Company will promptly provide notice to the Holders containing (1) a brief description of the transaction or other event on account of which such adjustment was made; (2) the Boundary Conversion Rates and Boundary Conversion Prices in effect immediately after such adjustment; and (3) the effective time of such adjustment.

 

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(g) Voluntary Conversion Rate Increases.

(i) Generally. To the extent permitted by law and applicable stock exchange rules, the Company, from time to time, may (but is not required to) increase each Boundary Conversion Rate (with a corresponding decrease to the Boundary Conversion Prices pursuant to the definitions of such terms) by any amount if (1) the Board of Directors determines that such increase is in the Company’s best interest or that such increase is advisable to avoid or diminish any income tax imposed on holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock as a result of any dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) of Common Stock or any similar event; (2) such increase is in effect for a period of at least twenty (20) Business Days; (3) such increase is irrevocable during such period; and (4) each Boundary Conversion Rate is increased by multiplying it by the same percentage factor for the period of such increase.

(ii) Notice of Voluntary Increase. If the Board of Directors determines to increase the Boundary Conversion Rates pursuant to Section 9(g)(i), then, no later than the first Business Day of the related twenty (20) Business Day period referred to in Section 9(g)(i), the Company will provide notice to each Holder, the Transfer Agent and the Conversion Agent of such increase to the Boundary Conversion Rates and corresponding decrease to the Boundary Conversion Prices, the amounts thereof and the period during which such increase and decrease will be in effect.

(h) Effect of Common Stock Change Event.

(i) Generally. If there occurs any:

(1) recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock, other than (x) changes solely resulting from a subdivision or combination of the Common Stock, (y) a change only in par value or from par value to no par value or no par value to par value or (z) stock splits and stock combinations that do not involve the issuance of any other series or class of securities;

(2) consolidation, merger, combination or binding or statutory share exchange involving the Company;

(3) sale, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person; or

(4) other similar event,

and, as a result of which, the Common Stock is converted into, or is exchanged for, or represents solely the right to receive, other securities, cash or other property, or any combination of the foregoing (such an event, a “Common Stock Change Event,” and such other securities, cash or property, the “Reference Property,” and the amount and kind of Reference Property that a holder of one (1) share of Common Stock would be entitled to receive on account of such Common Stock Change Event (without giving effect to any arrangement not to issue or deliver a fractional portion of any security or other property), a “Reference Property Unit”), then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate of Designations,

 

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(A) from and after the effective time of such Common Stock Change Event, (I) the consideration due upon conversion of, or as payment for dividends on (including for purposes of determining whether a Dividend Non-Payment Event has occurred), any Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be determined in the same manner as if each reference to any number of shares of Common Stock in this Section 9 or in Section 5 and Section 10, as applicable, or in any related definitions, were instead a reference to the same number of Reference Property Units; and (II) for purposes of the definition of “Make-Whole Fundamental Change,” the terms “Common Stock” and “common equity” will be deemed to mean the common equity, if any, forming part of such Reference Property; and

(B) for these purposes, (I) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that consists of a class of common equity securities will be determined by reference to the definition of “Daily VWAP,” substituting, if applicable, the Bloomberg page for such class of securities in such definition; and (II) the Daily VWAP of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of common equity securities, and the Last Reported Sale Price of any Reference Property Unit or portion thereof that does not consist of a class of securities, will be the fair value of such Reference Property Unit or portion thereof, as applicable, determined in good faith by the Company (or, in the case of cash denominated in U.S. dollars, the face amount thereof).

If the Reference Property consists of more than a single type of consideration to be determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election, then the composition of the Reference Property Unit will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received, per share of Common Stock, by the holders of Common Stock. The Company will notify the Holders of such weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

(ii) Compliance Covenant. The Company will not become a party to any Common Stock Change Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 9(h).

(iii) Execution of Supplemental Instruments. On or before the date the Common Stock Change Event becomes effective, the Company and, if applicable, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company) of such Common Stock Change Event (the “Successor Person”) will execute and deliver such supplemental instruments, if any, as the Company reasonably determines are necessary or desirable to (1) provide for subsequent adjustments to the Boundary Conversion Rates pursuant to Section 9(f)(i) in a manner consistent with this Section 9(h); and (2) give effect to such other provisions, if any, as the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of the Holders and to give effect to Section 9(h)(i). If the Reference Property includes shares of stock or other securities or assets of a Person other than the Successor Person, then such other Person will also execute such supplemental instrument(s) and such supplemental instrument(s) will contain such additional

 

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provisions, if any, that the Company reasonably determines are appropriate to preserve the economic interests of Holders. Notwithstanding any other term described herein, no consent of Holders shall be required for the taking of such actions by means of supplemental instrument(s) as described in this paragraph.

(iv) Notice of Common Stock Change Event. The Company will provide notice of each Common Stock Change Event to Holders no later than the effective date of the Common Stock Change Event.

Section 10. CERTAIN PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF COMMON STOCK.

(a) Equitable Adjustments to Prices. Whenever this Certificate of Designations requires the Company to calculate the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices or Daily VWAPs, or any function thereof, over a period of multiple days (including to calculate the Mandatory Conversion Stock Price, the Make-Whole Fundamental Change Stock Price, the Dividend Make-Whole Stock Price, the Dividend Stock Price or an adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates), the Company will make appropriate adjustments, if any, to those calculations to account for any adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates pursuant to Section 9(f)(i) that becomes effective, or any event requiring such an adjustment to the Boundary Conversion Rates where the Ex-Dividend Date, effective date or Expiration Date, as applicable, of such event occurs, at any time during such period.

(b) Reservation of Shares of Common Stock. The Company will reserve, out of its authorized but unissued and unreserved shares of Common Stock, for delivery upon conversion of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, a number of shares of Common Stock that would be sufficient to settle the conversion of all shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock then outstanding, if any, at the Maximum Conversion Rate then in effect.

(c) Status of Shares of Common Stock. Each share of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of, or as payment for all or any portion of any declared dividends on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder will be duly and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except to the extent of any lien or adverse claim created by the action or inaction of such Holder or the Person to whom such share of Common Stock will be delivered). If the Common Stock is then listed on any securities exchange, or quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system, then the Company will cause each such share of Common Stock, when so delivered, to be admitted for listing on such exchange or quotation on such system. In addition, if such Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is then represented by a Global Certificate, then each such share of Common Stock will be so delivered through the facilities of the applicable Depositary and (except to the extent contemplated by Section 5(b)(iii)(5)) identified by an “unrestricted” CUSIP number (and, if applicable, ISIN number).

(d) Taxes Upon Issuance of Common Stock. The Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax or duty due on the issue of any shares of Common Stock upon conversion of, or as payment for all or any portion of any declared dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder, except any tax or duty that is due because such Holder requests those shares to be registered in a name other than such Holder’s name.

 

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Section 11. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS. Without limiting the rights of Preferred Stockholders set forth in this Certificate of Designations (including in connection with the issuance of Common Stock or Reference Property upon conversion of, or as payment for dividends on, the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock), the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will not have any preemptive rights to subscribe for or purchase any of the Company’s securities.

Section 12. CALCULATIONS.

(a) Responsibility; Schedule of Calculations. Except as otherwise provided in this Certificate of Designations, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under this Certificate of Designations or the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, including determinations of the Boundary Conversion Prices, the Boundary Conversion Rates, the Daily VWAPs, the Floor Price, the Last Reported Sale Prices and accumulated dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. The Company will make all calculations in good faith, and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on all Holders. The Company will provide a schedule of such calculations to any Holder upon written request.

(b) Calculations Aggregated for Each Holder. The composition of the consideration due upon conversion of, or as payment for any declared dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of any Holder will (in the case of a Global Certificate, to the extent permitted by, and practicable under, the Depositary Procedures) be computed based on the total number of shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock of such Holder being converted with the same Conversion Date, or held by such Holder at the Close of Business on the related Regular Record Date, respectively. For these purposes, any cash amounts due to such Holder in respect thereof will be rounded to the nearest cent.

Section 13. NO SINKING FUND OBLIGATIONS. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will not be subject to any sinking fund or other obligation to redeem, repurchase or retire the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, except to the extent provided in Section 9.

Section 14. NOTICES. The Company will provide all notices or communications to Holders pursuant to this Certificate of Designations in writing by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the Holders’ respective addresses shown on the Register; provided, however, that, in the case of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by one or more Global Certificates, the Company is permitted to provide notices or communications to Holders pursuant to the Depositary Procedures, and notices and communications that the Company provides in this manner will be deemed to have been properly sent to such Holders in writing.

Section 15. LEGALLY AVAILABLE FUNDS. Without limiting the rights of the Preferred Stockholders (including pursuant to Section 6 and Section 8(a)), if the Company does not have sufficient funds legally available to fully pay any cash amount otherwise due on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, then the Company will pay the deficiency promptly after funds thereafter become legally available therefor.

 

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Section 16. NO OTHER RIGHTS. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will have no rights, preferences or voting powers except as provided in this Certificate of Designations or the Certificate of Incorporation or as required by applicable law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Certificate of Designations to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

SABRE CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Brian S Evans

  Name: Brian S Evans
  Title: Vice President and Treasurer

[Signature Page to Certificate of Designations]


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

[Insert Global Certificate Legend, if applicable]

SABRE CORPORATION

6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

 

CUSIP No.:    [___]       Certificate No.    [___]
ISIN No.:    [___]         

Sabre Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), certifies that [Cede & Co.] is the registered owner of [___]1[the number of shares set forth in the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Certificate]2 shares of the Company’s 6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock”) represented by this certificate (this “Certificate”). The special rights, preferences and voting powers of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are set forth in the Certificate of Designations of the Company establishing the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”). Capitalized terms used in this Certificate without definition have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Certificate of Designations.

Additional terms of this Certificate are set forth on the other side of this Certificate.

[The Remainder of This Page Intentionally Left Blank; Signature Page Follows]

 

1 

Insert number of shares for Physical Certificate only.

2 

Insert bracketed language for Global Certificates only.

 

A-1


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Sabre Corporation has caused this instrument to be duly executed as of the date set forth below.

 

               SABRE CORPORATION
Date:  

 

    By:  

 

        Name:
        Title:
Date:  

 

    By:  

 

        Name:
        Title:

 

A-2


TRANSFER AGENT’S COUNTERSIGNATURE

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, as Transfer Agent, certifies that this Certificate represents shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock referred to in the within-mentioned Certificate of Designations.

 

Date:  

 

             By:  

 

        Authorized Signatory

 

A-3


SABRE CORPORATION

6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

This Certificate is represents duly authorized, issued and outstanding shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock. Certain terms of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock are summarized below. Reference is hereby made to the provisions of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock set forth on the reverse hereof and in the Certificate of Designations, which provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Upon receipt of this executed certificate, the Holder is bound by the Certificate of Designations and is entitled to the benefits thereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Certificate, to the extent that any provision of this Certificate conflicts with the provisions of the Certificate of Designations or the Certificate of Incorporation, the provisions of the of the Certificate of Designations or the Certificate of Incorporation, as applicable, will control.

1. Method of Payment. Cash amounts due on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by this Certificate will be paid in the manner set forth in Section 3(e) of the Certificate of Designations.

2. Persons Deemed Owners. The Person in whose name this Certificate is registered will be treated as the owner of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by this Certificate for all purposes, subject to Section 3(l) of the Certificate of Designations.

3. Denominations; Transfers and Exchanges. All shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be in registered form an in denominations equal to any whole number of shares. Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, the Holder of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by this Certificate may transfer or exchange this Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock by presenting this Certificate to the Registrar and delivering any required documentation or other materials.

4. Dividends. Dividends on the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will accumulate and will be paid in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 5 of the Certificate of Designations.

5. Liquidation Preference. The Liquidation Preference per share of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock is one hundred dollars ($100.00). The rights of Holders upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up are set forth in Section 6 of the Certificate of Designations.

6. No Right of Redemption by the Company. The Company will not have the right to redeem the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock at its election.

7. Voting Rights. Holders of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock have the voting rights set forth in Section 8 of the Certificate of Designations.

8. Conversion. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock will be convertible into Conversion Consideration in the manner, and subject to the terms, set forth in Section 9 of the Certificate of Designations.

 

A-4


9. Countersignature. The Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock represented by this Certificate will not be valid until this Certificate is countersigned by the Transfer Agent.

10. Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or its assignee, such as TEN COM (tenants in common), TEN ENT (tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (custodian), and U/G/M/A (Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

* * *

To request a copy of the Certificate of Designations, which the Company will provide to any Holder at no charge, please send a written request to the following address:

Sabre Corporation

Attention: Corporate Secretary

3150 Sabre Drive

Southlake, TX 76092

Telephone: (682) 605-1000

 

A-5


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL CERTIFICATE*

INITIAL NUMBER OF SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE:

[___]

The following exchanges, transfers or cancellations of this Global Certificate have been made:

 

Date

 

Amount of Increase

(Decrease) in

Number of Shares

Represented by this

Global Certificate

 

Number of Shares

Represented by this

Global Certificate

After Such Increase

(Decrease)

  

Signature of

Authorized

Signatory of

Transfer Agent

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

* 

Insert for Global Certificate only.

 

A-6


CONVERSION NOTICE

SABRE CORPORATION

6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, by executing and delivering this Conversion Notice, the undersigned Holder of the Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock identified below directs the Company to convert (check one):

 

all of the shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

 

                1 shares of Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

identified by CUSIP No.                  and Certificate No.                 .

 

Date:  

 

            

 

      (Legal Name of Holder)
      By:   

 

         Name:
         Title:
      Signature Guaranteed:
     

 

      Participant in a Recognized Signature
      Guarantee Medallion Program
      By:   

 

         Authorized Signatory

 

1 

Must be a whole number.

 

A-7


ASSIGNMENT FORM

SABRE CORPORATION

6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock

Subject to the terms of the Certificate of Designations, the undersigned Holder of the within Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock assigns to:

 

Name:   

 

                                       
Address:   

 

  
  

 

  
  

 

  
Social security or tax identification number:   

 

  
the within Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock and all rights thereunder irrevocably appoints:   
                                                                                                                 

as agent to transfer the within Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him/her.

 

Date:  

 

            

 

      (Legal Name of Holder)
      By:   

 

         Name:
         Title:
      Signature Guaranteed:
     

 

      Participant in a Recognized Signature
      Guarantee Medallion Program
      By:   

 

         Authorized Signatory

 

A-8


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE LEGEND

THIS IS A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRANSFER AGENT AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS THE OWNER AND HOLDER OF THE MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE FOR ALL PURPOSES.

UNLESS THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“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 HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THE MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WILL 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 THE MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS GLOBAL CERTIFICATE WILL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3(h) OF THE CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATIONS HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO.

 

B-1

EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

WILMINGTON

RODNEY SQUARE

August 24, 2020

Sabre Corporation

3150 Sabre Drive

Southlake, TX 76092

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as Delaware counsel to Sabre Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Sabre”), for the purpose of delivering this opinion letter in connection with the offering by Sabre of (i) up to 41,071,429 shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Sabre (the “Common Stock”) pursuant to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-224616) (excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, “Amendment No. 1”) filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and (ii) up to 3,450,000 shares of the 6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Sabre (the “Preferred Stock” and, together with the Common Stock, the “Securities”) pursuant to Amendment No. 1. The Common Stock is being sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated August 19, 2020 (the “Common Stock Underwriting Agreement”) between Sabre and the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto, and the Preferred Stock is being sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated August 19, 2020 (the “Preferred Stock Underwriting Agreement” and, together with the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement, the “Underwriting Agreements”) between Sabre and the underwriters named in Schedule I thereto. Reference in this letter to any document shall mean such document as in effect on the date hereof.

For purposes of this letter, our review of documents has been limited to the review of originals or copies furnished to us of the following documents:

 

  (a)

the Certificate of Incorporation of Sabre as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State”) on December 11, 2006, together with the Restated Certificate filed with the Secretary of State on March 27, 2007, the Certificate of Designations of Series A Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State on March 30, 2007, the Restated Certificate filed with the Secretary of State on April 27, 2007, the Certificate of Change of Registered Agent filed with the Secretary of State on April 14, 2009, the Certificate of Correction filed with the Secretary of State on February 10, 2010, the Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State on January 13, 2014, the Restated Certificate filed with the

 

Rodney Square • 1000 North King Street • Wilmington, DE 19801

P    302.571.6600    F    302.571.1253    YoungConaway.com


YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP

Sabre Corporation

August 24, 2020

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  Secretary of State on April 16, 2014, the Certificate of Change of Registered Agent filed with the Secretary of State on December 7, 2015, the Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State on May 24, 2017, the Certificate of Amendment filed with the Secretary of State on May 23, 2018, the Restated Certificate filed with the Secretary of State on April 23, 2019, and the Certificate of Designations of 6.50% Series A Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock filed with the Secretary of State on August 24, 2020 (the “Certificate of Designations”), all as certified by the Secretary of State on August 24, 2020;

 

  (b)

the Bylaws of Sabre (all of the documents referred to in this paragraph (b) and in paragraph (a), collectively, the “Governance Documents”);

 

  (c)

resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of Sabre on August 11, 2020, authorizing, inter alia, offerings of the Securities and designating a committee of the board of directors with the authority to, inter alia, determine the amounts and prices of the Securities to be offered and sold in offerings approved by the board of directors (the “Pricing Committee”);

 

  (d)

resolutions duly adopted by the Pricing Committee on August 19, 2020, authorizing, inter alia, the issuance and sale of 41,071,429 shares of the Common Stock at a purchase price of $7.00 per share (such issuance and sale, the “Common Stock Offering”), and the issuance and sale of 3,450,000 shares of the Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $100.00 per share (such issuance and sale, the “Preferred Stock Offering” and, together with the Common Stock Offering, the “Offerings”);

 

  (e)

the stock ledger of Sabre;

 

  (f)

a certificate, dated the date hereof, by the secretary of Sabre, relating to, inter alia, the foregoing documents;

 

  (g)

Amendment No. 1;

 

  (h)

the Underwriting Agreements; and

 

  (i)

a Certificate of Good Standing for Sabre, dated August 18, 2020, obtained from the Secretary of State.

For purposes of this letter, we have not reviewed any documents other than the documents referenced in paragraphs (a) through (i) above. We have assumed that there exists no provision in any document that we have not reviewed that bears upon or is inconsistent with or contrary to the opinions in this letter. We have conducted no factual investigation of our own, and have relied solely upon the documents reviewed by us, the statements and information set forth in such documents, certain statements of governmental authorities and others, and the additional matters recited or assumed in this letter, all of which we assume to be true, complete, and accurate in all respects and none of which we have investigated or verified.


YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP

Sabre Corporation

August 24, 2020

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Based upon and subject to the foregoing and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications, and limitations in this letter, it is our opinion that:

1. The Securities issued and sold by Sabre in the Offerings will be validly issued by Sabre and will be fully paid and non-assessable.

2. The issuance, upon conversion of the Preferred Stock in accordance with the Certificate of Designations and the terms of the Preferred Stock, of shares of the Common Stock into which the Preferred Stock is convertible at the initial conversion price has been duly authorized by Sabre, and, upon such issuance, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued by Sabre and will be fully paid and non-assessable.

The opinions in this letter are subject to the following assumptions, exceptions, qualifications, and limitations, in addition to those above:

A. The opinions in this letter are limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, 8 Del. C. §§ 101–398 (the “DGCL”). We have not considered, and express no opinion on the effect of, concerning matters involving, or otherwise with respect to any other laws of any jurisdiction (including, without limitation, federal laws of the United States of America), or rules, regulations, orders, or decisions relating thereto.

B. We have assumed that: (i) all signatures on all documents reviewed by us are genuine; (ii) all documents furnished to us as originals are authentic; (iii) all documents furnished to us as copies or specimens conform to the originals thereof; (iv) all documents furnished to us in final draft or final or execution form have not been terminated, rescinded, altered, or amended, are in full force and effect, and conform to the final, executed originals of such documents; (v) each document reviewed by us constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of each of the parties thereto, enforceable against each of such other parties in accordance with its terms; and (vi) each document reviewed by us constitutes the entire agreement among the parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof.

C. We have assumed that: (i) the Securities in the Offerings will be issued in compliance with any requirements therefor set forth in the corporate actions authorizing the Offerings and in the manner contemplated by Amendment No. 1; (ii) the Securities in the Offerings will be offered, sold, and delivered in compliance with applicable law and any requirements therefor set forth in the corporate actions authorizing the Offerings and in the manner contemplated by Amendment No. 1; (iii) the Securities in the Offerings will be offered, sold, and delivered to, and paid for by, the purchasers thereof in accordance with the terms of an agreement or agreements duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the parties thereto; and (iv) if the Securities are issued in certificated form, certificates representing such Securities will be duly registered, executed, delivered, and countersigned, and if the Securities are issued in book-entry form, the Securities will be duly registered.


YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP

Sabre Corporation

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D. We have assumed that: (i) at the time Common Stock is issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock, Sabre will have available for issuance the number of authorized shares of Common Stock at least equal to the number of shares to be issued; and (ii) if the Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Preferred Stock is issued in certificated form, certificates representing such Common Stock will be duly registered, executed, delivered, and countersigned, and if such Common Stock is issued in book-entry form, such Common Stock will be duly registered.

We hereby consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to Sabre’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated the date hereof and to the reference to this firm under the heading “Legal Matters” in any prospectus supplement related to the Securities. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. The opinions expressed herein are rendered on and as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP

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