THIS SECURITY
WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) THIS
SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ONLY (I) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING RULE 144 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (II) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (III) TO
THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, IN EACH OF CASES
(I) THROUGH (III) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE
HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM
IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN
(A) ABOVE.
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Certificate
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Dated: ,
2009
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For
value received, KKR Jet Stream (Cayman) Limited (the “
Investor ” and, together with any transferee of
the Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant, the
“ Holder ”), is entitled to purchase from
Eastman Kodak Company, a New Jersey corporation (together with its
successors and assigns, the “ Company ”),
at any time and from time to time after the date set forth above
and prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date (as
defined below), at the purchase price of
$ 1 per share (as such price may be adjusted
pursuant to Section 2, the “ Exercise
Price ”) an aggregate
of fully-paid
and nonassessable shares of the Company’s voting common
stock, par value $2.50 per share (“ Common
Stock ”) (as such shares may be adjusted pursuant to
Section 2 and Annex A, the “ Warrant
Shares ”).
This
Warrant (this “ Warrant ”) is being
initially issued to the Investor pursuant to a Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement dated September 16, 2009 (the “
Purchase Agreement ”) by and among the Company,
the Investor and the other parties named therein, as it
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Exercise price
will be the lesser of (i) the average of the Closing Sale
Prices of the Common Stock for each of the 15 Trading Days
preceding the date of the public announcement of the transactions
contemplated by the Purchase Agreement; (ii) the Closing Sale
Price of the Common Stock on the date of the pricing of the
Convertible Notes Offering (as defined in the Purchase Agreement)
and (iii) $5.50.
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may be amended,
restated, modified or supplemented from time to time. This Warrant
and the Warrant Shares are entitled to the registration rights
provided for in the registration rights agreement of even date
herewith among the Company, the Investor and the other parties
named therein (the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ”).
Section 1. Term and Exercise of Warrant
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1.1 Term of Warrant . The Holder shall have the
right, at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the eighth
anniversary of the date hereof, or, if such date is not a Business
Day (as defined below), the next Business Day (the “
Expiration Date ”) to exercise this Warrant in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant.
1.2 Exercise of Warrant .
(a)
Cash Exercise . This Warrant may be exercised at any time
prior to the Close of Business on the Expiration Date (or if the
Expiration Date is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) and
from time to time, in whole or in part, but not for less than
1,000,000 Warrant Shares, upon surrender to the Company, together
with the duly completed and signed form of notice of exercise
(designating thereon the Holder’s election to cash exercise
(“ Cash Exercise ”)) in the form attached
(the “ Notice of Exercise ”), and payment
to the Company of the Exercise Price in effect on the date of such
exercise for the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this
Warrant is then being exercised; provided , that the Holder
may not elect to Cash Exercise this Warrant unless there is
available an effective registration statement to cover such
transaction or such Holder checks the box on the Notice of Exercise
thereby representing to the Private Placement Representations (as
defined in the Notice of Exercise). Payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price upon exercise pursuant to this Section 1.2(a)
shall be made by delivery of a check to the principal executive
offices of the Company as provided in Section 7 or, at the
Holder’s discretion, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds in accordance with written wire transfer
instructions to be provided by the Company at the Holder’s
request.
(b)
Net-Issue Exercise . In lieu of exercising this Warrant on a
cash basis pursuant to Section 1.2(a), the Holder may elect to
exercise this Warrant at any time prior to the Expiration Date and
from time to time, in whole or in part, but not for less than
1,000,000 Warrant Shares, on a net-issue basis by electing to
receive the number of Warrant Shares which are equal in value to
the value of this Warrant (or any portion thereof to be canceled in
connection with such Net-Issue Exercise) at the time of any such
Net-Issue Exercise, by surrender of this Warrant, together with the
duly completed and signed Notice of Exercise (designating the
Holder’s election to Net-Issue Exercise (“
Net-Issue Exercise ”)), to the Company at the
principal executive offices of the Company as provided in
Section 7; provided that the Holder may not elect to
Net-Issue Exercise this Warrant if at such time the Holder would be
prohibited from transferring the Warrant Shares pursuant to
Section 3. The Notice of Exercise shall be properly marked to
indicate (A) the number of Warrant Shares to be delivered to
the Holder in connection with such Net-Issue Exercise, (B) the
number of Warrant Shares in respect of which this Warrant is being
surrendered in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for the
Warrant Shares to be delivered to the Holder in connection with
such Net-Issue Exercise, calculated as of the Determination Date
(as defined below) and (C) the number of Warrant Shares which
remain subject to this Warrant after such Net-Issue Exercise, if
any (each as
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determined in
accordance with this Section 1.2(b)). In the event that the
Holder elects to exercise this Warrant in whole or in part on a
net-issue basis pursuant to this Section 1.2(b), the Company
will issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined in
accordance with the following formula:
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“ X ” is
the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder in
connection with such Net-Issue Exercise;
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“ Y ” is
the number of Warrant Shares to be exercised, up to the number of
Warrant Shares subject to this Warrant;
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“ A ” is
the Closing Sale Price (as defined below) as of the Determination
Date (as defined below) of one share of Common Stock;
and
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“ B ” is
the Exercise Price in effect as of the date of such Net-Issue
Exercise (as adjusted pursuant to Section 2).
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The “
Determination Date ” will be the date indicated
on the Notice of Exercise; provided , however , that
if the Company does not receive the Notice of Exercise within five
(5) business days of the date indicated thereon, the Determination
Date will be the date the Company receives such Notice of
Exercise.
(c)
Fractional Interests . No fractional shares of Common Stock
will be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant, but in lieu
thereof the Company shall pay therefor in cash an amount equal to
the product obtained by multiplying the Closing Sale Price of one
share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the
date of exercise of the Warrant times such fraction (rounded to the
nearest cent).
(d)
Deemed Issuance . Subject to 1.2(c), upon such surrender of
the Warrant, delivery of the Notice of Exercise and, in the case of
a Cash Exercise pursuant to Section 1.2(a), payment of the
Exercise Price, the Company will issue and cause to be delivered
with all reasonable dispatch (and in no event more than three
Business Days from delivery of the Notice of Exercise) to and in
the name of the Holder, or in the name of such other Person as
designated by the Holder, a certificate or certificates for the
number of full shares of Common Stock so purchased upon the
exercise of this Warrant, together with a check or cash in respect
of any fraction of a share of Common Stock otherwise deliverable
upon such exercise, as provided in Section 1.2(c). Such
certificate or certificates shall be deemed to have been issued,
and the Person in whose name any such certificates will be issuable
upon exercise of this Warrant (as indicated in the applicable
Notice of Exercise) will be deemed to have become a holder of
record of such Warrant Shares as of the date of the surrender of
this Warrant and, in the case of a Cash Exercise pursuant to
Section 1.2(a), payment of the Exercise Price.
(e)
Warrant Exercisable in Whole or in Part . The rights of
purchase represented by this Warrant shall be exercisable, at the
election of the Holder, either in full or
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from time to
time in part, but not for less than 1,000,000 Warrant Shares. If
this Warrant is exercised in respect of less than all of the
Warrant Shares purchasable on such exercise at any time prior to
the Expiration Date, a new Warrant of like tenor exercisable for
the remaining Warrant Shares may be issued and delivered to the
Holder by the Company. This Warrant or any part thereof surrendered
in the exercise of the rights thereby evidenced shall thereupon be
cancelled by the Company and retired.
(f)
Company Covenants . The Company shall (i) at all times
cause the Warrant Shares to be approved for listing on the New York
Stock Exchange or such other securities exchange or market as the
Common Stock is listed from time to time, subject to official
notice of issuance and (ii) for as long as this Warrant remains
outstanding, at all times reserve and keep available, free from
preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock
or shares of Common Stock held in treasury by the Company, for the
purpose of effecting the exercise of this Warrant, the number of
Warrant Shares then issuable upon the exercise hereof (after giving
effect to all anti-dilution adjustments provided for herein). All
Warrant Shares delivered upon exercise of this Warrant shall be
newly issued shares or shares held in treasury by the Company,
shall have been duly authorized and validly issued and shall be
fully paid and nonassessable, and shall be free from preemptive
rights and free of any lien or adverse claim (except for liens or
adverse claims arising from the action or inaction of
Holder).
Section 2. Adjustment of Exercise Price and Warrant
Shares .
The
Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon
the exercise of this Warrant shall be subject to adjustment from
time to time as set forth in Annex A .
Section 3. Restriction on Transfer of Warrant and
Warrant Shares .
(a) The
Holder agrees that, it will not, prior to the second anniversary of
the Issue Date (as defined below), transfer this Warrant or the
Warrant Shares or enter into any swap, hedge, forward contract or
other arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of the Warrants or Warrant
Shares to a third party. However, the foregoing restrictions shall
not apply to:
(i) transfers by a Holder to a member of
the KKR Group;
(ii) transfers to holders of the capital
stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity
interests of a member of the KKR Group that is a Holder by way of a
distribution in kind to all or substantially all of such holders on
a basis proportionate with such Person’s equity interest in
such Holder (a “ Distributee
”);
(iii) transfers to a nominee or custodian
of a member of the KKR Group or a Distributee (Warrants and Warrant
Shares so transferred to a nominee or custodian will, however, be
deemed to continue to be held by the transferring Holder for
purposes of determining any rights under the Purchase Agreement or
Registration Rights Agreement);
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(iv) pledges of this Warrant or the Warrant
Shares pursuant to any bona fide financing transaction for
the incurrence of debt and any transfer as a result of the
foreclosure thereon;
(v) any
transfer of this Warrant or the Warrant Shares in connection with
or at any time after the Company has provided a notice of an event
described in Section 1.06(i) or (ii) of Annex A (or has
publicly announced any such event);
(vi) transfers during a period in which the
Company is in default of its obligations in Section 9 of the
Purchase Agreement; or
(vii) transfers to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries.
(b) On
or after the second anniversary of the Issue Date, in addition to
transfers of a type provided for in Section 3.1(a), the Holder
may transfer this Warrant or the Warrant Shares to any
Person:
(i) pursuant to a registration statement
that is, at the time of such transfer, effective under the
Securities Act;
(ii) pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated
under the Securities Act; or
(iii) in a
transaction otherwise exempt from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act (subject to the requirements of such
exemption).
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the following terms and conditions will apply to
each transfer provided for in Section 3.1(a) and (b), as
applicable:
(i) in the
case of a transfer pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii) or (iii), as a
condition precedent to such transfer, unless otherwise agreed by
the Company in writing, the transferor must deliver an opinion of
counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that
the proposed transfer is exempt from registration under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; and
(ii) no
Holder that is subject to the Company’s then-applicable
insider trading policy may transfer any of the Warrants or any
Warrant Shares except to the extent permitted under such trading
policy.
(d) By
its acceptance of this Warrant, each Holder (i) shall be
deemed to have acknowledged and agreed to the restrictions on
transfer described in this Section, and to have acknowledged that
the Company will rely upon the truth and accuracy of such
acknowledgement and agreement and (ii) agrees to the
imprinting of the following legend on any certificate evidencing
this Warrant and the Warrant Shares (provided that the legend set
forth in the second immediately following paragraph shall only be
affixed to a Warrant transferred to a Person subject to the
provisions of Section 8 of the Purchase Agreement:
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THIS SECURITY
WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, (THE
“SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. THE HOLDER OF
THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT
(A) THIS SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, INCLUDING RULE 144
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (II) PURSUANT TO AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR
(III) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES, IN EACH OF
CASES (I) THROUGH (III) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE
HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM
IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN
(A) ABOVE.
THE HOLDER
HEREOF, BY VIRTUE OF ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY
THE TERMS OF SECTION 8 IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND, IF THE
SECURITY EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS A WARRANT, THE TERMS
HEREOF AS A “HOLDER.”
(e) Except
as provided in Section 3(a), (b) and (c) above, this
Warrant, the rights represented hereby and the Warrant Shares may
not be transferred in whole or in part by the Holder. In order to
effect any transfer or partial transfer of this Warrant, the Holder
shall deliver this Warrant to the Company with the notice of
transfer in the form attached (the “ Notice of
Transfer ”) completed and duly executed. Upon receipt
of Notice of Transfer and the opinion of counsel required by this
Section, if any, the Company shall promptly (i) issue to the
transferee a new Warrant for the number of Warrant Shares assigned
by the Holder, and (ii) to the extent the transfer
contemplated by the Notice of Transfer is not for the entire number
of Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant, issue to the Holder
a replacement Warrant representing the balance of such
Warrant.
(f) The
Company shall not be required to register any transfer of the
Warrants or the Warrant Shares in violation of this Section or
applicable securities laws. The Company may, and may instruct any
transfer or warrant agent for the Company to, place such stop
transfer orders as may be required on the transfer books of the
Company in order to ensure compliance with the provisions of this
Section and applicable securities laws.
(g) For
the avoidance of doubt, after the second anniversary of the Issue
Date, the Holder shall not be restricted in any manner from
entering into any swap, hedge, forward contract or other
arrangement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the
economic consequences of ownership of the Warrants, or of the
shares of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise thereof, to a third
party.
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Section 4. Taxes . The issuance of certificates
for Warrant Shares upon the exercise of the rights represented by
this Warrant will be made without charge to the Holder for any
issuance tax in respect thereof; provided , however ,
that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be
payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and
delivery of any certificate in a name other than that of the
Holder.
Section 5. Mutilated or Missing Warrant . If
this Warrant shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed and the
Company shall receive evidence thereof and (except with respect to
mutilated Warrants returned to the Company) indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to it, then the Company shall issue and deliver in
exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the
mutilated Warrant, or in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant
lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Warrant of like tenor and
representing an equivalent right or interest. An applicant for such
a substitute Warrant shall comply with such other reasonable
requirements and pay such reasonable charges as the Company may
prescribe, including, without limitation, the execution and
delivery of a lost Warrant affidavit and indemnification agreement
in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and its
counsel.
Section 6. No Rights as Stockholder . Except as
provided in Section 1.2(d), nothing contained in this Warrant
shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote
or to receive dividends or to consent or to receive notice as
stockholders in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the
election of directors of the Company or any other matter, or any
rights whatsoever as stockholders of the Company.
Section 7. Notices . All notices and other
communications required or permitted to be given with respect to
the Warrant shall be in writing signed by the sender, and shall be
considered given: (w) on the date delivered, if personally
delivered during normal business hours, or on the next Business Day
if delivered after normal business hours of the recipient;
(x) on the date sent by telecopier with automatic confirmation
of the transmitting machine showing the proper number of pages were
transmitted without error, if sent during normal business hours of
the recipient, or on the next Business Day if sent after normal
business hours; (y) on the Business Day after being sent by
Federal Express or another recognized overnight delivery service in
time for and specifying next day or next business day delivery; or
(z) five (5) Business Days after mailing, if mailed by
United States postage-paid certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, in each instance referred to in the preceding
clauses (y) and (z) only if all delivery charges are
pre-paid. Each such notice or other communication shall be given to
the Holder at the address in a Warrant register to be created and
maintained by the Company and to the Company at its principal
executive offices.
Section 8. No Waivers; Remedies; No Impairment .
Prior to the Expiration Date, no failure or delay by the Holder in
exercising any right, power or privilege with respect to the
Warrant shall operate as a waiver of the right, power or privilege.
A single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege shall
not preclude any other or further exercise of the right, power or
privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
The rights and remedies provided in the Warrant shall be cumulative
and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. The
Company will not, by amendment of its charter or by-laws or through
any other means, directly or indirectly, avoid or seek to avoid the
observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant and
will at all time in good faith assist in the carrying out of all
such terms
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and in the
taking of all such actions as may be necessary or appropriate in
order to protect the rights of the Holder against
impairment.
Section 9. Amendments . No amendment,
modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the
Warrant, and no consent to any departure from any provision of the
Warrant, shall be effective unless it shall be in writing and
signed and delivered by the Company and the Holder, and then it
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which it is given.
Section 10. Governing Law . This Warrant shall
be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York that apply to contracts made and performed
entirely within such state.
Section 11. Severability of Provisions:
Successors . Any provision of this Warrant that is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to that
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of the prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of
the Warrant or affecting the validity or enforceability of the
provision in any other jurisdiction. This Warrant shall be binding
upon any entity succeeding the Company by merger, consolidation or
otherwise. All of the covenants and agreements of the Company shall
inure to the benefit of successors and permitted assigns of the
Holder.
Section 12. Titles and Subtitles;
Section References . The titles and subtitles used in
this Warrant are used for convenience only and are not to be
considered in construing or interpreting this Warrant. Unless
otherwise stated, references to Sections and Annexes are to the
Sections and Annexes of this Warrant.
Section 13. Purchase Agreement; Registration Rights
Agreement . The Company will provide any Holder with a copy
of the Purchase Agreement or Registration Rights Agreement upon
request.
Section 14. Definitions . For purposes of this
Warrant, the following terms have the following
meanings:
(a) “
Affiliate ” means any Person controlling,
controlled by or under common control with any other Person. For
purposes of this definition, “control” (including
“controlled by” and “under common control
with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of
securities, partnership or other ownership interests, by contract
or otherwise.
(b) “
Beneficially Own ”, “ Beneficially
Owned ” and “ Beneficial
Ownership ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Rule 13d-3 of the rules and regulations promulgated under the
Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this Agreement the words
“within sixty days” in Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) shall
not apply, to the effect that a Person shall be deemed to be the
beneficial owner of a security if that Person has the right to
acquire beneficial ownership of such security at any
time.
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(c) “
Business Day ” means any day excluding
Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the
laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking
institutions located in such state are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close.
(d) “
Close of Business ” means 5:00 p.m.
(New York City time).
(e) “
Closing Sale Price ” of the Common Stock on any
date means the closing per-share sale price (or if no closing
per-share sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and
ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the
average last bid and the average last ask prices) on that date as
reported the principal other national or regional securities
exchange
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