Exhibit 10.3
MASTER TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR WARRANTS
ISSUED BY PHH CORPORATION
The
purpose of this Master Terms and Conditions for Warrants (this
“ Master Confirmation ”), dated as of
March 27, 2008, is to set forth certain terms and conditions
for warrant transactions that PHH Corporation (“
Issuer ”) shall enter into with JPMorgan Chase Bank,
National Association (“JPMorgan”), as initial
purchaser. Each such transaction (a “ Transaction
”) entered into between JPMorgan and Issuer that is to be
subject to this Master Confirmation shall be evidenced by a written
confirmation substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto,
with such modifications thereto as to which Issuer and JPMorgan
mutually agree (a “ Confirmation ”). This Master
Confirmation and each Confirmation together constitute a
“Confirmation” as referred to in the Agreement
specified below.
This
Master Confirmation and a Confirmation evidence a complete binding
agreement between you and us as to the terms of the Transaction to
which this Master Confirmation and such Confirmation relates. This
Master Confirmation and each Confirmation hereunder, shall
supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the
form of the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement (Multicurrency-Cross Border)
as if we had executed an agreement in such form on the Trade Date
of the first such Transaction (but without any Schedule except for
the election of (i) the laws of the State of New York as the
governing law and (ii) United States dollars as the
Termination Currency) between you and us, and such agreement shall
be considered the “ Agreement ” hereunder.
The
definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity
Derivatives Definitions (the “ Definitions ”) as
published by ISDA are incorporated into this Master Confirmation.
For the purposes of the Definitions, each reference herein or in
any Confirmation hereunder to a Warrant shall be deemed to be a
reference to a Call Option or an Option, as context requires.
THIS
MASTER CONFIRMATION WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CHOICE
OF LAW DOCTRINE. THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK IN
CONNECTION WITH ALL MATTERS RELATING HERETO AND WAIVE ANY OBJECTION
TO THE LAYING OF VENUE IN, AND ANY CLAIM OF INCONVENIENT FORUM WITH
RESPECT TO, THESE COURTS.
The
Transactions under this Master Confirmation shall be the sole
Transactions under the Agreement. If there exists any ISDA Master
Agreement between JPMorgan and Issuer or any confirmation or other
agreement between JPMorgan and Issuer pursuant to which an ISDA
Master Agreement is deemed to exist between JPMorgan and Issuer,
then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such ISDA Master
Agreement, such confirmation or agreement or any other agreement to
which JPMorgan and Issuer are parties, the Transactions under this
Master Confirmation and the Agreement shall not be considered
Transactions under, or otherwise governed by, such existing or
deemed ISDA Master Agreement.
1. In
the event of any inconsistency between this Master Confirmation, on
the one hand, and the Definitions or the Agreement, on the other
hand, this Master Confirmation will control for the purpose of the
Transaction to which a Confirmation relates. In the event of any
inconsistency between the Definitions, the Agreement and this
Master Confirmation, on the one hand, and a Confirmation, on the
other hand, the Confirmation will govern. With respect to a
Transaction, capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise
defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Confirmation
relating to such Transaction.
2. Each
party will make each payment specified in this Master Confirmation
or a Confirmation as being payable by such party, not later than
the due date for value on that date in the place of the account
specified
below or
otherwise specified in writing, in freely transferable funds and in
a manner customary for payments in the required currency.
3. Confirmations and General Terms
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This
Master Confirmation and the Agreement, together with the
Confirmation relating to a Transaction, shall constitute the
written agreement between Issuer and JPMorgan with respect to such
Transaction. Each Transaction to which a Confirmation relates is a
Warrant Transaction, which shall be considered a Share Option
Transaction for purposes of the Definitions, and shall have the
following terms:
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Components:
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Each Transaction will be divided into
individual Components, each with the terms set forth in this
Confirmation, and, in particular, with the Number of Warrants and
Expiration Date set forth in the Confirmation for such Transaction.
The payments and deliveries to be made upon settlement of each
Transaction will be determined separately for each Component or
such Transaction as if each Component were a separate Transaction
under the Agreement. |
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Warrant Style:
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European |
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Warrant Type:
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Call |
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Seller:
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Issuer |
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Buyer:
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JPMorgan |
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Shares:
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The common stock, USD 0.01 par value
per share, of Issuer (Ticker Symbol: “PHH”). |
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Trade Date:
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As set forth in the Confirmation for
such Transaction |
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Effective
Date:
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As set forth in the Confirmation for
such Transaction |
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Number of
Warrants:
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For each Component, as set forth in
the Confirmation for such Transaction. |
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Multiple
Exercise:
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Not Applicable |
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Warrant
Entitlement:
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One Share Per Warrant |
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Minimum Number of
Warrants:
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0 |
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Maximum Number of
Warrants:
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For any Transaction, the Number of
Warrants for such Transaction. |
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Strike Price:
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As set forth in the Confirmation for
such Transaction |
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Premium:
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As set forth in the Confirmation for
such Transaction |
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Premium Payment
Date:
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As set forth in the Confirmation for
such Transaction |
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Exchange:
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New York Stock Exchange |
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Related
Exchanges:
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All Exchanges |
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Calculation
Agent:
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Buyer. |
4. Procedure for Exercise and Valuation
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In respect of any
Component:
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Expiration
Time:
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The Valuation Time |
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Expiration
Dates:
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As set forth in the Confirmation for
such Transaction (or, if such date is not a Scheduled Trading Day,
the next following Scheduled Trading Day that is not already an
Expiration Date for another Component); provided that if
that date is a Disrupted Day, the Expiration Date for such
Component shall be the first succeeding Scheduled Trading Day that
is not a Disrupted Day and is not or is not deemed to be an
Expiration Date in respect of any other Component of a Transaction
hereunder; and provided , further , that if the
Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to the preceding proviso
as of the Final Disruption Date, the Final Disruption Date shall be
the Expiration Date (irrespective of whether such date is an
Expiration Date in respect of any other Component for a
Transaction). Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the
contrary in the Definitions, if a Market Disruption Event occurs on
any Expiration Date, the Calculation Agent may determine that such
Expiration Date is a Disrupted Day only in part, in which case the
Calculation Agent shall make adjustments to the number of Warrants
for the relevant Component for which such day shall be the
Expiration Date and shall designate the Scheduled Trading Day
determined in the manner described in the immediately preceding
sentence as the Expiration Date for the remaining Warrants for such
Component. Section 6.6 of the Definitions shall not apply to any
Valuation Date occurring on an Expiration Date. |
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Automatic
Exercise:
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Applicable. The Warrants for any
Component shall be deemed automatically exercised at the Expiration
Time on the Expiration Date for such Component if at such time the
Warrants are In-the-Money; provided that all references in
Section 3.4(b) of the Equity Definitions to “Physical
Settlement” shall be read as references to “Net Share
Settlement.” “ In-the-Money ” means, for
any Transaction, that the Reference Price is greater than the
Strike Price for such Transaction. |
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Reference
Price:
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For any Valuation Date, the per Share
volume-weighted average price on the Exchange as displayed under
the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page PHH.N
<equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the
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the scheduled opening time to the
Scheduled Closing Time (New York City time) on such Valuation Date
(or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the
market value of one Share on such Valuation Date, as determined by
the Calculation Agent). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
the Definitions, if there is a Market Disruption Event on any
Valuation Date, then the Calculation Agent shall determine the
Reference Price for such Valuation Date on the basis of its good
faith estimate of the market value for the relevant Shares on such
Valuation Date. |
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Valuation
Time:
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As defined in Section 6.1 of the
Definitions |
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Valuation
Date:
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Each Exercise Date |
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Final Disruption
Date:
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For any Transaction, the eighth
Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the scheduled
Expiration Date for the last Component of such Transaction. |
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Market Disruption
Event:
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The third and fourth lines of
Section 6.3(a) of the Definitions are hereby amended by
deleting the words “during the one hour period that ends at
the relevant Valuation Time” and replacing them with
“at any time prior to the relevant Valuation
Time”. |
5. Settlement Terms :
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In respect of any
Component:
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Net Share
Settlement:
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On each Settlement Date, Issuer shall
deliver to Buyer a number of Shares equal to the Net Share Amount
for such Settlement Date to the account specified by Buyer and cash
in lieu of any fractional shares valued at the Reference Price for
the Valuation Date corresponding to such Settlement Date. If Buyer
reasonably determines that, for any reason, the Shares deliverable
upon Net Share Settlement would not be immediately freely
transferable by Buyer under Rule 144 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”),
then Buyer may elect to either (x) accept delivery of such
Shares notwithstanding any restriction on transfer or (y) have
the provisions set forth in Section 12(c) below apply. |
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Net Share
Amount:
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For any Settlement Date, a number of
Shares, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the
product of (i) the number of Warrants being exercised or
deemed exercised on the Exercise Date corresponding to such
Settlement Date, and (ii) the excess, if any, of the
Reference Price for the Valuation Date corresponding to such
Settlement Date over the Strike Price for the relevant Transaction
(such product, the “ Net Share Settlement Amount
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Settlement
Currency:
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USD |
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Failure to
Deliver:
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Applicable |
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Representation and
Agreement:
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To the extent Seller is obligated to
deliver Shares hereunder, the provisions of Sections 9.1(c),
9.8, 9.9, 9.11 and 9.12 of the Definitions will be applicable as if
Physical Settlement were applicable to the Transaction;
provided that the Representation and Agreement contained in
Section 9.11 of the Definitions shall be modified by excluding
any representations therein relating to restrictions, obligations,
limitations or requirements under applicable securities laws
arising as a result of the fact that Seller is the Issuer of the
Shares. |
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Maximum Delivery
Amount:
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As set forth in the Confirmation for
such Transaction |
6. Dividends :
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In respect of any
Component:
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Dividend
Adjustments:
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Issuer agrees to notify Buyer
promptly of the announcement of an ex-dividend date of any cash
dividend by the Issuer. If an ex-dividend date with respect to a
cash dividend occurs at any time from but excluding the Trade Date
for the Transaction that includes such Component to and including
the Expiration Date for such Component, then in addition to any
adjustments as provided under “Share Adjustments”
below, the Calculation Agent shall make such adjustments to the
Strike Price, Number of Warrants and/or Number of Warrants per
Component for such Transaction as it deems appropriate to preserve
for the parties the intended economic benefits of such
Transaction. |
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The Calculation Agent shall provide
prompt notice of any such adjustments, including a schedule or
other reasonably detailed explanation of the basis for and
determination of each adjustment. |
7. Share Adjustments :
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Method of
Adjustment:
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Calculation Agent Adjustment. |
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New Shares:
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In the definition of New Shares in
Section 12.1(i) of the Definitions, the text in clause
(i) thereof shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with
“issued by an entity or person organized under the laws of
the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia
and publicly quoted, traded or listed on any of the New York Stock
Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select
Market or the NASDAQ Global Market (or their respective
successors)”. |
8. Extraordinary Events :
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Consequences of
Merger Events:
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(a)
Share-for-Share:
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Modified Calculation Agent
Adjustment |
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(b) Share-for
Other:
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation
Agent Determination) |
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(c)
Share-for-Combined:
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation
Agent Determination); provided that JPMorgan may elect, in
its commercially reasonable judgment, Component Adjustment
(Calculation Agent Determination) |
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Tender Offer:
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Applicable |
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Consequences of
Tender Offers:
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(a)
Share-for-Share:
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Modified Calculation Agent
Adjustment |
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(b)
Share-for-Other:
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Modified Calculation Agent
Adjustment |
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(c)
Share-for-Combined:
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Modified Calculation Agent
Adjustment; provided, however, that if an event occurs that
constitutes both a Tender Offer under Section 12.1(d) of the
Equity Definitions and an Additional Termination Event under
Section 12(f) of this Master Confirmation, JPMorgan may elect,
in its commercially reasonable judgment, whether the provisions of
Section 12.3 of the Equity Definitions or Section 12(f)
of this Master Confirmation will apply |
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Composition of
Combined Consideration:
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Not Applicable |
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Nationalization,
Insolvency or Delisting:
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Cancellation and Payment (Calculation
Agent Determination). |
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In addition to the provisions of
Section 12.6(a)(iii) of the Definitions, it will also
constitute a Delisting if the Exchange is located in the United
States and the Shares are not immediately re-listed or re-traded on
any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange,
The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or
their respective successors); if the Shares are immediately
re-listed or re-traded on any such exchange, such exchange shall
thereafter be deemed to be the Exchange and the Calculation Agent
shall make any adjustments it deems necessary to the terms of the
Transaction, as if Modified Calculation Agent Adjustment were
applicable to such event. |
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Determining
Party:
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Buyer |
9. Additional Disruption Events :
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Change in Law:
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Applicable; provided that
Section 12.9(a)(ii) of the Definitions is hereby amended by
(i) replacing the phrase “the interpretation” in
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public announcement of the formal or
informal interpretation” and (ii) immediately following
the word “Transaction” in clause (X) thereof,
adding the phrase “in the manner contemplated by the Hedging
Party on the Trade Date”. |
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Failure to
Deliver:
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Applicable |
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Insolvency
Filing:
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Applicable, except if Issuer is a
debtor (or similar participant) with respect to such Insolvency
Filing. |
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Hedging
Disruption:
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Applicable |
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Increased Cost of
Hedging:
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Applicable |
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Loss of Stock
Borrow:
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Applicable |
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Maximum Stock Loan
Rate:
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2.00% |
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Increased Cost of
Stock Borrow:
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Applicable |
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Initial Stock Loan
Rate:
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0.25% |
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Hedging Party:
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For all applicable Additional
Disruption Events, Buyer |
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Determining
Party:
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For all applicable Additional
Disruption Events, Buyer |
10. Acknowledgements :
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Non-Reliance:
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Applicable |
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Agreements and
Acknowledgments Regarding Hedging Activities:
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Applicable |
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Additional
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Applicable |
11. Representations, Warranties and Agreements
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(a) In
connection with this Master Confirmation, each Confirmation, each
Transaction to which a Confirmation relates and any other
documentation relating to the Agreement, each party to this Master
Confirmation represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the other
party that:
(i) it is an “accredited
investor” as defined in Section 2(a)(15)(ii) of the
Securities Act; and
(ii) it is an “eligible
contract participant” as defined in Section 1a(12) of
the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “ CEA
”), and this Master Confirmation and each Transaction
hereunder are subject to individual negotiation by the parties and
have not been executed or traded on a “trading
facility” as defined in Section 1a(33) of the CEA.
(b) Issuer
hereby repeats the representations and warranties of Issuer set
forth in Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement (the “
Purchase Agreement ”) dated as of March 27, 2008
between, among others, Issuer
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Buyer as a representative of the Initial Purchasers (as defined in
the Purchase Agreement), and, in addition, represents and warrants
to, and agrees with, Buyer on the Trade Date of each Transaction
that:
(i) IT UNDERSTANDS THAT SUCH
TRANSACTION IS SUBJECT TO COMPLEX RISKS THAT MAY ARISE WITHOUT
WARNING AND MAY AT TIMES BE VOLATILE AND THAT LOSSES MAY OCCUR
QUICKLY AND IN UNANTICIPATED MAGNITUDE AND IS WILLING TO ACCEPT
SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ASSUME (FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE)
SUCH RISKS;
(ii) it is not on the date hereof in
possession of material, non-public information with respect to
Issuer or the Shares;
(iii) it is not entering into any
Transaction to create, and will not engage in any other securities
or derivatives transactions to create, actual or apparent trading
activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or
exchangeable for Shares) or to raise or depress or to manipulate
the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or
exchangeable for Shares);
(iv) for any Transaction hereunder,
it shall maintain a number of authorized but unissued Shares that
are free from preemptive rights that at all times exceeds the sum
of (x) the Maximum Delivery Amount for each Transaction,
plus (y) the aggregate number of Shares expressly
reserved for any other use (including, without limitation, Shares
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options or convertible
debt), whether expressed as caps or as numbers of Shares reserved
or otherwise;
(v) the Shares issuable upon exercise
of all Warrants (the “ Warrant Shares ”) have
been duly authorized and, when delivered pursuant to the terms of
such Transaction, shall be validly issued, fully-paid and
non-assessable, and such issuance of the Warrant Shares shall not
be subject to any preemptive or similar rights;
(vi) Issuer is not, and after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated hereby will not be, an
“investment company” as such term is defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;
(vii) without limiting the generality
of Section 13.1 of the Equity Definitions, Issuer acknowledges
that JPMorgan is not making any representations or warranties with
respect to the treatment of the Transaction under FASB Statements
128, 133, as amended, 149 or 150, EITF Issue No. 00-19, Issue
No. 01-6 or Issue No. 03-6 (or any successor issue
statements) or under FASB’s Liabilities & Equity Project;
and
(viii) it is not on the date hereof
engaged in a distribution, as such term is used in
Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “ Exchange Act ”), of any
securities of Issuer, other than a distribution meeting the
requirements of the exception set forth in Rules 101(b)(10)
and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M. Issuer shall not, until the
sixth Scheduled Trading Day immediately following the Trade Date,
engage in any such distribution.
(c) Issuer
shall deliver to JPMorgan an opinion of counsel, dated as of the
Effective Date for each Transaction hereunder and reasonably
acceptable to JPMorgan in form and substance, with respect to the
matters set forth in Section 3(a) of the Agreement and
Sections 11(b)(v) and (vi) hereof with respect to such
Transaction.
12. Miscellaneous :
(a)
Early Termination . The parties agree that Second Method and
Loss will apply to each Transaction under this Master Confirmation
as such terms are defined under the Agreement.
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(b)
Alternative Calculations and Issuer Payment on Early Termination
and on Certain Extraordinary Events . If, subject to Section
12(f) below, Issuer owes Buyer any amount in connection with a
Transaction hereunder pursuant to Section 12.7 or 12.9 of the
Definitions (except in the case of an Extraordinary Event in which
the consideration or proceeds to be paid to holders of Shares as a
result of such event consists solely of cash) or pursuant to
Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (except in the case of an
Event of Default in which Issuer is the Defaulting Party or a
Termination Event in which Issuer is the Affected Party, other than
an (x) Event of Default of the type described in
Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi) or (vii) of the
Agreement or (y) a Termination Event of the type described in
Section 5(b) of the Agreement that in the case of either
(x) or (y) resulted from an event or events outside
Issuer’s control) (an “ Issuer Payment
Obligation ”), Issuer shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to satisfy any such Issuer Payment Obligation by
delivery of Termination Delivery Units (as defined below) by giving
irrevocable telephonic notice to Buyer, confirmed in writing within
one Scheduled Trading Day, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00
p.m. New York time on the Merger Date, the Announcement Date (in
the case of Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting), Early
Termination Date or date of cancellation, as applicable (“
Notice of Issuer Termination Delivery ”);
provided that (i) if Issuer does not validly elect to
satisfy its Issuer Payment Obligation in Termination Delivery
Units, Buyer shall have the right to require Issuer to satisfy its
Issuer Payment Obligation in Termination Delivery Units,
notwithstanding Issuer’s election to the contrary and
(ii) Issuer shall not have the right, notwithstanding any
notice to the contrary, to satisfy its Issuer Payment Obligation by
Termination Delivery Units unless on the date of any such notice,
Issuer represents to Buyer that, as of such date, it is not in
possession of any material non-public information with respect to
itself or the Shares. Within a commercially reasonable period of
time following receipt of a Notice of Issuer Termination Delivery,
Issuer shall deliver to Buyer a number of Termination Delivery
Units having a cash value equal to the amount of such Issuer
Payment Obligation (such number of Termination Delivery Units to be
delivered to be determined by the Calculation Agent as the number
of whole Termination Delivery Units that could be sold over a
commercially reasonable period of time to generate proceeds equal
to the cash equivalent of such payment obligation, and the date of
such delivery, the “ Termination Payment Date
”). In addition, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel to
Issuer or Buyer, for any reason, the Termination Delivery Units
deliverable pursuant to this paragraph (b) would not be
immediately freely transferable by Buyer under Rule 144 under
the Securities Act, then Buyer may elect either to (x) accept
delivery of such Termination Delivery Units notwithstanding any
restriction on transfer or (y) have the provisions set forth
in paragraph (c) below apply. If the provisions set forth in
this paragraph are applicable, the provisions of Sections 9.8,
9.9, 9.10, 9.11 (modified as described above) and 9.12 of the
Definitions shall be applicable, except that all references to
“Shares” shall be read as references to
“Termination Delivery Units.”
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Termination Delivery Unit ” means (i) in the case
of a Termination Event, an Event of Default or an Extraordinary
Event (other than an Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger Event or
Tender Offer), one Share or (ii) in the case of an Insolvency,
Nationalization, Merger Event or Tender Offer, a unit consisting of
the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder
of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash
or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any
securities) in such Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger Event or
Tender Offer. If a Termination Delivery Unit consists of property
other than cash or New Shares and Issuer provides irrevocable
written notice to the Calculation Agent on or prior to the Closing
Date or the date of such Termination Event, Event of Default or an
Additional Disruption Event, as the case may be, that it elects to
deliver cash, New Shares or a combination thereof (in such
proportion as Issuer designates) in lieu of such other property,
the Calculation Agent will replace such property with cash, New
Shares or a combination thereof as components of a Termination
Delivery Unit in such amounts, as determined by the Calculation
Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means, as shall
have a value equal to the value of the property so replaced. If
such Insolvency, Nationalization, Merger Event or Tender Offer
involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such
holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum
possible amount of cash.
(c)
Registration/Private Placement Procedures . (i) With
respect to each Transaction, the following provisions shall apply
to the extent provided for above opposite the caption “Net
Share Settlement” in Section 5, if Buyer reasonably
determines that, for any reason, the Shares deliverable upon Net
Share Settlement would not be immediately freely transferable by
Buyer under Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or in paragraph
(b)
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Section 12. If so applicable, then, at the election of Issuer
by notice to Buyer within one Exchange Business Day after the
relevant delivery obligation arises, but in any event at least one
Exchange Business Day prior to the date on which such delivery
obligation is due (if Issuer does not make an election by such
date, Issuer shall be deemed to have made the election described in
clause (B) below), either (A) all Shares or Termination
Delivery Units, as the case may be, delivered by Issuer to Buyer
shall be, at the time of such delivery, covered by an effective
registration statement of Issuer for immediate resale by Buyer
(such registration statement and the corresponding prospectus (the
“ Prospectus ”) (including, without limitation,
any sections describing the plan of distribution) in form and
content commercially reasonably satisfactory to Buyer) or
(B) Issuer shall deliver additional Shares or Termination
Delivery Units, as the case may be, so that the value of such
Shares or Termination Delivery Units, as determined by the
Calculation Agent to reflect an appropriate liquidity discount,
equals the value of the number of Shares or Termination Delivery
Units that would otherwise be deliverable if such Shares or
Termination Delivery Units were freely tradeable (without
prospectus delivery) upon receipt by Buyer (such value, the “
Freely Tradeable Value ”); provided that Issuer
may not make the election described in this clause (B) if, on
the date of its election, it has taken, or caused to be taken, any
action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant to
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the sale by Issuer to
Buyer (or any affiliate designated by Buyer) of the Shares or the
exemption pursuant to Section 4(1) or Section 4(3) of the
Securities Act for resales of the Shares by Buyer (or any such
affiliate of Buyer). (For the avoidance of doubt, as used in this
paragraph (b) only, the term “Issuer” shall mean
the issuer of the relevant securities, as the context shall
require.)
(ii) If Issuer makes the
election described in clause (c)(i)(A) above:
(A) Buyer (or an Affiliate of Buyer
designated by Buyer) shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to
conduct a due diligence investigation with respect to Issuer that
is customary in sco
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