Exhibit 10.7
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 Wachovia Bank,
National Association (“Dealer”), as initial purchaser,
acting through the agency of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (the
“ Agent ”). Each such transaction (a “
Transaction ”) entered into between Dealer 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 Dealer 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 Dealer and Issuer or any confirmation or other
agreement between Dealer and Issuer pursuant to which an ISDA
Master Agreement is deemed to exist between Dealer and Issuer, then
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in such ISDA Master
Agreement, such confirmation or agreement or any other agreement to
which Dealer 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 Dealer 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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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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Dealer
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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.
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4. Procedure for Exercise and Valuation: |
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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 period from 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
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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”.
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5. Settlement Terms: |
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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
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6. Dividends: |
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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.
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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)”.
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8. Extraordinary Events: |
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| (a) Share-for-Share: |
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Modified Calculation
Agent Adjustment
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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
Dealer 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
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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, Dealer 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
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Not Applicable
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| Nationalization, Insolvency or
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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
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9. Additional Disruption Events: |
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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 the third line thereof with the phrase
“or public announcement of the formal or informal
interpretation” and (ii) immediately following the word
“Transaction” in
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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
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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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Additional
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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 and 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:
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(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 Dealer 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 Dealer an opinion of counsel, dated as of the
Effective Date for each Transaction hereunder and reasonably
acceptable to Dealer 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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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
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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) of this 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
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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 scope for underwritten offerings of equity
securities and that yields results that are commercially reasonably
satisfactory to Buyer or such Affiliate, as the case may be, in its
discretion; and
(B) Buyer (or an Affiliate of Buyer
designated by Buyer) and Issuer shall enter into an agreement (a
“ Registration Agreement ”) on commercially
reasonable terms in connection with the public resale of such
Shares or Termination Delivery Units, as the case may be, by Buyer
or such Affiliate substantially similar to underwriting agreements
customary for underwritten offerings of equity securities, in form
and substance commercially reasonably satisfactory to Buyer or such
Affiliate and Issuer, which Registration Agreement shall include,
without limitation, provisions substantially similar to those
contained in such underwriting agreements relating to the
indemnification of, and contribution in connection with the
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