SERIES A WARRANT AGREEMENT (Series A Warrants) by and between
EXHIBIT
4.1
SERIES A
WARRANT AGREEMENT
(Series A
Warrants)
by and
between
b
CALPINE
CORPORATION,
Computershare
Inc.
b
and
Computershare
Trust Company, N.A.
as
Warrant Agent
SERIES
A WARRANT AGREEMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS1
SECTION
1.
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Appointment
of Warrant Agent
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1
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SECTION
2.
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Issuance
of Warrants
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1
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SECTION
3.
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Warrant
Certificates
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2
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SECTION
4.
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Execution
of Warrant Certificates
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2
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SECTION
5.
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Registration
and Countersignature
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3
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SECTION
6.
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Registration
of Transfers and Exchanges
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3
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SECTION
7.
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Acknowledgment;
Securities Law Compliance
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6
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SECTION
8.
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Terms
of Warrants; Exercise of Warrants
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6
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SECTION
9.
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Payment
of Taxes
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10
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SECTION
10.
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Mutilated
or Missing Warrant Certificates
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10
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SECTION
11.
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Reservation
of Shares of Common Stock
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10
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SECTION
12.
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Adjustment
of Exercise Price and Number of Shares of Common Stock
Issuable
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11
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SECTION
13.
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Priority
Adjustments, Further Actions
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16
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SECTION
14.
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Fractional
Interests
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17
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SECTION
15.
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Warrant
Holders not Stockholders
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17
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SECTION
16.
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Merger,
Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent
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17
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SECTION
17.
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Warrant
Agent
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18
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SECTION
18.
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Expenses
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21
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SECTION
19.
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Change
of Warrant Agent
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21
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SECTION
20.
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Notices
to the Company and Warrant Agent
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22
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SECTION
21.
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Supplements
and Amendments
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22
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1 This
Table of Contents does not constitute a part of this Warrant Agreement or have
any bearing upon the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions
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SECTION
22.
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Successors
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23
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SECTION
23.
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction
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23
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SECTION
25.
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Benefits
of this Warrant Agreement
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24
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SECTION
26.
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Counterparts
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24
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SECTION
27.
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Further
Assurances
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24
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SECTION
28.
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Entire
Agreement
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24
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Exhibit
A – Form of Definitive Warrant Certificate
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A-1
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Exhibit
B – Form of Global Warrant Certificate
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B-1
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SERIES A WARRANT
AGREEMENT (this “Warrant
Agreement”), entered into on February 15, 2008, between CALPINE
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
Computershare Inc (“Computershare”), and its wholly-owned Subsidiary,
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. as Warrant Agent (the “Trust
Company” and together with Computershare the “Warrant
Agent”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Sixth Amended Joint Plan of
Reorganization, dated December 19, 2007, as the same may be amended, modified or
restated from time to time (the “Plan”)
relating to the reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1978, as codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, 11
U.S.C. §§101-1330 (the “Bankruptcy
Code”) of Calpine Corporation and certain of its direct and indirect
subsidiaries, the holders of certain Interests (as defined in the Plan) are to
be issued Series A Warrants (the “Warrants”)
exercisable until the Expiration Date (as defined below), to purchase up to
48,500,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company
(“Original
Common Stock”) at an exercise price of $23.88 per share of Common Stock,
as adjusted pursuant to Section
12 hereof (the “Exercise
Price”);
WHEREAS, the
Warrants are being issued pursuant to, and upon the terms and conditions set
forth in, the Plan in an offering in reliance on the exemption afforded by
section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code from the registration requirements of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), and of any applicable state securities or “blue sky”
laws;
WHEREAS, the
Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the
Warrant Agent is willing so to act, in connection with the issuance of Warrant
certificates and other matters as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, for
purposes of this Warrant Agreement, “person” shall be interpreted broadly to
include an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, limited liability company, limited liability partnership,
national banking association, trust, trustee, estate, unincorporated
organization, government, governmental unit, agency, or political subdivision
thereof, or other entity.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements
herein set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Appointment
of Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints the Warrant
Agent to act as warrant agent for the Company in accordance with the express
(and no implied) instructions set forth hereinafter in this Warrant Agreement,
and the Warrant Agent hereby accepts such appointment.
SECTION
2. Issuance of
Warrants. In accordance with Section 5,
the Company will cause to be issued one or more Definitive Warrant Certificates
(as defined below) and, if applicable, one or more Global Warrant Certificates
(as defined below) evidencing the Warrants in accordance with the terms of this
Warrant Agreement and the Plan. Each Warrant Certificate shall
evidence one or more Warrants. Each Warrant evidenced thereby
entitles the holder, upon proper exercise and payment of the applicable Exercise
Price, to receive
from the
Company, as adjusted as provided herein, one share of Common Stock at the
Exercise Price. The shares of Common Stock or (as provided pursuant
to Section
12) other shares of capital stock deliverable upon proper exercise of the
Warrants are referred to herein as the “Warrant
Shares.” The words “holders”
or “holder,”
as used herein in respect of any Warrants or Warrant Shares, shall mean the
registered holder or registered holders thereof.
SECTION
3. Warrant
Certificates. Subject to Section
6 of this Warrant Agreement, the Warrants shall be issued (1) in the form
of one or more warrant certificates in definitive form (the “Definitive
Warrant Certificates”) in substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
A hereto, the forms of election to exercise and of assignment to be printed on
the reverse thereof, and (2) if applicable, in the form of one or more global
certificates (the “Global
Warrant Certificates” substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B
hereto, the forms of election to exercise and of assignment to be printed on the
reverse thereof and, together with the Definitive Warrant Certificates, the
“Warrant
Certificates”), , in each case together with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Warrant Agreement, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with any law or with any rules made pursuant thereto or with
any rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be
determined by the officers executing such Warrant Certificates, as evidenced by
their execution of the Warrant Certificates.
The
Global Warrant Certificates, if issued, shall be deposited on or after the date
hereof with, or with the Warrant Agent as custodian for, The Depositary Trust
Company (the “Depositary”) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the
Depositary’s nominee. Each Global Warrant Certificate shall represent
such number of the outstanding Warrants as specified therein, and each shall
provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Warrants
from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding
Warrants represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as
appropriate, in accordance with the terms of this Warrant
Agreement.
Upon
request, a holder may receive from the Depositary and the Warrant Agent Warrants
in the form of Definitive Warrant Certificates as set forth in Section
6 below.
SECTION
4. Execution
of Warrant Certificates. Warrant Certificates shall be signed
on behalf of the Company by the Chairman of the Board or its Chief Executive
Officer or any Vice President, and by the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary. Each such signature upon any Warrant Certificate may be in
the form of a facsimile signature of the present or any future Chairman of the
Board, Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary
and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Warrant Certificates and for
that purpose the Company may adopt and use the facsimile signature of any person
who shall have been Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Vice
President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary at the time of entering into this
Warrant Agreement, notwithstanding the fact that at the time any Warrant
Certificate shall be countersigned by the Warrant Agent and delivered or
disposed of by the Company he or she shall have ceased to hold such office, so
long as, and the Company hereby represents that, under the Company’s certificate
of incorporation and bylaws, as each may be amended and in effect from time to
time, any Warrants or shares of Common Stock so issued would be validly
issued.
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Warrant
Certificates shall be dated the date of countersignature by the Warrant Agent
and shall represent one or more whole Warrants.
SECTION
5. Registration
and Countersignature. The Warrant Agent, on behalf of the
Company, shall number and register the Warrant Certificates in a Warrant
register as they are issued by the Company. The Warrant register will
show the names and addresses of the respective holders of the Warrants, the
numbers of Warrants evidenced on the face of each Warrant Certificate and the
date of each Warrant Certificate.
Warrant
Certificates shall be manually countersigned by the Warrant Agent and shall not
be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. The Warrant Agent
shall, upon written instructions of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief
Executive Officer, any Vice President, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary
of the Company, initially countersign and deliver Warrants entitling the holders
thereof to purchase not more than the number of shares of Common Stock referred
to above in the first recital hereof (but subject to adjustment as hereinafter
provided) and shall countersign and deliver Warrants as otherwise provided in
this Warrant Agreement. Each holder of Warrants, including those
holders accepting a Warrant Certificate, shall be bound by all of the terms and
provisions of the Warrant Agreement (a copy of which is available on request to
the Secretary of the Company) and any amendments thereto as fully and
effectively as if such holder had signed the same.
The
Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder(s) of any
Warrant Certificates as the absolute owner(s) thereof (notwithstanding any
notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by anyone), for all
purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any
notice to the contrary.
SECTION
6. Registration
of Transfers and Exchanges.
(a)
Transfer
and Exchange of Global Warrant Certificates or Beneficial Interests
Therein. The transfer and exchange of Global Warrant Certificates or
beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with this Warrant Agreement and the procedures of the Depositary
therefor.
(b)
Exchange of
a Beneficial Interest in a Global Warrant Certificate for a Definitive Warrant
Certificate.
(i) Any
holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant Certificate may, upon
request, exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Warrant Certificate.
Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent from the Depositary or its nominee of written
instructions or such other form of instructions as is customary for the
Depositary on behalf of any person having a beneficial interest in a Global
Warrant Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall cause, in accordance with the
standing instructions and procedures existing between the Depositary and Warrant
Agent, the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate to
be reduced by the number of Warrants to be represented by the Definitive Warrant
Certificates to be issued in exchange for the interest of such person in the
Global Warrant Certificate and, following such reduction, the Company shall
execute and the Warrant Agent shall countersign and deliver to the transferee,
as the case may be, a Definitive Warrant Certificate.
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(ii) Definitive
Warrant Certificates issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global
Warrant Certificate pursuant to this Section
6(b) shall be registered in such names as the Depositary, pursuant to
instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall
instruct the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall deliver via 1st class mail
such Definitive Warrant Certificates to the persons in whose names such Warrant
Certificates are so registered.
(c)
Transfer
and Exchange of Definitive Warrant Certificates. Definitive
Warrant Certificates may be exchanged at the option of the registered holder(s)
thereof, when surrendered to the Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agent Office
referred to in Section 20
(the “Warrant
Agent Office”) during normal business hours for another Definitive
Warrant Certificate or Certificates of like tenor and representing in the
aggregate a like number of Warrants. Definitive Warrant Certificates
surrendered for exchange or for registration of transfer pursuant to clause (i)
of the last sentence of this Section
6(c) or Section
6(h)(v) hereof shall be cancelled by the Warrant Agent. Such
cancelled Definitive Warrant Certificates shall then be disposed of by or at the
direction of the Company in accordance with applicable law. When
Definitive Warrant Certificates are presented to the Warrant Agent with a
request:
(i) to
register the transfer of the Definitive Warrant Certificates; or
(ii) to
exchange such Definitive Warrant Certificates for an equal number of Definitive
Warrant Certificates of other authorized denominations,
the
Warrant Agent shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if
its requirements for such transactions are met; provided, however, that the
Definitive Warrant Certificates presented or surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, duly executed
by the holder thereof or the duly appointed legal representative thereof or by
his attorney, duly authorized in writing, and bearing an original signature
guarantee from a guarantor who participates in a signature guarantee program
approved by The Securities Transfer Association.
(d)
Restrictions
on Exchange or Transfer of a Definitive Warrant Certificate for a Beneficial
Interest in a Global Warrant Certificate. A Definitive Warrant
Certificate may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant
Certificate unless a Global Warrant Certificate has been issued and the
requirements set forth in this Section
6(d) have been satisfied. Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of a
Definitive Warrant Certificate, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate
instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, together
with written instructions directing the Warrant Agent to make, or to direct the
Depositary to make, an endorsement on the Global Warrant Certificate to reflect
an increase in the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant
Certificate equal to the number of Warrants represented by such Definitive
Warrant Certificate (such instruments of transfer and instructions to be duly
executed by the holder hereof or the duly appointed legal representative thereof
or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing, such signatures to be guaranteed
by an eligible guarantor institution), then the Warrant Agent shall cancel such
Definitive Warrant Certificate and cause, or direct the Depositary to cause, in
accordance with the standing
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instructions
and procedures existing between the Depositary and the Warrant Agent, the number
of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant Certificate to be increased
accordingly.
(e)
Restrictions
on Transfer and Exchange of Global Warrant
Certificates. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Agreement (other than the provisions set forth in Section 6(f)), unless and
until it is exchanged in whole for Definitive Warrant Certificates, a Global
Warrant Certificate may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary
to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the
Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such
nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
(f)
Countersigning
of Definitive Warrant Certificates in Absence of
Depositary. If at any time a Global Warrant Certificate has
been issued and is outstanding and:
(i) the
Depositary for the Global Warrant Certificate notifies the Company that the
Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global
Warrant Certificate and a successor Depositary for the Global Warrant
Certificate is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after delivery of
such notice; or
(ii) the
Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Warrant Agent in writing that it
elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Warrant Certificates under this
Warrant Agreement,
then the
Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent, upon written instructions signed
by an officer of the Company, shall countersign and deliver Definitive Warrant
Certificates, in an aggregate number equal to the number of Warrants represented
by the Global Warrant Certificates, in exchange for such Global Warrant
Certificates.
(g)
Cancellation
of Global Warrant Certificate. At such time as all beneficial
interests in Global Warrant Certificates have either been exchanged for
Definitive Warrant Certificates, redeemed, repurchased or cancelled, all Global
Warrant Certificates shall be returned to, or cancelled and retained pursuant to
applicable law by, the Warrant Agent.
(h)
Obligations
with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Warrants.
(i) To
permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and
the Warrant Agent is hereby authorized to countersign, in accordance with the
provisions of Section
3 and this Section
6, Definitive Warrant Certificates and Global Warrant Certificates as
required pursuant to the provisions of this Section
6 and for the purpose of any distribution of additional Warrant
Certificates contemplated by Section
12.
(ii) All
Definitive Warrant Certificates and Global Warrant Certificates issued upon any
registration of transfer or exchange of Definitive Warrant Certificates or
Global Warrant Certificates shall be the valid obligations of the Company,
entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Definitive Warrant
Certificates or Global Warrant Certificates surrendered upon such registration
of transfer or exchange.
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(iii) No
service charge shall be made to a holder of Warrants for any registration,
transfer or exchange but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed on
the holder in connection with any such exchange or registration of
transfer.
(iv) So
long as the Depositary, or its nominee, is the registered owner of a Global
Warrant Certificate, the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner or holder of the Warrants represented by such Global
Warrant Certificate for all purposes under this Agreement. Except as provided in
Section
6(b) upon the exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Warrant
Certificate for a Definitive Warrant Certificate, owners of beneficial interests
in a Global Warrant Certificate will not be entitled to have any Warrants
registered in their names, and will not receive or be entitled to receive
physical delivery of any such Warrants as Definitive Warrant Certificates and
will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the Warrants or this
Warrant Agreement. Neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent, in its capacity as
registrar for such Warrants, will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to beneficial interests in a Global Warrant
Certificate or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to
such beneficial interests.
(v) Subject
to Sections
6(b), (c),
(d)
and this Section
6(h), the Warrant Agent shall, upon receipt of all information required
to be delivered hereunder, from time to time register the transfer of any
outstanding Warrants represented by Warrant Certificates in the Warrant
Register, upon surrender of Warrant Certificates representing such Warrants at
the Warrant Agent Office (as defined below), duly endorsed, and accompanied by a
completed form of assignment, duly signed by the holder thereof or by the duly
appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, such
signature to be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution. Upon any such
registration of transfer, a new Warrant Certificate shall be issued to the
transferee.
SECTION
7. Acknowledgment;
Securities Law Compliance. Each Warrant holder, by its
acceptance of any Warrant under this Warrant Agreement, acknowledges and agrees
that the Warrants (including any Warrant Shares issued upon exercise thereof)
were issued pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirement of
Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code,
and to the extent that a Warrant holder is an "underwriter" as defined in
Section 1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, such holder may not be able to sell
or transfer any Warrants or Warrant Shares in the absence of an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption from
registration thereunder, and a legend to that effect shall be placed on the
Definitive Warrant Certificates representing the Warrants and Warrant Shares
issued to any such holder.
SECTION
8. Terms of
Warrants; Exercise of Warrants.
(a)
Subject
to the terms of this Warrant Agreement, each Warrant holder shall have the
right, which may be exercised from the date of original issuance of the Warrant
Certificates pursuant to the terms of this Warrant Agreement and prior to 5:00
p.m. New York
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City
Time, on August 25, 2008 (the “Expiration
Date”), to exercise each Warrant and receive from the Company the number
of fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares which the holder may at the time
be entitled to receive on exercise of such Warrants and payment of the aggregate
Exercise Price then in effect for such Warrant Shares. In addition,
prior to the delivery of any shares of Common Stock that the Company shall be
obligated to deliver upon proper exercise of the Warrants, the Company shall
comply with all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations which
require action to be taken by the Company.
(b)
Subject
to the adjustments set forth in Section
12, each Warrant, when exercised, will entitle the holder thereof to
purchase one share of Common Stock at the Exercise Price then in effect for such
share of Common Stock. Each Warrant not exercised pursuant to this
Warrant Agreement prior to the Expiration Date shall become void and all rights
thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under this Warrant Agreement shall
cease as of the Expiration Date.
(c)
The
holder of Warrants may, until 5:00 p.m. New York City Time, on the Expiration
Date, exercise such holder’s right to purchase Warrant Shares
by:
(i) providing
written notice of such election (a “Warrant
Exercise Notice”) to exercise such Warrants to the Warrant Agent at the
address set forth in Section 20
hereof, “Re: Calpine Corporation Warrant Exercise”, by
overnight courier, received by the Warrant Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. New
York City Time, on the Expiration Date, which Warrant Exercise Notice shall be
in the form of an election to purchase Warrant Shares substantially in the form
set forth either (x) in Exhibit A hereto, properly completed and executed by the
holder, provided that such written notice may only be submitted if such Warrants
are evidenced by Definitive Warrant Certificates; or (y) in Exhibit B hereto,
properly completed and executed by the holder, provided that such written notice
may only be submitted if such Warrants are evidenced by Global Warrant
Certificates held through the book-entry facilities of the Depositary, by or
through persons that are direct participants in the Depositary;
(ii) delivering,
either (x) if such Warrants are evidenced by Global Warrant Certificates, no
later than 5:00 p.m. New York City Time, on the business day immediately prior
to the Settlement Date (as defined below) such Warrants to the Warrant Agent by
book-entry transfer through the facilities of the Depositary or (y) if such
Warrants are evidenced by Definitive Warrant Certificates, no later than 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the business day immediately prior to the
Settlement Date, the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants to the
Warrant Agent; and
(iii) paying,
to Computershare, no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Settlement
Date, the applicable Exercise Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares
in respect of which such Warrants are being exercised (the “Exercise
Amount”), together with any applicable taxes and governmental
charges. The date three business days after a Warrant Exercise Notice
is delivered is referred to for all purposes under this Warrant Agreement as the
“Settlement
Date”.
To the
extent a Warrant Exercise Notice is delivered in respect of Warrant prior to
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, but the deliveries and
payments specified in clause
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(ii) and
(iii) above are effected thereafter but no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the Settlement Date, the Warrants shall be nonetheless deemed exercised
prior to the Expiration Date for the purposes of this Agreement.
(d)
The
Exercise Amount shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America
either by certified or official bank check made payable to the order of the
Company (or if agreed to in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company, by
wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account arranged with the
Company prior to exercise).
(e)
Any
exercise of a Warrant pursuant to the terms of this Warrant Agreement shall be
irrevocable and shall constitute a binding agreement between the holder and the
Company, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(f)
The
Warrant Agent shall:
(i) examine
all Warrant Exercise Notices and all other documents delivered to it by or on
behalf of holders as contemplated by the Warrant Certificates to ascertain
whether, on their face, such Warrant Exercise Notices and any such other
documents have been executed and completed in accordance with their terms and
the terms of the Warrant Certificate;
(ii) where
a Warrant Exercise Notice or other document appears on its face to have been
improperly completed or executed or some other irregularity in connection with
the exercise of the Warrant exists, the Warrant Agent shall endeavor to inform
the appropriate parties (including the person submitting such instrument) of the
need for fulfillment of all requirements, specifying those requirements which
appear to be unfulfilled;
(iii) inform
the Company of and cooperate with and assist the Company in resolving any
reconciliation problems between the Warrant Exercise Notices received and
delivery of Warrants to the Warrant Agent’s account;
(iv)
advise the Company, no later than five business days after receipt of a Warrant
Exercise Notice, of (x) the receipt of such Warrant Exercise Notice and the
number of Warrants exercised in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Warrant Agreement, (y) the instructions with respect to delivery of the shares
of Common Stock of the Company deliverable upon such exercise, subject to the
timely receipt from the Depositary of the necessary information, and (z) such
other information as the Company shall reasonably require; and
(v) subject
to the Common Stock being made available to the Warrant Agent by or on behalf of
the Company for delivery to the Depositary, liaise with the Depositary and
endeavor to effect such delivery to the relevant accounts at the Depositary in
accordance with its requirements.
(g)
All
questions as to the validity, form and sufficiency (including time of receipt)
of a Warrant exercise shall be determined by the Company in its sole discretion,
which determination shall be final and binding. The Warrant Agent
shall incur no liability for or in respect of and, except to the extent such
liability arises from the Warrant Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct
or bad faith, shall be indemnified and held harmless by The Company for acting
or refraining from acting upon, or as a result of such determination by
the
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Company. The
Company reserves the right to reject any and all Warrant Exercise Notices not in
proper form or for which any corresponding agreement by the Company to exchange
would, in the opinion of the Company, be unlawful. Such determination
by the Company shall be final and binding on the holders, absent manifest
error. Moreover, the Company reserves the absolute right to waive any
of the conditions to the exercise of Warrants or defects in Warrant Exercise
Notices with regard to any particular exercise of Warrants. The
Company shall be under no duty to give notice to the holders of the Warrants of
any irregularities in any exercise of Warrants, nor shall it incur any liability
for the failure to give such notice.
(h)
As soon
as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant, the Company shall issue, or
otherwise deliver, in authorized denominations to or upon the order of the
holder of the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants,
either:
(i) if
such holder holds the Warrants being exercised through the Depositary’s
book-entry transfer facilities, by same-day or next-day credit to the Depositary
for the account of such holder or for the account of a participant in the
Depositary the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled, in
each case registered in such name and delivered to such account as directed in
the Warrant Exercise Notice by such holder or by the direct participant in the
Depositary through which such holder is acting; or
(ii) if
such holder holds the Warrants being exercised in the form of Definitive Warrant
Certificates, by delivery to the address designated by such holder in its
Warrant Exercise Notice of a physical certificate or certificates representing
the number of Warrant Shares to which such holder is entitled, in fully
registered form, registered in such name or names as may be directed by such
holder. Such warrant shares shall be deemed to have been issued and
any person so designated to be named therein shall be deemed to have become a
holder of record of such Warrant Shares as of the close of business on the date
of the delivery thereof. If less than all of the Warrants evidenced
by a Warrant Certificate surrendered upon the exercise of Warrants are exercised
at any time prior to the Expiration Date, a new Warrant Certificate or
Certificates shall be issued for the remaining number of Warrants evidenced by
the Warrant Certificate so surrendered, and the Warrant Agent is hereby
authorized to countersign the required new Warrant Certificate or Certificates
pursuant to the provisions of Section
5 and this Section
8.
(i)
The
Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts and take all reasonably
necessary action to have the Warrant Shares, as soon as practicable following
their issuance upon the exercise of Warrants, (i) listed on each national
securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or (ii) if the
Common Stock is not then listed on any national securities exchange, listed for
quotation on the Nasdaq National Market System or such other over-the-counter
quotation system, if any, on which the Common Stock may then be
listed.
(j)
For
purposes of this Warrant Agreement, a “business
day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which
banking institutions in New York City are authorized or obligated by law,
regulation or executive order to close or remain closed. In
accordance with Section
13, no fractional shares shall be issued upon exercise of any
Warrants.
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(k)
All
Warrant Certificates surrendered upon exercise of Warrants shall be cancelled by
the Warrant Agent. Such cancelled Warrant Certificates shall then be
disposed of by or at the direction of the Company in accordance with applicable
law. The Warrant Agent shall (x) advise an authorized representative
of the Company as directed by the Company by the end of each day on which
Warrants were exercised, of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock issued upon
exercise of a Warrant, (ii) the delivery of Warrant Certificates evidencing the
balance, if any, of the shares of Common Stock issuable after such exercise of
the Warrant and (iii) such other information as the Company shall reasonably
require and (y) concurrently pay to the Company all funds received by the
Warrant Agent in payment of the aggregate Exercise Price. The Warrant
Agent promptly shall confirm such information to the Company in
writing.
(l)
The
Warrant Agent shall keep copies of this Warrant Agreement and any notices given
or received hereunder, and provide, at the Company’s expense, copies thereof to
any registered holder requesting such copy prior to the Expiration
Date. The Company shall supply the Warrant Agent from time to time
with such numbers of copies of this Warrant Agreement as the Warrant Agent may
request.
SECTION
9. Payment of
Taxes. No service charge shall be made to any holder of a
Warrant for any exercise, exchange or registration of transfer of Warrant
Certificates, and the Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes attributable
to the initial issuance of Warrant Shares upon the exercise of Warrants; provided,
however,
that neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be required to pay any tax
or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue
of any Warrant Certificates or any certificates for Warrant Shares in a name
other than that of the registered holder of a Warrant Certificate surrendered
upon the exercise of a Warrant, and the Company shall not be required to issue
or deliver such Warrant Certificates or the certificates representing the
Warrant Shares unless or until the person or persons requesting the issuance
thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall have
established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been
paid.
SECTION 10. Mutilated
or Missing Warrant Certificates. If any of the Warrant
Certificates shall be mutilated, lost, wrongfully taken or destroyed, the
Company shall issue and the Warrant Agent shall countersign, in exchange and
substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Warrant Certificate, or
in lieu of and substitution for the Warrant Certificate lost, wrongfully taken
or destroyed, a new Warrant Certificate of like date and tenor and representing
an equivalent number of Warrants, but only upon receipt of evidence satisfactory
to the Company and the Warrant Agent of such loss, wrongful taking or
destruction of such Warrant Certificate and a corporate surety bond and any
other such indemnity and security therefor as is customary and reasonably
satisfactory to the Company and the Warrant Agent and satisfaction of such other
reasonable requirements as may be imposed by the Company as permitted by Section
8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Applicants for such substitute
Warrant shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such
other reasonable charges as the Company or the Warrant Agent may
prescribe.
SECTION
11. Reservation
of Shares of Common Stock. The Company will at all times
reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of the aggregate of
its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock, for the purpose of enabling
it
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to
satisfy any obligation to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
Warrants, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may then be
deliverable upon the exercise of all outstanding Warrants.
The
Company or the transfer agent for Common Stock and every subsequent transfer
agent for any shares of the Company’s capital stock issuable upon the exercise
or of any of the rights of purchase represented by the Warrants as aforesaid
(the “Transfer
Agent”) will be irrevocably authorized and directed at all times to
reserve such number of authorized shares as shall be required for such
purpose. The Company will keep a copy of this Warrant Agreement on
file with the Transfer Agent for any shares of the Company’s capital stock
issuable upon the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by the
Warrants. The Warrant Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized and
directed to requisition from time to time from such Transfer Agent the stock
certificates required to honor outstanding Warrants upon exercise thereof in
accordance with the terms of this Warrant Agreement. The Company will
supply such Transfer Agent with duly executed certificates for such purposes and
will, upon request, provide or otherwise make available any cash which may be
payable as provided in Section
16. The Company will furnish such Transfer Agent a copy of all
notices of adjustments and certificates related thereto, transmitted to the
Warrant Agent and each holder pursuant to Section
17.
The
Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon
exercise of Warrants will be, upon payment of the aggregate Exercise Price and
issuance thereof (in the case of an exercise), fully paid, nonassessable, free
of preemptive rights and free from all taxes, liens, charges and security
interests with respect to the issue thereof (other than any liens, charges and
security interests created by the Warrant holder or the person to which the
shares of Common Stock are to be issued).
SECTION
12. Adjustment
of Exercise Price and Number of Shares of Common Stock
Issuable. The Exercise Price and the number of shares of
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of each Warrant are subject to
adjustment from time to time upon the occurrence of the events enumerated in
this Section
12, without duplication. For purposes of this Section
12, “Common Stock” means, subject to Section
12(k), the shares of Original Common Stock from time to time authorized
and any other stock of the Company, however designated, the holders of which
have the right (subject to any prior rights of any class or series of preferred
stock) to participate in any distribution of the assets or earnings of the
Company without limit as to per share amount.
(a) Adjustment
for Change in Capital Stock. If on or after the date of this
Warrant Agreement and prior to the Expiration Date, the Company:
(1) pays
a dividend in shares of Common Stock or makes a distribution on its Common Stock
in shares of Common Stock;
(2) subdivides
its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares (other
than upon a reclassification to which clause (5) of this Section
12(a) or Section
12(k) applies);
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(3) combines
its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares (other
than upon a reclassification to which clause (5) of this Section
12(a) or Section
12(k) applies);
(4) makes
a distribution on its Common Stock in shares of its capital stock other than
Common Stock; or
(5) issues
by reclassification of its Common Stock any shares of its capital stock
(including any such reclassification in connection with a consolidation or
merger of the Company in which the Company is the surviving entity but excluding
any reclassification in which property other than shares of capital stock is
issued (in which event Section
12(k) shall apply)),
then the
number of shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital stock of the Company
receivable upon exercise of each Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be
adjusted so that the holder of each Warrant shall be entitled upon exercise to
receive the kind and number of shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital
stock of the Company that such holder would have been entitled to receive upon
the happening of any of the events described above, had such Warrant been
exercised immediately prior to the happening of such event or any record date
with respect thereto. An adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph (a) shall
become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive
to the record date, if any, for such event.
(b) Adjustment
of Exercise Price. Whenever the number of shares of Common
Stock or other shares of capital stock of the Company receivable upon the
exercise of any Warrant is otherwise required to be adjusted as herein provided
(whether or not the Company then or thereafter elects to issue additional
Warrants in substitution for an adjustment in the number of shares of Common
Stock or other shares of capital stock receivable upon exercise of each Warrant
as provided in Section
12(f)), the Exercise Price payable per share of Common Stock upon
exercise of such Warrant shall be adjusted by multiplying such Exercise Price
immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction, of which the numerator shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock receivable upon the exercise of such
Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment, and of which the denominator shall
be the number of shares of Common Stock (or, where clause (4) or (5) of Section
12(a) applies and shares of capital stock (other than solely Common
Stock) become so receivable, the number of shares of Common Stock equivalent to
such shares of capital stock based on the relative fair market values hereof (as
determined in good faith by the Board)) so receivable immediately
thereafter.
If after
an adjustment a holder of a Warrant upon exercise thereof may receive shares of
two or more classes or series of capital stock of the Company, the Company, in
good faith, shall determine as the adjusted Exercise Price for each share of
capital stock (other than Common Stock) so receivable an amount equal to the
Exercise Price per share of Common Stock as adjusted pursuant to the preceding
paragraph, multiplied by a fraction the denominator of which is the fair market
value of a share of Common Stock and the numerator of which is the fair market
value of such share of other capital stock (as determined in good faith by the
Board). After such allocation, the exercise privilege and the
Exercise Price of each class or series of
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capital
stock shall thereafter again be subject to adjustment on terms comparable to
those applicable to shares of Common Stock in this Section
12.
(c) When De
Minimis Adjustment May Be Deferred. No adjustment in the
Exercise Price need be made unless the adjustment would require an increase or
decrease of at least one percent (l%) in the Exercise Price. Any
adjustments that are not made shall be carried forward and taken into account in
any subsequent adjustment.
All
calculations under this Section
12 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest 1/100th of a
share, as the case may be.
(d) When No
Adjustment Required. No adjustment need be made pursuant to
Section
12(a) or 12(b) for a transaction referred to in Section
12(a) if Warrant holders participate in such transaction on a basis and
with notice that the Board determines to be fair and appropriate in light of the
basis and notice on which holders of Common Stock participate in the
transaction.
No
adjustment need be made for any issuance of securities by the Company on the
Effective Date of the Plan or pursuant to the Plan.
No
adjustment need be made for rights to purchase Common Stock pursuant to a
Company plan for reinvestment of dividends or interest.
No
adjustment need be made for a change in the par value or no par value of the
Common Stock.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section
12, no adjustment to the Exercise Price shall result in zero or in a
negative number.
To the
extent the Warrants become exercisable into cash, no adjustment need be made
thereafter as to the cash. Interest will not accrue on the
cash.
(e) Notice of
Certain Transactions.
If:
(i) the
Company takes any action that would require an adjustment to the Exercise Price
or the number of shares of Common Stock or other shares of capital stock
receivable upon exercise of Warrants pursuant to Section
12(a) or (b)
and if the Company does not arrange for Warrant holders to participate in such
transaction pursuant to Section
12(d);
(ii) the
Company determines to adjust the number of Warrants pursuant to Section
12(f); or
(iii) there
is a liquidation or dissolution of the Company,
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the
Company shall mail to Warrant holders a notice stating the proposed record date
for a dividend or distribution or the proposed effective date of a subdivision,
combination, reclassification, consolidation, merger, liquidation or
dissolution. The Company shall mail the notice at least fifteen (15)
days before such date. Failure to mail the notice or any defect in it
shall not affect the validity of the transaction.
Whenever
the Exercise Price is adjusted, the Company also shall provide the notices
required by Section
20.
(f) Company
Discretion Regarding Adjustment in Number of Warrants. The
Company may elect, in its sole discretion, on the date of any adjustment in the
number of Warrant Shares receivable upon exercise of Warrants required by
paragraph (a) of this Section
12, to adjust the number of Warrants held by any holder of any Warrant
Certificate in substitution for an adjustment in the number of Warrant Shares
receivable upon the exercise of a Warrant. And, in such events, each
of the Warrants outstanding after such adjustment of the number of Warrants
shall be exercisable for the same number of Warrant Shares as immediately prior
to such adjustment. Each holder of a Warrant Certificate held of record prior to
such adjustment of the number of Warrants shall be entitled to receive in
respect of each Warrant evidenced by such previously outstanding Warrant
Certificate a new Warrant Certificate evidencing additional
Warrants equal to the excess of (i) that number of Warrants
(calculated to the nearest one-hundredth) obtained by dividing the applicable
Exercise Price in effect prior to adjustment of such Exercise Price by the
applicable Exercise Price in effect after adjustment of such Exercise Price
over
(ii) one (1). The Company shall notify the holders of Warrants of its election
to adjust the number of Warrants in the same manner as provided in paragraph (e)
of this Section
12, indicating the record date for the adjustment, and, if known at the
time, the amount of the adjustment to be made, and shall give prompt written
notice thereof to the Warrant Agent. This record date may be the date
on which the Exercise Price is adjusted or any day thereafter. Upon each
adjustment of the number of Warrants pursuant to this Section
12(f), the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, cause to be
distributed to holders of record of Warrants on such record date Warrant
Certificates evidencing, subject to Section
14, the additional Warrants to which such holders shall be entitled as a
result of such adjustment, or, at the option of the Company, shall cause to be
distributed to such holders of record in substitution and replacement for the
Warrant Certificates held by such holders prior to the date of adjustment, and
upon surrender thereof, if required by the Company, new Warrant Certificates
evidencing all the Warrants evidenced by the Warrant Certificates previously so
held and the additional Warrants to which such holders are so entitled, all to
be issued, executed and registered in the manner specified in Sections
4 and 5
(and which may bear, at the option of the Company, the applicable adjusted
Exercise Price) and to be registered in the names of the holders of record of
Warrant Certificates on the record date specified in the notice.
(g) Form of
Warrants. The Company may, but (except to the extent Section
12(f) applies) shall not be required to, issue new certificates or make a
notation on any outstanding certificates to reflect any adjustment under this
Section
12. Irrespective of any adjustments in the Exercise Price or
the number or kind of shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants,
Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants theretofore or thereafter issued may
continue to express the same price and number and kind of shares as are stated
in the Warrant Certificates evidencing Warrants initially issuable pursuant to
this Warrant Agreement.
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(h) The Company
Determination Final. Any determination that the Company or the
Board must make pursuant to this Section
12 is (absent manifest error) conclusive if such determination is made in
good faith.
(i) Warrant
Agent’s Disclaimer. The Warrant Agent has no duty to determine
when an adjustment under this Section
12 should be made (if at all), how it should be made or what it should
be. The Warrant Agent makes no representation as to the validity or
value of any securities or assets issued upon exercise of
Warrants. The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for the
Company’s failure to comply with this Section
12. The Warrant Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of
any adjustment under this Section
12 until it has received notice thereof pursuant to Section
12.
(j) Optional
Tax Adjustment. The Company may at its option, at any time prior to
the Expiration Date, increase the number of shares of Common Stock or other
shares of capital stock into which each Warrant is exercisable, or decrease the
Exercise Price, in addition to those changes required by Sections
12(a) and (b),
as deemed advisable by the Board, in order that any event treated for Federal
income tax purposes as a dividend of stock or stock rights shall not be taxable
to the recipients.
(k) Changes in
Common Stock. In case at any time or from time to time while
the Warrants remain outstanding and unexpired in whole or in part, the Company
shall be a party to or shall otherwise engage in any transaction or series of
related transactions constituting:
(i) a
merger of the Company into, a consolidation of the Company with, or a sale of
all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to, any other Person (a “Non-Surviving
Transaction”), or
(ii) any
reclassification of the Common Stock into securities or other property (other
than solely into shares of capital stock of the Company (in which event Section
12(a)(5) shall apply)), or any merger of another Person into the Company
in which the previously outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be cancelled,
reclassified or converted or changed into or exchanged for securities of the
Company or other property (including cash) or any combination of the foregoing
(other than solely into or for shares of capital stock of the Company (in which
event Section
12(a)(5) shall apply)) (a “Surviving
Transaction”; any Non-Surviving Transaction or Surviving Transaction
being herein called a “Transaction”),
then, as
a condition to the consummation of such Transaction, the Company shall (or, in
the case of any Non-Surviving Transaction, the Company shall cause such other
Person to) execute and deliver to the Warrant Agent a written instrument
providing that:
(x) so
long as any Warrant remains outstanding on such terms and subject to such
conditions as shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the
provisions set forth in this Agreement, each Warrant, upon the exercise thereof
at any time on or after the consummation of such Transaction, shall be
exercisable:
(I) into,
in lieu of the Common Stock issuable upon such exercise prior to
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such
consummation, only the securities or other property (“Substituted
Property”) that would have been receivable upon such Transaction by a
holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Warrant was
exercisable immediately prior to such Transaction, assuming (except in the case
of a reclassification) such holder of Common Stock:
(A) is
not a Person with which the Company consolidated or into which the Company
merged or which merged into the Company or to which such sale or transfer was
made, as the case may be (“Constituent
Person”), or an affiliate of a Constituent Person; and
(B) failed
to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of
securities, cash and other property receivable upon such Transaction (provided
that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable
upon such Transaction is not the same for each share of Common Stock held
immediately prior to such Transaction by other than a Constituent Person or an
affiliate thereof and in respect of which such rights of election shall not have
been exercised (“Non-Electing
Share”), then, for the purposes of this Section
12(k), the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such Transaction by each Non-Electing Share shall be deemed to
be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the
Non-Electing Shares); and
(II) at
an Exercise Price for such Substituted Property equal to the aggregate Exercise
Price payable by such holder for all such shares of Common Stock into which such
Warrant was exercisable immediately prior to such Transaction; and
(y) the
rights and obligations of the Company (or, in the event of a Non-Surviving
Transaction, such other Person) and the holders in respect of Substituted
Property shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the rights and
obligations of the Company and holders in respect of Common Stock hereunder as
set forth in Section
8 hereof and elsewhere herein.
Such
written instrument shall provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to
the effective date of such written instrument, shall be as nearly equivalent as
may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section
12. The above provisions of this Section
12(k) shall similarly apply to successive Transactions.
SECTION
13. Priority
Adjustments, Further Actions. (a) If any single action would
require adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to more than one subsection of
Section
12, only one adjustment shall be made and such adjustment shall be the
amount of adjustment that has the highest, relative to the rights and interests
of the registered holders of the Warrants then outstanding, absolute
value.
(b)
The
Company will not, by amendment of its charter or through any consolidation,
merger, reorganization, transfer of assets, dissolution, issue or sale of
securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance
or performance of any of the terms of the Warrants, but will at all times in
good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) will take all such
action
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as may be
necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue
fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock on the exercise of the
Warrants from time to time outstanding and (ii) will not take any action which
results in any adjustment of the Exercise Price if the total number of shares of
Common Stock issuable after the action upon the exercise of all of the Warrants
would exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock then authorized by the
Company’s certificate of incorporation, as may be amended and in effect from
time to time and available for the purposes of issue upon such
exercise. Notwithstanding the previous sentences, the Company shall
not be prohibited from effecting a consolidation, merger, reorganization or
transfer of assets by this Section
13.
SECTION
14. Fractional
Interests. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractional shares of Common Stock on the exercise of Warrants. If
more than one Warrant shall be presented for exercise at the same time by the
same holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable
upon the exercise thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate number
of shares of Common Stock purchasable on exercise of all of the Warrants so
presented. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except
for the provisions of this Section
14, be issuable on the exercise of any Warrants (or specified portion
thereof), the Company shall notify the Warrant Agent in writing of the amount to
be paid in lieu of the fraction of a share of Common Stock and concurrently pay
or provide to the Warrant Agent for repayment to the Warrant holder an amount in
cash equal to the product of (i) such fraction of a share of Common Stock and
(ii) the excess of (x) the closing price of a share of Common Stock for the day
immediately preceding the date the Warrant was presented for exercise pursuant
to Section
8 over (y) the Exercise Price.
SECTION
15. Warrant
Holders not Stockholders. Nothing contained in this Warrant
Agreement or in any of the Warrant Certificates shall be construed as conferring
upon the holders of any Warrant Certificate or any Warrants (i) the right to
vote or to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of the
meetings of stockholders or the election of Directors of the Company or any
other matter or to attend any such meetings or any other proceedings of the
holders of Common Stock; (ii) the right to receive any cash dividends, stock
dividends, allotments or rights or other distributions paid, allotted or
distributed or distributable to the holders of Common Stock prior to, or for
which the relevant record date precedes, the date of the exercise of such
Warrant (except to the extent the first sentence of Section
16(d) applies); or (iii), or any other rights whatsoever as stockholders
of the Company.
SECTION
16. Merger,
Consolidation or Change of Name of Warrant Agent. Any person
into which the Warrant Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party, or any person
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust or agency business
of the Warrant Agent, shall be the successor to the Warrant Agent hereunder
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of
any of the parties hereto. If, at the time such successor to the
Warrant Agent by merger or consolidation succeeds to the agency created by this
Warrant Agreement, any of the Warrant Certificates shall have been countersigned
but not delivered, any such successor to the Warrant Agent may adopt the
countersignature of the original Warrant Agent; and if, at that time any of the
Warrant Certificates shall not have been countersigned, any such successor to
the Warrant Agent may countersign such Warrant Certificates either in
the
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name of
the predecessor Warrant Agent or in the name of the successor Warrant Agent; and
in all such cases such Warrant Certificates shall have the full force and effect
provided in the Warrant Certificates in this Warrant Agreement.
SECTION
17. Warrant
Agent. The Warrant Agent undertakes only the duties and
obligations imposed by this Warrant Agreement upon the following terms and
conditions, by all of which the Company and the holders of Warrants, by their
acceptance thereof, shall be bound:
(a)
The
statements contained herein and in the Warrant Certificates shall be taken as
statements of the Company. The Warrant Agent assumes no
responsibility for the correctness of any of the same except such as describe
the Warrant Agent or action taken or to be taken by it. The Warrant
Agent assumes no responsibility with respect to the distribution of the Warrant
Certificates except as herein otherwise provided.
(b)
Whenever
in the performance of its duties under this Warrant Agreement the Warrant Agent
deems it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established
by the Company prior to taking, suffering or omitting to take any action
hereunder, such fact or matter may be deemed to be conclusively proved and
established by a certificate signed by the Company’s Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and delivered to the Warrant
Agent; and in reliance upon such certificate, the Warrant Agent shall take any
action or omit to take any action authorized under the provisions of this
Warrant Agreement. In the event the Warrant Agent reasonably believes
any ambiguity or uncertainty exists hereunder or in any notice, instruction,
direction, request or other communication, paper or document received by the
Warrant Agent hereunder, or is uncertain of any action to take hereunder, the
Warrant Agent, may, following prior written notice to the Company, refrain
from taking any action, and shall be fully protected and shall not be
liable in any way to the Company or any other person or entity for refraining
from taking such action, unless the Warrant Agent receives
written instructions signed by the Company which eliminates such
ambiguity or uncertainty to the reasonable satisfaction of the Warrant
Agent.
(c)
The
Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply
with any of the covenants contained in this Warrant Agreement (including,
without limitation, any adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to Section
12, the authorization or reservation of shares of Common Stock pursuant
to Section
11, the due execution and delivery by the Company of this Warrant
Agreement or any Warrant Certificate) or in the Warrant Certificates to be
complied with by the Company.
(d)
The
Warrant Agent may consult at any time with counsel satisfactory to it (who may
be counsel for the Company or an employee of the Warrant Agent) and the Warrant
Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to any holder
of any Warrant Certificate in respect of any action
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taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the
opinion or the advice of such counsel.
(e)
The
Warrant Agent shall incur no liability or responsibility to the Company or to
any holder of any Warrant Certificate for any action taken in reliance on any
Warrant Certificate, certificate representing shares of Common Stock, notice,
resolution, waiver, consent, order, certificate, or other paper, document or
instrument believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
presented by the proper party or parties. The Warrant Agent shall not
be bound by any notice or demand, or any waiver, modification, termination or
revision of this Warrant Agreement or any of the terms hereof, unless evidenced
by a writing between and signed by, the Company and the Warrant
Agent. The Warrant Agent shall not be required to take instructions
or directions except those given in accordance with this Warrant
Agreement.
(f)
The
Warrant Agent may execute and exercise any of the rights or powers hereby vested
in it or perform any duty hereunder either itself or by or through its
attorneys, accountants, agents or other experts, and the Warrant
Agent will not be answerable or accountable for any act, default, neglect or
unintentional misconduct of any such attorneys or agents or for any loss to the
Company or the holders of the Warrants resulting from any such act, default,
neglect or unintentional misconduct, absent gross negligence, willful misconduct
or bad faith (as each is determined by a final non-appealable order of a court
of competent jurisdiction) in the selection and continued employment thereof.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, except to the extent
liabilities arise from the Warrant Agent’s willful misconduct or bad faith, the
Warrant Agent’s aggregate liability during any term of this Agreement with
respect to, arising from, or arising in connection with this Agreement, or from
all Services provided or omitted to be provided under this Agreement, whether in
contract, or in tort, or otherwise, is limited to, and shall not exceed, the
amounts paid hereunder by the Company to Warrant Agent as fees and charges, but
not including reimbursable expenses.
(g)
The
Warrant Agent will not be under any duty or responsibility to insure compliance
with any applicable federal or state securities laws in connection with the
issuance, transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates.
(h)
The
Warrant Agent shall not incur any liability for not performing any act, duty,
obligation or responsibility by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of
the Warrant Agent (including without limitation any act or provision of any
present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God,
war, civil disorder or failure of any means of
communication).
(i)
The
Company agrees to pay to the Warrant Agent reasonable compensation for all
services rendered by the Warrant Agent in the execution of this Warrant
Agreement, to reimburse the Warrant Agent for all
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expenses
(including reasonable counsel fees), taxes (including withholding taxes) and
governmental charges and other charges of any kind and nature actually incurred
by the Warrant Agent in the execution, delivery and performance of its
responsibilities under this Warrant Agreement and to indemnify the Warrant Agent
and save it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs
and counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Warrant Agent in the
execution, delivery and performance of its responsibilities under this Warrant
Agreement except as a result of its gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct (as each is determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of
competent jurisdiction).
(j)
The
Warrant Agent, shall be under no obligation to institute any action, suit or
legal proceeding or to take any other action likely to involve expense unless
the Company or one or more registered holders of Warrant Certificates shall
furnish the Warrant Agent with reasonable security and indemnity for any costs
and expenses which may be incurred, but this provision shall not affect the
power of the Warrant Agent to take such action as it may consider proper,
whether with or without any such security or indemnity. All rights of
action under this Warrant Agreement or under any of the Warrants may be enforced
by the Warrant Agent without the possession of any of the Warrant Certificates
or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and
any such action, suit or proceeding instituted by the Warrant Agent shall be
brought in its name as Warrant Agent and any recovery of judgment shall be for
the ratable benefit of the registered holders of the Warrants, as their
respective rights or interests may appear.
(k)
Except as
otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the Warrant Agent, and any stockholder,
director, officer or employee of the Warrant Agent, may buy, sell or deal in any
of the Warrants or other securities of the Company or become pecuniarily
interested in any transaction in which the Company may be interested, or
contract with or lend money to the Company or otherwise act as fully and freely
as though it were not Warrant Agent under this Warrant
Agreement. Nothing herein shall preclude the Warrant Agent from
acting in any other capacity for the Company or for any other legal
entity.
(l)
The
Warrant Agent shall act hereunder solely as agent for the Company, and its
duties shall be determined solely by the express provisions
hereof. The Warrant Agent shall not be liable for anything which it
may do or refrain from doing in connection with this Warrant Agreement, except
for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (as each is
determined by a final non-appealable order of a court of competent
jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall the Warrant Agent be liable for
special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever
(including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Warrant Agent has been
advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of
action.
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(m)
The
Warrant Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any
holder of any Warrant Certificate to make or cause to be made any adjustment of
the Exercise Price or number of the shares of Common Stock or other securities
or property deliverable as provided in this Warrant Agreement, or to determine
whether any facts exist which may require any of such adjustments, or with
respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustments, when made, or with
respect to the method employed in making the same. The Warrant Agent
shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value or the kind or
amount of any shares of Common Stock or of any securities or property which may
at any time be issued or delivered upon the exercise of any Warrant or with
respect to whether any such shares of Common Stock or other securities will when
issued be validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable, and makes no
representation with respect thereto.
(n)
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing in this Section
17 shall relieve the Warrant Agent from any liability arising from the
Warrant Agent’s transfer of any Warrant without obtaining confirmation from the
Company as described in Section
6(a).
(o)
All
rights and obligations contained in this Section
17 and Section 18
shall survive the termination of this Warrant Agreement and the resignation or
removal of the Warrant Agent.
SECTION
18. Expenses. All
expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this
Warrant Agreement will be borne by the Company, including without limitation:
(i) all expenses of printing Warrant Certificates; (ii) messenger and delivery
services and telephone calls; (iii) all fees and disbursements of counsel for
the Company; (iv) all fees and disbursements of independent certified public
accountants or knowledgeable experts selected by the Company; and (v) the
Company’s internal expenses (including, without limitation, all salaries and
expenses of their officers and employees performing legal or accounting
duties).
SECTION
19. Change of
Warrant Agent. If the Company terminates the Warrant Agent or
the Warrant Agent shall become incapable of acting as Warrant Agent or shall
resign as provided below, the Company shall appoint a successor to such Warrant
Agent. If the Company shall fail to make such appointment within a
period of 30 days after it has terminated the Warrant Agent or it has been
notified in writing of a resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent, then
the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate may apply to any court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor to the Warrant
Agent. Pending appointment of a successor to such Warrant Agent,
either by the Company or by such a court, the duties of the Warrant Agent shall
be carried out by the Company. After appointment, the successor to
the Warrant Agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and
responsibilities as if it had been originally named as Warrant Agent without
further act or deed; but the former Warrant Agent shall deliver and transfer to
the successor to the Warrant Agent any property at the time held by it hereunder
and execute and deliver any further assurance, conveyance, act or deed necessary
for the purpose. Failure to give any notice provided for in
this
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Section
19, however, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or
validity of the appointment of a successor to the Warrant
Agent.
The
Warrant Agent may resign at any time and be discharged from the obligations
hereby created by so notifying the Company in writing at least 30 days in
advance of the proposed effective date of its resignation. If no
successor Warrant Agent accepts the engagement hereunder by such time, the
Company shall act as Warrant Agent.
SECTION
20. Notices to
the Company and Warrant Agent. Any notice or demand authorized
or permitted by this Warrant Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent
or by the registered holder of any Warrant Certificate to or on the Company
shall be sufficiently given or made when and if deposited in the mail, first
class or registered, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed
in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as
follows:
Calpine
Corporation
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attn.: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Executive
Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
with
a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx &
Xxxxx LLP
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000 6636
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, P.C.
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, P.C.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Any
notice pursuant to this Warrant Agreement to be given by the Company or by the
registered holder(s) of any Warrant Certificate to the Warrant Agent shall be
sufficiently given when and if deposited in the mail, first-class or registered,
postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the
Warrant Agent with the Company) to the Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agent Office
as follows:
Computershare
Trust Company, N.A.
000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Computershare
Shareholder Services
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
SECTION
21. Supplements
and Amendments. The Company and the Warrant Agent may from
time to time supplement or amend this Warrant Agreement
without
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the
approval of any holders of Warrant Certificates in order to cure any ambiguity
or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other
provisions in regard to matters or questions arising hereunder which the Company
and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not in any
way adversely affect the rights or interests of the holders of Warrant
Certificates. Any amendment or supplement to this Warrant Agreement
that has an adverse effect on the rights or interests of holders of the Warrants
shall require the written consent of registered holders of a majority of the
then outstanding Warrants (excluding Warrants held by the Company or any of its
controlled affiliates). The consent of each holder of a Warrant
affected shall be required for any amendment of this Warrant Agreement pursuant
to which the Exercise Price would be increased or the number of shares of Common
Stock purchasable upon exercise of the Warrants would be decreased; provided,
however,
that such consent shall not be required for any adjustment to the Exercise Price
or the number of shares purchasable, if made pursuant to the provisions of Section
12 of this Warrant Agreement. The Warrant Agent shall have no
duty to determine whether any such amendment would have an adverse effect on the
rights or interests of the holders of the Warrants. The Warrant Agent
may, but shall not be obligated to, execute any amendment or supplement which
adversely affects the rights or increases the duties or obligations of the
Warrant Agent.
SECTION
22. Successors.
(a) All the covenants and provisions of this Warrant Agreement by or for the
benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit
of their respective successors and assigns hereunder and the registered holders
from the time of the Warrant Certificates.
(b) So long as
Warrants remain outstanding, the Company will not enter into any Non-Surviving
Transaction (as defined in Section
12(k)) unless the acquirer shall expressly assume by a supplemental
agreement, executed and delivered to the Warrant Agent, in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Warrant Agent, the due and punctual performance of every
covenant of this Agreement on the part of the Company to be performed and
observed and shall have provided for exercise rights in accordance with Section
12(k). Upon the consummation of such Non-Surviving
Transaction, the acquirer shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may
exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Agreement with the
same effect as if such acquirer had been named as the Company
herein.
SECTION
23. Termination. This
Warrant Agreement shall terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date (or, if later, the Settlement Date with respect to any Warrant
Exercise Notice delivered prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Warrant
Agreement will terminate on such earlier date on which all outstanding Warrants
have been exercised. The provisions of Section
8 and Section
18 shall survive such termination. Termination of the Warrant
Agreement shall not relieve the Company or the Warrant Agent of any of their
obligations arising prior to the date of such termination or in connection with
the settlement of any Warrant exercised prior to the Expiration
Date.
SECTION
24. Governing
Law; Jurisdiction. This Warrant Agreement and each Warrant
Certificate issued hereunder shall be deemed to be a contract made under the
laws of the State of New York and for all purposes shall be governed by and
construed
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in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York (including New York General
Obligations Law § 5-1401). The parties hereto irrevocably
consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and any
federal court located in such state in connection with any action, suit or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Warrant Agreement.
SECTION
25. Benefits of
this Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Agreement shall be for
the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the
registered holders of the Warrant Certificates, and nothing in this Warrant
Agreement shall be construed to give to any person other than the Company and
the Warrant Agent any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this
Warrant Agreement. Each holder, by acceptance of a Warrant
Certificate, agrees to all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
applicable thereto. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary, each holder, by acceptance of a Warrant Certificate,
hereby agrees that the assertion of any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under this Warrant Agreement shall be made by such holder solely against
the Company and in no event against the Warrant Agent or its employees, agents
or affiliates.
SECTION
26. Counterparts. This
Warrant Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such
counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
SECTION
27. Further
Assurances. From time to time on and after the date hereof,
the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Warrant Agent such
further documents and instruments and shall do and cause to be done such further
acts as the Warrant Agent shall reasonably request (it being understood that the
Warrant Agent shall have no obligation to make such request) to carry out more
effectively the provisions and purposes of this Warrant Agreement, to evidence
compliance herewith or to assure itself that it is protected
hereunder.
SECTION
28. Entire
Agreement. This Warrant Agreement and the Warrant Certificates
constitute the entire agreement of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the
registered holders of the Warrant Certificates with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and undertakings, both written
and oral, among the Company, the Warrant Agent and the registered holders of the
Warrant Certificates with respect to the subject matter
hereof.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Warrant Agreement to be
duly executed, as of the day and year first above written.
CALPINE CORPORATION | ||
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
||
Title:
Executive Vice President,
|
||
General Counsel and Secretary
|
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A. | ||
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
||
Title:
Director, Corporation Actions
|
COMPUTERSHARE INC. | ||
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
||
Title:
Director, Corporation Actions
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[Signature
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Series
A Warrant or Warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock, par value $.001 per
share (the “Common Stock”), of Calpine Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Warrant
Agreement (the “Warrant Agreement”) dated February 15, 2008, between the
Company, Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust company, N.A. (the “Warrant
Agent”). Each Warrant evidenced hereby entitles the holder upon exercise at any
time on or after the date of this Warrant Certificate and prior to August 25,
2008 (the “Expiration Date”), to purchase one fully paid and nonassessable share
of Common Stock at the purchase price of $23.88 per share (as adjusted from time
to time, the “Exercise Price”), payable in full at the time of purchase. The
number of shares of Common Stock into which and the Exercise Price at which each
Warrant shall be exercisable each are subject to adjustment as provided in the
Warrant Agreement. The Warrants evidenced by this
certificate (this “Warrant Certificate”) are subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in the Warrant Agreement, a copy of which the Company will furnish to
the registered holder hereof, without charge, upon written request delivered to
the Secretary of the Company at its principal place of business or the Warrant
Agent. In the event of the exercise of less than
all of the Warrants evidenced hereby, a new Warrant Certificate of the same
tenor and for the number of Warrants which are not exercised shall be issued by
the Company in the name or upon the written order of the Holder of this Warrant
Certificate upon the cancellation hereof. Upon
surrender at the office of the Warrant Agent and payment of the charges
specified herein and in the Warrant Agreement, this Warrant Certificate may be
exchanged for Warrant Certificates in other authorized denominations or the
transfer hereof may be registered in whole or in part in authorized
denominations to one or more designated transferees; provided, however, that
such other Warrant Certificates issued upon exchange or registration of transfer
shall evidence the same aggregate number of Warrants as this Warrant
Certificate. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Warrant Certificates; provided, however, the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Warrant Certificates. Prior to due presentment of
this Warrant Certificate for registration of transfer, the Company, the Warrant
Agent and any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent may treat the Person in
whose name this Warrant Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, and neither the Company, the Warrant Agent nor any such agent shall be
affected by notice to the contrary. Until the
exercise of any Warrant, subject to the provisions of the Warrant Agreement, no
Holder of a Warrant Certificate evidencing any Warrant shall have or exercise
any rights by virtue hereof as a holder of Common Stock of the
Company.
Chief
Executive Officer
Secretary
DATED
<<Month Day, Year>>
COUNTERSIGNED
AND REGISTERED:
COMPUTERSHARE
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
TRANSFER
AGENT AND REGISTRAR,
By
AUTHORIZED
SIGNATURE
SECURITY
INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE
A123456
CALPINE
CORPORATION
XX
XXX 00000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
MR
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CUSIP
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Holder
ID XXXXXXXXXX
Insurance
Value 1,000,000.00
Number
of Shares 123456
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Numbers
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EXERCISE
FORM (To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Exercise
Warrants)
THE
UNDERSIGNED REGISTERED HOLDER hereby irrevocable elects to exercise ___ Warrants
represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the securities issuable
upon the exercise of such Warrants and requests that certificates for such
securities shall be issued in the name of:
PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER
And
be delivered to:
(PLEASE
PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS)
And
if such number of Warrants shall not be all the warrants evidenced by this
Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such
Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder
at the address stated below: (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE ADDRESS) Date: , 20
Signature(s) Signature(s) Guaranteed (Social Security or Taxpayer Identification
Number)
ASSIGNMENT
(To Be Executed by the Registered Holder or Order to Assign Warrant(s) FOR VALUE
RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto PLEASE
INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME
AND ADDRESS) of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer this Warrant
Certificate on the books of the Corporation, with full power of substitution in
the premises. Date: , 20 Signature(s) Signature(s) Guaranteed (Social Security
or Taxpayer Identification Number)
THE
SIGNATURE TO THE ASSIGNMENT OR THE EXERCISE FORM MUST CORRESPOND TO THE NAME AS
WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER. THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE
GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (Banks, Stockbrokers, Savings
and Loan Associations and Credit Unions) WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE
17AD-15.
The
following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN
COM -as tenants in common
UNIF
GIFT MIN ACT- Custodian
(Cust)
(Minor)
TEN
ENT -as tenants by the entireties
under
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
(State)
JT
TEN -as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in
common
UNIF
TRF MIN ACT Custodian (until age. . . )
(Cust)(Minor)
under
Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.
(State)
Additional
abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
FORM OF
FACE OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE
VOID
AFTER AUGUST 25, 2008
This
Global Warrant Certificate is held by The Depositary Trust Company (the
“Depositary”) or its nominee in custody for the benefit of the beneficial owners
hereof, and is not transferable to any person, and may not be exchanged, or the
transfer hereof registered, under any circumstances except as and to the extent
set forth in Section 6 of the Warrant Agreement.
Unless
this Global Warrant Certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
the Depositary to the Company or the Warrant Agent for the registration of
transfer, exchange or payment and any certificate issued is registered in the
name of Cede & Co. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of the Depositary (and any payment hereon is made to Cede &
Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of
the Depositary), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise
by or to any person is wrongful because the registered owner hereof, Cede &
Co., has an interest herein.
CUSIP
No._________
No.___________________
CALPINE
CORPORATION
SERIES A
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
VOID
AFTER AUGUST 25, 2008
This
Warrant Certificate (“Warrant Certificate”) certifies that Cede & Co., or
its registered assigns is the registered holder _______ of outstanding Warrants
(“Warrants”) of Calpine Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), to
purchase shares (the “Warrant Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company, as shall from time to time be reduced
or increased by endorsement on Schedule I hereto, as appropriate, in accordance
with the terms of the Warrant Agreement. The Warrants expire on
August 25, 2008 (such date, the “Expiration Date”), and entitle the holder to
purchase from the Company, subject to and upon compliance with the provisions
thereof and of the Warrant Agreement, for each Warrant being exercised, one
fully paid and non-assessable Warrant Share at the exercise price (the “Exercise
Price”) multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares in respect of which Warrants
are being exercised (the “Exercise Amount”), payable to the Company either by
certified or official bank check payable to the order of the Company (or, if
agreed to in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company, by wire transfer
in immediately available funds to an account with the Company prior to
exercise), no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the settlement date,
which settlement date is three business days after a Warrant Exercise Notice is
delivered (the “Settlement Date”). The initial Exercise Price shall
be $23.88.
The
Exercise Price and the number of Warrant Shares purchasable upon exercise of the
Warrants evidenced hereby are subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of
certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.
No
Warrant may be exercised after the Expiration Date. Any Warrants not
exercised prior to the Expiration Date shall become void and all rights
thereunder and all rights in respect thereof under the Warrant Agreement shall
cease as of the Expiration Date.
REFERENCE
IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE SET FORTH
ON THE REVERSE HEREOF. SUCH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES
HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE.
This
Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant
Agent.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant Certificate to be executed
by its duly authorized officer.
Dated:___________________
CALPINE
CORPORATION
By:
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Countersigned:
COMPUSHARE
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
By:
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COMPUTERSHARE
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FORM OF
REVERSE OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE
EVIDENCING
SERIES A
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
CALPINE
CORPORATION
The
Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized
issue of Warrants to purchase an initial maximum of 48,500,000 shares of Common
Stock issued pursuant to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of February
15, 2008 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company,
Computershare Inc. and Compushare Trust Company N.A., as Warrant Agent (the
“Warrant Agent”). The Warrant Agreement hereby is incorporated by
reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a
description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the
words “holders” or “holder” meaning the registered holders or registered holder)
of the Warrant Certificates. A copy of the Warrant
Agreement. The Company will furnish (or cause to be furnished) a copy
of the Warrant Agreement to the registered holder hereof, without charge, upon
written request delivered to the Secretary of the Company at its principal place
of business or the Warrant Agent. All capitalized terms used in this
Warrant Certificate herein but not defined that are defined in the Warrant
Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them therein.
Warrants
may be exercised to purchase Warrant Shares from the Company from the date of
original issuance of the Warrant Certificates through 5:00 p.m. New York City
time on the Expiration Date, at the Exercise Price set forth on the face hereof,
subject to adjustment as described in the Warrant Agreement. Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement, the
holder of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise such
Warrants by:
(i)
providing
written notice of such election (“Warrant Exercise Notice”) to exercise the
Warrant to the Warrant Agent at the address set forth in the Warrant Agreement,
“Re Calpine Corporation: Warrant Exercise”, by overnight courier, no later than
5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Expiration Date, which Warrant Exercise
Notice shall substantially be in the form of an election to purchase Warrant
Shares set forth herein, properly completed and executed by the holder, such
written notice to be submitted by or through persons who are direct participants
in the Depositary;
(ii)
delivering
no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the business day immediately
prior to the Settlement Date, the Warrant Certificates evidencing such Warrants
to the Warrant Agent by book-entry transfer through the facilities of the
Depositary; and
(iii)
paying
the applicable Exercise Amount, together with any applicable taxes and
governmental charges.
If less
than all of the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are exercised at
any time prior to the Expiration Date, this Global Warrant Certificate shall be
endorsed to
evidence
the number of Warrants previously evidenced by this Warrant Certificate not so
exercised.
No
adjustment shall be made for any cash dividends on any Shares issuable upon
exercise of this Warrant. Any Warrants not exercised prior to the
Expiration Date shall become void and all rights thereunder and all rights in
respect thereof under the Warrant Agreement shall cease as of the Expiration
Date.
The
Company shall not be required to issue fractional shares of Common Stock on
exercise of Warrants that evidence fractional Shares.
The
Warrant Agreement provides that, in addition to certain adjustments to the
number of Warrant Shares into which a Warrant is exercisable and the Exercise
Price required to be made in certain circumstances, in the case of any
Transaction, the Company shall (or, in the case of any Non-Surviving
Transaction, the Company shall cause the other Person involved in such
Transaction to) execute and deliver to the Warrant Agent a written instrument
providing that (i) the Warrants evidenced hereby, if then outstanding, will be
exercisable thereafter, during the period the Warrants evidenced hereby shall be
exercisable as specified herein, only into the Substituted Property that would
have been receivable upon such Transaction by a holder of the number of shares
of Common Stock that would have been issued upon exercise of such Warrant if
such Warrant had been exercised in full immediately prior to such Transaction
(upon certain assumptions specified in the Warrant Agreement), assuming that the
Warrants evidenced hereby were exercisable at the time of such Transaction at
the Exercise Price as then in effect; and (ii) the rights and obligations of the
Company (or, in the case of any Non-Surviving Transaction, the other Person
involved in such Transaction) and the holders in respect of Substituted Property
shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the rights and
obligations of the Company and Holders in respect of Common Stock.
This
Warrant Certificate, each Warrant evidenced thereby and the Warrant Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
Each
Warrant holder, by its acceptance of any Warrant, acknowledges and agrees that
the Warrants (including any Warrant Shares issued upon exercise thereof) were
issued pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirement of Section 5
of the Securities Act provided by Section 1145 of the Bankruptcy Code, and to
the extent that a Warrant holder is an "underwriter" as defined in Section
1145(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, such holder may not be able to sell or
transfer any Warrants or Warrant Shares in the absence of an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act or an exemption from
registration thereunder.
So long
as the Depositary, or its nominee, is the registered owner of this Global
Warrant Certificate, the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner or holder of the Warrants represented by this Global
Warrant Certificate for all purposes under the Warrant
Agreement. Except as provided in the Warrant Agreement upon the
exchange of a beneficial interest in this Global Warrant Certificate for a
Definitive Warrant Certificate, owners of beneficial interests in this Global
Warrant Certificate will not be entitled to have any Warrants registered in
their names, and will not receive or be entitled to receive physical
delivery
of
any such Warrants as Definitive Warrant Certificates and will not be considered
the owners or holders thereof under the Warrants or the Warrant Agreement.
Neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent, in its capacity as registrar for such
Warrants, will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the
records relating to beneficial interests in this Global Warrant Certificate or
for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such
beneficial interests.
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Schedule
I
SCHEDULE
OF
INCREASES
OF AND DECREASES TO AMOUNT OF
WARRANTS
EVIDENCED
BY
GLOBAL
WARRANT CERTIFICATE
EVIDENCING
SERIES A
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK
Date
of Change
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Amount of Increase
(Decrease) of
Warrants
Evidenced
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Resulting Amount of
Warrants
Evidenced
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Signature of
Authorized
Officer
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