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XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX, DISCOVER & CO.
and
_____________,
Warrant Agent
and
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED, Determination Agent
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INDEX WARRANT AGREEMENT
dated as of ___________, 199_
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Index Warrants
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TABLE OF CONTENTS(1)
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ARTICLE 1
Issuance of Warrants and Form, Execution, Delivery and Registration of Warrant
Certificates and Global Warrant Certificate
Section 1.1. Issuance of Warrants......................................... 1
Section 1.2. Form, Execution and Delivery of Warrant Certificates......... 2
Section 1.3. Warrant Certificates......................................... 3
Section 1.4. Registration of Transfers and Exchange....................... 3
Section 1.5. Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificates.................... 4
Section 1.6. Registered Holders........................................... 5
Section 1.7. Conversion Option............................................ 5
Section 1.8. Global Warrant Certificate................................... 7
ARTICLE 2
Duration and Exercise of Warrants
Section 2.1. Duration of Warrants; Minimum Exercise Amounts; Exercise
Notice..................................................... 9
Section 2.2. Exercise, Valuation and Delivery of Warrants................. 11
Section 2.3. Automatic Exercise of Warrants; Exercise Upon an
Extraordinary Event or Exercise Limitation Event........... 20
Section 2.4. Limitation of Number of Exercisable Warrants................. 27
Section 2.5. Covenant of the Company...................................... 28
Section 2.6. Return of Money Held Unclaimed for Two Years................. 28
Section 2.7. Return of Global Warrant Certificate......................... 28
ARTICLE 3
Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Warrantholders
Section 3.1. Warrantholder of Warrant May Enforce Rights.................. 29
ARTICLE 4
Warrants Acquired by the Company; Payment of Taxes
Section 4.1. Warrants Acquired by the Company............................. 29
Section 4.2. Payment of Taxes............................................. 30
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(1) The Table of Contents is not a part of the Warrant Agreement.
ARTICLE 5
Concerning the Warrant Agent
Section 5.1. Warrant Agent................................................ 30
Section 5.2. Condition of Warrant Agent's Obligations..................... 30
Section 5.3. Resignation and Appointment of Successor..................... 32
ARTICLE 6
Miscellaneous
Section 6.1. Amendment.................................................... 34
Section 6.2. Notices and Demands to the Company, the Warrant Agent and
the Determination Agent.................................... 34
Section 6.3. Addresses for Notices........................................ 35
Section 6.4. Notices to Holders........................................... 35
Section 6.5. Obtaining of Approvals....................................... 35
Section 6.6. Persons Having Rights under this Agreement................... 35
Section 6.7. Inspection of Agreement...................................... 36
Section 6.8. Headings..................................................... 36
Section 6.9. Counterparts................................................. 36
Section 6.10. Applicable Law.............................................. 36
EXHIBIT A -- Form of Warrant Certificate
EXHIBIT A-1 -- Form of Global Warrant Certificate
EXHIBIT A-2 -- Exercise Notice For Warrants Represented by the Global
Warrant Certificate
EXHIBIT B -- Confirmation of Exercise and Notice of Rejection For
Warrants Represented by Warrant Certificates
EXHIBIT B-1 -- Confirmation of Exercise and Notice of Rejection For
Warrants Represented by the Global Warrant Certificate
EXHIBIT C-1 -- Notice of Rejection Relating to Limit Option For Warrants
Represented by Warrant Certificates
EXHIBIT C-2 -- Notice of Rejection Relating to Limit Option For Warrants
Represented by the Global Warrant Certificate
WARRANT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of ___________, 199_, among XXXXXX
XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX, DISCOVER & CO., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (the "Company"), [name of Warrant
Agent], a New York banking corporation (the "Warrant Agent"), and XXXXXX
XXXXXXX & CO. INCORPORATED, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Determination Agent").
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to sell [put warrants] [call
warrants] (the "Warrants" or, individually, a "Warrant"), representing the
right to receive from the Company an amount in [name of payment currency] to
be determined by reference to [decreases (in the case of Put Warrants)]
[increases (in the case of Call Warrants)] [in the level of the [name of
Reference Index] (the "Index")] [or in the levels (or relative levels) of two
or more Indices or combinations of Indices] on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement; and
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, transfer and exercise of the Warrants, and the Company desires
to set forth herein, among other things, the provisions of the Warrants and the
terms and conditions on which they may be issued, transferred, exercised and
canceled;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
Issuance of Warrants and Form, Execution, Delivery and
Registration of Warrant Certificates and Global Warrant
Certificate
Section 1.1. Issuance of Warrants. (a) The Warrants are unsecured
contractual obligations of the Company and will rank on a parity with the
Company's other unsecured contractual obligations and with the Company's
unsecured and unsubordinated debt.
(b) Each Warrant shall represent the right, upon exercise
(including automatic exercise) subject to the provisions contained herein, to
receive the Cash Settlement Value or the Alternative Settlement Amount, as the
case may be (each as defined herein), of such Warrant. In no event shall a
registered or beneficial holder of a Warrant (each a "Warrantholder") be
entitled to receive any interest on any Cash Settlement Value or Alternative
Settlement Amount. The Warrants will not entitle the Warrantholders to any of
the rights of the holder of any security underlying the Index (an "Underlying
Security") [alternative provision for indices not based on securities]. A
Warrant will not require or entitle the Warrantholder thereof to sell,
deliver, purchase or take delivery of any Underlying Security [alternative
provision for indices not based on securities], nor will the Company be under
any obligation to, nor will it, purchase or take delivery of, or sell or
deliver, any such securities to or from Warrantholders.
Section 1.2. Form, Execution and Delivery of Warrant
Certificates. (a) The Warrants, whenever issued, shall be represented by
certificates in registered form substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
A hereto (the "Warrant Certificates"), with such appropriate insertions,
omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by
this Agreement, and may represent any whole number of Warrants. The Warrant
Certificates may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or
endorsements as the officers of the Company executing the same may approve
(execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and which are
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, or as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto,
or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Warrants may
be listed, or of any securities depository, or to conform to usage. Warrant
Certificates shall be signed on behalf of the Company by any of the
Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Chief Strategic and Administrative Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer or any other officer specifically
designated by the Board of Directors and attested by its secretary or an
assistant secretary. The signature of any of such officers may be either
manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in
any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any
Warrant Certificate that has been duly countersigned and delivered by the
Warrant Agent.
(b) In case any officer of the Company who shall have signed a
Warrant Certificate, either manually or by facsimile signature, shall cease to
be such officer before such Warrant Certificate shall have been countersigned
and delivered by the Warrant Agent to the Company or delivered by the Company,
such Warrant Certificate nevertheless may be countersigned and delivered as
though the person who signed such Warrant Certificate had not ceased to be
such officer of the Company; and the Warrant Certificate may be signed on
behalf of the Company by any person who, at the actual date of the execution
of such Warrant Certificate, shall be a proper officer of the Company to sign
such Warrant Certificate, although at the date of the execution of this
Warrant Agreement any such person was not such officer.
Section 1.3. Warrant Certificates. Each Warrant Certificate,
when executed on behalf of the Company in accordance with Section 1.2, shall be
delivered to the Warrant Agent, which shall manually countersign and deliver
the same to or upon the order of the Company. Each Warrant Certificate shall
be dated the date of its countersignature. A Warrant Certificate shall not be
valid for any purpose, and no Warrant evidenced thereby shall be exercisable,
unless and until such Warrant Certificate has been countersigned by the manual
signature of an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent. Such countersignature
by an authorized officer of the Warrant Agent upon any Warrant Certificate
signed by the Company in accordance with Section 1.2 shall be conclusive
evidence that the Warrant Certificate so countersigned has been duly issued
hereunder.
Section 1.4. Registration of Transfers and Exchange. (a)
Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Warrant Certificate, the Warrant
Agent shall from time to time register the transfer of any outstanding Warrant
Certificates upon the records to be maintained by it for that purpose (the
"Warrant Register") at the Warrant Agent's Office (as defined herein), subject
to such reasonable regulations as the Company or the Warrant Agent may
prescribe, upon surrender thereof, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant
Agent and the Company, duly executed by the registered holder(s) thereof or by
the duly appointed legal representative thereof or by a duly authorized
attorney, such signature to be guaranteed by a bank or trust company with a
correspondent office in The City of New York or by a broker or dealer which is
a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")
or by a member of a national securities exchange. Upon any such registration
of transfer, a new Warrant Certificate shall be issued to the transferee(s)
and the surrendered Warrant Certificate shall be canceled by the Warrant Agent.
(b) At the option of a Warrantholder, Warrant Certificates may be
exchanged for other Warrant Certificates, representing a like number of
Warrants, upon surrender to the Warrant Agent of the Warrant Certificates to
be exchanged at its offices maintained for such purpose (the location of which
shall be provided to the Company), which shall be in the Borough of Manhattan,
The City of New York (the "Warrant Agent's Office"), and which is, on the date
of this Agreement, [Warrant Agent's address], or at the office of any
successor Warrant Agent (as provided in Section 5.3). Upon surrender of any
Warrant Certificate for exchange, the Warrant Agent shall cancel such Warrant
Certificate, and the Company shall execute, and the Warrant Agent shall
countersign and deliver, in accordance with Sections 1.2 and 1.3, one or more
new Warrant Certificates of like tenor and representing a like number of
unexercised Warrants.
(c) Warrant Certificates issued upon transfer or exchange pursuant
to Section 1.4(a) or (b) shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing
the same obligations of the Company as the Warrant Certificates surrendered
for transfer or exchange, and entitled to the same benefits under this
Agreement as were such Warrant Certificates prior to such surrender.
(d) Except as provided in Section 1.5, no service charge shall be
made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant Certificates, but
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, other than exchanges pursuant to
this Section 1.4 not involving any transfer.
(e) In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced by a
Warrant Certificate the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the
total number of Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificate, there shall be
issued to the holder thereof or his assignee a new Warrant Certificate
evidencing the number of Warrants Not Exercised.
Section 1.5. Mutilated or Missing Warrant Certificates. (a)
If any Warrant Certificate is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the
Company may in its discretion execute, and the Warrant Agent may countersign
and deliver, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Warrant
Certificate, or in replacement for the Warrant Certificate lost, stolen or
destroyed, a new Warrant Certificate of like tenor and representing an
equivalent number of Warrants, bearing an identification number not
contemporaneously outstanding, but only (in case of loss, theft or
destruction) upon receipt of evidence satisfactory to the Company and the
Warrant Agent of such loss, theft or destruction of such Warrant Certificate
and security or indemnity, if requested, also satisfactory to them. Applicants
for such substitute Warrant Certificates shall also comply with such other
reasonable regulations and pay such other reasonable charges as the Company or
the Warrant Agent may prescribe.
(b) In case any such mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificate has been or is about to be exercised, or deemed to be exercised,
the Company in its absolute discretion may, instead of issuing a new Warrant
Certificate, direct the Warrant Agent to treat the same as if it had received
the Warrant Certificate together with an irrevocable Exercise Notice (as
defined herein) in proper form in respect thereof, as provided herein, or as
being subject to automatic exercise, as the case may be.
(c) Each new Warrant Certificate issued pursuant to this Section
1.5 in lieu of any lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant Certificate shall be an
original, additional contractual obligation of the Company, and shall be
entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Warrant Certificate
that was lost, stolen or destroyed.
(d) Upon the issuance of any new Warrant Certificate in accordance
with this Section 1.5, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Warrant
Agent) connected therewith.
(e) The provisions of this Section 1.5 are exclusive and shall
preclude (to the extent lawful) any other rights and remedies with respect to
the replacement or payment of mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Warrant
Certificates.
Section 1.6. Registered Holders. Prior to due presentment for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Warrant Agent, and any agent of the
Company or the Warrant Agent, may deem and treat the person in whose name a
Warrant Certificate shall be registered in the Warrant Register (a "Registered
Holder") as the absolute owner of the Warrants evidenced thereby
(notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing on the Warrant
Certificate) for any purpose whatsoever, and as the person entitled to
exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced thereby, and neither
the Company nor the Warrant Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Warrant
Agent, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. This Section 1.6 shall
be without prejudice to the rights of Warrantholders as described elsewhere
herein. Warrant Certificates may not be held by a Warrantholder through the
facilities of Cedel S.A. ("CEDEL") or the Euroclear System ("Euroclear").
Section 1.7. Conversion Option. (a) [Number of days after
issuance before conversion option begins] business days following the original
issuance of the Warrants, each Warrantholder will have the option to convert
the form in which such Warrantholder holds his Warrants from definitive to
book-entry form by utilizing the "Conversion Option". The Company shall notify
each Warrantholder, CEDEL and Euroclear as soon as practicable after the
original issuance of the Warrants (i) that Warrant Certificates (as defined
herein) must be delivered to an entity (a "Participant") entitled to execute,
clear and settle transactions through The Depository Trust Company, New York,
New York (the "Depository", which term, as used herein, includes any successor
securities depository selected by the Company in order for Warrants to be
converted into book-entry form), (ii) the date on which such conversions will
commence (which shall be such [number of days after issuance before conversion
option begins] business day) (the "Initial Conversion Date"), (iii) the date
on which such conversions will end (which date shall be the [number of days
after conversion option begins until conversion option ends] day after the
Initial Conversion Date (the "Final Conversion Date")), and (iv) the CUSIP
number assigned to the Warrants. The Warrant Agent, at the request and expense
of the Company, on behalf of the Company, shall mail such notice to each
Warrantholder. The period from the Initial Conversion Date to and including
the Final Conversion Date is referred to herein as the "Conversion Option
Period". Warrants in book-entry form shall not be exchangeable for Warrant
Certificates, except as provided herein.
(b) During the Conversion Period, the Depository will credit the
account of each Participant that deposits Warrant Certificates with the
quantity of Warrants evidenced by such Warrant Certificates either on the date
that such Warrant Certificates are deposited (if received by the Depository at
its then applicable cut-off time for same-day credit) or on the following
business day (if received by the Depository at its then applicable cut-off
time for next-day credit), all in accordance with the provisions of the Letter
of Representations relating to the Warrants and by and between the Company, the
Warrant Agent and the Depository (the "Representations Letter").
(c) As more fully described in the Representations Letter, the
Depository will deliver daily to the Warrant Agent Warrant Certificates
deposited at the Depository on the previous business day. If the Warrant Agent
accepts such Warrant Certificates for conversion, it shall promptly cancel such
Warrant Certificates, debit the accounts of the Warrantholders registered on
its books, and credit the account of the Depository with the aggregate
quantity of Warrants evidenced by the canceled Warrant Certificates. On the
first day during the Conversion Period that the Warrant Agent credits Warrants
to the Depository's account, the Warrant Agent shall countersign a global
certificate evidencing such Warrants (the "Global Warrant Certificate") in the
manner provided herein. On each subsequent day during the Conversion Period
that the Warrant Agent credits Warrants to the Depository's account, the
Warrant Agent may (i) as provided in the Fast Automated Securities Transfer
Balance Certificate Agreement between The Chase Manhattan Bank (formerly known
as Chemical Bank), and the Depository (the "FAST Agreement"), countersign a
new Global Warrant Certificate or (ii) endorse the existing Global Warrant
Certificate to evidence the increased quantity of Warrants credited to the
Depository's account. If the Warrant Agent countersigns a new Global Warrant
Certificate, it shall cancel the existing Global Certificate. Only one Global
Warrant Certificate evidencing Warrants credited to the Depository's account
shall be outstanding at any time.
(d) If (i) the Depository is at any time unwilling or unable to
continue as securities depository for the Warrants and a successor Depository
is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, or (ii) the Company shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of its
creditors or institute proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or shall
consent to the filing of a bankruptcy proceeding against it, or shall file a
petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization under Federal bankruptcy
laws or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, or shall consent to
the filing of any such petition, or shall consent to the appointment of a
receiver or custodian of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall
admit in writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature, or if
a receiver or custodian of it or all or any substantial part of its property
shall be appointed, or if a public officer shall have taken charge or control
of the Company or of its property or affairs, for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, the Company will reissue Warrant
Certificates in exchange for the Global Warrant Certificate registered in the
names provided by the Depository to the Warrant Agent in writing. In addition,
the Company may at any time determine not to have the Warrants represented by
a Global Warrant Certificate and, in such event, will issue Warrant
Certificates in exchange for the Global Warrant Certificate registered in the
names provided by the Depository to the Warrant Agent in writing. In any such
instance, and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, each
Warrantholder will be entitled to have a number of Warrants equivalent to such
Warrantholder's beneficial interest in the Global Warrant Certificate
registered in the name of the Warrantholder and will be entitled to physical
delivery of such Warrants in definitive form. The provisions of Section 1.8
shall apply only if and when the Conversion Option is utilized and a Global
Warrant Certificate is issued hereunder. Unless the context shall otherwise
require, and subject to the provisions of Section 1.8, all references in this
Agreement to the Warrant Certificates (other than in Sections 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
and 1.8) shall include the Global Warrant Certificate in the event that the
Global Warrant Certificate is issued.
Section 1.8. Global Warrant Certificate. (a) Any Global
Warrant Certificate issued in accordance with this Section 1.8 shall be
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 hereto, with such
appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are
required or permitted by this Agreement, and may represent any number of whole
Warrants. The Global Warrant Certificate may have imprinted or otherwise
reproduced thereon such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements as the officers of the Company
executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of
such approval) and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or
regulation made pursuant thereto, or with any rule or regulation of any stock
exchange on which the Warrants may be listed or of any Depository referred to
herein, or to conform to usage. Each Global Warrant Certificate shall be
signed on behalf of the Company upon the same conditions, in substantially the
same manner and with the same effect as the Warrant Certificates
(b) The Warrant Agent is authorized, from time to time during the
Conversion Option Period, upon receipt of a Global Warrant Certificate from
the Company, duly executed on behalf of the Company, to countersign such
Global Warrant Certificate. The Global Warrant Certificate shall be manually
countersigned and dated the date of its countersignature by the Warrant Agent
and shall not be valid for any purpose unless so countersigned. The Warrant
Agent shall deliver the Global Warrant Certificate to or upon the order of the
Company against receipt of an appropriate amount of Certificated Warrants (as
defined herein) (such Certificated Warrants shall be disposed of in accordance
with instructions provided by the Company). One or more Global Warrant
Certificates may be executed by the Company and delivered to the Warrant Agent
on or after the date of execution of this Agreement; provided that only one
Global Warrant Certificate shall be outstanding at any one time.
The Company reserves the right to issue, from time to time
after the date of execution of this Agreement, additional Warrants, and in
connection therewith the Global Warrant Certificate may be exchanged for a new
Global Warrant Certificate to reflect the issuance by the Company of such
additional Warrants. To effect such an exchange the Company shall deliver to
the Warrant Agent a new Global Warrant Certificate duly executed on behalf of
the Company as provided in Section 1.2. The Warrant Agent shall countersign
the new Global Warrant Certificate as provided in this Section d shall deliver
the new Global Warrant Certificate to the Depository in exchange for, and upon
receipt of, the Global Warrant Certificate then held by the Depository. The
Warrant Agent shall cancel the Global Warrant Certificate delivered to it by
the Depository, dispose of such Global Warrant Certificate and provide a
certificate of disposition to the Company.
(c) The Global Warrant Certificate will initially be registered in
the name of a nominee of the Depository. The Warrant holdings of the
Participants will be recorded on the books of the Depository. The holdings of
customers of the Participants and the identity of the Warrantholders will be
reflected on the books and records of such Participants and will not be known
to the Warrant Agent, the Company or the Depository. The Global Warrant
Certificate will be held by the Depository or its agent. Neither the Company
nor the Warrant Agent will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect
of the records relating to beneficial ownership interests in the Global Warrant
Certificate or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating
to such beneficial ownership interests.
The Company may from time to time select a new entity to act as
Depository with respect to the Warrants and, if such selection is made, the
Company shall promptly give the Warrant Agent notice to such effect
identifying the new Depository, and the Global Warrant Certificate shall be
delivered to the Warrant Agent and shall be transferred to the new Depository
as provided below as promptly as possible. Appropriate changes may be made in
the forms of the Global Warrant Certificate, the Exercise Notice and the
related notices to be delivered in connection with an exercise to reflect the
selection of the new Depository.
(d) Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Global Warrant
Certificate, the Warrant Agent shall from time to time register the transfer of
the Global Warrant Certificate in its records (which may be maintained
electronically), subject to such reasonable regulations as the Company or the
Warrant Agent may prescribe, only to the Depository, to another nominee of the
Depository, to a successor Depository or to a nominee of a successor
Depository, upon surrender of such Global Warrant Certificate, duly endorsed,
or accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Warrant Agent and the Company, duly executed by the
registered holder thereof or by the duly appointed legal representative
thereof, or by its duly authorized attorney, such signature to be guaranteed
by a bank or trust company with a correspondent office in The City of New York
or by a broker or dealer which is a member of the NASD or by a member of a
national securities exchange. Upon any such registration of transfer, a new
Global Warrant Certificate shall be issued to the transferee and the
surrendered Global Warrant Certificate shall be canceled by the Warrant Agent.
The Global Warrant Certificate may be transferred as provided in
paragraph ) above, when surrendered to the Warrant Agent's Office, or at the
office of any successor Warrant Agent (as provided in Section 5.3), for
another Global Warrant Certificate of like tenor and representing a like
number of unexercised Warrants.
ARTICLE 2
Duration and Exercise of Warrants
Section 2.1. Duration of Warrants; Minimum Exercise Amounts;
Exercise Notice. (a) Subject to the limitations set forth herein and in
Section 2.3, each Warrant may be irrevocably exercised in whole but not in
part, immediately upon issuance. Except in the case of automatic exercise, each
Warrant shall be irrevocably exercised either (A) in the case of Warrants
represented by Warrant Certificates ("Certificated Warrants"), on any New York
Business Day during the period from the date of issuance until 3:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the earlier of (i) the New York Business Day immediately
preceding the date (established in or pursuant to a resolution or resolutions
of the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee of such Board duly
authorized to act on its behalf (a "Board Resolution" or "Board Resolutions"))
upon which the right to exercise the Warrants expires (the "Expiration Date"),
and (ii) any Delisting Date (as defined herein) by delivering or causing to be
delivered to the Warrant Agent (at its address as set forth in the Exercise
Notice (as defined below) or at such other address as the Warrant Agent may
specify from time to time) the Warrant Certificate representing such Warrant,
with the Exercise Notice duly completed and executed by the Registered Holder
of such Warrant or (B) in the case of Warrants represented by a Global Warrant
Certificate ("Book-Entry Warrants"), on any New York Business Day during the
period from the Initial Conversion Date until 3:00 P.M., New York City time,
on the earlier of (i) the New York Business Day immediately preceding the
Expiration Date and (ii) any Delisting Date, by causing (x) such Warrant to be
transferred free to the Warrant Agent on the records of the Depository in
accordance with the Depository's Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian procedures,
as provided in the Representations Letter, and (y) a duly completed and
executed Exercise Notice to be received by the Warrant Agent from a
Participant acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of the Warrantholder;
provided, however, that Exercise Notices are subject to rejection by the
Warrant Agent as provided herein.
In the case of Book-Entry Warrants held through the facilities
of CEDEL or Euroclear, a Warrantholder may exercise each Warrant on any New
York Business Day during the period from the Initial Conversion Date until
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the earlier of (i) the New York Business Day
immediately preceding the Expiration Date and (ii) any Delisting Date, by
causing (x) such Warrant to be transferred to the Warrant Agent in accordance
with clause ) of the preceding paragraph, giving appropriate instructions to
CEDEL or the participant holding his Warrants in Euroclear, as the case may
be, and (y) a duly completed and executed Exercise Notice to be delivered on
behalf of the Warrantholder by CEDEL, in the case of Warrants held through
CEDEL, or such participant, in the case of Warrants held through Euroclear, to
the Warrant Agent
(b) No fewer than the minimum number of Warrants as set forth in
each Warrant Certificate may be exercised by or on behalf of any one
Warrantholder at any one time, except that no such minimum exercise amount
shall apply in the case of automatic exercise on the Expiration Date or a
Delisting Date, or in the case of cancellation of the Warrants as a result of
an Extraordinary Event (as defined herein). With the exception of the Limit
Option, an Exercise Notice shall be unconditional. Except as provided in
Section 2.2(c), the Warrant Agent shall be entitled, with no duty of inquiry,
to rely conclusively on any Exercise Notice received by it and on any
representation of the exercising Warrantholder contained therein.
(c) "Exercise Notice" means an irrevocable notice of exercise to
the Warrant Agent at its address, which notice (A) for Certificated Warrants,
shall be on the reverse of the Warrant Certificate or such other form as the
Company and the Warrant Agent may approve, and (B) for Book-Entry Warrants,
shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 hereto or such
other form as the Company and the Warrant Agent may approve and may be given
by facsimile transmission. For purposes of this Agreement, "New York Business
Day" means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which either the
American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock Exchange is not open for
securities trading or commercial banks in New York City are required or
authorized by law or executive order to remain closed.
Section 2.2. Exercise, Valuation and Delivery of Warrants. (a)
Except for Warrants subject to automatic exercise, Warrants held through the
facilities of CEDEL or Euroclear, or Warrants subject to the Limit Option, the
"Exercise Date" for a Warrant means (i) the New York Business Day on which the
Warrant Agent receives the Warrant and Exercise Notice in proper form with
respect to such Warrant, if received at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on such day, or (ii) if the Warrant Agent receives such Warrant or
Exercise Notice after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on a New York Business
Day, then the next New York Business Day succeeding the New York Business Day
on which such Warrant or Exercise Notice is received. In the case of Warrants
held through the facilities of CEDEL or Euroclear, except for Warrants subject
to automatic exercise and except for Warrants subject to the Limit Option, the
"Exercise Date" for a Warrant means (i) the New York Business Day on which the
Warrant Agent receives (by facsimile transmission) the Exercise Notice in
proper form with respect to such Warrant if such Exercise Notice is received
at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such day, provided, that the
Warrant being exercised is received by the Warrant Agent by 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the date on which
the Exercise Notice is received, or (ii) if the Warrant Agent receives such
Exercise Notice after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on a New York Business
Day, then the New York Business Day succeeding such New York Business Day,
provided that such day will be the Exercise Date only if the Warrant being
exercised is received by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the second
succeeding New York Business Day following the New York Business Day on which
the Exercise Notice is received. In the event that the Warrant being exercised
is received after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day
next succeeding the date on which the Exercise Notice is received, then the
Exercise Date for such Warrant will be the day on which such Warrant is
received or, if such day is not a New York Business Day, the next succeeding
New York Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of the
exercise of a Book-Entry Warrant by CEDEL or a Euroclear participant, CEDEL or
Euroclear, as the case may be, must by facsimile transmission to the Warrant
Agent by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day next
succeeding the Exercise Date confirm (an "Account Confirmation") that the
Warrants being exercised will be received by the Warrant Agent by 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on such date, provided, further, that if such Account
Confirmation is received after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the Exercise Date, the Company will be entitled
to direct the Warrant Agent to reject the related Exercise Notice or waive the
requirement for timely delivery of such Account Confirmation.
(b) The "Valuation Date" for a Warrant shall be the first Index
Calculation Date (as defined herein) following the applicable Exercise Date
(subject to postponement upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or
Exercise Limitation Event (as herein defined) or as a result of the exercise
of a number of Warrants exceeding the limits on exercise set forth herein). For
purposes of this Agreement, "Index Calculation Date" means any day the Index
(as herein defined) or any Successor Index (as herein defined) is calculated
and published.
All Warrants for which the Warrant Agent has not received a
valid Exercise Notice at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on (i) the
New York Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date or (ii) the
last New York Business Day prior to the effective date on which the Warrants
are delisted from, or permanently suspended from trading (within the meaning of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder) on, the stock exchange on which
the Warrants are listed and not accepted prior thereto or at the same time for
listing on another United States national securities exchange (such New York
Business Day being a "Delisting Date") or for which the Warrant Agent has
received a valid Exercise Notice but with respect to which timely delivery of
the relevant Warrants has not been made by such date or the Valuation Date for
which has as of such date been postponed as provided in Section 2.3, shall be
deemed to be automatically exercised as of such date; provided, however, that
if the Company first receives notice of the delisting or suspension of the
Warrants on the same day on which such Warrants are delisted or suspended,
such day will be deemed a Delisting Date for purposes of this Agreement.
(c) The Warrant Agent shall, in the case of Warrants other than
Warrants held through the facilities of CEDEL or Euroclear, following receipt
of proper and timely delivery of a Warrant in accordance with Section 2.2(a),
accompanied by a completed Exercise Notice, and, in the case of Warrants held
through CEDEL or Euroclear, following receipt of proper delivery of a
completed Exercise Notice in accordance with Section 2.2(a):
(i) promptly (1) for Certificated Warrants, determine whether
such Exercise Notice has been duly completed and is in proper form duly
executed by the Registered Holder thereof or by the duly appointed legal
representative thereof or by a duly authorized attorney, (2) for Book-Entry
Warrants not held through CEDEL or Euroclear, determine whether such Exercise
Notice has been duly completed and is in proper form and (3) for Book-Entry
Warrants held through CEDEL or Euroclear, determine whether such Exercise
Notice has been duly completed and is in proper form duly executed by CEDEL or
the Euroclear participant delivering such Warrant, as applicable; and if the
Warrant Agent determines that the Exercise Notice has not been duly completed
or is not in proper form or, in the case of Certificated Warrants, has not
been so executed, the Warrant Agent promptly (A) shall reject such Exercise
Notice and shall send to the entity that executed such Exercise Notice a
notice of rejection substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit B or
Exhibit B-1 hereto, as the case may be, and, in the case of Certificated
Warrants, shall return to the Registered Holder that submitted such Exercise
Notice, by first class mail, the Warrant Certificates evidencing such
Warrants, or, in the case of Book-Entry Warrants, shall re-deliver such
Warrants (to the extent received in the case of Warrants held through CEDEL or
Euroclear) free through the facilities of DTC to the account from which they
were transferred to the Warrant Agent and (B) shall not take the actions
required by clauses i)-(viii) below with respect to such Exercise Notice or
the related Warrants; provided, however, that the Warrant Agent shall deliver
a copy of the Exercise Notice relating to such Warrants to the Company as
required by Section 2.2(c)(viii) below and the Company may waive any defect in
the form of such Exercise Notice;
(ii) notify the Company and the Determination Agent (and such
other parties (not to exceed two) as the Company shall designate in writing)
by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day that such
Exercise Notice has been received (or shall be deemed to have been received)
of (A) the total number of Warrants covered by such Exercise Notice, (B) the
number of such Warrants subject to the Limit Option (as defined herein)
("Contingently Tendered Warrants") and (C) the number of such Warrants not
subject to the Limit Option;
(iii) with respect to Warrants held through CEDEL or
Euroclear, determine whether the Warrant Agent has received by 9:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the Exercise Date
relating to such Warrants, Account Confirmations with respect to such
Warrants, and if the Warrant Agent has not received any such Account
Confirmation by such time, notify the Company (and such other parties (not to
exceed two) as the Company shall designate in writing) by 10:00 a.m., New York
City time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the Exercise Date, of
the number of such Warrants in respect of which the Warrant Agent has not
received such Account Confirmations and (except to the extent the Company has
notified the Warrant Agent that it has waived the timing requirement of timely
delivery of such Account Confirmations) send to CEDEL or the Euroclear
participant, as the case may be, that delivered such Exercise Notice for which
no related Account Confirmation was received (at the address specified in such
notice) a notice of rejection substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit
B hereto;
(iv) if any of the Warrants covered by such Exercise Notice
constitute Contingently Tendered Warrants, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
on the Valuation Date or if such date is not a New York Business Day, then the
next succeeding New York Business Day, (A) except as provided in Section
2.2(h), determine the Limit Option Reference Index Value (as defined herein)
for such Warrants and the Spot Value (as defined herein) for the Index
Calculation Date that, but for the provisions of Section 2.2(i), would be the
Valuation Date for such Warrants; (B) determine in accordance with Section
2.2(i) whether such Contingently Tendered Warrants will be subject to exercise
after giving effect to the Limit Option and, if such Warrants will not be
subject to exercise, send, in the case of Certificated Warrants, to the
Registered Holder or, in the case of Book-Entry Warrants to the Participant or
to CEDEL or to the Euroclear participant in the case of Warrants held through
the facilities of CEDEL or Euroclear, respectively, that submitted such
Exercise Notice a notice of rejection substantially in the form set forth in
Exhibit C-1 or Exhibit C-2 hereto, as appropriate, with respect to such
Warrants and return to the Registered Holder that submitted such Exercise
Notice, by first class mail, the Warrant Certificates evidencing such
Warrants, or, in the case of Book-Entry Warrants (to the extent received, in
the case of Warrants held through CEDEL or Euroclear), redeliver the Warrants
free through the facilities of the Depository to the account of such
Participant, CEDEL or Euroclear participant, as the case may be; and (C)
notify the Company and the Determination Agent as to whether such Contingently
Tendered Warrants will be subject to exercise;
(v) by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Valuation Date
or if such Date is not a New York Business Day then the next succeeding New
York Business Day, (A) determine the sum of (1) the number of such Warrants
not subject to the Limit Option (i.e., the number of Warrants determined
pursuant to clause i)(C) above) plus (2) the number of such Warrants that are
Contingently Tendered Warrants that will be subject to exercise
notwithstanding the Limit Option (i.e., the number of Warrants so identified
pursuant to clause v)(B) above) (all of such Warrants, the "Exercised
Warrants") and (B) notify the Company and the Determination Agent of the total
number of Exercised Warrants so determined (if such number is zero, the
Warrant Agent shall not take the actions required by clauses i) and (vii) of
this Section 2.2(c) with respect to such Exercise Notice or the related
Warrants);
(vi) determine the applicable Spot Value and calculate the
Cash Settlement Value of the Exercised Warrants (excluding any Warrants held
through CEDEL or Euroclear as to which timely delivery of the related Warrant
has not been made) as of their Valuation Date in the manner set forth in
Section 2.2(e) by no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New
York Business Day next succeeding the Valuation Date (unless the Cash
Settlement Value shall be calculated by the Determination Agent);
(vii) notify the Company (and such other parties (not to exceed
two) as the Company shall designate in writing) by 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the New York Business Day next succeeding the Valuation Date of the
Cash Settlement Value payable in respect of the Exercised Warrants, and send
notices of confirmation substantially in the form included in Exhibit B or
Exhibit B-1 hereto, as the case may be, to the Registered Holder, Participant,
CEDEL or Euroclear participant, as the case may be; and
(viii) promptly deliver a copy of each Exercise Notice to the
Company and advise the Company of such other matters relating to the Exercised
Warrants as the Company shall reasonably request. Any notice to be given to
the Company by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Section 2.2 or Section 2.3
shall be by telephone (promptly confirmed in writing) or facsimile
transmission.
Except in the case of Warrants subject to automatic exercise
and for Warrants that upon exercise entitle the holder thereof to receive an
Alternative Settlement Amount in lieu of the Cash Settlement Value, if on any
Valuation Date the Cash Settlement Value for any Warrants then exercised would
be zero, then the attempted exercise of any such Warrants shall be void and of
no effect and (i) for Certificated Warrants, the Warrant Certificate evidencing
such Warrants shall be promptly returned by the Warrant Agent to the
Registered Holder by first class mail at the Company's expense or (ii) for
Book-Entry Warrants, the Warrants will be transferred by the Warrant Agent
back to the Participant that submitted them free on the records of DTC (to the
extent received, in the case of Warrants held through CEDEL or Euroclear) and,
in either case such Warrantholder shall be permitted to re-exercise such
Warrants prior to the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may
be.
(d) Except in the case of Warrants subject to automatic exercise
and for Warrants that upon exercise entitle the holder thereof to receive an
Alternative Settlement Amount in lieu of the Cash Settlement Value, if the
Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent in a timely
manner, which shall in no event be later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the fourth New York Business Day following a Valuation Date (or, if the
Valuation Date is not a New York Business Day, on the fourth New York Business
Day following the New York Business Day next succeeding the Valuation Date)
(the "Funding Date"), the Warrant Agent will be responsible for making its
payment available (i) for Certificated Warrants, to each Registered Holder of
an exercised Warrant in the form of a cashier's check or an official bank
check, or (in the case of payments of at least $100,000) by wire transfer to a
U.S. Dollar account maintained by such Registered Holder in the United States
(at such Registered Holder's election as specified in the applicable Exercise
Notice), after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, but prior to the close of
business on the first New York Business Day immediately succeeding such
Funding Date or (ii) for Book-Entry Warrants, to each appropriate Participant
in the form of a cashier's check or an official bank check, or (in the case of
payments of at least $100,000) by wire transfer to a U.S. Dollar account
maintained by such Participant in the United States (at the Participant's
election as specified in the Exercise Notice), after 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, but prior to the close of business, on the first New York Business Day
immediately succeeding such Funding Date. For either clause (i) or (ii) above,
such payment shall be in the amount of the aggregate Cash Settlement Value in
respect of the Warrant Certificates or Warrants that were delivered to the
Warrant Agent (together with the related Exercise Notice) as provided in
Sections 2.1 and 2.2(a), (b) and (c).
(e) The "Cash Settlement Value" of an exercised Warrant shall be
an amount in [name of payment currency] equal to [formula or method of
calculation for cash settlement value] provided, however, that if such amount
is less than zero, then the Cash Settlement Value shall be zero.
For purposes of this Agreement, the "Index" means the [Reference
Index] and the "Spot Value" for any date means the closing level on such date
of the [Reference Index]. References in this Agreement to "U.S. dollars",
"U.S.$" or "$" are to the lawful currency of the United States of America,
[and references to [other currency] are to the lawful currency of [country of
the principal trading market for the Underlying Securities]] [other provisions
if the principal trading markets for the Underlying Securities are in more
than one country] [alternative provision for indices not based on securities].
(f) In the case of exercise of Book-Entry Warrants, the Warrant
Agent shall cause its records, which may be kept electronically, to be marked
to reflect the reduction in the number of Warrants represented by the Global
Warrant Certificate by the number of Warrants that were delivered to the
Warrant Account and for which payment has been made as provided in Section
2.2(d) promptly after such delivery and payment. Absent manifest error, the
Warrant Agent's records shall be conclusive evidence of such matters.
(g) The Company hereby appoints Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated,
and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated accepts such appointment, to be the
Company's Determination Agent to make such calculations as may be required
upon the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in Section 2.2(h) or
2.3, including, without limitation, calculation of the Cash Settlement Value
or the Alternative Settlement Amount, as applicable, of a Warrant. The
Determination Agent shall act as an independent expert and not as an agent of
the Company, and, unless otherwise provided by this Agreement, its
calculations and determinations under this Agreement shall, absent manifest
error, be final and binding on the Company, the Warrant Agent, the
Warrantholders and any Participant. Any such calculations will be made
available to a Warrantholder for inspection at the Warrant Agent's Office.
The Company agrees, for the benefit of the Warrantholders that
there shall at all times be a Determination Agent hereunder until all the
Warrants are no longer outstanding or until monies for the payment of all
outstanding Warrants, if any, shall have been paid to the Warrant Agent and
shall have been returned to the Company as provided in Section 2.6, whichever
occurs earlier. Resignation, removal and appointment of the Determination Agent
shall be in accordance with the procedures set forth for the resignation,
removal and appointment of the Warrant Agent, as provided in Section 5.3,
except that a successor Determination Agent need not be a banking institution
with offices in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and may only
be appointed if such successor has been nominated by the Company and approved
by the predecessor Determination Agent.
The Company agrees promptly to pay the Determination Agent the
compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by
the Determination Agent hereunder. The Company also agrees to indemnify the
Determination Agent for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability,
cost or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred
by the Determination Agent by reason of its being made a party to a suit or
claim arising out of this Agreement; provided, however, that such indemnity
shall in no event apply to the extent that any such loss, liability, cost or
expense is a result of the negligence, bad faith or breach of this Agreement
on its part in connection with the services rendered by it hereunder. The
indemnity obligation of the Company shall continue notwithstanding the
termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the
Determination Agent.
(h) In the event that the Index is not published by [name of Index
publisher] (the "Index Publisher") but is published by another person not
affiliated with the Company and acceptable to the Company (the "Third Party"),
then the Spot Value for any date thereafter will be determined based on the
closing level of the Index as published by such Third Party. If the Index
Publisher or any Third Party discontinues publication of the Index and
publishes a successor or substitute index that the Company determines, in its
sole discretion, to be comparable to the Index (any such index being a
"Successor Index"), then the Spot Value for any date thereafter will be
determined by the Determination Agent on behalf of the Company based on the
closing level of the Successor Index on such date. If the Index Publisher or
any Third Party makes a material change in the formula for, or the method of
calculating, the Index or any Successor Index, the Determination Agent shall
make such calculations as may be required to determine the applicable Cash
Settlement Value using the formula and method of calculating the Index or any
Successor Index as in effect prior to such change or modification. If the Index
Publisher and/or any Third Party discontinues publication of the Index and/or
Successor Index, the Determination Agent will determine the applicable Cash
Settlement Value based on the formula and method used in calculating the Index
or any Successor Index as in effect on the date the Index or such Successor
Index was last published.
If calculation or publication of the Index or a Successor Index
is modified, discontinued or suspended, as provided in this Section 2.2(h),
then the Determination Agent shall promptly notify the Warrant Agent, and the
Warrant Agent shall in turn promptly notify the Warrantholders in accordance
with Section 6.4 hereof, of such modification, discontinuance or suspension
and of any modification or adjustment to be made with respect to calculation
of the Cash Settlement Value or Alternative Settlement Amount, as applicable.
The Determination Agent will have no responsibility for good
faith errors or omissions in calculating or disseminating information
regarding the Index, any Successor Index, adjustments or calculations by the
Determination Agent (as provided above) in order to arrive at a calculation of
a stock index comparable to the Index or any Successor Index, or the Cash
Settlement Value or the Alternative Settlement Amount, as applicable.
(i) Except for Warrants subject to automatic exercise (as
described in Section 2.3 below) and except as described in Section 2.3 with
respect to payments of any Alternative Settlement Amount, each Warrantholder,
in connection with any exercise of Warrants (including an exercise with a
postponed Valuation Date following an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise
Limitation Event), will have the option (the "Limit Option") to specify in the
related Exercise Notice that such exercise be subject to the condition that the
Spot Value that would otherwise be used to determine the Cash Settlement Value
of such Warrants not be [minimum number of points] or more points [lower in
the case of call warrants] [higher in the case of put warrants] [formula] than
the Limit Option Reference Index Value for such Warrants. "Limit Option
Reference Index Value", with respect to any Contingently Tendered Warrants,
means the closing level of the Index on the relevant Exercise Date (or, if
such Exercise Date is not an Index Calculation Date, on the immediately
preceding Index Calculation Date). If a Warrantholder elects the Limit Option
in connection with any exercise of Warrants, the following provisions shall
apply:
(i) To be valid, such election must be specified in
the related Exercise Notice. Each of the Warrant Agent and the
Company shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such Exercise
Notice, as received by the Warrant Agent, in determining whether such
election has been validly made. In connection with any exercise of
[double the minimum exercise amount] Warrants, a Warrantholder may
elect to subject only a portion of such Warrants to the Limit Option;
provided that the number of such Warrants subject to the Limit Option
and the number of such Warrants not subject to the Limit Option shall
in each case not be less than [minimum exercise amount]. Registered
Holders and Participants shall be required to certify that the number
of Warrants exercised on behalf of any Warrantholder pursuant to the
related Exercise Notice that are subject to the Limit Option is an
amount that is not less than [minimum exercise amount].
(ii) Except as provided in Section 2.2(g), the Limit
Option Reference Index Value shall be determined by the Warrant Agent,
which determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes
relating to such exercise.
(iii) In the event that the Spot Value for the first Index
Calculation Date following the relevant Exercise Date is [minimum
number of points] or more points [lower in the case of call warrants]
[higher in the case of put warrants] [formula] than the Limit Option
Reference Index Value for such Warrants, such Warrants (A) shall not
be subject to exercise and shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement and the Warrant Certificates and Global Warrant Certificate
as if the related Exercise Notice had never been received by the
Warrant Agent, and (B) shall not constitute "Exercised Warrants" for
purposes of Section 2.2(c). If such Spot Value is not [minimum number
of points] or more points [lower in the case of call warrants] [higher
in the case of put warrants] [formula] than such Limit Option
Reference Index Value, such Warrants shall be subject to exercise as
provided in this Section 2.2 and shall be deemed to be "Exercised
Warrants" for such purposes. The Warrant Agent's determination shall
be conclusive and binding for all purposes relating to such Warrants.
(iv) Except as provided in Section 2.3(b), the Limit
Option (based on the Limit Option Reference Index Value as determined
for the relevant Exercise Date or, if applicable, the first Index
Calculation Date preceding such Exercise Date) shall continue to be
applicable to any Exercised Warrant for which the Valuation Date has
been postponed as a result of the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event
or an Exercise Limitation Event until the Warrants are canceled as
provided in Section 2.3(b) or until the Expiration Date or any
Delisting Date.
Section 2.3. Automatic Exercise of Warrants; Exercise Upon an
Extraordinary Event or Exercise Limitation Event. (a) All Warrants for which
the Warrant Agent has not received an Exercise Notice in proper form by 3:00
p.m., New York City time, on (i) the New York Business Day immediately
preceding the Expiration Date or (ii) any Delisting Date, as the case may be,
or for which the Warrant Agent has received a valid Exercise Notice in proper
form but with respect to which timely delivery of the relevant Warrants has
not been made prior to such time, and which have not been canceled prior to
such time, will be deemed automatically exercised without any requirement of
an Exercise Notice to the Warrant Agent. The Exercise Date for such Warrants
shall be the Expiration Date or Delisting Date, as the case may be, or, if
such date is not a New York Business Day, the next succeeding New York
Business Day and the Valuation Date for such Warrants shall be the first Index
Calculation Date following such date.
The Warrant Agent shall by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be, notify the Company
(and such other parties (not to exceed two) as the Company shall designate in
writing) of the number of Warrants to be automatically exercised on such day.
On the Valuation Date for such Warrants (or, if such Valuation Date is not a
New York Business Day, on the next succeeding New York Business Day), the
Warrant Agent shall (i) except as provided in Section 2.2(h), determine the
Cash Settlement Value (in the manner provided in Section 2.2(e)) of the
Warrants to be automatically exercised; (ii) by 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the next New York Business Day succeeding such Valuation Date, notify the
Company (and such other parties (not to exceed two) as the Company shall
designate in writing) of the Cash Settlement Value payable in respect of such
exercised Warrants; and (iii) advise the Company of such other matters
relating to the exercised Warrants as the Company shall reasonably request.
In the case of Certificated Warrants subject to automatic
exercise (other than Certificated Warrants subject to postponed exercise
following the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise Limitation
Event as described in Section 2.3(b)), the Company shall make available to the
Warrant Agent, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth New
York Business Day following the Valuation Date for automatically exercised
Warrants (or if such Valuation Date is not a New York Business Day, on the
fourth New York Business Day following the New York Business Day next
succeeding such Valuation Date) (in any such case, the "Automatic Funding
Date"), funds in an amount equal to, and for the payment of, the aggregate
Cash Settlement Value of such Warrants. Subject to such funds having been made
available as provided in the preceding sentence, the Warrant Agent will be
responsible for making its payment available to the appropriate Registered
Holder in the form of a cashier's check or an official bank check, or (in the
case of payments of at least $100,000) by wire transfer to a U.S. Dollar
account maintained by such Registered Holder in the United States (at such
Registered Holder's election upon written notice to the Company and the
Warrant Agent), after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, but prior to the close
of business, on the Automatic Funding Date, against receipt by the Warrant
Agent at the Warrant Agent's Office from such Registered Holder of its Warrant
Certificates. Such payment shall be in the amount of the aggregate Cash
Settlement Value in respect of the Warrants, evidenced by such Warrant
Certificates, that were exercised automatically on the Expiration Date or on
any Delisting Date, as the case may be. Warrant Certificates delivered to the
Warrant Agent shall thereafter be promptly canceled by the Warrant Agent.
In the case of Book-Entry Warrants subject to automatic
exercise (other than Warrants subject to postponed exercise following the
occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise Limitation Event as
described in Section 2.3(b)), the Company shall make available to the Warrant
Agent, not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Automatic Funding
Date, funds in an amount equal to, and for the payment of, the aggregate Cash
Settlement Value of such Warrants. Subject to such funds having been made
available as provided in the preceding sentence, the Warrant Agent will be
responsible for making funds available to DTC, against receipt of the Global
Warrant Certificate, after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, but prior to the
close of business, on the Automatic Funding Date. Such funds are to be in an
amount equal to the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of the Warrants subject to
such automatic exercise.
The Company will advise the Warrant Agent as soon as
practicable of the date of any expected delisting or permanent suspension of
trading of the Warrants and will immediately inform the Warrant Agent after
the Company has received notice that such delisting or suspension has
occurred, but in no event will notice of such delisting or suspension be given
to the Warrant Agent later than 9:30 a.m., New York City time, on the New York
Business Day following the date that such delisting or suspension occurs. The
Company will use its best efforts to notify the Warrantholders, or cause the
Warrantholders to be notified, as promptly as practicable of any expected
delisting or suspension of trading of the Warrants.
(b) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if
the Company determines that an Extraordinary Event or Exercise Limitation Event
has occurred and is continuing on the Home Country Business Day with respect
to which the Spot Value on a Valuation Date is to be determined (the
"Applicable Home Country Business Day"), then the Cash Settlement Value with
respect to an exercise of Warrants shall be calculated on the basis that the
Valuation Date shall be the next Index Calculation Day following an Applicable
Home Country Business Day on which there is no Extraordinary Event or Exercise
Limitation Event; provided, that if the Valuation Date has not occurred on or
prior to the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, then the Warrantholders
shall receive the Alternative Settlement Amount (as defined herein) in lieu of
the Cash Settlement Value which shall be calculated as if the Warrants had
been canceled on the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may
be. The term "Home Country Business Day" means any day on which the principal
trading market for the Underlying Securities is not open for securities
trading [other provisions if the principal trading markets for the Underlying
Securities are in more than one country] [alternative provision for indices
not based on securities].
Upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise
Limitation Event, the Company shall use its best efforts to notify the Warrant
Agent and the Determination Agent promptly that an Extraordinary Event or
Exercise Limitation Event, as the case may be, has occurred and shall promptly
give notice to the Warrantholders, by publication in a United States newspaper
with a national circulation (currently expected to be the Wall Street
Journal), that an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise Limitation Event has
occurred.
If the Company determines that an Extraordinary Event or an
Exercise Limitation Event has occurred and is continuing on the Expiration
Date or on any Delisting Date, the Company shall so notify the Warrant Agent
and the Determination Agent, and the Cash Settlement Value with respect to the
exercised Warrants shall be equal to, and be calculated in the same manner as,
an "Alternative Settlement Amount", in accordance with Sections 2.3(b) and (d)
herein (treating the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may
be, as the date on which the Warrants were canceled for the purposes of this
Section 2.3(b)).
If the Company determines that an Extraordinary Event has
occurred and is continuing, and if that Extraordinary Event is expected by the
Company to continue, the Company may immediately cancel the Warrants by
notifying the Warrant Agent of such cancellation (the date such notice is
given being the "Cancellation Date"), and each Warrantholder's rights with
respect to the Warrants and under this Agreement shall thereupon cease;
provided, that each Warrant shall be exercised (even if such Warrant would not
otherwise be exercisable on such date because of the Limit Option) on the
basis that the Valuation Date for such Warrant shall be the Cancellation Date
and each Warrantholder shall have the right to receive, in lieu of the Cash
Settlement Value of such Warrant, the Alternative Settlement Amount,
determined by the Determination Agent.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, "Extraordinary Event" means
any of the following events:
(i) a suspension or absence of trading on the [principal
market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] [other
provisions if there is more than one principal trading market for the
Underlying Securities] [alternative provision for indices not based on
securities] of all the Underlying Securities which then comprise the
Index or a Successor Index;
(ii) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation
of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or any other
U.S. or non-U.S. governmental authority that would make it unlawful
for the Company to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement
or the Warrants or that has or will have a material adverse effect on
the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under the
Warrants or to modify the hedge of its position with respect to the
Index; or
(iii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity or crises (including, without
limitation, natural calamities that in the opinion of the Company may
materially and adversely affect the economy of [country of principal
market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] or the trading
of securities generally on the [principal market in which the
Underlying Securities are traded]) that has or will have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Warrants or to modify the hedge of its position
with respect to the Index.
For the purpose of determining whether an Extraordinary Event
has occurred: (1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will
not constitute an Extraordinary Event if it results from an announced change
in the regular business hours of the [principal market in which the Underlying
Securities are traded] and (2) an "absence of trading" on the [principal
market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] will not include any
time when the [principal market in which Underlying Securities are traded] is
closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, "Exercise Limitation Event"
means either of the following events:
(i) a suspension, material limitation or absence of trading
on the [principal market in which the Underlying Securities are
traded] of (a) [___]% or more of the Underlying Securities and/or (b)
the securities of [percentage or number] of the most highly
capitalized companies included in the Underlying Securities which then
comprise the Index or a Successor Index; or
(ii) the suspension or material limitation on [relevant
futures exchange(s) with respect to the Underlying Securities] or any
other major futures or securities market of trading in futures or
options contracts related to the [other relevant index], the Index or
a Successor Index.]
For the purposes of determining whether an Exercise Limitation
Event has occurred: (1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading
will not constitute an Exercise Limitation Event if it results from an
announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant market or
exchange, [(2) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant
futures or options contract will not constitute an Exercise Limitation Event,]
(3) a suspension in trading in an Underlying Security [or in a futures or
options contract] referred to in clause[s] ) [and (ii)] above, by reason of
(x) a price change violating limits set by the [principal market in which the
Underlying Securities are traded] [or the relevant futures exchange(s) with
respect to the Underlying Securities] or such [futures or] securities market,
(y) an imbalance of orders relating to an Underlying Security [or such
contracts] or (z) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to an Underlying
Security [or such contracts], will constitute a suspension or material
limitation of trading, (4) an "absence of trading" in the [principal market in
which the Underlying Securities are traded] will not include any time when the
[principal market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] is closed for
trading under ordinary circumstances and (5) the occurrence of an
Extraordinary Event described in clause ) of the definition of Extraordinary
Event will not constitute, and will supersede the occurrence of, an Exercise
Limitation Event.
The "Alternative Settlement Amount" is equal to the amount "X"
calculated using the formula set forth below:
X = I + (T/2 x A/B)
where
I = the Cash Settlement Value of the Warrants determined as
described under Section 2.2(e), but calculated with a Spot
Value determined by the Determination Agent which,
subject to approval by the Company (such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld), in the reasonable opinion of
the Determination Agent, fairly reflects the value of
the component securities of the Index (the "Underlying
Securities") [alternative provision for indices not
based on securities] on the Cancellation Date,
Expiration Date or Delisting Date, whichever has given
rise to the payment of the Alternative Settlement
Amount;
T = the initial offering price per Warrant;
A = the total number of days from but excluding the Cancellation
Date, Expiration Date, or Delisting Date, whichever has
given rise to the payment of the Alternative Settlement
Amount for such Warrants, to and including the
Expiration Date; and
B = the total number of days from, but excluding the date on
which sales of the Warrants were initially confirmed, to and
including the Expiration Date.
For purposes of determining "I" in the above formula, in the
event that the Determination Agent and the Company are required, but have not,
after good faith consultation with each other and within five days following
the first day on which such Alternative Settlement Amount may be calculated in
accordance with the above formula, agreed upon a Spot Value which fairly
reflects the value of the Underlying Securities [alternative provision for
indices not based on securities] on the Cancellation Date, Expiration Date or
Delisting Date, whichever gives rise to the payment of the Alternative
Settlement Amount, then the Determination Agent shall promptly nominate a
third party, subject to approval by the Company (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld), to determine such figure and calculate the Alternative
Settlement Amount in accordance with the above formula. Such party shall act
as an independent expert and not as an agent of the Company or the
Determination Agent, and its calculation and determination of the Alternative
Settlement Amount shall, absent manifest error, be final and binding on the
Company, the Warrant Agent, the Determination Agent and the Warrantholders.
Any such calculations will be made available to a Warrantholder for inspection
at the Warrant Agent's Office. Neither the Company nor such third party shall
have any responsibility for good faith errors or omissions in calculating the
Alternative Settlement Amount.
(e) With respect to all Warrants as to which the Valuation Date has
been postponed or which have been canceled as described above, the Company
shall make available to the Warrant Agent not later than 3:00 p.m., New York
City time, on the third New York Business Day following the date on which the
Cash Settlement Value or Alternative Settlement Amount, as the case may be,
has been calculated (the "Alternative Funding Date"), funds in an amount equal
to, and for the payment of, the aggregate Cash Settlement Value or Alternative
Settlement Amount, as applicable, of such Warrants. Subject to such funds
having been made available as provided in the preceding sentence, the Warrant
Agent will be responsible for making a payment in the manner set forth in
Section 2.3(a), (i) in the case of Certificated Warrants, to each Registered
Holder that submitted a Warrant Certificate for exercise (and in the case of
cancellation as described above, to each Registered Holder) or (ii) in the
case of Book-Entry Warrants, to the Depository, after 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, but prior to the close of business on, the Alternative Funding Date, in
an amount equal to the aggregate Cash Settlement Value or Alternative
Settlement Amount (as applicable) of such exercised Warrants (and in the case
of cancellation as described above, of all previously unexercised Warrants).
Section 2.4. Limitation of Number of Exercisable Warrants. All
exercises of Warrants (other than on automatic exercise or upon cancellation)
are subject, at the Company's option, to the limitation that not more than
[limit on aggregate number of Warrants to be exercised on any day] Warrants in
total may be exercised on any Exercise Date and not more than [individual
limit] Warrants may be exercised by or on behalf of any beneficial owner,
either individually or in concert with any other beneficial owner, on any
Exercise Date. If any New York Business Day would otherwise, under the terms
hereof, be the Exercise Date in respect of more than [limit on aggregate
number of Warrants to be exercised on any day] Warrants, then at the Company's
election (by giving notice thereof to the Warrant Agent not later than 11:00
a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day immediately following
such Exercise Date), [limit on aggregate number of Warrants to be exercised on
any day] of such Warrants shall be deemed exercised on such Exercise Date
(selected by the Warrant Agent on a pro rata basis, but if, as a result of
such pro rata selection, any Registered Holders would be deemed to have
exercised less than [minimum exercise amount] Warrants, then the Warrant Agent
shall first select additional amounts of such holders' Warrants so that no
holder shall be deemed to have exercised less than [minimum exercise amount]
Warrants), and the remainder of such Warrants (the "Remaining Warrants") shall
be deemed exercised on the following New York Business Day (notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.1(b)); provided that in the event that the
aggregate number of such Remaining Warrants, together with any additional
Warrants with respect to which the Exercise Date would be such following New
York Business Day, exceeds the [limit on aggregate number of Warrants to be
exercised on any day] the provisions of this Section 2.4 shall apply to the
exercise of such Remaining Warrants and such additional Warrants on such
following New York Business Day and successively until the limitations set
forth in this Section 2.4 are no longer exceeded; provided further that, any
such Remaining Warrants shall be deemed exercised before any such additional
Warrants.
If any beneficial owner of Warrants attempts to exercise more
than [individual limit] Warrants on any New York Business Day, then at the
Company's election (as notified to the Warrant Agent by giving notice thereof
to the Warrant Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
next New York Business Day following such Day) [individual limit] of such
Warrants shall be deemed exercised on such New York Business Day and the
remainder of such Warrants shall be deemed exercised on the following New York
Business Day (notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1(b)); provided,
that in the event that the aggregate number of such remaining Warrants,
together with any additional Warrants of such beneficial owner with respect to
which the Exercise Date would be such following New York Business Day, exceeds
[individual limit], at the Company's election (as notified in the manner
described above), the provisions of this Section 2.4 shall apply to the
exercise of such remaining Warrants and such additional Warrants on such
following New York Business Day and successively until the limitations set
forth in this Section 2.4 are no longer exceeded; provided further, that, any
such remaining Warrants shall be deemed exercised before any such additional
Warrants of such beneficial owner. The date on which any Warrant is deemed
exercised under the preceding sentences shall for all purposes of this
Agreement be the "Exercise Date" in respect of such Warrants.
Section 2.5. Covenant of the Company. The Company covenants,
for the benefit of the Warrantholders, that it will not seek the delisting of
the Warrants from, or suspension of their trading on, the [exchange on which
the Warrants are listed] unless the Company has, at the same time, arranged for
listing on another United States national securities exchange.
Section 2.6. Return of Money Held Unclaimed for Two Years.
Except as otherwise provided herein, any money deposited with or paid to the
Warrant Agent for the payment of the Cash Settlement Value or Alternative
Settlement Amount of any Warrants and not applied but remaining unclaimed for
two years after the date upon which such Cash Settlement Value or Alternative
Settlement Amount shall have become due and payable shall be repaid by the
Warrant Agent to the Company, at the Company's request, and the holders of
such Warrants shall thereafter look only to the Company for any payment which
such holders may be entitled to collect and all liability of the Warrant Agent
with respect to such money shall thereupon cease; provided that the Warrant
Agent, before making any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company
notify (i) in the case of Certificated Warrants, the Registered Holders or
(ii) in the case of Book-Entry Warrants, the Participants concerned, that said
money has not been so applied and remains unclaimed and that after a date
named in the notification any unclaimed balance of said money then remaining
will be returned to the Company.
Section 2.7. Return of Global Warrant Certificate. In the
event a Global Warrant Certificate is issued, at such time as all of the
Warrants evidenced by such Certificate have been exercised (including pursuant
to an automatic exercise) or otherwise canceled and all payments to the
Participants made as provided herein, the Warrant Agent shall dispose of the
canceled Global Warrant Certificate in accordance with its customary
procedures (unless instructed by the Company to deliver the Global Warrant
Certificate to the Company) and shall provide a certificate of disposition to
the Company.
ARTICLE 3
Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Warrantholders
Section 3.1. Warrantholder of Warrant May Enforce Rights.
Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Agreement, any Warrantholder,
without the consent of the Warrant Agent, may, in and for its own behalf,
enforce, and may institute and maintain, any suit, action or proceeding against
the Company suitable to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, its right to
exercise, and to receive payment for, its Warrants as provided in this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 4
Warrants Acquired by the Company; Payment of Taxes
Section 4.1. Warrants Acquired by the Company. In the event
the Company shall purchase or otherwise acquire Warrants, such Warrants may,
at the option of the Company, be (i) in the case of Certificated Warrants,
delivered to the Warrant Agent, and if so delivered, the Warrant Agent shall
promptly cancel such Warrants on the records of the Warrant Agent or (ii) in
the case of Book-Entry Warrants, surrendered free through a Participant to the
Depository for credit to the account of the Warrant Agent maintained at the
Depository, and if so credited, the Warrant Agent shall promptly note the
cancellation of such Warrants by notation on the records of the Warrant Agent
and the Warrant Agent shall cause its records to be marked to reflect the
reduction in the number of Warrants represented by the Global Warrant
Certificate by the number of Warrants so canceled promptly after such account
is credited. In the case of Book-Entry Warrants, such Warrants may also, at
the option of the Company, be resold by the Company directly or to or through
any of its affiliates in lieu of being surrendered to the Depository. No
Warrant Certificate shall be countersigned in lieu of or in exchange for any
Warrant which is canceled as provided herein, except as otherwise expressly
permitted by this Agreement.
Any canceled Warrant Certificate held by the Warrant Agent
under this Agreement shall be disposed of by the Warrant Agent in accordance
with its customary procedures unless otherwise directed by the Company, and
the Warrant Agent shall deliver a certificate of disposition to the Company
evidencing the same.
Section 4.2. Payment of Taxes. The Company will pay all stamp,
withholding and other duties, if any, attributable to the initial issuance of
Warrants; provided, however, that, anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or other
governmental charge which may be payable in respect of any transfer involving
any beneficial or record interest in, or ownership interest of, any Warrants,
Warrant Certificates or Global Warrant Certificate which tax or other
governmental charge shall be paid by the appropriate Warrantholder or
Registered Holder.
ARTICLE 5
Concerning the Warrant Agent
Section 5.1. Warrant Agent. The Company hereby appoints [name
of Warrant Agent] as Warrant Agent of the Company in respect of the Warrants
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein; and [name of
Warrant Agent] hereby accepts such appointment. The Warrant Agent shall have
the powers and authority granted to and conferred upon it in this Agreement
and such further powers and authority to act on behalf of the Company as the
Company may hereafter grant to or confer upon it with its consent. All of the
terms and provisions with respect to such powers and authority contained in
any Warrant Certificates or the Global Warrant Certificate are subject to and
governed by the terms and provisions hereof.
Section 5.2. Condition of Warrant Agent's Obligations. The
Warrant Agent accepts its obligations herein set forth upon the terms and
conditions hereof, including the following, to all of which the Company agrees
and to all of which the rights hereunder of the holders from time to time of
the Warrants shall be subject:
(a) The Company agrees promptly to pay the Warrant Agent the
compensation to be agreed upon with the Company for all services rendered by
the Warrant Agent and to reimburse the Warrant Agent for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by the
Warrant Agent without negligence, bad faith or breach of this Agreement on its
part in connection with the services rendered by it hereunder. The Company
also agrees to indemnify the Warrant Agent for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees
and expenses) incurred without negligence, bad faith or breach of this
Agreement on the part of the Warrant Agent, arising out of or in connection
with its acting as such Warrant Agent hereunder, as well as the reasonable
costs and expenses of defending against any claim of liability in the premises.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 5.2(a) shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
(b) In acting under this Agreement, the Warrant Agent is acting
solely as agent of the Company and does not assume any obligation or
relationship of agency or trust for or with any of the owners or holders of the
Warrants.
(c) The Warrant Agent may consult with counsel satisfactory to it
(including counsel to the Company), and the opinion of such counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the
opinion of such counsel.
(d) The Warrant Agent shall be protected and shall incur no
liability for or in respect of any action taken or thing suffered by it in
reliance upon any notice, direction, consent, certificate, affidavit,
statement or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine
and to have been presented or signed by the proper parties.
(e) The Warrant Agent, and its officers, directors and employees,
may become the owner of, or acquire any interest in, any Warrants or other
obligations of the Company, with the same rights that it or they would have if
it were not the Warrant Agent hereunder and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, it or they may engage or be interested in any financial or
other transaction with the Company and may act on behalf of, or as depository,
trustee or agent for, any committee or body of owners or holders of Warrants
or other obligations of the Company as freely as if it were not the Warrant
Agent hereunder.
(f) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any liability for
interest on any monies at any time received by it pursuant to any of the
provisions of this Agreement nor shall it be obligated to segregate such
monies from other monies held by it, except as required by law. The Warrant
Agent shall not be responsible for advancing funds on behalf of the Company.
(g) The Warrant Agent shall not be under any responsibility with
respect to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or the execution and
delivery hereof (except the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by
the Warrant Agent) or with respect to the validity or execution of the Warrant
Certificates or the Global Warrant Certificate (except its countersignature
thereof).
(h) The recitals contained herein and in the Warrant Certificates
or the Global Warrant Certificate (except as to the Warrant Agent's
countersignature thereon) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and
the Warrant Agent assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
(i) The Warrant Agent shall be obligated to perform such duties as
are herein specifically set forth, and no implied duties or obligations shall
be read into this Agreement against the Warrant Agent. The Warrant Agent shall
not be under any obligation to take any action hereunder likely to involve it
in any expense or liability, the payment of which is not, in its reasonable
opinion, assured to it. The Warrant Agent shall not be accountable or under
any duty or responsibility for the application by the Company of any proceeds.
The Warrant Agent shall have no duty or responsibility in case of any default
by the Company in the performance of its covenants or agreements contained in
this Agreement or in any Warrant Certificate or the Global Warrant Certificate
or in the case of the receipt of any written demand from a holder of a Warrant
with respect to such default, including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, any duty or responsibility to initiate or attempt to initiate
any proceedings at law or otherwise or, except as provided in Section 6.2
hereof, to make any demand upon the Company.
Section 5.3. Resignation and Appointment of Successor. (a) The
Company agrees, for the benefit of the holders from time to time of the
Warrants, that there shall at all times be a Warrant Agent hereunder until all
the Warrants are no longer outstanding or until monies for the payment of all
outstanding Warrants, if any, shall have been paid to the Warrant Agent and
shall have been returned to the Company as provided in Section 2.6, whichever
occurs earlier.
(b) The Warrant Agent may at any time resign as such agent by
giving written notice to the Company of such intention on its part, specifying
the date on which its desired resignation shall become effective, subject to
the appointment of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance of such appointment
by such successor Warrant Agent as hereinafter provided. The Warrant Agent
hereunder may be removed at any time by the filing with it of an instrument in
writing signed by or on behalf of the Company and specifying such removal and
the date when it shall become effective. Such resignation or removal shall
take effect upon the appointment by the Company, as hereinafter provided, of
a successor Warrant Agent (which shall be a banking institution organized
under the laws of the United States of America or one of the states thereof,
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 (as set forth in
its most recent reports of condition published pursuant to law or to the
requirements of any United States federal or state regulatory or supervisory
authority) and having an office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New
York) and the acceptance of such appointment by such successor Warrant Agent.
In the event a successor Warrant Agent has not been appointed and accepted its
duties within 90 days of the Warrant Agent's notice of resignation, the
Warrant Agent may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for the
designation of a successor Warrant Agent. The obligation of the Company under
Section 5.2(a) shall continue to the extent set forth therein notwithstanding
the resignation or removal of the Warrant Agent.
(c) In case at any time the Warrant Agent shall give notice of its
intent to resign, or shall be removed, or shall become incapable of acting, or
shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or make an assignment for the
benefit of its creditors, or consent to the appointment of a receiver or
custodian of all or any substantial part of its property, or shall admit in
writing its inability to pay or meet its debts as they mature, or if a
receiver or custodian of it or of all or any substantial part of its property
shall be appointed, or if any public officer shall have taken charge or
control of the Warrant Agent or of its property or affairs, for the purpose of
rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, a successor Warrant Agent,
qualified as aforesaid, shall be promptly appointed by the Company by an
instrument in writing, filed with the successor Warrant Agent. Upon the
appointment as aforesaid of a successor Warrant Agent and acceptance by the
latter of such appointment, the Warrant Agent so superseded shall cease to be
Warrant Agent hereunder.
(d) Any successor Warrant Agent appointed hereunder shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to its predecessor and to the Company an instrument
accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon such successor Warrant
Agent, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with
all the authority, rights, powers, trusts, immunities, duties and obligations
of such predecessor with like effect as if originally named as Warrant Agent
hereunder, and such predecessor, upon payment of its charges and disbursements
then unpaid, shall thereupon become obligated to transfer, deliver and pay
over, and such successor Warrant Agent shall be entitled to receive, all
monies, securities and other property on deposit with or held by such
predecessor (including, without limitation, the Warrant Register), as Warrant
Agent hereunder.
(e) Any corporation into which the Warrant Agent hereunder may be
merged or converted or any corporation with which the Warrant Agent may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Warrant Agent shall be a party or any corporation
to which the Warrant Agent shall sell or otherwise transfer all or
substantially all the corporate agency assets and business of the Warrant
Agent, provided that it shall be qualified as aforesaid, shall be the
successor Warrant Agent under this Agreement without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
ARTICLE 6
Miscellaneous
Section 6.1. Amendment. (a) This Agreement and the terms of
the Warrants may be amended by the Company, the Warrant Agent and the
Determination Agent, without the consent of the Warrantholders, for the
purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any
defective or inconsistent provision contained herein or therein or in any
other manner which the Company may deem necessary or desirable and which will
not materially and adversely affect the interests of the owners or holders of
the Warrants. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.1 to the contrary,
this Agreement may not be amended to provide for the countersigning by the
Warrant Agent of Warrant Certificates evidencing in the aggregate in excess of
[maximum number of issuable Warrants] Warrants unless and until the Warrant
Agent has received notice from the [exchange on which Warrants are to be
listed] or any successor United States national securities exchange that the
additional Warrants in excess of [maximum number of issuable Warrants] have
been approved for listing on such exchange.
(b) The Company, the Warrant Agent and the Determination Agent may
modify or amend this Agreement, with the consent of Warrantholders (by vote of
Registered Holders or, in the case of Warrants held through the Depository,
acting through a Participant or the Depository) holding not less than a
majority in number of the then outstanding Warrants affected by such
modification or amendment, for any purpose; provided, however, that no such
modification or amendment that [increases the strike level or base value, in
the case of call warrants] [decreases the strike level or base value, in the
case of put warrants], shortens the period of time during which the Warrants
may be exercised, or otherwise materially and adversely affects the exercise
rights of the Warrantholders or reduces the percentage of the number of
outstanding Warrants, the consent of whose holders is required for
modification or amendment of this Agreement, may be made without the consent
of each Warrantholder affected thereby. In the case of Warrants evidenced by a
Global Warrant Certificate, the Company and the Warrant Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon certification in form satisfactory to each of them that
any requisite consent has been obtained from holders of beneficial ownership
interests in the relevant Global Warrant Certificate. Such certification may
be provided by Participants acting on behalf of such beneficial owners of
Warrants, provided that any such certification is accompanied by a
certification from the Depository as to the Warrant holdings of such
Participants.
Section 6.2. Notices and Demands to the Company, the Warrant
Agent and the Determination Agent. If the Warrant Agent or the Determination
Agent shall receive any notice or demand addressed to the Company by any
Registered Holder or Participant pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
the Warrant Agent or the Determination Agent, as the case may be, shall
promptly forward such notice or demand to the Company.
Section 6.3. Addresses for Notices. Any communications to the
Warrant Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to
__________________________, Attention: ______________, and any communications
to the Company with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention: [Corporate Treasurer], and any communications to the Determination
Agent with respect to this Agreement shall be addressed to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated, 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 (or such other
address as shall be specified in writing by the Warrant Agent, the Company or
the Determination Agent, respectively).
Section 6.4. Notices to Holders. The Company may cause to have
notice given to the holders of Warrants by providing the Warrant Agent with a
form of notice to be distributed by (i) in the case of Certificated Warrants,
the Warrant Agent to Registered Holders or (ii) in the case of Book-Entry
Warrants, the Depository to be distributed by the Depository to Participants in
accordance with the custom and practices of the Depository.
Section 6.5. Obtaining of Approvals. The Company will from
time to time take all action which may be necessary to obtain and keep
effective (a) any and all permits, consents and approvals of governmental
agencies and authorities and the [exchange on which the Warrants are listed]
or any successor national securities exchange an (b) any and all filings or
notices under United States Federal and State securities laws, which may be or
become required in connection with the issuance, sale, trading, transfer or
delivery of the Warrant Certificates, the Global Warrant Certificate or the
exercise of the Warrants.
Section 6.6. Persons Having Rights under this Agreement.
Nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied and nothing that may be
inferred from any of the provisions hereof is intended, or shall be construed,
to confer upon, or give to, any person or corporation other than the Company,
the Warrant Agent, the registered holder of the Global Warrant Certificate and
the Warrantholders any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this
Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement
hereof; and all covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements
contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
Company, the Warrant Agent, and their respective successors, the registered
holder of the Global Warrant Certificate and of the Warrantholders.
Section 6.7. Inspection of Agreement. A copy of this Agreement
shall be available at all reasonable times at the Warrant Agent's Office for
inspection by the Warrantholders, Participants or any person certified by any
Participant to be an indirect participant of the Depository or any person
certified by any Participant to be a Warrantholder, in each case, on behalf of
whom such Participant holds Warrants.
Section 6.8. Headings. The descriptive headings of the several
Articles d Sections this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall
not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.
Section 6.9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 6.10. Applicable Law. This Agreement and each Warrant
shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and
for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with the laws of said State,
excluding choice of law provisions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by
the parties hereto as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX,
DISCOVER & CO.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
[NAME OF WARRANT AGENT]
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
XXXXXX XXXXXXX & CO.
INCORPORATED
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
FACE
NO. C- CUSIP _________
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX, DISCOVER & CO.
[Title of Warrants]
This Warrant Certificate certifies that _____, or registered
assigns, is the registered holder of ______________ [title of Warrants] (the
"Warrants"). Upon receipt by the Warrant Agent of this Warrant Certificate and
the Exercise Notice on the reverse hereof (or an Exercise Notice in
substantially identical form delivered herewith), duly completed and executed,
at the offices of the Warrant Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, each Warrant evidenced hereby entitles the registered owner hereof
(each a "Warrantholder") to receive, subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement, from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Discover & Co., the Cash Settlement Value in [payment currency] (the "Cash
Settlement Value") equal to [formula or method of calculation for cash
settlement value]; provided, however, that if such amount is less than or
equal to zero, then the Cash Settlement Value shall be zero. In no event shall
a Warrantholder be entitled to any interest on any Cash Settlement Value.
The Warrants will not entitle the Warrantholders to any of the
rights of the holder of any security underlying the Index (an "Underlying
Security") [alternative provision for indices not based on securities]. A
Warrant will not require or entitle the Warrantholder thereof to sell,
deliver, purchase or take delivery of any Underlying Security to or from the
Company [alternative provision for indices not based on securities], nor will
the Company be under any obligation to, nor will it, purchase or take delivery
of, or sell or deliver, any such security to or from Warrantholders.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Warrant Agreement, each Warrant may be exercised, on any New York Business Day
during the period from its date of issuance until 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the earlier of (i) the New York Business Day immediately preceding
the date, established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Resolutions, upon
which the right to exercise the Warrants expires (the "Expiration Date") and
(ii) any Delisting Date (as defined herein). Any Warrant not exercised
(including by reason of any postponed exercise as described on the reverse
hereof or in the Warrant Agreement) at or before 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the earlier of (i) the New York Business Day immediately preceding
the Expiration Date and (ii) any Delisting Date, will be automatically
exercised.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further
provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set
forth in this place.
This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless
countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co.
has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:____________________________ XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX,
DISCOVER & CO.
[SEAL] By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:_________________________________
(Secretary)
Countersigned as of the date above
written:
[NAME OF WARRANT AGENT], as
Warrant Agent
By:_________________________________
Authorized Officer
[REVERSE]
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX, DISCOVER & CO.
The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of
a duly authorized issue of Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to a Warrant
Agreement, dated as of ________________ (the "Warrant Agreement"), among the
Company, [name of Warrant Agent] (the "Warrant Agent") and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx &
Co. Incorporated (the "Determination Agent") and is subject to the terms and
provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms and
provisions each Warrantholder consents by acceptance of this Warrant
Certificate and which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in
and made a part of this Warrant Certificate. A copy of the Warrant Agreement
is on file at the Warrant Agent's Office (as defined herein).
The Warrants are unsecured contractual obligations of the
Company and rank on a parity with the Company's other unsecured contractual
obligations and with the Company's unsecured and unsubordinated debt.
Subject to the provisions hereof and the Warrant Agreement, each
Warrant may be exercised during the period from its date of issuance until
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the earlier of (i) the New York Business Day
immediately preceding the Expiration Date and (ii) any Delisting Date (as
defined herein) by delivering or causing to be delivered this Warrant
Certificate and attached Exercise Notice (or an Exercise Notice in
substantially identical form), duly completed and executed, to the Warrant
Agent's offices in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (the
"Warrant Agent's Office"), which are, on the date hereof, located at [Warrant
Agent's address] or at such other address as the Warrant Agent may specify
from time to time.
Each Warrant entitles the Warrantholder to receive, upon
exercise (including automatic exercise), the Cash Settlement Value of such
Warrant, except that, under the circumstances described below and in the
Warrant Agreement, such Warrantholder may instead receive the Alternative
Settlement Amount for such Warrant. The "Cash Settlement Value" of a Warrant
shall be an amount in [payment currency] equal to [formula or method of
calculation for cash settlement value]; provided, however, that if such amount
is less than or equal to zero, then the Cash Settlement Value shall be zero.
[The "Strike Level" is _____ which was determined by the
Determination Agent and is [formula for strike level] [if applicable, the
"Base Value" is ____ which was determined by the Determination Agent and is
[formula for base value]].
The Company has appointed Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated to
be its Determination Agent to make such calculations as may be required upon
the occurrence of certain circumstances, as described in the Warrant Agreement
and herein. The Determination Agent shall act as an independent expert and not
as an agent of the Company, and, unless otherwise provided by the Warrant
Agreement, its calculations and determinations under the Warrant Agreement and
this Warrant Certificate shall, absent manifest error, be final and binding on
the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Warrantholders. Any such calculations
will be made available to a Warrantholder for inspection at the Warrant
Agent's office. The Determination Agent will have no responsibility for good
faith errors or omissions in calculating or disseminating information
regarding the Index, any Successor Index, adjustments or calculations by the
Determination Agent in order to arrive at a calculation of a stock index
comparable to the Index or any Successor Index, or the Cash Settlement Value
or the Alternative Settlement Amount, as applicable.
In the event that the [Reference Index] is not published by the
Index Publisher but is published by another person not affiliated with the
Company and acceptable to the Company (the "Third Party"), then the Spot Value
for any date thereafter will be determined based on the closing level of the
[Reference Index] as published by such Third Party. If the Index Publisher or
any Third Party discontinues publication of the [Reference Index] and
publishes a successor or substitute index that the Company determines, in its
sole discretion, to be comparable to the [Reference Index] (any such index
being a "Successor Index"), then the Spot Value for any date thereafter will
be determined by the Determination Agent on behalf of the Company based on the
closing level of the Successor Index on such date. If the Index Publisher or
any Third Party makes a material change in the formula for, or the method of
calculating, the [Reference Index] or any Successor Index, the Determination
Agent shall make such calculations as may be required to determine the
applicable Cash Settlement Value using the formula and method of calculating
the Index or any Successor Index as in effect prior to such change or
modification. If the Index Publisher and/or any Third Party discontinues
publication of the [Reference Index] and/or any Successor Index, the
Determination Agent will determine the applicable Cash Settlement Value based
on the formula and method used in calculating the [Reference Index] or any
Successor Index as in effect on the date the [Reference Index] or such
Successor Index was last published.
Except for Warrants subject to automatic exercise, or Warrants
subject to the Limit Option, the "Exercise Date" for a Warrant will be (i) the
New York Business Day on which the Warrant Agent receives the Warrant and
Exercise Notice in proper form with respect to such Warrant, if received at or
prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on such day, or (ii) if the Warrant
Agent receives such Warrant or Exercise Notice after 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on a New York Business Day, then the next New York Business Day
succeeding the New York Business Day on which such Warrant or Exercise Notice
is received. All Warrants for which the Warrant Agent has not received a valid
Exercise Notice at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on (i) the New
York Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date or (ii) any
Delisting Date, as the case may be, or for which the Warrant Agent has
received a valid Exercise Notice but with respect to which timely delivery of
the relevant Warrants has not been made, together with any Warrants the
Valuation Date for which has at such time been postponed as described below,
will be automatically exercised. The Exercise Date for such Warrants will be
the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be, or, if such
date is not a New York Business Day, the next succeeding New York Business
Day. The Warrant Agent will obtain the Spot Value (determined as of the first
Index Calculation Day following such date, which will be the Valuation Date
for such Warrants except in the case of a postponed exercise following the
occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise Limitation Event) and will
determine the Cash Settlement Value, if any, of such Warrants.
Subject to the Warrant Agreement and this Warrant Certificate,
the "Valuation Date" for a Warrant will be the first Index Calculation Day
following the applicable Exercise Date, subject to postponement upon the
occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or Exercise Limitation Event or as a
result of the exercise of a number of Warrants exceeding the limits on
exercise, all as described below. For purposes of this Certificate, "Index
Calculation Date" means any day the Index or any Successor Index is calculated
and published.
All Warrants for which the Warrant Agent has not received a
valid Exercise Notice at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on (i) the
New York Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date or (ii) any
Delisting Date, as the case may be, together with any Warrants the Valuation
Date for which has at such time been postponed as described below, will be
automatically exercised. The Exercise Date for such Warrants will be the
Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be, or, if such date is
not a New York Business Day, the next succeeding New York Business Day. The
Warrant Agent will obtain the Spot Value (determined as of the first Index
Calculation Date following such date, which will be the Valuation Date for
such Warrants except in the case of a postponed exercise following the
occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or Exercise Limitation Event) and will
determine the Cash Settlement Value, if any, of such Warrants.
If the Exercise Notice is not rejected as provided in the
Warrant Agreement, then the Warrant Agent or the Determination Agent, as the
case may be, will determine the Cash Settlement Value of the exercised
Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement. Except in the
case of Warrants subject to automatic exercise and for Warrants that upon
exercise entitle the holder thereof to receive an Alternative Settlement
Amount in lieu of the Cash Settlement Value, if on any Valuation Date the Cash
Settlement Value for any Warrants then exercised would be zero, then the
attempted exercise of any such Warrants shall be void and of no effect and the
Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrants will be returned to the
registered holder of the Warrant by first class mail at the Company's expense
and such holder shall be permitted to re-exercise such Warrants prior to the
Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be.
Except in the case of Warrants subject to automatic exercise
and for Warrants that upon exercise entitle the holder thereof to receive an
Alternative Settlement Amount in lieu of the Cash Settlement Value, if the
Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent in a timely
manner, which shall in no event be later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time,
on the fourth New York Business Day following the Valuation Date (or, if the
Valuation Date is not a New York Business Day, on the fourth New York Business
Day following the New York Business Day next succeeding the Valuation Date)
(the "Funding Date"), the Warrant Agent will be responsible for making payment
available to each Registered Holder of an exercised Warrant in the form of a
cashier's check or an official bank check, or (in the case of payments of at
least $100,000) by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar bank account maintained by
such registered holder in the United States (at the registered holder's
election as specified in the Exercise Notice) after 3:00 p.m. New York City
time but prior to the close of business on the first New York Business Day
immediately succeeding such Funding Date against receipt by the Warrant Agent
at the Warrant Agent's office of such Registered Holder's Warrant
Certificates.
With respect to automatically exercised Warrants, if the
Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent not later than
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth New York Business Day following
the Valuation Date for automatically exercised Warrants (or, if such Valuation
Date is not a New York Business Day, on the fourth New York Business Day
following the New York Business Day next succeeding such Valuation Date) (in
any such case, the "Automatic Funding Date"), funds in an amount equal to, and
for the payment of, the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of such Warrants, the
Warrant Agent will thereafter be responsible for making payment available to
each Registered Holder of the Warrants in the form of a cashier's check or an
official bank check, or (in the case of payments of at least $100,000) by wire
transfer to a U.S. dollar bank account maintained by such holder in the United
States (at such holder's election and upon proper notice being given to the
Company and the Warrant Agent), after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, but prior
to the close of business on the Automatic Funding Date, against receipt by the
Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agent's Office of such Registered Holder's
Warrant Certificates. Such payment shall be in the amount equal to the
aggregate Cash Settlement Value of the Warrants evidenced by such Warrant
Certificates.
Anything in the Warrant Agreement or in this Warrant
Certificate to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Company determines that an
Extraordinary Event or an Exercise Limitation Event has occurred and is
continuing on the Home Country Business Day (as defined herein) with respect
to which the Spot Value on a Valuation Date is to be determined (the
"Applicable Home Country Business Day"), then the Cash Settlement Value in
respect of an exercise shall be calculated on the basis that the Valuation
Date shall be the next Index Calculation Day following an Applicable Home
Country Business Day on which there is no Extraordinary Event or Exercise
Limitation Event; provided that, if the Valuation Date has not occurred on or
prior to the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, Warrantholders will
receive the Alternative Settlement Amount in lieu of the Cash Settlement Value
which shall be calculated as if the Warrants had been canceled on the
Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be. The term "Home
Country Business Day" means any day other than a day on which the principal
trading market for the Underlying Securities is not open for securities
trading [other provisions if the principal trading markets for the Underlying
Securities are in more than one country] [alternative provision for indices
not based on securities].
Upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise
Limitation Event, the Company shall use its best efforts to notify the Warrant
Agent and the Determination Agent promptly that an Extraordinary Event or
Exercise Limitation Event, as the case may be, has occurred and shall promptly
give notice to the Warrantholders by publication in a United States newspaper
with a national circulation that an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise
Limitation Event has occurred.
If the Company determines that an Extraordinary Event or an
Exercise Limitation Event has occurred and is continuing on the Expiration
Date or on any Delisting Date, the Company shall so notify the Warrant Agent
and the Determination Agent, and the Cash Settlement Value with respect to the
exercised Warrants shall be equal to, and be calculated in the same manner as,
an "Alternative Settlement Amount", in accordance with the Warrant Agreement
(treating the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be, as
the date on which the Warrants were canceled.
If the Company determines that an Extraordinary Event has
occurred and is continuing, and if the Extraordinary Event is expected by the
Company to continue, the Company may immediately cancel the Warrants by
notifying the Warrant Agent of such cancellation (the date such notice is
given being the "Cancellation Date"), and each Warrantholder's rights under
the Warrants and the Warrant Agreement shall thereupon cease; provided, that
each Warrant shall be exercised (even if such Warrant would not otherwise be
exercisable on such date because of the Limit Option) on the basis that the
Valuation Date for such Warrant shall be the Cancellation Date and the holder
of each such Warrant shall have the right to receive, in lieu of the Cash
Settlement Value of such Warrant an amount (the "Alternative Settlement
Amount"), determined by the Determination Agent.
With respect to all Warrant Certificates as to which the
Valuation Date has been postponed or which have been canceled as described
above, if the Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent
not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third New York Business
Day following the date on which the Cash Settlement Value or Alternative
Settlement Amount, as the case may be, has been calculated (the "Alternative
Funding Date"), the Warrant Agent will thereafter be responsible for making
payment available to each Registered Holder of the Warrants that submitted a
Warrant Certificate (and in the case of cancellation to each Registered Holder)
in the form of a cashier's check or an official bank check, or (in the case of
payments of at least $100,000) by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar bank account
maintained by such holder in the United States (at such holder's election and
upon proper notice being given to the Company and the Warrant Agent), after
3:00 p.m., New York City time, but prior to the close of business on the
Alternative Funding Date, against receipt by the Warrant Agent at the Warrant
Agent's Office of such Registered Holder's Warrant Certificates. Such payment
shall be in the amount equal to the aggregate Cash Settlement Value or
Alternative Settlement Amount, as the case may be, of the Warrants evidenced
by such Warrant Certificates.
The "Alternative Settlement Amount" shall be an amount,
determined by the Determination Agent, which is equal to the amount "X"
calculated using the formula set forth below:
X = I + (T/2 x A/B)
where
I = the Cash Settlement Value of the Warrants determined as
described above, but calculated with a Spot Value
determined by the Determination Agent which, subject to
approval by the Company (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld), in the reasonable opinion of the
Determination Agent, fairly reflects the value of the
Underlying Securities [alternative provision for indices
not based on securities] on the Cancellation Date,
Expiration Date or Delisting Date, whichever has given
rise to the payment of the Alternative Settlement
Amount;
T = the initial offering price per Warrant;
A = the total number of days from but excluding the Cancellation
Date, Expiration Date or Delisting Date, whichever has
given rise to the payment of the Alternative Settlement
Amount for such Warrants, to and including the
Expiration Date; and
B = the total number of days from, but excluding the date on
which sales of the Warrants were initially confirmed, to
and including the Expiration Date.
For purposes of determining "I" in the above formula, in the
event that the Determination Agent and the Company are required, but have not,
after good faith consultation with each other and within five days following
the first day upon which such Alternative Settlement Amount may be calculated
in accordance with the above formula, agreed upon a Spot Value which fairly
reflects the value of the Underlying Securities [alternative provision for
indices not based on securities] on the Cancellation Date, Expiration Date or
Delisting Date, whichever gives rise to the payment of the Alternative
Settlement Amount then the Determination Agent shall promptly nominate a third
party, subject to approval by the Company (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld), to determine such figure and calculate the Alternative
Settlement Amount in accordance with the above formula. Such party shall act
as an independent expert and not as an agent of the Company or the
Determination Agent, and its calculation and determination of the Alternative
Settlement Amount shall, absent manifest error, be final and binding on the
Company, the Warrant Agent, the Determination Agent and the Warrantholders.
Any such calculations will be made available to a Warrantholder for inspection
at the Warrant Agent's Office. Neither the Company nor such third party shall
have any responsibility for good faith errors or omissions in calculating the
Alternative Settlement Amount.
"Extraordinary Event" means any of the following events:
(i) a suspension or absence of trading on [principal market
in which the Underlying Securities are traded] [other provisions if
there is more than one principal trading market for the Underlying
Securities] [alternative provision for indices not based on
securities] of all of the Underlying Securities which then comprise
the [Reference Index] or a Successor Index;
(ii) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation
of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or any other
U.S. or non-U.S. governmental authority that would make it unlawful
for the Company to perform any of its obligations under the Warrant
Agreement or the Warrants or that has or will have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under
the Warrants or to modify the hedge of its position with respect to
the [Reference Index]; or
(iii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity or crisis (including, without
limitation, natural calamities that in the opinion of the Company may
materially and adversely affect the economy of [country of principal
market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] or the trading
of securities generally on the [principal market in which the
Underlying Securities are traded]) that has or will have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Warrants or to modify the hedge of its position
with respect to the [Reference Index].
For the purposes of determining whether an Extraordinary Event
has occurred: (1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will
not constitute an Extraordinary Event if it results from an announced change
in the regular business hours of the [principal market in which the Underlying
Securities are traded] and (2) an "absence of trading" on the [principal
market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] will not include any
time when the [principal market in which the Underlying Securities are traded]
is closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
"Exercise Limitation Event" means either of the following
events:
(i) a suspension, material limitation or absence of trading
on the [principal market in which the Underlying Securities are
traded] of (a) [___]% or more of the Underlying Securities and/or (b)
the securities of [percentage or number] of the most highly
capitalized companies included in the Underlying Securities which then
comprise the [Reference Index] or a Successor Index; or
[(ii) the suspension or material limitation on the [relevant
futures exchange(s) with respect to the Underlying Securities)] or any
other major futures or securities market of trading in futures or
options contracts related to the [other relevant index], the
[Reference Index] or a Successor Index.]
For the purposes of determining whether an Exercise Limitation
Event has occurred: (1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading
will not constitute an Exercise Limitation Event if it results from an
announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant market or
exchange, [(2) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant
futures or options contract will not constitute an Exercise Limitation Event,]
(3) a suspension in trading in an Underlying Security [or in a futures or
options contract] referred to in clause[s] ) [and (ii)] above, by reason of
(x) a price change violating limits set by the [principal market in which the
Underlying Securities are traded] [or the relevant futures exchange(s) with
respect to the Underlying Securities] or such [futures or] securities market,
(y) an imbalance of orders relating to an Underlying Security [or such
contracts] or (z) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to an Underlying
Security [or such contracts], will constitute a suspension or material
limitation of trading, (4) an "absence of trading" in the [principal market in
which the Underlying Securities are traded] will not include any time when the
[principal market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] is closed for
trading under ordinary circumstances and (5) the occurrence of an
Extraordinary Event described in clause ) of the definition of Extraordinary
Event will not constitute, and will supersede the occurrence of, an Exercise
Limitation Event.
All exercises of Warrants (other than on automatic exercise or
upon cancellation) are subject, at the Company's option, to the limitation
that not more than [limit on aggregate number of Warrants to be exercised on
any day] Warrants in total may be exercised on any Exercise Date and not more
than [individual limit] Warrants may be exercised by or on behalf of any
beneficial owner, either individually or in concert with any other beneficial
owner, on any Exercise Date. If any New York Business Day would otherwise,
under the terms hereof, be the Exercise Date in respect of more than [limit on
aggregate number of Warrants to be exercised on any day] Warrants, then at the
Company's election (by giving notice thereof to the Warrant Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day immediately
following such Exercise Date), [limit on aggregate number of Warrants to be
exercised on any day] of such Warrants shall be deemed exercised on such
Exercise Date (selected by the Warrant Agent on a pro rata basis, but if, as a
result of such pro rata selection, any Registered Holders of Warrants would be
deemed to have exercised less than [minimum exercise amount] Warrants, then
the Warrant Agent shall first select an additional amount of such holders'
Warrants so that no holder shall be deemed to have exercised less than
[minimum exercise amount] Warrants), and the remainder of such Warrants (the
"Remaining Warrants") shall be deemed exercised on the following New York
Business Day (notwithstanding the provisions of the Warrant Agreement);
provided that in the event that the aggregate number of such Remaining
Warrants, together with any additional Warrants with respect to which the
Exercise Date would be such following New York Business Day, exceeds [limit on
aggregate number of Warrants to be exercised on any day] the provisions of
this paragraph all apply to the exercise of such Remaining Warrants and such
additional Warrants on such following New York Business Day and successively
until the limitations set forth in this paragraph d in the Warrant Agreement
are no longer exceeded; provided further, that any such Remaining Warrants
shall be deemed exercised before any such additional Warrants.
If any beneficial owner of Warrants attempts to exercise more
than [individual limit] Warrants on any New York Business Day, then at the
Company's election (as notified to the Warrant Agent by giving notice thereof
to the Warrant Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New
York Business Day following such New York Business Day), [individual limit] of
such Warrants shall be deemed exercised on such New York Business Day and the
remainder of such Warrants shall be deemed exercised on the following New York
Business Day (notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions in the Warrant
Agreement); provided that in the event that the aggregate number of such
remaining Warrants, together with any additional Warrants of such beneficial
owner with respect to which the Exercise Date would be such following New York
Business Day, exceeds [individual limit], at the Company's election (as
notified in the manner described above), the provisions of this paragraph all
apply to the exercise of such remaining Warrants and such additional Warrants
on such following New York Business Day and successively until the limitations
set forth in this paragraph d in the Warrant Agreement are no longer exceeded;
provided further, that any such remaining Warrants shall be deemed exercised
before any such additional Warrants of such beneficial owner. The date on
which any Warrant is deemed exercised under the preceding sentences shall for
all purposes of this Warrant Certificate be deemed to be the "Exercise Date"
in respect of such Warrants.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Warrant Agent, and any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent,
may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner of the
Warrants evidenced hereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other
writing hereon) for any purpose whatsoever, and as the person entitled to
exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced hereby, and neither
the Company nor the Warrant Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Warrant
Agent, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Warrant Agent will, in accordance with the Warrant
Agreement, from time to time register the transfer of this Warrant Certificate
upon surrender hereof at the Warrant Agent's Office accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant Agent
duly executed by, the registered holder(s) hereof, a duly appointed legal
representative or duly authorized attorney. Such signature must be guaranteed
by a bank or trust company having a correspondent office in New York City or
by a broker or dealer which is a member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD") or by a member of a national securities
exchange. A new Warrant Certificate shall be issued to the transferee(s) upon
any such registration of transfer, and this Warrant Certificate shall be
canceled by the Warrant Agent.
[Number of days after issuance before conversion option begins]
business days after the closing of the offering of the Warrants, each
Warrantholder will have the option to convert the form in which such
Warrantholder holds his Warrants from definitive to book-entry form by
utilizing the Conversion Option. The Conversion Option will be available for
[number of days after conversion option begins until conversion option ends]
calendar days (the "Conversion Option Period").
In order to be exchanged for a Warrant in book-entry form, a
Warrant Certificate must be delivered to DTC, in proper form for deposit, by a
Participant. Accordingly, unless Warrants are purchased in book-entry form, a
Warrantholder who is not a Participant must deliver his Warrant Certificate, in
proper form for deposit, to a Participant, either directly or through an
indirect participant (such as a bank, brokerage firm, dealer or trust company
that clears through, or maintains a custodial relationship with, a
Participant) or brokerage firm which maintains an account with a Participant,
in order to have its Warrant Certificate exchanged for a Warrant in book-entry
form.
Warrant Certificates received by The Depository Trust Company
("DTC") for exchange during the Conversion Option Period will be exchanged for
Warrants in book-entry form by the close of business on the New York Business
Day that such Certificates are received by DTC (if received by DTC at its then
applicable cut-off time for same day credit) or on the following New York
Business Day (if received by DTC at its then applicable cut-off time for next
day credit). Warrants surrendered at any time for exchange for book-entry
Warrants may not be exercised or delivered for settlement or transfer until
such exchange has been effected. The Company has been informed by CEDEL and
Euroclear that such clearing agencies will clear Warrants in book-entry form
beginning on the commencement of the Conversion Option Period and that
Warrants may not be held in certificated form through their facilities. Once a
Warrantholder has elected the Conversion Option, such Warrantholder may hold
his Warrants only in book-entry form and will not be able to change his
election or withdraw from the book-entry system during the Conversion Option
Period or thereafter except as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
Except for Warrants subject to automatic exercise and with
respect to payments of any Alternative Settlement Amount, each Warrantholder,
in connection with any exercise of Warrants (including a postponed exercise
following an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise Limitation Event), will have
the option (the "Limit Option") to specify that such Warrants are not to be
exercised if the Spot Value that would otherwise be used to determine the Cash
Settlement Value of such Warrants is [minimum number of points] or more points
[lower in the case of call warrants] [higher in the case of put warrants]
[formula] than the closing level of the [Reference Index] for the day
specified below (such closing level, the "Limit Option Reference Index
Value"). A Warrantholder's election of the Limit Option must be specified in
the applicable Exercise Notice delivered to the Warrant Agent. The Limit
Option Reference Index Value will be the closing level of the [Reference
Index] on the relevant Exercise Date (or if such day is not an Index
Calculation Day, on the immediately preceding Index Calculation Day). If an
Exercise Notice and the related Warrants are received after 3:00 P.M., New
York City time, on a given day, the applicable Limit Option Reference Index
Value will be determined as of the next day that is also a New York Business
Day (or, if such day is not an Index Calculation Day, as of the immediately
preceding Index Calculation Day).
Following receipt of an Exercise Notice and the related Warrants
subject to the Limit Option, the Warrant Agent will obtain the applicable
Limit Option Reference Index Value and will determine whether such Warrants
will not be exercised because of the Limit Option. Warrants that are not
exercised will be treated as not having been tendered for exercise and the
Warrant Certificate evidencing such Warrants will be returned to the
registered holder by first class mail at the Company's expense. To
exercise such Warrants, a Warrantholder will be required to cause an
Exercise Notice and the related Warrants to be submitted again to the
Warrant Agent. In the case of a postponed Valuation Date, the Limit Option
will continue to apply once elected by a Warrantholder in connection with
an exercise of Warrants on the basis of the Limit Option Reference Index
Value as initially determined for such Warrants, except when such Valuation
Date is postponed until the Expiration Date, any Delisting Date or the
Cancellation Date. Such Warrants will either (i) be exercised on a delayed
basis if the applicable Spot Value on the postponed Valuation Date is not
[minimum number of points] or more points [less in the case of call
warrants] [more in the case of put warrants] [formula] than the Limit
Option Reference Index Value or (ii) be excluded from being exercised if,
on any applicable postponed Valuation Date, the applicable Spot Value is
[minimum number of points] or more points [less in the case of call
warrants] [more in the case of put warrants] [formula] than the Limit
Option Reference Index Value. In connection with any exercise of [double
the minimum exercise amount] or more Warrants, a Warrantholder may elect to
subject the exercise of only a portion of such Warrants to the Limit
Option, provided that the number of Warrants subject to the Limit Option
and the number of Warrants not subject to the Limit Option shall in each
case not be less than [the minimum exercise amount].
As provided in the Warrant Agreement and subject to certain
limitations, this Warrant Certificate may be exchanged for other Warrant
Certificates, representing a like number of Warrants, upon surrender to the
Warrant Agent at the Warrant Agent's Office of this Warrant Certificate. The
Company will thereupon execute, and the Warrant Agent will countersign and
deliver, one or more new Warrant Certificates representing such like number
of Warrants. Upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate for exchange, the
Warrant Agent shall cancel this Warrant Certificate.
No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer
or exchange of this Warrant Certificate, but the Company may require the
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may
be imposed in relation thereto, other than exchanges not involving any
transfer.
Capitalized terms included herein but not defined herein have
the meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement.
For purposes of this Certificate, the "Index" means the
[Reference Index] and the "Spot Value" for any date means the closing level on
such date of the [Reference Index]. References herein to "U.S. dollar,"
"U.S.$" or "$" are to the lawful currency of the United States of America
[and, references to [other currency] are to the lawful currency of [country of
the principal trading market of the Underlying Securities]] [alternative
provision for indices not based on securities] [other provision if the
principal trading markets of the Underlying Securities are in more than one
country] [alternative provision for indices not based on securities]. As used
herein, "New York Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday
or a day on which either the American Stock Exchange or the New York Stock
Exchange is not open for securities trading or commercial banks in New York
City are required or authorized by law or executive order to remain closed. As
used herein, "Index Calculation Day" means any day on which the [Reference
Index] or any Successor Index is calculated and published.
The Warrant Agreement and the terms of the Warrants are subject
to amendment, as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by, and interpreted
in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Exercise Notice
[Name and Address of Warrant Agent]
Attention: ___________________
1. This Notice DOES/DOES NOT relate to "Contingently Tendered
Warrants" subject to a Limit Option, as provided for in the Warrant Agreement.
If this Exercise Notice relates to any Contingently Tendered Warrants, _____
of such Warrants are Contingently Tendered Warrants and _____ are not. If the
Spot Value used to determine the Cash Settlement Value of Contingently
Tendered Warrants is [lower in the case of call warrants] [higher in the case
of put warrants] [formula] than the Reference Index by [minimum number of
points] points or more, an Exercise Notice with respect to such Contingently
Tendered Warrants shall be void and of no effect (and shall be disregarded for
all purposes of the Warrant Agreement).
2. Subject to paragraph the undersigned (the "Owner") hereby
irrevocably exercises _____ Warrants (the "Exercised Warrants") and delivers
to you herewith a Warrant Certificate or Certificates, registered in the
Owner's name, representing a number of Warrants at least equal to the number of
Exercised Warrants. Each beneficial owner of Warrants that is exercising
Warrants pursuant to this Exercise Notice is exercising no fewer than
[individual limit] Warrants and no beneficial owner is acting in concert with
any other beneficial owner in relation to the exercise of the Exercised
Warrants.
3. The Owner hereby directs the Warrant Agent (a) to pay the Cash
Settlement Value, if any, with respect to the Exercised Warrants:
By cashier's check or an official bank check:
or
By wire transfer to the following U.S. dollar bank account in
the United States:
(Minimum payments of $100,000 only)
Bank:_______________________________________________________
ABA Routing No.:____________________________________________
Account No.:________________ Reference: ___________________
and (b) if the number of Exercised Warrants is less than the number of
Warrants represented by the enclosed Warrant Certificate, to deliver a Warrant
Certificate representing the unexercised Warrants to
Dated:_________________________________ ___________________________________
(Owner)
By:________________________________
Authorized Signature
Address:
Telephone:
EXHIBIT A-1
FORM OF GLOBAL WARRANT CERTIFICATE
No.
CUSIP No.
Unless this Global Warrant Certificate is presented by an
authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx) to the Company or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of
Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an
interest herein.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX, DISCOVER & CO.
Global Warrant Certificate Representing
[Title of the Warrants]
This Warrant Certificate certifies that CEDE & CO., or
registered assigns, is the registered holder of the number of [title of the
Warrants] (the "Warrants") set forth from time to time on Schedule hereto.
Each Warrant entitles the beneficial owner thereof (each a "Warrantholder") to
receive, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant
Agreement, from Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co. (the "Company")
the Cash Settlement Value in [payment currency] (the "Cash Settlement Value")
equal to [formula or method of calculation for cash settlement value];
provided, however, that if such amount is less than or equal to zero, then the
Cash Settlement Value shall be zero. In no event shall a Warrantholder be
entitled to any interest on any Cash Settlement Value.
The Warrants will not entitle the Warrantholders to any of the
rights of the holder of any security underlying the Index (an "Underlying
Security") [alternative provision for indices not based on securities]. A
Warrant will not require or entitle the Warrantholder thereof to sell,
deliver, purchase or take delivery of any Underlying Security to or from the
Company [alternative provision for indices not based on securities], nor will
the Company be under any obligation to, nor will it, purchase or take delivery
of, or sell or deliver, any such security to or from Warrantholders.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Warrant Agreement, each Warrant may be exercised, on any New York Business Day
during the period from its date of issuance until 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the earlier of (i) the New York Business Day immediately preceding
the date, established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or Resolutions, upon
which the right to exercise the Warrants expires (the "Expiration Date") and
(ii) any Delisting Date (as defined herein). Any Warrant not exercised
(including by reason of any postponed exercise as described herein and in the
Warrant Agreement) at or before 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the earlier
of (i) the New York Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date and
(ii) any Delisting Date, will be automatically exercised.
This Global Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless
countersigned by the Warrant Agent.
The Warrants evidenced by this Global Warrant Certificate are
part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants issued by the Company pursuant to a
Warrant Agreement, dated as of ________________ (the "Warrant Agreement"),
among the Company, [name of Warrant Agent] (the "Warrant Agent") and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated (the "Determination Agent") and is subject to the
terms and provisions contained in the Warrant Agreement, to all of which terms
and provisions each Warrantholder, the entities through which such
Warrantholders hold their beneficial interests in the Warrants and the
Registered Holder of this Global Warrant Certificate consent by acceptance of
this Global Warrant Certificate by the Depository and which Warrant Agreement
is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Global Warrant
Certificate. A copy of the Warrant Agreement is on file at the Warrant Agent's
Office (as defined herein).
The Warrants are unsecured contractual obligations of the
Company and rank on a parity with the Company's other unsecured contractual
obligations and with the Company's unsecured and unsubordinated debt.
Subject to the provisions hereof and the Warrant Agreement, each
Warrant represented by this Global Warrant Certificate (each a "Book-Entry
Warrant") may be exercised during the period from the Initial Conversion Date
until 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the earlier of (i) the New York
Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date and (ii) any Delisting
Date (as defined herein), by causing (x) such Warrant to be transferred free to
the Warrant Agent on the records of the Depository in accordance with the
Depository's Deposit/Withdrawal at Custodian procedures, as provided in the
Representations Letter relating to the Warrants, and (y) a duly completed and
executed Exercise Notice to be received by the Warrant Agent from a
Participant acting, directly or indirectly, on behalf of the Warrantholder;
provided, however, that Exercise Notices are subject to rejection by the
Warrant Agent as provided herein and in the Warrant Agreement.
In the case of Book-Entry Warrants held through the facilities
of CEDEL or Euroclear, a Warrantholder may exercise each Warrant on any New
York Business Day during the period from the Initial Conversion Date until
3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the earlier of (i) the New York Business Day
immediately preceding the Expiration Date and (ii) any Delisting Date by
causing (x) such Warrant to be transferred to the Warrant Agent (in accordance
with the preceding paragraph), giving appropriate instructions either to
CEDEL or to the participant holding his Warrants in Euroclear, as the case may
be, and (y) a duly completed and executed Exercise Notice to be delivered on
behalf of the Warrantholder by CEDEL, in the case of Warrants held through
CEDEL, or such participant, in the case of Warrants held through Euroclear, to
the Warrant Agent.
Each Warrant entitles the Warrantholder to receive, upon
exercise (including automatic exercise), the Cash Settlement Value of such
Warrant, except that, under the circumstances described below and in the
Warrant Agreement, such Warrantholder may instead receive the Alternative
Settlement Amount for such Warrant. The "Cash Settlement Value" of a Warrant
shall be an amount in [payment currency] equal to [formula or method of
calculation for Cash Settlement Value]; provided, however, that if such amount
is less than or equal to zero, then the Cash Settlement Value shall be zero.
[The Strike Level is which was determined by the Determination
Agent and is [formula for Strike Level] [if applicable, the Base Value is
which was determined by the Determination Agent and is [formula for base
value]].
The Company has appointed Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated to
be its Determination Agent, to make such calculations as may be required upon
the occurrence of certain circumstances, as described in the Warrant Agreement
and herein. The Determination Agent shall act as an independent expert and not
as an agent of the Company, and, unless otherwise provided by the Warrant
Agreement, its calculations and determinations under the Warrant Agreement and
this Global Warrant Certificate shall, absent manifest error, be final and
binding on the Company, the Warrant Agent and the Warrantholders. Any such
calculations will be made available to a Warrantholder for inspection at the
Warrant Agent's office. The Determination Agent will have no responsibility
for good faith errors or omissions in calculating or disseminating information
regarding the Index, any Successor Index, adjustments or calculations by the
Determination Agent in order to arrive at a calculation of a stock index
comparable to the Index or any Successor Index, or the Cash Settlement Value
or the Alternative Settlement Amount, as applicable.
In the event that the [Reference Index] is not published by the
Index Publisher but is published by another person not affiliated with the
Company and acceptable to the Company (a "Third Party"), then the Spot Value
for any date thereafter will be determined based on the closing level of the
[Reference Index] as published by such Third Party. If the Index Publisher or
any Third Party discontinues publication of the [Reference Index] and
publishes a successor or substitute index that the Company determines, in its
sole discretion, to be comparable to the [Reference Index] (any such index
being a "Successor Index"), then the Spot Value for any date thereafter will be
determined by the Determination Agent on behalf of the Company based on the
closing level of the Successor Index on such date. If the Index Publisher or
any Third Party makes a material change in the formula for, or the method of
calculating, the [Reference Index] or any Successor Index, the Determination
Agent shall make such calculations as may be required to determine the
applicable Cash Settlement Value using the formula and method of calculating
the Index or any Successor Index as in effect prior to such change or
modification. If the Index Publisher and/or any Third Party discontinues
publication of the [Reference Index] and/or any Successor Index, the
Determination Agent will determine the applicable Cash Settlement Value based
on the formula and method used in calculating the [Reference Index] or any
Successor Index as in effect on the date the [Reference Index] or such
Successor Index was last published.
Except for Warrants subject to automatic exercise or Warrants
held through the facilities of CEDEL or Euroclear, or Warrants subject to the
Limit Option, the "Exercise Date" for a Warrant means (i) the New York Business
Day on which the Warrant Agent receives the Warrant and Exercise Notice in
proper form with respect to such Warrant, if received at or prior to 3:00
P.M., New York City time, on such day, or (ii) if the Warrant Agent receives
such Warrant or Exercise Notice after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on a New
York Business Day, then the next New York Business Day succeeding the New York
Business Day on which such Warrant or Exercise Notice is received. In the case
of Warrants held through the facilities of CEDEL or Euroclear, except for
Warrants subject to automatic exercise and except for Warrants subject to the
Limit Option, the "Exercise Date" for a Warrant means (i) the New York
Business Day on which the Warrant Agent receives (by facsimile transmission)
the Exercise Notice in proper form with respect to such Warrant if such
Exercise Notice is received at or prior to 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
such day, provided, that the Warrant being exercised is received by the
Warrant Agent by 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the New York Business Day
next succeeding the date on which the exercise notice is received, or (ii) if
the Warrant Agent receives such Exercise Notice after 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on a New York Business Day, then the New York Business Day succeeding
such New York Business Day, provided that such day will be the Exercise Date
only if the Warrant being exercised is received by 3:00 P.M., New York City
time, on the second succeeding New York Business Day following the New York
Business Day on which the Exercise Notice is received. In the event that the
Warrant being exercised is received after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on
the New York Business Day next succeeding the date on which the Exercise
Notice is received, then the Exercise Date for such Warrant will be the day on
which such Warrant is received or, if such day is not a New York Business Day,
the next succeeding New York Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in
the case of the exercise of a Warrant by a CEDEL or Euroclear participant,
CEDEL or Euroclear, as the case may be, must by facsimile transmission to the
Warrant Agent by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day
next succeeding the Exercise Date confirm (an "Account Confirmation") that the
Warrants being exercised will be received by the Warrant Agent by 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on such date, provided, further, that if such Account
Confirmation is received after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York
Business Day next succeeding the Exercise Date, the Company will be entitled
to direct the Warrant Agent to reject the related Exercise Notice or waive the
requirement for timely delivery of such Account Confirmation.
Subject to the Warrant Agreement and this Global Warrant
Certificate, the "Valuation Date" for a Warrant will be the first Index
Calculation Date following the applicable Exercise Date, subject to
postponement upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or Exercise
Limitation Event or as a result of the exercise of a number of Warrants
exceeding the limits on exercise, all as described below. For purposes of this
Global Warrant Certificate, "Index Calculation Date" means any day the Index
or any Successor Index is calculated and published.
All Warrants for which the Warrant Agent has not received a
valid Exercise Notice at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on (i) the
New York Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date or (ii) any
Delisting Date, as the case may be, or for which the Warrant Agent has
received a valid Exercise Notice but with respect to which timely delivery of
the relevant Warrants has not been made together with any Warrants the
Valuation Date for which has at such time been postponed as described below,
will be automatically exercised. The Exercise Date for such Warrants will be
the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be, or, if such date
is not a New York Business Day, the next succeeding New York Business Day. The
Warrant Agent will obtain the Spot Value (determined as of the first Index
Calculation Date following such date, which will be the Valuation Date for
such Warrants except in the case of a postponed exercise following the
occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or Exercise Limitation Event) and will
determine the Cash Settlement Value, if any, of such Warrants.
If the Exercise Notice is not rejected as provided in the
Warrant Agreement, then the Warrant Agent or the Determination Agent, as the
case may be, will determine the Cash Settlement Value of the exercised
Warrants in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement. Except in the
case of Warrants subject to automatic exercise and except for Warrants that
upon exercise entitle the holder thereof to receive an Alternative Settlement
Amount in lieu of the Cash Settlement Value, if on any Valuation Date the Cash
Settlement Value for any Warrants then exercised would be zero, then in such
case, the attempted exercise of such Warrants shall be void and of no effect
and the Warrants will be transferred by the Warrant Agent back to the
Participant that submitted them free on the records of the Depository (to the
extent received, in the case of Warrants held through CEDEL or Euroclear) and,
in either case such Warrantholder shall be permitted to re-exercise such
Warrants prior to the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may
be.
Except in the case of Warrants subject to automatic exercise
and except for Warrants that upon exercise entitle the holder thereof to
receive an Alternative Settlement Amount in lieu of the Cash Settlement Value,
if the Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent in a
timely manner, which shall in no event be later than 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the fourth New York Business Day following a Valuation Date (or, if
the Valuation Date is not a New York Business Day, on the fourth New York
Business Day following the New York Business Day next succeeding the Valuation
Date) (the "Funding Date"), the Warrant Agent will be responsible for making
payment available to each appropriate Participant in the form of a cashier's
check or an official bank check, or (in the case of payments of at least
$100,000) by wire transfer to a U.S. Dollar account maintained by such
Participant in the United States (at the Participant's election as specified
in the Exercise Notice), after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, but prior to the
close of business, on the first New York Business Day immediately succeeding
such Funding Date. For either clause ) or (ii) above, such payment shall be in
the amount of the aggregate Cash Settlement Value in respect of the Warrant
Certificates or Warrants that were delivered to the Warrant Agent (together
with the related Exercise Notice) as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
With respect to automatically exercised Warrants, if the
Company has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent, not later than
3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the fourth New York Business Day following
the Valuation Date for automatically exercised Warrants (or if such Valuation
Day is not a New York Business Day, on the fourth New York Business Day
following the New York Business Day next succeeding such Valuation Date) (in
any such case the "Automatic Funding Date"), funds in an amount equal to, and
for the payment of, the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of such Warrants, the
Warrant Agent will thereafter be responsible for making funds available to the
Depository, against receipt of the Global Warrant Certificate, after 3:00
p.m., New York City time, but prior to the close of business, on the Automatic
Funding Date. Such funds are to be in an amount equal to the aggregate Cash
Settlement Value of the Warrants subject to such automatic exercise.
Anything in this Global Warrant Certificate or in the Warrant
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Company determines that an
Extraordinary Event or Exercise Limitation Event has occurred and is
continuing on the Home Country Business Day (as defined herein) with respect
to which the Spot Value on a Valuation Date is to be determined (the
"Applicable Home Country Business Day"), then the Cash Settlement Value in
respect of an exercise shall be calculated on the basis that the Valuation Date
shall be the next Index Calculation Day following an Applicable Home Country
Business Day on which there is no Extraordinary Event or Exercise Limitation
Event; provided, that, if the Valuation Date has not occurred on or prior to
the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, Warrantholders shall receive the
Alternative Settlement Amount in lieu of the Cash Settlement Value, which
shall be calculated as if the Warrants had been canceled on the Expiration
Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be. The term "Home Country
Business Day" means any day other than a day on which the principal trading
market for the Underlying Securities is not open for securities trading [other
provisions if the principal trading markets for the Underlying Securities are
in more than one country] [alternative provision for indices not based on
securities].
Upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise
Limitation Event, the Company shall use its best efforts to notify the Warrant
Agent and the Determination Agent promptly that an Extraordinary Event or
Exercise Limitation Event, as the case may be, has occurred and shall promptly
give notice to the Warrantholders by publication in a United States newspaper
with a national circulation that an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise
Limitation Event has occurred.
If the Company determines that an Extraordinary Event or an
Exercise Limitation Event has occurred and is continuing on the Expiration
Date or on any Delisting Date, the Company shall so notify the Warrant Agent
and the Determination Agent, and the Cash Settlement Value with respect to the
exercised Warrants shall be equal to, and be calculated in the same manner as,
an "Alternative Settlement Amount", in accordance with the Warrant Agreement
(treating the Expiration Date or any Delisting Date, as the case may be, as
the date on which the Warrants were canceled).
If the Company determines that an Extraordinary Event has
occurred and is continuing, and if that Extraordinary Event is expected by the
Company to continue, the Company may immediately cancel the Warrants by
notifying the Warrant Agent of such cancellation (the date such notice is
given being the "Cancellation Date"), and each Warrantholder's rights with
respect to the Warrants and under the Warrant Agreement shall thereupon cease;
provided, that each Warrant shall be exercised (even if such Warrant would not
otherwise be exercisable on such date because of the Limit Option) on the
basis that the Valuation Date for such Warrant shall be the Cancellation Date
and each Warrantholder shall have the right to receive, in lieu of the Cash
Settlement Value of such Warrant an amount (the "Alternative Settlement
Amount"), determined by the Determination Agent.
With respect to all Warrants as to which the Valuation Date has
been postponed or which have been canceled as described above, if the Company
has made adequate funds available to the Warrant Agent not later than 3:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third New York Business Day following the
date on which the Cash Settlement Value or Alternative Settlement Amount, as
the case may be, has been calculated (the "Alternative Funding Date"), the
Warrant Agent will thereafter be responsible for making a payment in the
manner set forth in the Warrant Agreement to the Depository, after 3:00 p.m.,
New York City time, but prior to the close of business on, the Alternative
Funding Date, in an amount equal to the aggregate Cash Settlement Value or
Alternative Settlement Amount (as applicable) of such exercised Warrants (and
in the case of cancellation as described above, of all previously unexercised
Warrants). Such payment shall be in the amount equal to the aggregate Cash
Settlement Value or Alternative Settlement Amount, as the case may be, of the
Warrants.
The "Alternative Settlement Amount" shall be an amount
determined by the Determination Agent, which is equal to the amount "X"
calculated using the formula set forth below:
X = I + (T/2 x A/B)
where
I = the Cash Settlement Value of the Warrants determined as
described above, but calculated with a Spot Value
determined by the Determination Agent which, subject to
approval by the Company (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld), in the reasonable opinion of the
Determination Agent, fairly reflects the value of the
Underlying Securities [alternative provision for indices
not based on securities] on the Cancellation Date,
Expiration Date or Delisting Date, whichever has given
rise to the payment of the Alternative Settlement
Amount;
T = the initial offering price per Warrant;
A = the total number of days from but excluding the Cancellation
Date, Expiration Date, or Delisting Date, whichever has given
rise to the payment of the Alternative Settlement Amount for
such Warrants, to and including the Expiration Date; and
B = the total number of days from, but excluding the date on
which sales of the Warrants were initially confirmed, to and
including the Expiration Date.
For purposes of determining "I" in the above formula, in the
event that the Determination Agent and the Company are required, but have not,
after good faith consultation with each other and within five days following
the first day on which such Alternative Settlement Amount may be calculated in
accordance with the above formula, agreed upon a Spot Value which fairly
reflects the value of the Underlying Securities [alternative provision for
indices not based on securities] on the Cancellation Date, Expiration Date or
Delisting Date, whichever gives rise to the payment of the Alternative
Settlement Amount then the Determination Agent shall promptly nominate a third
party, subject to approval by the Company (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld), to determine such figure and calculate the Alternative
Settlement Amount in accordance with the above formula. Such party shall act
as an independent expert and not as an agent of the Company or the
Determination Agent, and its calculation and determination of the Alternative
Settlement Amount shall, absent manifest error, be final and binding on the
Company, the Warrant Agent, the Determination Agent and the Warrantholders.
Any such calculations will be made available to a Warrantholder for inspection
at the Warrant Agent's Office. Neither the Company nor such third party shall
have any responsibility for good faith errors or omissions in calculating the
Alternative Settlement Amount.
"Extraordinary Event" means any of the following events:
(i) a suspension or absence of trading on the [principal
market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] [other
provisions if there is more than one principal trading market for the
Underlying Securities] [alternative provision for indices not based on
securities] of all the Underlying Securities which then comprise the
[Reference Index] or a Successor Index;
(ii) the enactment, publication, decree or other promulgation
of any statute, regulation, rule or order of any court or any other
U.S. or non-U.S. governmental authority that would make it unlawful
for the Company to perform any of its obligations under the Warrant
Agreement or the Warrants or that has or will have a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under
the Warrants or to modify the hedge of its position with respect to
the [Reference Index]; or
(iii) any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other
national or international calamity or crisis (including, without
limitation, natural calamities that in the opinion of the Company may
materially and adversely affect the economy of [country of principal
market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] or the trading
of securities generally on the [principal market in which the
Underlying Securities are traded]) that has or will have a material
adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its
obligations under the Warrants or to modify the hedge of its position
with respect to the [Reference Index].
For the purpose of determining whether an Extraordinary Event
has occurred: (1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading will
not constitute an Extraordinary Event if it results from an announced change
in the regular business hours of the [principal market in which the Underlying
Securities are traded] and (2) an "absence of trading" on the [principal
market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] will not include any
time when the [principal market in which the Underlying Securities are traded]
is closed for trading under ordinary circumstances.
An "Exercise Limitation Event" means either of the following
events:
(i) a suspension, material limitation or absence of trading
on the [principal market in which the Underlying Securities are
traded] of (a) [___]% or more of the Underlying Securities and/or (b)
the securities of [percentage or number] of the most highly
capitalized companies included in the Underlying Securities which then
comprise the [Reference Index] or a Successor Index; or
[(ii) the suspension or material limitation on the [relevant
futures exchange(s) with respect to the Underlying Securities] or any
other major futures or securities market of trading in futures or
options contracts related to the [other relevant index], the
[Reference Index] or a Successor Index.]
For the purposes of determining whether an Exercise Limitation
Event has occurred: (1) a limitation on the hours or number of days of trading
will not constitute an Exercise Limitation Event if it results from an
announced change in the regular business hours of the relevant market or
exchange, [(2) a decision to permanently discontinue trading in the relevant
futures or options contract will not constitute an Exercise Limitation Event,]
(3) a suspension in trading in an Underlying Security [or in a futures or
options contract] referred to in clause[s] ) [and (ii)] above, by reason of
(x) a price change violating limits set by the [principal market in which the
Underlying Securities are traded] [or the relevant futures exchange(s) with
respect to the Underlying Securities] or such [futures or] securities market,
(y) an imbalance of orders relating to an Underlying Security [or such
contracts] or (z) a disparity in bid and ask quotes relating to an Underlying
Security [or such contracts], will constitute a suspension or material
limitation of trading, (4) an "absence of trading" in the [principal market in
which the Underlying Securities are traded] will not include any time when the
[principal market in which the Underlying Securities are traded] is closed for
trading under ordinary circumstances and (5) the occurrence of an
Extraordinary Event described in clause ) of the definition of Extraordinary
Event will not constitute, and will supersede the occurrence of, an Exercise
Limitation Event.
All exercises of Warrants (other than on automatic exercise or
upon cancellation) are subject, at the Company's option, to the limitation
that not more than [limit on aggregate number of Warrants to be exercised on
any day] Warrants in total may be exercised on any Exercise Date and not more
than [individual limit] Warrants may be exercised by or on behalf of any
beneficial owner, either individually or in concert with any other beneficial
owner, on any Exercise Date. If any New York Business Day would otherwise,
under the terms hereof, be the Exercise Date in respect of more than [limit on
aggregate number of Warrants to be exercised on any day] Warrants, then at the
Company's election (by giving notice thereof to the Warrant Agent not later
than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the New York Business Day immediately
following such Exercise Date), [limit on aggregate number of Warrants to be
exercised on any day] of such Warrants shall be deemed exercised on such
Exercise Date (selected by the Warrant Agent on a pro rata basis, but if, as a
result of such pro rata selection, any Registered Holders of Warrants would be
deemed to have exercised less than [minimum exercise amount] Warrants, then
the Warrant Agent shall first select an additional amount of such holders'
Warrants so that no holder shall be deemed to have exercised less than
[minimum exercise amount] Warrants), and the remainder of such Warrants (the
"Remaining Warrants") shall be deemed exercised on the following New York
Business Day (notwithstanding the provisions of the Warrant Agreement);
provided that in the event that the aggregate number of such Remaining
Warrants, together with any additional Warrants with respect to which the
Exercise Date would be such following New York Business Day, exceeds [limit on
aggregate number of Warrants to be exercised on any day] the provisions of
this paragraph all apply to the exercise of such Remaining Warrants and such
additional Warrants on such following New York Business Day and successively
until the limitations set forth in this paragraph d in the Warrant Agreement
are no longer exceeded; provided further, that any such Remaining Warrants
shall be deemed exercised before any such additional Warrants.
If any beneficial owner of Warrants attempts to exercise more
than [individual limit] Warrants on any New York Business Day, then at the
Company's election (as notified to the Warrant Agent by giving notice thereof
to the Warrant Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
next New York Business Day following such New York Business Day) [individual
limit] of such Warrants shall be deemed exercised on such New York Business
Day and the remainder of such Warrants shall be deemed exercised on the
following New York Business Day (notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions
in the Warrant Agreement); provided that in the event that the aggregate
number of such remaining Warrants, together with any additional Warrants of
such beneficial owner with respect to which the Exercise Date would be such
following New York Business Day, exceeds [individual limit], at the Company's
election (as notified in the manner described above), the provisions of the
paragraph all apply to the exercise of such remaining Warrants and such
additional Warrants on such following New York Business Day and successively
until the limitations set forth in this paragraph d in the Warrant Agreement
are no longer exceeded; provided further, that any such remaining Warrants
shall be deemed exercised before any such additional Warrants of such
beneficial owner. The date on which any Warrant is deemed exercised under the
preceding two sentences shall for all purposes of this Agreement be the
"Exercise Date" in respect of such Warrants.
Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Warrant Agent, and any agent of the Company or the Warrant Agent,
may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner of the
Warrants evidenced hereby (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other
writing hereon) for any purpose whatsoever, and as the person entitled to
exercise the rights represented by the Warrants evidenced hereby, and neither
the Company nor the Warrant Agent, nor any agent of the Company or the Warrant
Agent, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Warrant Agent will, in accordance with the Warrant
Agreement, from time to time register the transfer of this Global Warrant
Certificate in its records (which may be maintained electronically) subject to
such reasonable regulations as the Company or the Warrant Agent may prescribe,
only to the Depository, to another nominee of the Depository, to a successor
Depository or to a nominee of a successor Depository, upon surrender of such
Global Warrant Certificate, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Warrant
Agent and the Company, duly executed by the registered holder thereof or by
the duly appointed legal representative thereof, or by its duly authorized
attorney. Such signature must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company having a
correspondent office in New York City or by a broker or dealer which is a
member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (the "NASD")
or by a member of a national securities exchange. Upon any such registration
of transfer, a new Global Warrant Certificate shall be issued to the transferee
and the surrendered Global Warrant Certificate shall be canceled by the
Warrant Agent.
Except for Warrants subject to automatic exercise and with
respect to payments of any Alternative Settlement Amount, each Warrantholder,
in connection with any exercise of Warrants (including a postponed exercise
following an Extraordinary Event or an Exercise Limitation Event), will have
the option (the "Limit Option") to specify that such Warrants are not to be
exercised if the Spot Value that would otherwise be used to determine the Cash
Settlement Value of such Warrants is [minimum number of points] or more points
[lower in the case of call warrants] [higher in the case of put warrants]
[formula] than the closing level of the [Reference Index] for the day
specified below (such closing level, the "Limit Option Reference Index
Value"). A Warrantholder's election of the Limit Option must be specified in
the applicable Exercise Notice delivered to the Warrant Agent. The Limit
Option Reference Index Value will be the closing level of the [Reference
Index] on the relevant Exercise Date (or if such day is not an Index
Calculation Day, on the immediately preceding Index Calculation Day). If an
Exercise Notice is received after 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on a given
day, the applicable Limit Option Reference Index Value will be determined as
of the next day that is also a New York Business Day (or, if such day is not
an Index Calculation Day, as of the immediately preceding Index Calculation
Day).
Following receipt of an Exercise Notice subject to the Limit
Option, the Warrant Agent will obtain the applicable Limit Option Reference
Index Value and will determine whether such Warrants exercised pursuant to such
Exercise Notice will not be exercised because of the Limit Option. Warrants
that are not exercised will be treated as not having been tendered for
exercise. To exercise such Warrants, a Warrantholder will be required to cause
an Exercise Notice to be submitted again to the Warrant Agent. In the case of a
postponed Valuation Date, the Limit Option will continue to apply once elected
by a Warrantholder in connection with an exercise of Warrants on the basis of
the Limit Option Reference Index Value as initially determined for such
Warrants, except when such Valuation Date is postponed until the Expiration
Date, any Delisting Date or the Cancellation Date. Such Warrants will either
(i) be exercised on a delayed basis if the applicable Spot Value on the
postponed Valuation Date is not [minimum number of points] or more points
[less in the case of call warrants] [more in the case of put warrants]
[formula] than the Limit Option Reference Index Value of (ii) be excluded from
being exercised if, on any applicable postponed Valuation Date, the applicable
Spot Value is [minimum number of points] or more points [less in the case of
call warrants] [more in the case of put warrants] [formula] than the Limit
Option Reference Index Value. In connection with any exercise of [double the
minimum exercise amount] or more Warrants, a Warrantholder may elect to
subject the exercise of only a portion of such Warrants to the Limit Option,
provided that the number of Warrants subject to the Limit Option and the
number of Warrants not subject to the Limit Option shall in each case not be
less than [the minimum exercise amount].
Capitalized terms included herein but not defined herein have
the meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement.
For purposes of this Certificate, the "Index" means the
[Reference Index] and the "Spot Value" for any date means the closing level on
such date of the [Reference Index]. References herein to "U.S. dollar,"
"U.S.$" or "$" are to the lawful currency of the United States of America
[and, references to [other currency] are to the lawful currency of [country of
the principal trading market of the Underlying Securities]] [other provision
if the principal trading markets of the Underlying Securities are in more than
one country] [alternative provision for indices not based on securities]. As
used herein, "New York Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a
Sunday or a day on which either the American Stock Exchange or the New York
Stock Exchange is not open for securities trading or commercial banks in New
York City are required or authorized by law or executive order to remain
closed. As used herein, "Index Calculation Day" means any day on which the
[Reference Index] or any Successor Index is calculated and published.
The Warrant Agreement and the terms of the Warrants are subject
to amendment, as provided in the Warrant Agreement.
This Global Warrant Certificate shall be governed by, and
interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co.
has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:________________________ XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX,
DISCOVER & CO.
By:_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Attest:
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
Countersigned as of the date above
written:
[NAME OF WARRANT AGENT], as
Warrant Agent
By:_________________________________
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT A-2
EXERCISE NOTICE
For Warrants Represented by the Global Warrant Certificate
[Name and Address of Warrant Agent]
Attention: ________________________
1. We refer to the Warrant Agreement dated as of ________________
(the "Warrant Agreement"), among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co.
(the "Company"), [Name of Warrant Agent], as warrant agent (the "Warrant
Agent"), and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, as determination agent (the
"Determination Agent"). On behalf of certain beneficial owners, each of whom
we certify is exercising no fewer than [minimum exercise amount] Warrants that
are covered by this Exercise Notice and whose Warrants have been, or will be,
transferred to the Warrant Agent in accordance with the provisions of the
Representations Letter, we hereby irrevocably exercise _____ Warrants (the
"Tendered Warrants"). We hereby acknowledge that the Warrants being exercised
and this Exercise Notice must be received by you by 3:00 p.m., New York City
time, on a New York Business Day in order for the Valuation Date for the
Tendered Warrants to be the Index Calculation Date following such New York
Business Day and that, if the Warrants being exercised and this Exercise
Notice are received by you after 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on a New York
Business Day (or, in the case of Warrants held through CEDEL or Euroclear, if
the Warrants are not received by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the first
New York Business Day next succeeding the New York Business Day on which such
Exercise Notice is received, the Valuation Date of the Tendered Warrants shall
be the Index Calculation Date next succeeding the succeeding New York Business
Day, in each case subject to certain provisions of the Warrant Agreement.
2. If you determine that this Exercise Notice has not been duly
completed or is not in proper form, this Exercise Notice will be void and of
no effect and will be deemed not to have been delivered.
3. We hereby direct you to make payment to us of amounts payable
to our clients as a result of the exercise of the Warrants hereunder as
follows:
By cashier's check or an official bank check;
or
By wire transfer to the following U.S. dollar bank account in
the United States:
(Minimum payments of $100,000 only)
Bank:_______________________________________________________
Account No.: _______________________________________________
ABA Routing No.:____________________________________________
Reference:__________________________________________________
4. The Tendered Warrants covered hereby ARE NOT subject to the
Limit Option(2)
5. Each client on whose behalf we are exercising Warrants pursuant
to this Exercise Notice has certified to us that it is not exercising in
excess of [individual limit] Warrants on behalf of any beneficial owner or in
concert with any other beneficial owner.
6. We hereby certify that we are a Participant of The Depository
Trust Company (the "Depository") with the present right to use and receive its
services.
7. If this Exercise Notice is submitted in relation to Warrants
held through the facilities of Euroclear, the undersigned represents that it
is a participant in Euroclear.
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(2) A separate Exercise Notice shall be submitted with respect to Warrants
subject to the Limit Option and Warrants not subject to the Limit Option.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement.
Dated:________________________ [NAME OF DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANT]
Participant Number
By:______________________________
Name:
Title:
[NAME OF EUROCLEAR PARTICIPANT]
[CEDEL S.A.]
By:______________________________
Authorized Signature
Address:
Telephone:
EXHIBIT B
CONFIRMATION OF EXERCISE
For Warrants Represented by Warrant Certificates
We hereby confirm receipt of your Exercise Notice with respect
to Warrants (the "Exercised Warrants") and the related Warrant Certificates,
which we have found to be duly completed and in proper form. The Valuation
Date of the Exercised Warrants was the close of business on ____________, 19__.
We hereby confirm that the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of
the Exercised Warrants is $_______ ($____ per Warrant), which will be made
available to you in the form of a cashier's check or an official bank check,
or (in the case of payments of at least $100,000) by wire transfer to the U.S.
dollar bank account specified in your irrevocable Exercise Notice, for payment
on the fifth New York Business Day following the Valuation Date for such
Warrants (or, if such Valuation Date is not a New York Business Day, on the
fifth New York Business Day following the New York Business Day next
succeeding the Valuation Date for such Warrants).
Capitalized terms included herein but not defined have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of
________________, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., [name of
Warrant Agent], and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated.
Dated:_______________________ [NAME OF WARRANT AGENT], as
Warrant Agent,
By:______________________________
Authorized Signature
NOTICE OF REJECTION
You are hereby notified that the Exercise Notice delivered by
you was determined by us not to have been duly completed in proper form.
Accordingly, we have rejected your Exercise Notice as being unsatisfactory as
to form.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement.
Dated:_________________________ [NAME OF WARRANT AGENT], as
Warrant Agent,
By:_____________________________
Authorized Signature
EXHIBIT B-1
CONFIRMATION OF EXERCISE
For Warrants Represented by the Global Warrant Certificate
[Name of Depository Participant]
[Name of Euroclear Participant]
[CEDEL S.A.]
[Address]
We hereby confirm receipt of your Exercise Notice with respect
to Warrants (the "Exercised Warrants") which were transferred by you (or on
your behalf) to our DTC Participant Account No. _______. Such Notice we have
found to be duly completed and in proper form. The Valuation Date of the
Exercised Warrants was the close of business on ____________, 19__.
As set forth in your Exercise Notice, none of the Warrants
covered thereby is subject to the Limit Option. Accordingly, for purposes
hereof, all such Warrants shall constitute Exercised Warrants, which number we
hereby confirm to be ____________________. Your Exercise Notice stated that the
Warrants covered thereby are subject to the Limit Option. The applicable Limit
Option Reference Index Value for such Warrants is _______ and the Spot Value
for the date that would otherwise be the Valuation Date for such Warrants is
________. Such Spot Value is not [lower, in the case of Call Warrants]
[higher, in the case of Put Warrants] than such Limit Option Reference Index
Value by [minimum number of points] or more points. Accordingly, for purposes
hereof, all such Warrants shall constitute Exercised Warrants. We hereby
confirm the number of such Exercised Warrants to be _________________.
We hereby confirm that the aggregate Cash Settlement Value of
the Exercised Warrants is $__________ ($_____ per Warrant), which will be made
available to you in the form of a cashier's check or an official bank check or
by wire transfer to the bank account designated in your irrevocable Exercise
Notice for payment on the fifth New York Business Day following the Valuation
Date for such Warrants (or, if such Valuation Date is not a New York Business
Day, on the fifth New York Business Day following the New York Business Day
next succeeding the Valuation Date for such Warrants).
Capitalized terms included herein but not defined have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement dated as of
________________, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., [name of
Warrant Agent], as Warrant Agent, and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, as
Determination Agent.
Dated:_________________________ [NAME OF WARRANT AGENT], as
Warrant Agent,
By:_____________________________
Authorized Signature
NOTICE OF REJECTION
[Name of Depository Participant]
[Name of Euroclear Participant]
[CEDEL S.A.]
[Address]
[You are hereby notified that the Exercise Notice delivered by
you was determined by us not to have been duly completed in proper form. Such
Warrants were not transferred to our DTC Participant Account No. _____.] [We
did not receive from Euroclear a Euroclear Confirmation that proper delivery
of the Warrants to which the Exercise Notice delivered by you relates would be
made on a timely basis, as set forth in the Warrant Agreement, dated as of
________________, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., [name of
Warrant Agent], and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated. Accordingly, we have
rejected your Exercise Notice as being unsatisfactory as to form.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement.
Dated:_________________________ [NAME OF WARRANT AGENT], as
Warrant Agent,
By:_____________________________
Authorized Signature
EXHIBIT C-1
NOTICE OF REJECTION
RELATING TO LIMIT OPTION
For Warrants Represented
by Warrant Certificates
We refer to your Exercise Notice dated __________, 19__, with
respect to Warrants that were subject to the Limit Option. The applicable
Limit Option Reference Index Value for such Warrants is _________ and the Spot
Value for the date that would otherwise be the Valuation Date for such
Warrants is ______________. Such Spot Value is [lower, in the case of Call
Warrants] [higher, in the case of Put Warrants] than the Limit Option
Reference Index Value on the Exercise Date (or if such date was not an Index
Calculation Date, on the Index Calculation Date prior to the Exercise Date for
such Warrants) by [minimum number of points] points or more. Accordingly, we
have rejected such Exercise Notice pursuant to your exercise of the Limit
Option.
Capitalized terms included herein but not defined have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement dated as of
________________, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., [name of
Warrant Agent] and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated.
Dated:________________________ [NAME OF WARRANT AGENT], as
Warrant Agent,
By:_____________________________
Authorized Signature
EXHIBIT C-2
NOTICE OF REJECTION
RELATING TO LIMIT OPTION
For Warrants Represented
by the Global Warrant Certificate
[Name of Depository Participant]
[Name of Euroclear Participant]
[CEDEL S.A.]
[Address]
We refer to your Exercise Notice dated ________, 19__, with
respect to Warrants that were subject to the Limit Option. The applicable
Limit Option Reference Index Value for such Warrants is __________ and the
Spot Value for the date that would otherwise be the Valuation Date for such
Warrants is __________. Such Spot Value is [lower, in the case of Call
Warrants] [higher, in the case of Put Warrants] than the Reference Index on the
Exercise Date (or if such date was not an Index Calculation Date, on the Index
Calculation Date prior to the Exercise Date for such Warrants) by [minimum
number of points] points or more. Accordingly, we have rejected such Exercise
Notice pursuant to your exercise of the Limit Option.
Capitalized terms included herein but not defined have the
meanings assigned thereto in the Warrant Agreement dated as of
________________, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., [name of
Warrant Agent], and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated.
Dated:_________________________ [NAME OF WARRANT AGENT], as
Warrant Agent,
By:______________________________
Authorized Signature
